Little Wild Horse Canyon

Little Wild Horse Canyon is pretty awesome. It is so narrow in some places with high canyon walls that you have to turn sideways to get through. The kids had fun climbing the walls. We are so glad that nanny and grandpa came with us. Grandpa went off on his own little exploration and found himself on a cliff with no way down. We used it as an object lesson for the kids. :) Stay on the right path....
Grandpa is amazing and fun. My kids love that he water and snow ski's with them. He was a trooper on this trip because he was feeling tired and a little run down. A couple of weeks later we found out that he has cancer and he is now being treated and we expect that he will be better in about 6 months. But I wanted him to know that we love him and hope he feels better soon, at least by summer for waterskiing.

Watch out for the Gobblins......

The day after Thanksgiving we drove a couple hours south to go visit Gobblin Valley. Carl and I celebrated our first wedding anniversary backpacking there but haven't been back. It was awesome. The kids LOVED it. We really had to keep an eye on Sydney because she is a crazy monkey and was jumping off of the rocks and climbing up in places she shouldn't be. That girl is fearless and more than a little stubborn.

Giving Thanks in Utah

We flew to Utah for Thanksgiving this year. The older the kids get the easier flying gets so it sure beat the 12 hour drive we usually have to do. My mom got some stuff to make these cute little turkey's to use as table decorations. I'm not sure who had more fun, papa or the girls

The finished turkeys

Playing at the park before dinner




Good helpers with dinner

Ashlee drew these place cards for everyone there. They were so cute.

Trunk or Treat....

Misty, Tami and I decided to dress up this year. We were pretty freakin awesome.

Soccer Season

This fall was consumed with soccer. I loved it but with 3 kids playing and practice, it was all we did. All the soccer pictures from the season were sadly on the compact flash that got corrupted and so the only pics we have are from their last games. The game was also on Halloween so our cute friend (Tami the haircut girl--that is what syd calls her) cut Calebs hair in a mohawk and we spray painted it blue to match his team colors. I actually thought he looked pretty awesome and he played the best game of the season even scoring a goal. Caleb and his friend were the only 6th graders on the team the rest are 8th and 9th graders.

Technical Difficulties

I have had some issues with the computer and my camera, and I didn't want to blog out of order because I am OCD and it would drive me crazy. But WAHOOO!! I was finally able to upload the pictures from the Canon Camera. Syd started ballet in september and loves it because she gets to go with her best peeps dylen, brooklyn and riley. She is so cute and VERY serious.

I guess I'm doing this thing......

So this is where I will be Sunday morning.....hopefully not Sunday afternoon.
I only have 2 goals for this race. 1) Finish 2) Finish on my feet, not a stretcher.
Not too lofty. We shall see. All this time I thought my crazy running partner was
joking about doing it.