moab-- day 3: balanced rock, north+south windows, turret, and double arches

(the girls' 1st time and our 3rd time at arches)

(balanced rock)

(north and south windows and turret arch. amelia was worried she would get tired from the hiking, and we had to reassure her that these hikes were easy peasy compared the delicate arch hike. scarlett and jer both appreciated the lack of backpack riding/wearing on these mini-hikes, too!)

 (double arch)

(the girls each got to roll their own penny into a moab design... we've tried to collect these cute souvenirs from our adventures, but i honestly have no idea where any of their pennies are.)

we had so much fun on our trip to moab-- seriously, i love traveling with and finding adventure with my family. this trip also put me a peace with only having three children-- we're just at a sweet spot with our kids! we love our annual family trips with them; newborns and infants just make it so very difficult and stressful. (this is in no way an announcement that our family is complete with evelyn's arrival, just a nod to us taking our babies as they come and not rushing or planning too far ahead anymore.)

i'm feeling like our 2018 trip be in utah, with hopefully only a short road trip (unsure of how evelyn will tolerate her carseat and sleeping in a foreign place). any suggestions for us?