Hey Olivia, What's in Your Mouth?

This video is so funny (at least to me) that I couldn't wait until Sunday to post it.  It might just be a thing that only parents and grandparents think if funny, so I won't be offended if you don't like it.  She does it every time, but she usually has a rubber band or something else she shouldn't have in her mouth.  This is chewed up chicken.

The Other Side of Hell and 16 Teeth

(This is John's first blog post!  Enjoy)

Olivia has sixteen teeth. This is how she deals with change.

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On May 8th John had a company meeting in Boise. It was 8 hrs of driving for a 3 hr meeting. Good thing he got a rental out of it. He left early so he could do his thing. His first stop on the way was Horse Butte, just before Burley, very close to where Hwys 84 and 86 meet. Turns out the Butte was just a hill next to a rest area. This is a picture of the rental car at the rest area.

This is Horse Butte. No wonder John had trouble finding any information on it online. 

The summit. After walking for about 15 minutes and crossing three barbed-wire fences.

Other side of the butte from the 'summit.'

John's second stop on the way to Boise was Burley Butte. This one was even more pathetic. John actually drove over the Butte before he even realized he had missed it. Yes, this is a picture of the Butte.

And this is from the "summit," also taken from the car.

On John's way back from his 600 mile drive he stopped at a rest area between Blackfoot and Idaho Falls that he said the BLM (Bureau of Land Management) website for Bonneville County claimed there were trails at that rest area which were part of Hell's Half Acre.  John confirmed that they were and we did the first one, I-15 Pocatello bound, on Saturday. This is the map of it at the trail head.

 It's a pretty serious hike when you have to bring a bag of chips along.

Fun little paved paths. The trail head sign said it would take 45 minutes to walk. At a truly leisurely pace we did it in about 15 minutes. Don't trust trail signs.

This is the other side of the freeway. We did this trail on Sunday. These are excellent little walks for the Sabbath. 

Olivia lost one of her flip-flops. This is a zoomed in picture Melinda took of it before making me run back and get it.

For Mother's Day the Ward gave everyone 19yrs and older a milk chocolate Symphony bar. Olivia benefited.

Our Trip to Hell

We went exploring on Saturday and went to a new place that we've never been to before, but is only 1/2 hour away from our house.  Hell's Half Acre: tons of lava.  It was the neatest little day-walk that we've been on.  There was no trail, just poles that mark a little path so that people don't get lost.  We walked right on the lava, jumped over the crevasses, and saw different formations up close!  We did the small 1/2 mile loop, but there is also a 4 1/2 mile lava hike!  We will definitely do this again especially since it is so close!

Here are some pictures.  I couldn't narrow it down, so I hope you enjoy them.

The dirt road up to the path.

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