Zion's National Park

We braved the cold weather and went to Zion's with my brother and his family and it was super fun. The trails were a bit snowy and muddy but Talmage hiked pretty much the whole time on his own and loved trying to keep up with his cousins!

Hiking around St. George!

G&G Christensen came up for a day visit so we took advantage of the sweet places to explore around St. George. Talmage is quite the little hiker, he just runs and runs and says "hike in mountains, up, up, up!" Needless to say he sleeps very well when we get home.

Toddler in a Tent

So Talmage discovered the art of climbing out of his pack-n-play and absolutely will not fall asleep unless contained (the floor of his room did not work, he just plays and plays). So after several days of no naps and some really rough nights (mostly for me- I need my sleep!) I went to Walmart and bought a tent. He was a little confused the first few nights but now he actually loves it and gets excited to "go in his tent and go to sleep!" Not sure if it is great parenting to have your child sleeping in a $19 tent on the floor of their room but sure is working great and we are all getting lots of sleep again!!

P.S. We moved to my parents vacation house in St. George, UT while we are waiting to go to MBA school. We are loving it, it is on a golf course with lots of fun ammenities. We are probably the youngest people here but thats okay with us :)