A Jensen family trip wouldn't be complete without a trip to the local emergency room. The morning after we arrived at our cabin Reece woke up with a huge lump on the side of his neck. Since everyone I know seems to have cancer my mind immediately thought "It's a tumor". Travis gave him a blessing and I took him to the nearest ER about twenty minutes away in Cortez Colorado. Turns out it was just a swollen lymphnode which can be treated with amoxicillin. I was grateful and at the same time thought of all our friends who have not been so lucky to have such a easy fix for their own children. While Reece and I had a lovely visit to Cortez; Travis, Landon, Dayton and little Sadie Ann explored some of Willowtail Springs. Here is what they found.
Something to climb on and try to destroy.
Smelling of some random flower/toxic weed.
Posing like superstars on top of some wood.
Sadie wondering "When is mom going to be back? I'm ready to go to Gymboree already!"
Yes, my kids are Awesome! Such potential, you can see it in their faces !
My little princess Sadie Ann taking a moment on the rocks.
Landon looking a bit concerned about a little frog they found on their "nature hike" and then Dayton pretending to eat the little frog they found on their "nature hike". Luckily mom and Reece returned soon and no animals were harmed during this filming.
Little Sadie is growing too too fast for her mom and dad. Yes she is 10 months old but has taken her time crawling and pulling herself up. She does what we call the monster crawl where she uses her arms to get somewhere but rarely uses her legs. She is also starting to pull herself up onto things. I think she is a little slower than our other kids because 1. She is so mellow, 2. She is usually in a car seat going to and fro 3. When she isn't in her car seat, mom, dad or one of the others is lovin on her and she hasn't had as much floor time. It's funny how with your first child you can't wait for them to crawl or walk and now with Sadie being my last I love seeing the new things she discovers but I want it to all slow down. Alas, isn't that how it always is.
Are all these little ones mine? I am so lucky!
Landon and Dayton are looking into what they call Kiva's. Nobody knows exactly what a kiva was used for. Some archaelogists say they were used for warmth since they were built into the ground and stayed warmer in the winter, other's say they were ceremonial. Our tour guide said that whenever an archaelogist doesn't know what something is used for they say it is used for ceremonial reasons (I thought that was funny but probably true). The ancestral Puebloans built and lived in these cliff dwellings about 1,400 years ago, long before Europeans explored North America. They and their descendants lived here for more than 700 years. In the late A.D. 1200's in the span of a few generations they left their home and moved away.
A small room with little cut outs was at the bottom of the ladder. Below is a picture of Dayton looking into a kiva. One bad thing about having little kids at Mesa Vede is it is very dangerous with a lot of cliffs and hazards. We had a scare with Reece running around this as mom was trying to grab him. He was trying to run away from mom and almost fell in a Kiva. After that, we sat all the kids down and "laid down the law" and Reece was not allowed to move a inch without mom and dad holding his hand.
Dad catching the first bass of the day! (The only catch I might add)
Fishing, canoeing and boating scored an A+ on this trip.
On one of the porches 
