Winter Holiday

A fun time was had by all during our Martin Luther King weekend.  Garden City only has about as much snow as we have so far.  The weather was very pleasant, sunny on Saturday, and a bit foggy Sunday and Monday.

Such a pretty view!

Cider came up with us.  She spent the majority of her time inside, which she was pretty happy about.  She was a good girl.

Saturday we cross country skiied right down the boat ramp and out to the water's edge.  It was breathtakingly beautiful, sunny and warm!  The water is not frozen over this year.  We loved skiing the wide open smooth beach area.  Clint has never cross country skiied before, but you would never have known it.  He did awesome, and loved it!

Saturday afternoon, we found a perfect runner sled hill a few blocks from our house.  It was fast and furious!

I just took selfies at the bottom.  Ha ha!

Poor lonely Cider waiting for the boys.

I had to come home Saturday night so I could attend our Ward Conference on Sunday morning.  The boys went to church in Garden City.  Sunday afternoon, I headed back up and Karlton and the Wallys joined us too!  Karlton had to head back Sunday night since they both worked on Monday, but the Wallys stayed overnight and went sledding with us Monday morning.

Clint headed down first.

There's Chase with the orange helmet!

The girls sat this one out and watched from the spectator couch.

Here comes Mike!

I think he liked it.

The boys took a turn watching the girls sled.

After taking a slow ride, Kenna wanted to go up a little higher so she could go faster!

Kate had some serious speed, she totally charged past her mom!

Cider got to ride in the taco wagon.

My turn!

Clint tried something new.

Cider liked eating the snow.

Thanks Wallys for a super fun day!

Bloomington Weekend

We've been trying to get the Island Park group together at our cabin, and we finally made it happen!!  Hooray!  We had a great time with the Ropers, Walls and Andersons.  We were missing the Blairs, but hopefully they will come to Island Park this year.  On Saturday, we hiked to Bloomington Lake.  I was excited because I've never been there before.  Wes thought he had been there, but he found out that he only saw the first lake.  You pass a couple of lakes before you actually get to Bloomington.  We thought we'd see more fall colors, but it's pretty much an alpine lake, up above all the colors.  So gorgeous though!!  Thanks everyone for a very fun and much needed weekend!

Here we are after eating a delicious lunch at the Bloomington Lake parking lot.

Along the trail.

Susan, Curtis, Curtis's equipment!

Wish Kent didn't have to work on Saturday!!  Glad he could come up for the rest of the time!

Look at that snow on those logs!

Our resident sexy geology expert!

Ooh, we're getting there!

We saw some scuba divers!

The lake is beautiful!  

We saw a few fish, and couldn't have asked for a more perfect day!

Lovebird alert!

The beavers used some of Kathy's berries to make their dam.

I think Sandra is just so excited because she found fossils of a turtle and a bat!

Taylor Swift

Someone has a new toy....  Meet Taylor Swift.  We named her that because 1. She's Re-e-e-e-ed 2. There's a T on the sail, and T is for Taylor (and Thompson) 3. She is gonna be Swift!  As in FAST!  Can't wait to get her out on the lake!!

Aloha Weekend

We enjoyed Labor Day weekend, plus the end of Kori's job at LaBeau's!  We had a little "Aloha" party for Kori on Monday and moved her home.  It was also an opportunity to try out my new toy!!

Clint rocked it!

I LOVE this picture!  I just happened to get Wes as he was falling off the board!

Getting back up...

Looking good!

And down again.

Kori the beach babe.

Saturday, the lake was full and our beach was the busiest we've seen it all summer!

Monday, Kori spent time with these friends playing games and boating and eating!  She's gonna miss so many friends!!  It's hard to say goodbye.  We're so grateful for the good examples she has had in her life so far, and so excited to see what the future holds for all of them!