Some pictures from recent weeks.

• B makes a snow angel on a hike
• E reads a book to Pop
• E makes a snow angel while on a hike in the snow
• They buillt a block robot together
• Karis made the perfect homemade pizza

A few snaps from the past months. B on a bench in town and fishing with Pop. E by the wagon train. The two all dressed up for Halloween. Hiking in Adams Gulch and hiking up to Baker Lake. Then there's E with his second missing tooth. View the full post (click on the title) to see all the snaps then click on the far right image to see a slide show.

Elias went out for a one-night backpack this week with his Nana, Pop, the dog Elsa, and his cousin. They hiked in, oh, a short distance, before setting up camp and eating. They came out the next morning, all smiles, apparently. The red pack, rented from a local shop, was taken back for the slightly smaller blue pack. Even that one did not fit so well because the hip belt had little padding (and his hips have little padding, contours).

On a warm, not so muggy early evening, I boarded a train to The Mall: the only mall I voluntarily seek out. Although most museums were already closed for the day, and I did not plan ahead to find out which ones were actually open, I still enjoyed the stroll by architecturally stunning built structures. I walked around the particularly curvaceous, new (to me) National Museum of the American Indian: the sandstone, water, and landscaping created a sense of tranquility and quiet (even though traffic flowed steadily nearby).