Sunday, September 30, 2018

September 2018

September was one for the books.  The bank books.  We did a lot of projects that cost a lot of money!  Here are a few highlights.  Darren and Tyler get to keep riding.  Hitting some good jumps.  Tyler did something I will never attempt.  He rode his bike from the bottom of Snowbird to the top of the tram with Darren.  ... Hiking it was hard enough.... biking up it, no way!   I could ride the tram up and then bike down- but I am married to Darren so that would never happen.  You must bike up what your going to come down.  While the boys biked the girls and I swam at the Cliff lodge pool.  Glad Darrens work gave us a night away.  



We have some beautiful sunsets.  Utah is on fire.  So many fires some students have to have indoor recess for weeks. Ella built a fairy house.  Abby still fits in the towel my friend Pat made for me when Tyler and Ella were born.  



We had cement poured to extend the patio outside.  Its amazing how inviting it is now.  Lots of sprinklers had to be moved to get ready for that.  




Ella got glasses.  She only has to wear them at school right now.  But she tells me often how much better she can see with them.  Abby ... practicing Yoga at Costco...???




Sunday stroll with the Katie LaRiviere Family.  Across from La Caille. It was kind of lovely.  Its changed since the last time I saw it.  But we made the most of it.  and since the river was low we hiked back to the car through the river bed.  






Ella loves to do plays still.  This one was goorey and had death in it.  Another one had mean step mothers in and cut puppies.  




 We decided to just have the walkout patio done also.  It was just a muddy mess down there so get it done.  It will be beautiful and totally finished soon... like as in October.  We had the Balls cousins over that same weekend and it was fun to watch the workers do some cool stuff.  We got to go to a church carnival with the boys too.  All 6 kids slept upstairs... which means a bit less sleep then they all needed but great cousin memories.







 And last but not least. I remember doing this as a kid and Abby did it also.  but the hair was so stuck that it was rough.  I had to cut the comb out inch by centimeter with wire cutters to carefully get it out.

Friday, September 28, 2018

Tylers 13th Birthday

Tylers a pretty great kid so its easy to celebrate him!  His sister gave a big hug since it was his last night being 12!  The next morning was his official birth day.... even thought he wasn't born until about 7 at night.  We had puff pancakes.  Lots of peaches and whip cream on them. It was a busy day on his actual birthday so we plowed through all that stuff to get to go to Bahama Bucks that night.  The real celebration was a few days a way.  




 We had a great party.  No presents just a big party.  All the neighbhor kids his age came.  We had some blow up slides, sumo suites and pizza outside.  As it got darker we got out the slack line and roasted marshmallows.  Ella is a sweet sister who wanted to get him some kind of gift.  She bought a few fun things with her money.  One of them was silly string that she sprayed all over him when they sang him happy birthday.












Saturday, September 22, 2018

Tony Grove Camping/ Bear Lake

A weekend in September we raced away with friends to get in another camping trip.  Darren has been itching to take the kids to Tony Grove in Logan.  We found a great camp sight and made our selves at home.  We hiked around the lake.  We hiked up to White Pine Lake. We ate lots of good food.  We played some games. The kids enjoyed the hammocks.  On the last day we drove over the mountain to Bear Lake.  We had kayaks and a paddleboard.  If it hadn't been so windy it would have been perfect.  We bundled up and headed to Le Beaus for a famous raspberry shake.  Then we headed to Logan to visit with Pat and Seth.  They had a delicious dinner waiting for us.  

Grateful the leaves were spectacular.  Abbys longest hike.  9 miles.