Sunny and Snowy

Traveling from Arizona to Utah was so fun! Seeing cool rock formations, eating really good cookies from Aunt Janice, and getting pulled over by the Utah State Police! When we got to our house at the Silver Star Resort, we got unpacked. We all couldn't wait to go skiing! The next day we got our boots and skis fitted. We had to wait one more day until we could ski. Finally we got out on the ski hill. We had a blast! For the next week we skied every day. I went 43 mph on the ski hill. Peyton brought his go pro so we got some cool photos and videos.We went on the terrain park every day. My mom's friends came out. We skied with them too, but every day the snow was melting. We got a little snow storm that helped a little bit. Mom's friends went home, and we were left waiting for our cousins. Jackson is 4 days older than Peyton and couldn't really ski this year because of bad knees. Joslin is 2 months older than me and could ski this year, but there wasn't much snow left anyway. So we went shopping, swimming, and bowling. We even did this really fun yoga thing where you do yoga on a paddle board in a hot crater with mineral water. We went to the outside swimming pool and played star, dodge ball, even a game that we invented! Everyone except Mom, Aunt Jen, and Joslin went fly fishing in the Provo. It was super cool! I caught 4 fish! We went to a cool swiss famliy dinner in Deer Valley.  Then it was Easter! It was super fun spending it with the cousins! Sadly they went home the next day. And now we are going home tomorrow! My next blog will be about the adventure. So be sure to tune in! See you all VERY soon!

Rainey

Wild, Wild, West

We took a flight from Maui to LAX. After five hours of movies ( happy feet 2 ) and TV shows (Hawaii five O and the Middle ) we landed. It was like 11 o 'clock at night, but sense we were in Hawaii our body clock said  8. We got our car and started driving to Scottsdale, Arizona. This is where my great aunt lives. We decided to visit her because she's what started it all. Aunt Janice was diagnosed with  Ovarian Cancer. She was about to have her big surgery when my mom visited her. This was in the summer  of 2010, and we are almost always at the pig (my lake house) in the summer. When my mom got back we went to dinner, and she told us how aunt Janice was doing. That's when Chancellor said that life is to short and that we should do something like travel the world. My mom pulled out a pad and a pen. She asked us where we might want to go. And off we were!  Back to landing in LA.  We drove a little bit out of LA and found an Inn. My aunt Janice lives with her best friend who we call Aunt Lee Ann. The next morning we drove 7 hours to their house. We were greeted by there dog Hudson. We had a wonderful dinner and some great sleep! The next morning we rode bikes and walked. Then Aunt J told us about an awesome camp where you ride horses, through hatchet, fire some guns, and go on a jeep tour. We said we would love to do it! The next day we drove out to the ranch. My horses name was Shortcut. If your laughing, don't. Peyton's was Princess, now laugh all you want! Here is all of the horses names : Shortcut (me), Princess (Peyton), Gizmo (Chancellor), Blue Boy (Callie), Widow (Aunt J). After horseback riding we went to the lunch they made for us. After lunch we went to the hatchet  throwing station. Peyton was the best! After hatchets we went to the revolver shooting stand. Chancellor shot down that one! We rode horses one more time then went on the jeep tour. We were going up and down these small hills when we got stuck. Our back left tire was off the ground three feet! After we got unstuck, the driver named Dubee lit a very dangerous cactus on fire. Dubee then cut it open, and let us eat it. It was like a bitter kiwi. We rode back to the ranch but then rode a little further to get to the skit shooting. We started shooting skeet, and turns out mom was the best. It was a fun way to start off Arizona. The next day we hiked a mountain called camel back. It was crazy at some points because it was like a rock wall without a safety rope. When we finally got to the top we saw the wonderful view and relaxed. Our motivation was In and Out Burger, so it felt good to get down the mountain and get one. When we got back to the house I jumped into the freezing cold pool. It was like forty degrees if you don't believe me you can ask my brothers. To get five dollars, I had to stay in there for twelve minutes. I won. We also did this thing called AZ on the rocks. It is a rock climbing place. It was really really fun. For the next two weeks we did a lot of fun stuff. We went golfing, mudding, talked to a nutritionist, hiked, and rode our bikes around. We even went to this cool new museum about music called MIM. There was a station for every country. Each station had a musical instrument that fit that country personally. There was even a section where you could play some of the instruments. We even went to a spring training game. It was the San Fransisco Giants verses the Colorado Rockies. When the Giants won T.J. Snow even tossed me a ball. It was so cool. We drove there in an old Volkswagen Van. Her name was Milly, and she was so much fun getting there, and coming back.  One of the highlights was the Grand Canyon and Sedona.  I can see why the Grand Canyon is one of the seven wonders of the world.  It is so beautiful, deep and wide. There really is no way to describe it.  It just need to be seen by everyone.  Sedona was very cool.  We went on a pink jeep tour which was super neat. The rock formations are incredible.  I loved Arizona so much and visiting my Aunts for so long. I will see you all on the ski hill.   We are off to Park City, Utah

Rainey