7 Peaks

This is obviously an old video.  I was just picking one to see if I could get it to load (and I did!).  Garrick's brother, Butch, and his family came out to visit this summer.  We all went to 7 Peaks together.  We got Logan to go on this ride, mostly because his cousin, Kale, was going.  Logan takes after his mother when it comes to heights, fast-moving rides, etc.  But, we had a lot of fun "racing" down the water slide.  Butch was holding Kale, Garrick was holding Lexi, and I was holding Logan.

January was Caa-raaaazy!

January was a crazy month.  We traveled to Idaho for Jackie's wedding reception there.  We were lucky to have Garrick's sister, Kendra, and her family stay the night with us on their way back to Florida.  The rest of the month was filled with more trips.  Garrick had consulting trips to Louisville, Minnesota, and St. George, UT (we joined him on that one).  Then he had another trip to St George for a conference.  We all went to San Diego the last weekend in January, and Garrick flew back early Mon morning to travel down to that St George conference.  We all met up on Wed night.  Whew.  What a month!  Here are a few pictures:

St George was a welcome change to the weeks-long-freezing-cold inversion we had been having in UT county.   The sky was clear.  The sun was out.  It was still a bit chilly, but to us, 45 or 50 degrees was warm enough to enjoy the red rocks and do a little hiking. 

 My little troopers.  I was a little worried about keeping them busy while Garrick was in a conference all day, but we went to story time at the library and then to Snow Canyon for some fun hikes. We also spent a morning at Jumping Jacks, and the kids really enjoyed that.

 Notice those nice top teeth.  They are now a thing of the past.  But, we like his smile either way.

 This was the part where she had to do some hiking by herself.  Too bad it was in the shade.  I was in a hurry to get back into the sun!

 There are some pioneer names carved into the rock up there.  I should have zoomed into the picture so you could see them, but I didn't.  I think they were from the 1800s.

 This guy loves to explore.

 This is one of my favorites.  :)

 

Enjoying the hot tub at my sister's new house in CA.  It wasn't too warm out, but the hot tub was hot!  We even got rained on a bit, and that was ok.

 We had a lot of fun with the Joneses.  Sadly, we didn't get the 70 degree weather that they had been having, but 50's and 60's was still an improvement for us.  It was nice enough to take a couple of trips to the park.  We went to the park the day that we left, and I remember wishing that I had flip flops on.  Aaahhh, I'm excited for spring!

Long Lost Blogger

So I haven't blogged in MONTHS.  But, don't worry, I wasn't beating myself up for not staying on top of things.  I actually kind of forgot about my blog.  But, I am back, and I might as well do a little updating.


These pictures are from a trip to the children's museum in SLC.  I think they are from Oct or Nov.

 We liked the Magformers so much that we decided to ask Santa to bring us some for Christmas, and he did!

My ward volleyball team won the regional tournament!  We had a lot of fun!  The three girls on the right all moved into the ward within the last year, and they are all great volleyball players.   

A fun picture of Lexi with her great grandma, Norma Furniss.  We were lucky enough to see her at Thanksgiving and again in Feb at her 90th birthday party.

 Ralonna's famous Jell-o salad.  14 layers and super tasty!

 Thanksgiving with Jackie and Garrick's parents and grandma.

Lexi and Malorie (her cousin).  Logan and Lexi both love playing with Malorie.

Some last minute Christmas shopping with Gma Rozi.

Racing slot cars at the Albany Hobby Center.  Logan and his cousins thought this was pretty fun.  

Thanks, grandpa Robbins!

Christmas Eve pjs.

Christmas morning

A Christmas-time trip to temple square.

A picture of some of the cousins at Aunt Jackie's wedding reception.  Lexi and cousin Macee coincidentally have on the same dress.  They are even the same size!

I've Been Caught

I was our bedroom the other day when I overhead Logan talking to Garrick.  He said, "Daddy, why does mommy keep throwing my drawings away?" 

Yikes!  I've been caught.  I love my child's drawings, but I can't keep them all.  Apparently I need to be much more discrete about throwing them out.