The Great Salt Lake Shoreline Preserve.

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I just realized this week that I have not posted on our family blog for at least a month.  I think what happened was I started to feel better and got distracted by food.  I literally gained ten pounds in the last month.  Seriously.  That is usually how my pregnancies go though.  I gain half of the pregnancy weight in a month--when I start to eat again.   I haven't documented much during the past weeks, but two Saturdays ago we went on a little adventure with the Goebels and my mom. We'd planned on hiking Ferguson Canyon in Salt Lake, but we woke up to a steady rain.  Mary said that Kaysville was dry, so north we headed to the Wetlands Preserve to walk the boardwalks and have a picnic lunch with the cousins.  Although most of the marsh grasses haven't greened up yet, the marsh was full of life.  We found ducks, red-winged blackbirds, snakes, ermin, and various other creatures.

Grandma with Hallee, Adam, Sophie, and Phoebe.

Zeke and his cousin Jake were in heaven exploring the marsh together.  They would have stayed all day if we didn't drag them out of there.


The rare photo, apparently taken by Casey, proving that I do exist.

Casey wanted to test the buoyancy of these matted floating reed.  He was thinking about replicating the floating islands of the Uros people on Lake Titicaca.  He did not get wet.
Zeke, checking the water's depth near Casey's experiment.

Snake wrangler extraordinaire.


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  1. ShainaJune 4, 2014 at 8:06 AM

    1. Zeke looks so old and grown-up!
    2. I hate hate hate HATE snakes so much. I would have somehow figured out how to run in the other direction in spite of my still-lingering nausea.
    3. Yay for food! I'm so glad you like it again. I'm still waiting for that glorious milestone.

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  2. casey sullivanJune 4, 2014 at 9:06 PM

    Hi Shaina. I can't wait for you to love food again. I still don't love it, but it is way more edible these days and I've actually taken to cooking again. Oh blessed day, since I am so sick of freezer food and processed junk. Ugh!

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