Utah Mountains - Activities

Of course it was also delightful spending time with the next generation of cute, little, people...

Here's one of the fairy nieces holding the newest addition - my 6 week old nephew.


And here are the nieces, down in the valley in front of a fountain designed by one of my favorite artists, Jim Christensen. He's a local. I got to take a class from him in college (Water Media or something). He is such a personality - it was one of the most interesting courses I've ever taken.

(Close-up detail of one of the fountain statues. How fun to see your paintings translated into fully embodied three dimensions!)

There were any number of activities available - from watching various family members traverse the rope course...

...to throwing pots in an open studio over the river. I think *everyone* should have an open air studio, spanning a mountain stream - with the sun, and the breezes, and the birds to keep you company.... Ahhhhh...... Spend a couple of hours a day out there with your hands in clay and I suspect you have a recipe for world peace.

As much as I like to paint, there is something about the tactile and three-dimensional....

We also got to celebrate a double birthday - my first-born turned 18 the same day my nephew turned 9 (makes it easy to remember).

Here's my gorgeous boy (with his focused 'game face' - he's in the midst of an intense badminton match) - happy entry to adulthood, baby...