The Westcott Family

Monday, November 9, 2009

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.

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! :)

Another Bear Lake getaway...this time with our friends

Our boat! This was our last trip with our boat! We sold it a week after we got back. I was surprised how fast it sold! I guess I'm not really. It was in excellent shape. If some of you are wondering why? It's because the last 2-3 years we maybe got out on the lake the most 3 times a year! Can you stand it?! I love going boating! It is such a riot! It is a great family activity, but to be honest we have other things that we do and love. We are trying to simplify our lives with out soo many things to take care of! So, going to Bear Lake with our friends was a nice goodbye.

Randy, Bryce and Cody at the condo. Hanging out, playing games having fun! :)

The captain of our ship! My hubby! :D

Do you think that we have enough kids?! We do! The Young's have 4 and we always seem to out beat everyone with our 5! Despite all the kids that make it a little crazy. We had a blast! I love Bear Lake. I admit it is a little colder than most but, it is so clear and clean!

Cole, Gabe and Randy. This was our last hurrah on the boat!

Family Time at LAKE POWELL

We had such a great time with Todd, Amy & fam! (Bryce's brother) We went down on a Thursday night Bryce,Cole, Alayda, Meryn and I.We took our trailer and made the ferry to cross the lake to Halls Crossing. Todd and Amy met us there. They brought their boat. Good trade off huh?! We thought so. We went exploring the lake on Friday. My brother in law knows all the "HOT SPOTS"! We saw such beautiful land marks, coves, place's to swim, place's for great shade! My favorite place I got to see was HOLE IN THE ROCK. Todd took us over here and I immediately felt some kind of sacredness. This is where my my great, great grandpa; Platt D. Lyman came down from this major cliff to settle the San Juan county. He was one of the first pioneers to do so. Looking at the cliff from the lake was an unbelievable site! How in the heck could they do that? Todd ( who knows all) he really he does! Just like Bryce...told me a lot about the history of these pioneers. He said that we were 30 higher in the water from the bottom of the lake. I can not really comprehend what these great and noble men & women went through. I have had such admiration for the experience, faith in God to do this mission...On a much lighter note on Saturday we played a lot on the water. We had such a great time! On Saturday night we ended up going to Monticello to stay the night and then headed back to home later on that evening. I can not find my picture's that I thought I had. I took so many too. So, I will just have to update later! :[ Yeah, also this was in August too. I am way behind trying to catch up on my "journal"!

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Westcott Family Reunion at Bear Lake

Beautiful Bear Lake. This is the view from our cabin. My great uncle Paul on my dad's side has this place up here. We have been up here about 3 other times than this. It is huge and accommodating for a big group. We always have such a great time here. ( Um, yeah the reunion was back in August! I know, I know! We had such a busy summer. Things just got crazy here! So, now that we are getting hit with cold weather I am able to stay at home and update!)

Lady

Meryn

The man who started it all...Mr. Winn Westcott...It is rare you get Winn looking at you smiling like this. I have found he does not like his picture to be taken. So, I caught him in action doing something else! Ha! Winny! Got ya! I did not get a picture of the my mother inlaw that holds the family together :I It is always nice to get together with his family. I enjoy are conversation's! I'm grateful to be apart of Bryce's family. I am grateful to be apart of Bryce's life!