Sweet Aly

Sweet Aly. Isn't she a sweetie?

Crashed

It's been a long day...

Megan's Haircut

Here are two pictures. One is of Megan getting a haircut from a hairdresser. The other is what happens when we try to cut our bangs ourselves. Haven't we been through this before?

Busy, Busy, Busy

Today was a rather busy day. It started off with a 4 mile run for me (I'm training for a 1/2 marathon). It was followed by Brian going to Lynda's house to help her with her roof leak problems. Then I went to the Relief Society General Conference meeting with 8 other women from our ward. On the way back, some of the ladies decided to go to Applebees for dessert. Since I hadn't seen my family all day, I took them as well. Aly was at Jennika's (as usual) and Meg was with her dad again. I think I mentioned before that the girls are too cool to hang out with their parents. Now I'm up waiting for a call back from Grandma Lynda because Grandma Debbie is at the hospital and Brian may have to give her a blessing. I hope all turns out ok with her.

I didn't get any pictures, but we had a family dinner for Corben's birthday (which is on Tuesday) last night at the Ogden Pizzaria. Mom, Bob, Ashley, Bryan, Matthew, Aunt Barbara, Michael and Melanee were there as well as all 6 of my family. It was a good time except for Brian (my husband) getting onto the topic of politics. Can't believe Corben is going to be 4. I guess I don't really have any babies anymore.

Waterfall up Ogden Canyon

Last spring, we went for a drive up Ogden Canyon and the kids thought the waterfall was so cool we had to get out and take pictures by it. That same day we went to the Oaks and had some lunch and their awesome ice cream.

Cleverly Girls

Aly, Megan and I all got our pictures taken in 2003. Brian was gone to Iraq and I was pregnant with Marcus. The girls are 4 and 6 and completely adorable as you can see so I thought I would post it.

Faces of Corben (and Aly)

Blackmail

Blackmail... Need I say more?

Ice Cold!!

So, Darren (our neighbor and friend), had this great idea to do some end of the season water skiing. We went up this morning about 9 and it was a lovely 50 degrees. Once we were out on the boat with it going fast, it was ICY. Darren went first on the wakeboard and it didn't look like he was all that cold, so I decided that since we'd gone all the way up there I might as well get in. I did it the manly way which was to just jump in. Bad idea. It was so cold it took my breath away. It took me a full couple of minutes to adjust. I got up on the knee board and my face, hands and feet (the only parts of me not covered with the wet suit) were icy. I bet I couldn't move my facial muscles for 5 minutes after I came in! The good news was that since it was rather chilly there weren't any other boats out so the water was still and smooth (which you can probably see in the pictures). When we were coming in and getting the boat back on the trailer, the boys were running around the loading area. Marc tripped and fell straight into the water. He wasn't in his swimming gear because we figured it would be too cold for the boys. He stood there shaking until I could get out to undress him and wrap him in blankets. It was just too funny not to laugh though. All in all, it was an awesome end of the season boating day even in spite of the cold.

Isn't it Freaky!

I don't know if you can tell what this is by the picture, but it is in fact Aly bending over backward almost in a backbend but her arms aren't holding her, she's using only stomach muscle. Cool huh?

Aly the Gymnast Update

Aly has been working and working and working toward moving into the next level at gymnastics. After 8 lessons she is now being moved up (they thought it would take her until the middle of the school year-she thought otherwise). Here she is on the bar which is the only thing that has held her back from level 3 (advanced beginners). Last night she mastered the "pullover", and the "hiproll". GO ALY!

Red Rocks 9/21/08

The red rocks were so beautiful, we had to stop and do the small hike to the top of the hill where there was a memorial for a fallen police officer. As we were hiking up, we heard several rattle snakes in the bushes. The kids were completely freaked out, so we took a few pictures and then ran back to our car. By the way, the sign in the previous post says, "Watch for Sheep". The sidewalk in this post is where we walked to the memorial and heard the rattlers.

I didn't get any pictures, but the girls and I hung out with Ashley and Bryan last night. I had to show a house out in clinton, but Ashley was down at Greg's house for the weekend so I dropped the girls off there (the boys were home playing Star Wars Lego on the PS2). Ashley and Bryan took Aly and Megan out for ice cream at the local mom and pops place where I met up with them after I showed the house. I wish I had gotten a few pictures, but I forgot. SORRY!

Road Trip Sept 21, 2008

We decided to go on a road trip today. We drove up the 39 to Woodruff where we had the choice to go up by Garden City (Bear Lake) or to head toward Evanston, WY. We decided to go through Evanston. Somewhere in the Wasatch National forest, we got stopped by some sheep herding. They filled the road and we spent quite some time following them. It was a great photo op. Here are some pictures of the sheep and sheepherds we saw. We also got stopped by some cows across the road. We stopped and rolled down the window so I could snap some pictures and Corben thought the noise the sheep make was funny. It didn't take long before he was in hysterics and of course when he was in hysterics all the kids started laughing. On our way back from Evanston we went on I-80 to I-84 and had to stop to get some pictures of the beautiful red rocks...

Dog Sitting

Most of you know that Phoenix, our sheltie, wasn't actually our first sheltie. When we moved back to Utah from Colorado we had to "farm" out our animals while we lived in an apartment for 6 months. Phoenix went with Brian's aunt who wanted us to take him back when we moved into a house, but the family we found to take Rusty wanted to keep him permanently. We decided to go ahead and let them, but now whenever they leave town, we dog sit for them. This weekend his family went out of town, so here we are dog sitting again. I'm pretty sure Phoenix hates it when his brother comes, but the kids love to spend some time with him since he was our first dog.

Friends :0)

Our friends, the Tarr's, have a little boy named Ethan who is friends with Marc and Corben. Since Marc is at kindergarten all day now, Corben and Ethan have been playing a lot. Here they are playing video games at my house. (Can you believe 4 and 5 year olds already play video games?!?!) The other 2 pictures are Marcus, Corben, Torrence (Tiki), and Ethan.

This one can also be another "Faces of Corben" post.

Dancin' Dancin' Dancin'

Aly and Megan both took dance for a while. They did 3 performances and were adorable. Here are some of the pictures...

Isn't Meg's hairpiece adorable?

If Fishes Were Wishes

The last time Megan was in the hospital, there was a board in the playroom entitled "If Fishes Were Wishes". All the kids got to put up a fish that they wrote their wish on. I took some pictures of the board so Megan could remember it. If you recognize the handwriting on Megan's it's because I wrote hers since her picc line was in her right arm and she had a hard time writing. For those of you who don't know, Megan hasn't been in the hospital for almost a year now which is excellent. There should be some more information soon about the cure they are in clinical trials testing. I'm hoping to know more at our October visit.

Date Night

Every other week, we go on a double date with our neighbors/friends the Tarr's. This week, I got to plan our date so I picked hiking. We went up this trail that started in Layton by the Surf-n-Swim sign off of Hwy 89. It was a hard hike for me since I'm completely not in shape and haven't hiked since I was 14 (with Brian who had to carry me up the mountain). It was beautiful once we reached the top. There was a waterfall and a panoramic view of the canyon. We didn't have much time to stop since we needed to get down before it got dark, so we stopped only briefly so I could take a picture of Brian by the waterfall and then headed back down.

Passover

We spent Passover in Colorado with Vicki, Dad, Diane and Kyle last year. My Dad is always good about taking pictures of the fun so here are a few of us hanging out.