Mine Time

As always, the kids enjoyed spending time in "The Mine" in Park City.  These two pics below are how they spent most of their time there:

But then there was also the occasional tv/movie watching ~

Sophia would give us a break from her cligy-ness in "the Mine" which was nice. 

Abi posing for the camera on the rocking moose.

Joseph enjoyed a few games of pool, here he is playing a game with someone else but with his brother hovering near by he started to tell Ethan to "Go away" when I snapped the photo. Brotherly love ~

This year they had a new addition in the Mine, a little yellow canary named "Sunny".  He was a pretty yellow little bird, but poor fellow was all alone in the cage.  They had a sign telling his name and the history of the canary and how they had a wonderful partnership with the miners who worked in the silver mines of Park City years ago ~ "The miners took the canaries into the mines and if the canaries stopped singing, the miners knew it was not safe and they could get out". Didn't mention the canaries stopped singing cause they were dead. Sunny wasn't singing in his cage, but I'm assuming it was safe in there. I stared at him for a while, felt bad for him being stuck in a cage and not being able to use the wings God gave him to fly around outside. His little black eyes looking up and with helplessness and humility reminded me of Natalie's little face looking up at me. 

So now we're calling Natalie our "pretty canary" and then we start going off quoting Brian Regan from the first minute here.  Funny ~ "Pretty canary!"

She's been looking up at our faces with great intent these past few days, and we say "Earth to Natalie, do you read me?" I think we are going to establish contact with planet Natalie very soon.

Pretty little cross-eyed canary :)