10.21.2009

Eight is definitely great!

What an awesome day! Kimbel got baptized on Saturday afternoon with so many important people there, supporting her! She was beaming with happiness and excitement ~ it's a wonder she even slept the night before.
Grandpa & Grandma B. with Kimbel (thanks Mom, for coming with your new accessory!)

I was not too great at picture-taking ~ but we did manage a quick one with Kimbel before lunch. It was a great day with our amazing families, fun conversation and more than enough food.
Thanks to all of you who came and thanks for all of you who were thinking of sweet K. on her special day.
Loved it.

10.10.2009

Top of the world.




Kelly got up this morning and hiked to the TOP of Deseret Peak today!

He trekked the 12 miles up with 5 friends. They left the trailhead this morning at 7am and reached the summit around 11:30am.

He said it was windy and cold but so worth it! brrrr.

Glad to have him back... do I see a Mt. Everest in the future? :)

10.07.2009

where did it go?

October birthday girl #2... the early years...












Happy Birthday, Beautiful.
Wow, time flies.
Love you.

10.01.2009

8 is great!!


Here is a little tribute to our birthday girl!

Love you li'l Love Muffin!

9.08.2009

red dirt.

Okay, so we live in Utah now, we decided it was high time to do a little exploring!
Off to Moab for the long weekend...

Our first hike choice in Arches National Park had to be Delicate Arch... after all, we see it all the time on Utah license plates!
The hike had a few tricky spots and Kimbel was sure that we would NEVER get there, but alas, we did!! And it was well worth the sweat!
Saturday evening we decided to do the Canyonlands by night boat tour.
Along with about 100 senior citizens (they were really sweet, Madison was just bummed there weren't any cute boys within about 50 years of her age, except of course, Braden!)
To impress all the grandpa's of cute boys - Madison was just as silly as ever... did I mention we love having a teenager!
The tour didn't make such an impression on Braden...
In fact, he only ate a roll at the dutch-oven dinner and fell asleep as soon as we got on the boat. That was one expensive dinner roll!
Day two we headed back to the Arches after sitting behind our Canyonlands tour guide at church. (Moab is a small town!)
We did a couple more fun hikes and saw some more arches.
It really is an amazing National Park. very cool.
Group hug... this was after Madison was speaking in her best Brit accent acting like our foreign exchange student.. did I mention there was never a dull moment?
Kimbel's name sake...
This was on one of our favorite hikes.. to the Sand Dune Arch. Very fun hike back in through a canyon into lots of soft, red sand.
We couldn't keep our toes out of it!
We had such a great time.. we will definitely head back again.
Great weekend..
Just one more "stop" before home... tee hee
(Kelly's first speeding ticket... yes! first in his life!)
I had to get a pic... it really was pretty funny!
(love you, K)


8.27.2009

The big K.

Okay, so I have to admit that I have been a little sad knowing my "baby" is 5 and it's time to send him to kindergarten. Braden is my little lunch, costco, shopping, cleaning buddy and I haven't really wanted to let this one go!
So, today I was one of those moms who stood a little too long in the hall and then went to the car and cried. Yup, really. Then I got over it and went to get a pedicure with Maurie. (good idea, girl!)
He was a little nervous but walked right in and didn't look back!
So, I waited patiently outside at 3:15pm waiting for Braden's class to emerge.
He finally came out, gave me a kiss, and summed it all up,
"Mom, my first day at kindergarten was a piece of cake!"

I am so glad... we will try this again tomorrow.

8.22.2009

Happy Lagoon!

Summer is so gone... ugh.
So, on Wednesday we made a quick decision to get up and head to Lagoon.
Good choice!





We headed over to Lagoona Beach when it got warm... and enjoyed the lazy river.
It was NOT so lazy when Braden pushed me under the waterfall, however. brrr.


Loved the day, the kids, the sun. Good times.
I am so sad to see another summer come to an end...

Oh well, school year, here we come...