Humming Birds

are so small. makes me wonder what the baby birds look like when they come out of the nest, seeing as the adult version is so tiny ha.

we went hiking up to some cliff dwellings today.
(which, if you don't already know, is where ancient indian people carved into the side of a cliff and built their homes into the sheer wall of rock. it's pretty amazing)
it was soo awesome, and the sights were beautiful, it's been so long since i've been hardcore hiking and i missed it a lot.

BUT we went to the visitors' center afterwards, and the tree outside had all these little hanging birdfeeders with sugar water. oh my wow. there had to be like 30 of those little humming birds buzzing around fighting each other for a spot on the feeder. and have you ever realized how loud those suckers are?? just one bird flapping his wings so fast sounds like an entire swarm of mosquitoes it's crazy.

we're leaving tomorrow morning, headed up to missouri to see the gparents. and i'm just really happy. :)