Eagle Scout

Morgan received his Eagle Scout award in a ceremony last night.  We are proud of him.

Fall Break

We decided to go on an Arizona trip for our fall break this year. We started at Oak Creek Canyon near Sedona and went on a hike and enjoyed the beautiful colored leaves.  

 Morgan is rock climbing, or posing for a magazine photoshoot, not sure which.

 Rachel rock climbing  near Sedona

Montezuma's Castle National Monument.  This well-preserved cliff dwelling, built by Sinagua Indians in A.D. 1100, sits 100 feet above the valley.  It is rather impressive.

This place is called Montezuma Well.   

Walnut Canyon National Monument.   This monument features dwellings sheltered by overhanging cliffs.

 We are in an AD 1150 year old house!

 Rachel posing in a pueblo

 The trail starts at the visitor center and drops 245 steps into the canyon. Morgan ran up the stairs.  (I think twice)  It was quite the climb, but well worth the trip.

Labor Day Picnic

We went to the cabin for Labor Day and had a wonderful time visiting, playing games, hiking, and looking at the lush grass and wildflowers.  For lunch we drove to Big Lake for a picnic and also to see the Wallow Fire destruction.  Once again we sere pleased to see that the devastation wasn't widespread.  The grass has all grown back and with the Forest Service seeding and putting down straw, you can see from the pictures how beautiful the grass is.  Some areas were disheartening though.  The picture taken at our picnic lunch was right next to the Ranch's old corrals.  Happy memories in a beautiful place.

Anniversary

Doug and I recently celebrated our 28-year anniversary.  A few years ago we thought we would like to go to a different temple for our anniversary each year.  Luckily Bryan got married near our anniversary date so we got to count the St. George temple as our Anniversary Temple!  I wonder where we will go next year?  When I was young, one of my goals was to visit every temple in the world.  Like that is going to happen now.  So I revised my goal and decided on one new temple each year.

Fire in June

Our area has another wildfire raging out of control.  It started near Alpine on Sunday and the winds, dry conditions and extremely low humidity have turned our forest into an inferno.

These pictures were taken from my back porch.  Ominous!

SNOW IN MAY

We woke up this morning, MAY  19,  to 3 inches of beautiful wet snow. Morgan had a nature walk field trip scheduled today.

Feb - Mar Happenings

We have had a few busy, exciting months.  Here are some random pictures of our adventures.

Baby Trey's Blessings Day-- March 20, 2011

 Thai food Party!

 Making blankets with Addison

 Sign made by Rachel 

Trey 2 days old

Zion National Park with Gina, Mom and Dad

Baking with Addison and coloring pictures for the Fridge

 Blessing day

BYU Basketball

We had a fun trip to Albuquerque to watch BYU play UNM in the Pit. We arrived a little early and as we were walking around looking at the newly completed renovations of the Pit, the team bus pulled up.  We watched them as they walked by us and commented about each player.  Morgan and David had seats on the 3rd row so we all went down and watched the team warm up.  The rest of us had seats in the "Club," which were up high but comfortable leather seats.  Doug and David got tickets from attorney friends that were not using them.  By the way as we were walking into the Pit we saw some BYU fans, but when the game started they were mixed throughout the crowd, so we felt like the only fans there.  The game was great fun.  We got a 13 point lead and right then Doug mentioned, "I hate to be ahead in the Pit."  Sure enough UNM started a run and the crowd went wild.  It is the craziest atmosphere. It is entertaining to watch the student section with all their funny antics and cheers.  I think it is so loud that the floor vibrates.  We were treated nice this time though.  (Last trip to the Pit they gave out free towels and the fans knotted them up and threw them at us)  The man we sat next to bought us popcorn.  We analyzed the game all the way home and finally decided we are excited for the rest of the season!

Holiday Happenings

We had a wonderful holiday season.  Here are some pictures of a few things we did:

Attended a wedding in Mesa

Christmas Dinner

Lots of Christmas Parties

Made a gingerbread house

 Went Tubing

Ashley received the Lion House Pie book for Christmas and so we experimented with a different pie and style every day

Apple

Banana Cream

 Coconut Cream

  Chocolate Chip Walnut

 Cherry

 Berry