Lake Powell

We decided to have one last summer fling at Lake Powell before we all had to go back to school. We had grandma come with us, and we gathered up Chris' kids Kylie and Justice for an afternoon of fun in the sun. The breeze was nice and we had a great time in the water. This is the life!

Canning has officially begun!

I wanted to let you know what I have been up to the last week or so. I canned green beans from my garden for the first time last Friday, I pulled the bell peppers and the corn from my garden this morning. When Dad comes next week he gets to help me harvest the corn. I love eating from my garden, nothing tastes better (except eating it in the winter!).

Look who is blogging!

Mom came by the house on her way to education week in Idaho (she drove for the first time without stopping overnight...that's why she looks so bad) and decided to learn how to blog. She came to the master (well, Marsh was busy, so I had to fill in for him). I spent the better part of the day teaching her the ins and outs of blogging. Then, Mike came in and organized all her pictures on the computer in about 5 minutes flat. She has now doubled our inheritance in her will...SWEET!!

Move along little doggie...

While we were traveling home from vacation, we ran into a little bit of a snag. Some cowboys were herding the cattle over the mountain, and WE were in the way. As you can see, the cows expected us to move out of the way. You can see Mike's arm out the window and see that the cattle is right next to us. The boys were asleep and Devin woke up just in time to see the cows. Carter, however, woke up as we started moving again.

5K racing!

These are some of the greatest friends EVER!! We have been training after school daily for this race, so they came down to my area to do the 5K with me. It was a COLD day, but a great to race because we weren't hot. My friend Mary Kay is on the left and Amy is on the right.

It was a small race, about 300 people.

About 1/2 way through the race, Carter comes running up to us! It was really fun to have him there. It was his b-day (as well as Mary Kay's). He walked with us the rest of the way. He kept up with us and was happy to be there. He wants to do the next one with us.

Here is us at the finish line. There were 2 girls in front of us that we wanted to pass. I think they heard us because everytime we sped up to pass, they sped up. We were never able to pass them, but we ran into the finish line. Mike got our time. It was 3.26 miles in 45 minutes. Great baseline! We have another 5K coming up in April. We had sooooo much fun.

Here is us getting our ticket that says what place we came in and how fast we did the race.

Game ON!!

Luke, Carter and Jared play ball! We didn't get on the same team like last time, so Jared is actually playing against Luke and Carter. It is so fun watching these boys play. They are actually getting good!

This is the gang hanging out while the boys play. Sam's got Josh (now 5 months old!!!). Cutest kids ever!!

Future Cheer Leader

We signed Sam up for the mini cheer camp at my school. They practiced 2 nights then got to do a little dance for the half-time show. She of course LOVED hanging out with the real cheerleaders. Here is her at one of the practices.

Here is the actual night. As you can see, I didn't have my camera on the right mode, so ALL the pictures of the performance turned out like this. Oh well. At least you can see her in this one.

This is one of my students that Sam loves. My student is so cute with my kids. This was a great night for them.