April in a nutshell

I went to St. George with my mom, sister, niece, & nephew but sadly didn't take many pictures. We stayed with my Grandma & went to Zion's one day. I had never been to "weeping rock" so it was the only hike I took pictures of. I loved the story behind this one.

When we got back home, Jared had made steak & mashed potatoes for us!

We played games and........

fed the ducks.

On our way to St. George we stopped at the historic Cove Fort. If I remember correctly, President Hinkley's grandfather was asked to build it & his father was raised there! It was neat & fun to experience a little of what it use to be like.

Mom & Andrea looking through the peak hole. They had several of these which made it impossible to be attacked.

Jared's sister blessed her baby on Easter Sunday. She's darling & her name is London Elle. Not a great picture of me but the baby sure is cute!

Jared's niece Erika & Nephew Johnny just happy to be there.

Avery & Zoe looking oh so cute in their Easter dresses!

Thankfully Jared took these pictures. I have become a terrible picture taker & now our camera doesn't work so I guess it serves me right.

Happy Birthday Wyatt

Baby Wyatt turned one so we went to Logan to celebrate his BIG day that his mom had planned for him! He was hestiant to eat the cake but once he started he didn't stop until it was gone.

Opening presents & trying to figure out how they work.

Here's Wyatt taking after the dog, Bailey. What a fun little boy!

Family Pictures

We had family pictures taken a week ago & here are the results. You can't tell in the pictures but at one point my toes went numb & they went through the painful stage while unthawing.

Here's Casey, Andrea, Brady, & me

My little Meg

Us

Aussie

The girls

Carrie was our photographer & does an amazing job! I could post a bunch more good ones but I'm sure you get the idea!

Lake Las Vegas

The annual Crown Council trip this year was at Lake Las Vegas at The Loews hotel. The weather was WONDERFUL & we had a great time as usual!

Thursday we went to Ceasar's & ate at Cheesecake factory.


After dinner the Doctors took us to Beatles Love. It was soooo good & I want to see it again already. We were on the front row & felt like we were part of the show.


Of course I had to take a picture of this........becuase it's so true. Anyway, we had a blast & next year it's in the beautiful city of San Antonio!

'Ode to MHPC'

As I was cleaning out some old boxes, I found a few keepsakes that took me back to a more silly day. I found the chains we used to wear around school, I know what you are thinking, "THAT IS SOOOO COOL!!!" and the sash we wore to graduation. WSC and MHPC we fellow members salute you. How awesome are teenagers? I hope all of you never forget the quirky things you did during the teen years.

New Year's Eve & Jared's Birthday!

For New Year's Eve we always go to the cabin & celebrate Jared's birthday. Here we are sledding down the road & you get going really fast & end up having to drag your feet the whole way down. One time when I was going down a ways behind Megan & I saw a boot on the side of the road so I grabbed it as I sled past it & saw Meg with a bootless foot & a wet sock at the bottom of the hill.

Right before we went sledding, Megan looked out the window & noticed something out there. It ended up being about 60 Elk working their way up the mountain. Later that night they came back down. We usually see lots of deer & an occassional moose so this was quite a sight!

Jared turned 28 on the 31st of Dec. so even though he has the 2009 glasses on, this picture was taken in 2008. This year he had his favorite banana cream pie instead of a cake.

(Long story behind this special homemade pie.)

Everyone willingly wearing their "New Year" tiaras during dinner!

First day of the year & we got to see this beautiful rainbow! Thanks to everyone who made it up this year even though it was a quick trip!

Ugly Sweater Party

Lindsay & Aleena were successful with another one of their dress-up parties.

Jared found 2 sweaters for us at Savers but I decided to wash them before the party & his wool sweater shrunk of course & mine wasn't dry in time so we had to design our own.

Here's the guys having a jolly time.

Of course they managed to fit in some football.

We had a lot of fun! Thanks!!

This was the sunset before we left to go to the party. Too bad I took it through the screen. duh

Snowmobiling

The day after Christmas we went on a fun ride in the new powder & the freezing cold.

We got stuck a few times but Jared & Brady took care of getting us back on track.

We saw this moose sitting in the snow!

New Years Bash!!!

For all of you who need a reminder of how great the celebration is at the cabin over New Years, I thought I would post some previous highlights.

Melting snow for water.

Snow shoeing.

Derek and me plowing snow!

The double sledders. Pretty Scary!

The Luge!

Snowmobiling.

This is going to be a get together to remember. They always are, so schedule some time to come from the 30th to the 1st hope to see ya there.

Our Tree

This year we kept finding good looking trees but none of them were tall enough for Jared. Then we came across this cute tree & brought it home with us.

Wyatt in shock from so much whipped cream!

And so far Lucy loves the tree. It's her one chance to pretend like she's outside I guess.

We're excited for Christmas!

I can't wait to see what Lucy does when we get our tree up. Right now she enjoys laying on the tree skirt.

Turkey Trot

Jared & I haven't been running much since it got cold but after finding out about this race on Thanksgiving morning we had something to try & train for. It was 4 miles & proved that we are not in as good of shape as we once were.

Santa came out of his housein his p.j. bottoms. I'm pretty sure he's the real thing.

Here's Jared & Ryan showing their excitement at the beginning of the race. After the race Jared went & played football & the rest of the day kept complaining how sore he was & kept saying "Gary's a big guy."