Red Bluff

We recently came across a Mississippi scenic area. It's by no means a national park. It's sadly lacking, but it is interesting enough to go take a look at.

Red Bluff has been called the Grand Canyon of Mississippi. While the Grand Canyon is rock carved from water, Red Bluff is dirt erosion.






I would never take the kids there alone. I had hold of one kid, Paul had hold of the other. There are no guardrails, just a steep drop off.


Not spectacular but kind of impressive for a dirt hole.



Apparently it's "the thing" that you jump down the cliffs and climb up them. I think they're just crazy.







This is probably the scariest part of all, where the road is all eroded away. You feel as though the road could give way at any time.

Silly Face

My kids make the greatest facial expressions. We went to the temple on Jan 22nd. I meant to take pictures of us in front of the temple, but by the time we got there we were late and then when we got out the kids were hungry, cranky and tired. I did snap a few pics of them eating in the car.

Blue

[Warning...depressing post ahead...I'll post other stuff with pictures that are not so depressing to make up for it!...]

It has been difficult to find any sort of inspiration to blog lately. I don't know if it's the post holiday blues, the winter blues or if I'm just plain blue. The weather has been either nice or nasty, but mostly nasty. (FYI, "Nasty" is Lana's new favorite word. You should hear her say it. It's hilarious.) I had been all excited about doing Valentine Cards for everyone this year instead of Christmas cards. Then January came and everyone got sick. Then we got better. Then round two came. We are finally back in the "better" category but I'm sure not for long. So I apologize to everyone who was looking forward to a witty card from us. Maybe next year. No promises though.

Cope's due date has come and gone. I anticipated the day to be emotional and sad, and I was but it was a good emotional/sad day. I am still sad and I'm sure I will always be sad but it's a good sad. It's a healing sad. I know I don't make sense but I don't know how to put it any other way.

It seems that I hear more and more of friends losing babies. A friend posted on facebook today about how she found out her baby has a congenital heart defect at her 20 week appointment and was not given a good prognosis. How heart breaking! The emotions of losing a child are intense, but the anticipation of it? I cannot imagine having to process that. I think my saving grace was when Paul, Lana and Tanner walked through the door to my hospital room. My brain registered that I had a family that needed me and I had two kids that I needed to keep it together for. I could not allow myself to fall apart for their sakes. I love my kids all the more and try to enjoy the time I have with them right now. I hope that my friend can find her saving grace especially since it's her first baby. It's a devastating place to be and not an easy place to climb out of.