Hiking Ice Box Canyon

We took advantage of the holiday today and the fact that we were both off work by heading up to Redrock canyon with the Meads and the Thompsons. Instead of heading for our standard destination we decided to hike Ice Box canyon. It has been a long time since we have made it all the way to the end of the trail, but that was our goal to day. And I must say that we accomplished that goal!
It was a much longer hike than I recall, but it was fun. Justin carried Lincoln for the first leg of the trip and probably would have carried him longer but once we were in the canyon it was too hard for Justin to duck the tree branches and climb the boulders at the same time! So I took over and carried him the rest of the trip. Let's just say he is one heavy little dude!!
But it was nice and Lincoln had a great time. He is fearless! He just wanted to try and keep up with the bigger kids and did a pretty good job of it! He was so tuckered out from the hike that he fell asleep in the backup on the way back down the mountain! Must be tough to be carried around all day! :)

Sometimes...

I hate to admit that I have my share of "Blonde" moments! Case in Point- This evening for Dinner I wanted to make Parmesan Chicken but realized I did not have Parmesan so decided to make fried chicken instead. I had also decided to make BLT pasta salad to go with dinner, which I have actually been craving for awhile but have not made due to not having one of the ingredients. Can you guess which ingredient I did not have?? That's right I have not made the salad because I did not have Parmesan cheese!! But that did not stop me this evening. At the same time I realized I did not have Parmesan cheese for the chicken, I was cooking the pasta! Argh.. what a dork I am. Sadly, I did not get to make my salad but I do have the pasta ready to go for when I actually have all the ingredients! :0)
And to make my dinner even more exciting I decided to experiment with how heat would effect plastic. Here's the process in general if you ever have the desire to follow suit: Shortly after removing your boiling pan of noodles from the oven to be drained, grab your large newly filled flour bucket and place it on the stove. Measure out the necessary amount of flour and proceed with your cooking as if nothing is occurring next to you. Upon completion begin to clean up the kitchen. Attempt to grab the flour bin, only vaguely wondering why it does not respond to your attempts at putting it away. Become serious about getting it back in its proper place and give it one final tug, At which time the bottom separates from the main piece and flour releases all over the stovetop. Thinking quickly on your feet you turn the flour bucket over to try and save at least some of the flour, which results in the lid popping off and the rest of the flour taking its rightful place on the stovetop as well. So there you have it, a simple way to prove that heating up a plastic container will cause it to melt!