Three Ponds after the rains

Three ponds isn't our favorite hike in Snow Canyon mostly because it is through lots of deep sand, but we loved going there after the recent rains.  Going out and seeing such beautiful things helps me feel God's love and sometimes it's what keeps me going when times are tough.  So thankful that Heavenly Father created such beauty for us to enjoy.  

Grand Christmas Present Adventure

We came through on another of our promised Christmas presents of an adventure with G'pa and G'ma! We took Kennis and Tasia to see the St. George Musical Theater's rendition of "Annie".  It was a really fun evening and ended with Kennis and Tasia joining the cast on-stage singing "Tomorrow". Merry Christmas girls - we loved the evening and we love you! (I left my camera in the car - glad Tasia took a few shots!)

We actually did one earlier than this one. We took Brynnli, Tavin and Kaebri to hear a lecture by Alex Honnold, a world famous free-solo rock climber hosted by Desert Rat at the University.  It was very interesting and a good lesson in how not to climb!  He is a really nice, clean cut type climber.  It was a fun evening with Supe and Beacher joining us.

T- Bone Mesa

It was such a beautiful Friday afternoon!  The sun had come out, the sand was still a bit damp to make sand hiking better and we both got done early at work.  We decided a little hike to T-Bone was just what we needed after running a lot of errands. 

Zade's a Wolf!

We don't often get invited to the Cub stuff, but we were excited to be there when Zade got his Wolf badge!  Trigg wanted to get in on the pics too!  I love Derek's ward.  They are such a wonderful, supportive, ward family.  And they have a great scout program starting with the Cubs!  So thankful for them.  Congratz Zade!

Surprise baby!

It's not a surprise for them, but for us it was quite the surprise!  Moss and Christie announced (some time ago) that they were having a baby.  We were all quite sure, along with them, that they were done. But we are so happy that they changed their mind.  A new house and a new baby are both good things!  So here is the pic of the finding out...it's a boy!  We are so excited and happy for them!

Zion in Snow

We thought we'd go to Zion and do a hike one Saturday afternoon, but when we got there, the hike we wanted to do was under two feet of snow.  We decided a beautiful drive would work just fine.  We did do a little bit of a hike on the Riverwalk Trail, but it turned so icy after a while that it was closed down.  We still had a wonderful time in the winter wonderland  of snow covered Zion!

Friday afternoon in the rain at Snow Canyon

I love it when Paul is done early with me on Fridays.  This day it was rainy and we decided to check out this one waterfall in Snow Canyon and follow it to the top to see its' source.  We weren't disappointed.  It was beautiful.  Love my raincoat and Snow Canyon with my honey!

Elephant Arch for MLK Day!

Wow, I'm so behind I can't remember a lot, but the main event was taking a hike to Elephant Arch.  It had rained recently, so we thought it might be better walking in the sand.  It was.  A lot of other people had the same idea on the same day, so it was a bit crowded, but still lots of fun!  The Randalls, the Borrowmans, the Weavers and I went.  It was the highest I had ever been (up into the arch) of all the times I've gone over the years.  Really cool arch and great company!

Brenden #8 + baptism + Cub Scouts & temple baptisms

Brenden is another one of those January birthdays.  He is also the last of the 4 cousins that are all born within a year's time.  Finally it was his turn for a birthday, baptism and to join Cub Scouts!  Lots of exciting things when you turn 8! Happy everything Brenden!  We love you! (He got to participate in the Pinewood Derby just a bit beforehand since it was so close!)  We had lots of fun hanging out with the Key clan for lunch after the baptism!

In the afternoon after this fun we had more fun.  We got to go to the temple with Brady, Tavin, Kaebri and Tasia to do baptisms for the dead.  Lou participated in the baptisms too. Bryan and Paul did the baptizing and confirmations.  It was Brady's first time and it was nice for Tavin to be there to show him the ropes!  We didn't get his picture unfortunately.  This was also our first time to go with Tasia!

Randall January birthdays - all at once!

January turned crazy and it was hard to ever find a time to celebrate these January birthdays. We planned to do it one Sunday and then the weather got in the way and the bishopric forgot to sustain Brady.  Finally we got them all at once!  It was fun to have Bryan's dad there to celebrate too.  It was also the day that Brady was ordained a deacon and the grandpas got to participate in making that happen.  That made it and even better day!  Happy Birthday to all and congratz to Brady on receiving the priesthood.