Nine states and 3500 miles in twelve days. Day 1–Wyoming.

By Eric

We finished packing today, loaded up the van and left Salt Lake around 4:00 today.  We’ve been really worried about taking Nigel on a long road trip since he howls when he’s in the car when it’s dark.  We packed lots of baby supplies; toys, treats, and a few secret weapons to distract the baby and hoped for the best.  We tried to leave Salt Lake earlier so we could make to Rawlins before night so we didn’t have to travel in the dark.  Unfortunately, we had to go back to house twice because we kept forgetting stuff we had to take (like the concert tickets). 

Impressions of Wyoming: snow fences, wind farms, firework stores, wide open land, and small towns, which were few and far between.

We didn’t get to our hotel before dark, but Miles did a great job of distracting Nigel with the iPad and the Mickey Mouse light spinner so we had a minimum amount of tears.  We had a small travel day with only 4 hours on road.

We checked into our hotel and found that our room had a large screen TV, two nice leather couches but no beds!  After trying in vain to open the adjoining rooms, the the staff got us to the right room and we relaxed, got ready for bed and for our long travel day in the morning.

We were very happy  to have found the website http://sixsuitcasetravel.com before our trip.  It listed all the hotels that have rooms that sleep more than 4, so we could all stay in the same room.

Nigel does the dishes

By Miles

Nigel has been learning to do the dishes. He opens the cupboard takes out some dishes and bangs them or sits on the dishwasher and plays with those.

This one the camera was actually under the couch I was surprised at how well it turned out.
Most of the pictures I took used the flash but the ones here mostly do not because they were by the window but the two ones with dishes use the flash.
Having fun with bowls.
These ones were taken on the other side of the widow.

This one is probably the best. We have much more of the ones of him on the dishwasher but most are blurry or something of the like.

The North Rim

By Eric

Miles and I just got back from a trip to the Grand Canyon.  This was Miles first campout with the scouts and they invited me go along too.  We really had a great time!

Here’s Miles looking at the canyon from the edge of a cliff.

First hike of the trip.

The fall colors were so pretty.  The douglas fir were deep green, the aspens were golden yellow and there were scattered red maples.

Our camp was under the pines, and Miles gathered up great bundles of needles and made an awesome fire.

 

The Grand Canyon is really big!

Progression of Stuff

By Lisette

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I've been taking clarinet lessons, and Dad is starting to!

Most importantly we've been taking care of this cutie. Hmm... does he seem familiar to you?


Yep, it's Nigel! He is four months old today. He's ultra cute, but unbelievably barfy.

So that is the main summary of every thing. Hopefully we'll update more often. Until next time!

Nigel!

By Miles

Yeah! Yesterday at 4:52 pm Nigel Henry Canfield was brought into this world weighing 9 lbs 7 ozs and 22 inches long. What a big baby!