skating fiasco and local hike

Claire had been asking to go ice skating since there has been so much ice around lately. We finally found a rink - in Flagstaff - a two hour drive. We decided to make a day trip out of it. I would stay with the baby and Aaron would skate with the kids. When we got there, it was super crowded, no walkers were available for the kids and they both freaked.

Each kid made it around the rink once. Then

they were done.

Luckily there was a park outside that we could all play at. We did some much needed shopping and went out to eat after. All in all it was a fun trip. I just wish that we had things like that closer by.

We've been trying to go on a hike in Snowflake for a while. After registering Claire at her dance school, we all got together and hopped a fence (yes, we had to be a little sneaky) and went for a hike in Silver Creek Canyon. The horses had been there recently as well so we had to watch our steps, but it was a lot of fun and not too cold. Aaron looked up to the top of the canyon after he heard something move. We saw these goats. I'm pretty sure they were domesticated because they came right down to see us. We are trying to find other things to do around here. There isn't much... but we are loving the people here and the climate.