Topaz Mountain

In October, Jeff's sister invited us to go to Topaz Mountain with her and her boys.  Our goal was to gather together a bunch of Topaz to give to Jeff's Dad for Christmas.  The day was perfect and the weather was mild (I couldn't imagine trying to do this in the heat of the summer, yuck). Topaz Mountain is about two hours south of our house in the middle of the Utah desert.

At first we found pieces of Topaz just laying in the road.

Kris, Mason, Alex, Jeff

Then we ventured off into the sage brush to look.  The boys saw lots of lizards and even a mud puppy. Thankfully no rattlesnakes though!

 The boys were in heaven all day long and kept asking when we could come back.  My boys love to be outdoors…have I mentioned that? Especially when they are looking for rocks.