The Forgotten Carols

I decided that I would surprise the family and take them to "The Forgotten Carols". Well, some of the family...no children under 5 can come. I had fun surprising them. We went to dinner at Pounders YUM. Everyone was asking me where we were going but, I was so good!! :D I didn't tell a soul until we got in the building and they saw what we were doing. We loved it! It brought such a sweet spirit into this season. I love the Forgotten Carols. I think Michael McLean was truly inspired.

Bryce, Nyc, lady & Cole

Cole and lady being goofy waiting for the show...

The ROAD back home...

This is on my four mile walk. I often reflect on the "straight and narrow" road back home. There are lots of curves and bumps along the way...trying to sway us from returning home. I'm so grateful for the gospel in my life and for the MANY people who been an example to me.

HaPpy HaLLoWeEN

HaPPy HaLLoWeEn! Finally, we are getting this up...okay, so it took me a month! I'm getting there! We had a great Halloween. It was a lot of this year.:)

Ashton,Meryn the Hawaiian girl, Azure & Cole....

Looking good Micheal! This year our two oldest kids were Rock StArS!

Hannah Montana

How's that huge smile Nycole? Ah, yeah a little to much teeth

Hannah Montana's...Alayda and Bff Eva.

Azurwa...this is how Ashton says her name.

Ashton at the kids school parade

Our Micheal Jackson...Okay, I just have to say WE LOVE MICHEAL! We seriously really do love Micheal Jackson. What a incredible artist! We were sad to see him go...He did get freaky. But, who are we to judge right?!

The moon walk

The WINNER! Our cookie decorating got a little crazy. This is the "Swine Flu"cookie. It is suppose to be a ghost but got turned into a pig...with my husband's wild imagination! We had a great time laughing about it.

Cookie decorating...

The kids and their friends. Eva and Marli...and Bryce at work making the swine cookie.

A Deer Hunt that went bad...

Bryce and Ashton. This is the ONLY picture I got of the deer hunt. It was taken with my phone. So, I was so proud of myself. I packed the "whole world" and was so prepared for this trip to make it a blast. It started out great. We set up camp. Made an AWESOME fort for the kids to play in! Went down the mountain to Bryce's parent's house to make his mom's FAMOUS sugar cookies. (they are divine) Played with lots of the cousin's.Visited my grandma a couple of times...and then it started. I could not breath on Sunday. Oh, my heck. I thought it was just the elevation or something...So, I had two breathing treatments; that helped for the night and then on Monday morning I was hating it! Bryce went out hunting in the morning and then to help his brother by the time he got back...I was not doing good. So, we packed up real quick and left. Our trip that was to last us until that Thursday was cut short 4 days! I felt so bad for Bryce. I could not even sit in the truck. I made Bryce let me sleep in the trailer on the way home. It turned out I had H1N1...along with Alayda and Azure. Man does it take you down! My dear sweet husband stayed home with us the whole week from his hunt and work to take care of us. I was LITERALLY down for a week. Bryce took care of everything. He was so kind. He would bring in trays of food, word search, magazines, sprite and a mini light for reading...that I never got to. Anyway, I so DESTROYED that hunt! The one trip Bryce looks forward too! Maybe next time I will stay home!

Helping Hands

This sum's up Ashton's personality! He always has a smile on his face and is always into things. Bryce re stained our swing on a October Saturday...We were doing our "fall clean up". They boys (Bryce and Cole) had a tee time so I was to just finish up the last touches on the swing. The kids and I made the rest of the afternoon into a fun cleaning and painting adventure. I had to stop and take picture's of course with my phone!

Our wild little man...

Ashton always has a some kind of smirk on his face! He is hilarious!

My favorite smile of Azure's!

Alayda, Meryn, Azure & Ashton helping me re stain the swing...they painted the fence with water.

Why I love UTAH!

Bridal Vail Falls, Provo. On a lovely October Sunday afternoon when everyone else in the state decided to take a ride through the Alpine loop we did too! Oh, my heck it was so busy. But, absolutely beautiful! The kids brought their bikes so we could ride from the top of the parking lot of Bridal Vail Falls to the bottom. This season is one of my favorite's! I love the 4 seasons Utah has. I love it here!

Bryce and Ashton on our hike

Our stud muffin "Cole".

Sundance Resort

The Alpine loop

One of my favorite tree's. I love the Aspen tree. There are a few reason's why...My grandma Lyman would take us (my sibling's and cousin's my age) up to the mountain's a lot for a picnic. "The Blue Mountain's of Monticello". One of the most beautiful mountain's in the United States that is! j/k No, really I am not. Anyway, I remember that there were so many of these trees when I would go to the mountain. I love the sound of the leaves brushing in the wind, the different color of leaves when fall sets in. The white trunk.The distinctive smell (like dirt). Maybe all these things of the tree remind me of such a sweet life and opportunity I had to go with my grandma up to the mountain...we would make fort's and play in the stream. All this for a tree?!

A day at Snowbird Resort with my Bryce!

Us! Taking the lift up to Alpine slides. It was such nice weather. It was nice to get a way with just us. I forgot how beautiful Snowbird is! I never get up there because I am always in my "little territory" of being a mom. You know...your neighborhood grocery store's, school, etc. One day Cole said he was sick of driving the same streets. What do you say to that? Sorry, little dude I'll try to get you out more! :)

Bryce on the Alpine slides.

Bryce getting off the zip. That was so much fun!

Um, I forgot what these are called...But,they were really cool to hear. We had fun listening to these guys!

Salt Lake Valley from the tram.

A really cool truck that I thought was cute! It looks tough, huh?!

First Day of school

Yes, I know the date is dated November 9th! No, this is not the first day of school for the kids. I am a little behind in posting picture's. Ah, let's say 2 month's behind!

Alayda's first day of school! Sad for us! She was excited to go...It's always hard to let go! I have to find the other picture's I had of Cole and Meryn on their first day...

Bryce walking Alayda and her little friend Eva to school.

Silerton and Ouray Colorado

Durango, Colorado. So, all these picture's are from my phone. I can not find the sweet picture's I took with our camera!! So, frustrating! I have the Sim card I took them on but, some how they are lost! Sad! Just my luck lately! Oh, well...........

Alayda, Ashton & Meryn loved these horses we HAD to get on them. We just got off the train from Silverton to Durango. We were waiting for Bryce and Todd to get back from the museum. The kids did not last long there. So, this entertained us for a while.

Bryce, lady, Ashton and Azure walking Main St. in Silverton, Co.

Azure and Ren. I love this smile of Meryn!

Azure and Meryn...the picture's are a little blurry it's with my phone.

Bryce with little Ashton on Main St. in Ouray

Ouray,Colorado... a very quaint town.

We went in September with Todd and Amy to Silverton and Ouray. Bryce posted the train ride with a video clipping earlier in October. The fall colors were gorgeous! It was a little bit cold but, it was still nice. The "Million Dollar Highway" was beautiful! A little scary but, good. We have been to Ouray a lot with Bryce's family. (his parents live about 3 hours away.) Ouray has natural hot springs there. It's huge with 4 different pools and slides,etc. It is a very beautiful town/area. We had such a great time! We always do when your with good company! :)