Nellie's birthday

 

For Nellie's birthday, we went up to Sundance and rode the gondolas up the mountain.  It was fun and I enjoyed chatting with each person as we went up and back.  Then we went out for lunch before I headed back to take care of Evelyn after school needs.  Happy birthday Nella! 

Hiking

My friend, Michelle, called me and asked me to go for a walk.  With her, it's never a simple walk.  3 hours and sore legs later we had a delightful talk and some pretty pictures.

 

Mountains

The leaves in the mountains this year are spectacular.  We went a week too late for the reds and a week to early for the yellows, but we got to drive up the mountains.  That was fun.  It was a good day.

Three in flip flops....

 

2.... 3 weeks

 We've been happy busy lately.  But it means that it's been a few weeks since we were able to update our personal history here.  The Brashers came down.  That was fun.  About half of everyone hiked Timp up to the lake... even with the snow.  Ada almost tripped off a cliff and I'm really glad she didn't.  They did great though.  There were tons of goats that were getting really bold about being close to the people.  Then we got to catch the Princess Mononoke film that was part of the Ghibli fest.  I think we confused Matthew. I loved getting to see our returned missionary cousin, Joseph. 

Sam, Joseph, Jeff, Samuel, Matthew, Jim, Ada (Jer the photographer)... I think that Jay and Emily were also hiking, just left before these guys.

Comfortable bed?

last Sunday

We always take one trip up in the mountains to look at leaves.  Last year was the nebo loop, year before was the alpine loop... but they had closed off Squaw peak earlier in the summer to redo the roads and we wanted to see how they turned out.

There was a couple up there getting their wedding photos done, so we hurried took a few pictures and got out of their way before they started... but the photographer offered to take a couple of our family on my camera.  So we have a family picture unexpectedly.

Ada took pictures of Jer and I.

The repaving was only up to a certain point.  They did add dirt to the rest of the road so there weren't as many deep potholes, but the dirt hasn't been packed down yet and got kicked up really easily.  Our van is still coated it dirt/mud after more than a week and a rainstorm.

Sam got out of his walking boot.  One more week and he might be allowed to run and jump again.

Seth and Evelyn helped get ready for the Primary Program.  Virginia Johnson made sure it was fun and she adores working with the kids.

After that, my Uncle Marty and Aunt Diane finished their mission in Colorado and had an open house at my parents house.  It was fun to see them and some of my other cousins.