December 2017

We have continued our "Family Fridays" from the day after Thanksgiving to Christmas.  

This Friday, we went to see the Festival of Trees.  The kids were NOT excited and it was turned into "forced family fun."

This Friday, we went to dinner in Salt Lake with the Rasbands.  We had dinner in the Joseph Smith Memorial building.  It was VERY cold outside.

After dinner, we went to the Lower Lights Christmas concert.  The kids were not super excited about hanging out with the Lower Lights all evening.  Adults had fun though.

It sure takes a lot of gear for a family of six to go skiing!

This was my first time skiing since my ski accident.  I spent the day on Chickadee and was VERY nervous.

The girls are SO helpful wrapping Christmas presents!

Georgia had her Christmas sing at Barratt Elementary.

We went to Kaylee and Lyla's piano and voice recital.

Callie and Kenny did their "Jackie and Rodney" routine at the Bigelow Family Christmas party.

Skiing with the Karlsven's at Deer Valley during Christmas break.

Carter won this fancy tie at the Bigelow family party white elephant game.  He wore it proudly on Christmas Sunday!

Christmas program at the Barlows.

Christmas Day morning standard stair picture!

Lots of Monopoly playing.

More family skiing.

November 2017

Annie, Georgia and I made our annual trip to the Utah Food Bank!  We sorted food for 1 hour!

I ran the Fall Classic 50k on Antelope Island.  I wanted a gut-check to see if my body could handle the ultra distance.  I had a wonderful race and felt like I was ready to commit to bigger things!

YW in Excellence!

Abby had her first school play where she did stage crew!  It was Shrek.

Lots of orthodontist appointments this month.

Thankful trees for FHE!

Annie played on an indoor soccer league!  We really enjoyed watching her.  The rules were slightly different and it was much faster paced.

We hosted Thanksgiving this year with the Fernandez.  Carter enjoyed the turkey leg!  We went to see the movie Coco afterwards!

October 2017

We went to the pumpkin patch.  It was very cold and windy!

Annie completed another season of soccer!

Carving pumpkins and decorating sugar cookies for FHE.

We went on a a carnival cruise to Catalina Island, Ensenada, Mexico and a day at sea.

Georgia was stopped in security because of her gigantic bag of candy!

Annie, Carter and myself went on a zip-line tour!  "Take one confident step forward"!

Enjoying the night show.

We went horseback riding in Ensenada.  We had a great trail guide who was very patient with our lack of horseback riding skills.  We had some amazing tacos when we returned to the horse ranch.

Enjoying internet in Long Beach after being internet free for a days.

We had our annual Daddy/Daughter Hoe Down for Activity Days.  The girls learned the "Boot Scoot'n Boogie".  We had chili for dinner and played games.

We went to St George to stay with the MacDonald's for the St George Marathon.

Packet pickup!

Post race food at Riggatti's!

I had the opportunity to go to Boulder, CO to attend Camp Kara!

September 2017

The washing machine started to leak.  Time to get a new one!

Kelli, Melissa and I did the Alta to Brighton Loop.

Kelli and I went to Swiss Days to carb load for Kelli's Wasatch 100 race.

Camping trip with the Wilsons to Timpanooke Campground over Labor Day weekend.

Snipe hunt!

Georgia received a cabbage plant at the end of the 3rd grade.  She planted it and it grew all summer.  She entered it into the state wide contest.  She didn't win though!

Kelli and I at the Smith's grocery store after she dropped out of the Wasatch 100.  Waiting for her husband to come and pick us up.

Fall soccer games!

Tim, myself and the Rasbands went to San Diego to see the U2 concert.

Barratt Elementary carnival photo book.  Hope, Ella Bea and Georgia.