Fossils

Peter decided that we should go on a family excursion to find fossils on Saturday. We had been planning on going for a hike or something of that nature anyway. We learned that there are fossils up in Red Rock Canyon and so we headed out early that morning. And as you can see by the picture we had success. There were tons of these fossilized shells. The insides of the shells appeared to be a quartz like looking material.

We gave each of the boys a bag and they soon filled them with all sorts of rocks. We convinced them to take one that had a fossil in it and then only 3-4 other cool rocks. If you ask Jon he will tell you all about the big rock daddy found and the tools he used to break a few rocks open. Joey wanted to be sure to see the truck at all times, which gratefully for the most part you could because we really just climbed up the hill (you can see it in the background of the picture of Peter and Jon).

As you can see Arabella was snuggled in with me in her carrier and inside of one of Peter's jackets. It was a great family outing!