We are Home

Friday morning Dad woke Devin and up at 4:00 am so that we could start our long day home.  We rode to Las Vegas where we were dropped off at the airport and had to say goodbye to Grandma and Grandpa.  I want to thank them for their hospitality and all the great adventures they took us on.  

Devin was very good on the airplane, except of the descend, I think that his ears were bothering him.  Then Uncle Lee picked us up and we dropped him off at home and we were off to Cherokee.  After close to an entire day of traveling, we arrived in Cherokee at about 3:50pm.  Devin is a great traveler!  Towards the end he got a little antsy and the only thing I had to give him was frosted animal crackers, what a mess!

Devin was helping with the unpacking!

I do have a few more post that I want to do over our time in Utah, but I just wanted to let everyone know that we made it back to Cherokee.  Ben came yesterday and will be taking Devin to Vermillion for a few days so he can see his Grandma Teresa, who I am sure is waiting for him!

Thanks again everyone!

Vacation Part V: Snow Canyon

Snow Canyon is located a few miles from my parents house.  We were able to spend an afternoon here where we walked on one of the many trails.  

There are many lizards living in Snow Canyon.  We saw many tracks in the sand from them, but this is the only one that we spotted.

Here is the rock that we were able to climb.  We spent quiet a bit of time on top resting and taking in the scenery.

At first the climb was difficult for Devin, but of course he kept practicing and with time he got pretty good climbing up the rock to grandma.

Lee's alteration to some other LeRoy's name.  This LeRoy is not for Devin LeRoy, Lee A.K.A. LeRoy and Grandpa Steven LeRoy!

Tickle, Tickle & Milk Please

Here is the best video I have been able to get of Devin tickling himself.  I cut off his hands in the shot so you can't actually see the tickling part, but you can sure hear him.

The best thing I ever did was teach Devin some sign language.  He doesn't know that many signs yet, but the one that has been a lifesaver is the sign for milk!

Vacation Part IV: Zion National Park of Utah

Lee's last couple of days here (he went home Friday) we spent at Zion National Park and at Snow Canyon.  Our first trip was to Zion, which was about an hour from my parents house. I took so many picture that it's hard to choose from the 160 to share with you.  My pictures, however don't even compare to the actual scenery.  The first few pictures I took from the vehicle as we were driving towards Zion.   

There are a lot of curve that are in the middle of the rocks.  I'm not quit sure what causes them, but there are quit a few. Below are just two that I captured.

The next two picture were taken at the Visitors Center the first one is of course Devin and the one below that you can see the moon in the sky.  Both days of exploring the moon was visible!

The first trail we went on was a steep, but short hike up to Weeping Rock. The name Weeping Rock comes from the continuous water which "weeps" out of the alcove. As you can see in these next pictures there is a steady stream of water coming off of the rock.

Grandma Marilyn and Devin standing below Weeping Rock.

We continued our exploration on another trail, which I am not sure of the name.  This one was a bit longer. This first picture is in the parking lot of the trail. 

The picture above is a waterfall that is located at the beginning of our hike.  Below you can see The Virgin River.  This is the river that ran along the trail.  The trail we follow leads up to the Narrows, which is a long hike in and out of the water.

Above you can see a deer.  It is the first of a few that were along the path.  They weren't to frightened by us, but why would they be when they get 2.5 million visitors a year! Below is a picture of the path that we were following.

Below is my favorite spot of the trail.  There were many colors and shapes that were a result of the water coming from above.  We were debating about one particular shape and whether it was a fish of something else.  I also saw a ghost which was white and a little man looking thing. Also you can see some snow as well.  

Below is a picture of Devin by a rock which for some reason had white swirls in it. 

I'm not quit sure what Devin thought of the whole experience, but of course he was as good as gold. He looked around curiously at the whole thing taking everything in.

After the walking on the trail we went on a car ride that took us through a long tunnel, which I did not get a picture of.  On our ride we saw some Big Horn Sheep crossing the rode. Lee then saw some babies up in the rocks.  We saw these five and then later when we came back around we counted seven more Big Horn Sheep.  

At the end of our journey we turned around at the Checkered-bored Square Rocks.  These were real neat, you could see, well checkered-boreds in them. You can also see some snow along the side. I did not get the best picture of this because by this time my camera was dead!

We also went to Snow Canyon and because this post took so long to do I will have to work on that post later.  

Doggy Door!

Devin has been watching Shelby and Sammy go in and out through the doggy door the past few days.  He has been pretty curious about it and we all knew that it was just a matter of time before we would find him crawling on out.  Sure enough by the time I looked over the little guy was half way through the door!  For more pictures go to G'ma and G'pa Fassler's site!

FYI: these are videos so just hit the play button! 

When I told Ben about what happened all he said was that he missed Devin so much.  Devin must be missing him as well because today Devin called Ben!  Ben said that Devin hung up after a minute and so Ben called him back.  Devin answered the phone by sliding it open.  Devin was just chatting away to his daddy.  He sure has been a chatter box the past few weeks.  He's getting some words down pretty good.  It's amazing the things they learn from just watching you, like how to answer the phone!

No baby was hurt during this stunt!

Vacation Part III: Devin's First

Devin has had so many first it the past few days as you could imagine...  His first plane ride, trip to Vegas including the Hoover Dam, to a Casino, and to a Nascar Race.  His first walk with shoes and sandals; it took him a while to get use to them, but then he was a pro in no time!  His first time out in the sun, his first skinned knee and his first stubbed toe!  He is now wearing his cap and leaving it on his head.  We had to practice this ahead of time so once he got into the sun he would leave it alone.  One of Devin's new favorite things to do is to walk around outside.  I'm glad that we are finally able to do so!

His first time camping and around a camp fire.  The picture of Devin and my dad is one night by the fire, you can see them through the smoke.  Devin's first time taking a shower with me in the public showers... yuck! 

Devin also had his first sucker, he didn't know what to do with it, but then once he figured it out, he loved it!  Devin is also doing this really cute thing where he tickles his feet, or mine, and says "tickle tickle."  I wasn't sure where he got it from, but when I told Ben about it today he said that he does it to him all the time.  I will try and get a video of that, but usually he stops as soon as he sees my phone.  I'm sure there will be a lot more first so I will 

keep you posted!  Like his first visit to Grandma and Grandpa's!    

For more pictures go to G'ma and G'Pa under linkage!

Vacation Part II: The Race

For the main event...  The race on Sunday was of course another good one.  There were lots of cautions, because that's what the Las Vegas Motor Speedway brings.  Kyle Busch ended up winning, who is originally from Las Vegas.  During the race Lee, Dad and I or Mom sat on top of the camper which was located infield between turn 3 and 4.  For the part of the track we couldn't see we had a big screen that we watched.  Devin spent most of the race in the camper with (my) mom or with me.  We would go walk around once and a while and he could see the loud cars going round.  The pictures, with the exception of the one of Devin, are all taken from the top of the camper.