Mt Loafer

Cody hiked Mt. Loafer today with his friends Dallin and Aaron, elevation 10,685.
Here he is at the summit...

Since they left at 5:00 a.m. he was able to see the sunrise and hike half way up using his headlamp since it was still dark!
He took some beautiful shots of the trees with their changing colors up in the mountains.
I love this picture!
Part of the trail they were hiking on. What can I say, die hard hiker or what?

Goodbye, Farewell!!!

Last Wednesday we took my brother Derek to the MTC to start his mission. He will be serving in the Lima Peru Central Mission and will be speaking Spanish. We are so proud of him for deciding to go on a mission and we will miss him.

These pictures were taken right after he was set apart as a missionary the night before he left. We love you Derek and we know you'll do a wonderful job serving the Lord!

Utah State Fair

We went to the Utah State Fair up in Salt Lake City on Saturday and it was so much fun. The kids loved it! We saw lots of farm animals (cows, pigs, sheep, goats, chickens, and pigeons). Here is Anna standing next to one of the cows; I'm personally shocked she got that close, even with her dad next to her.

Merry-Go-Round ride - this was Jake's first time and he was so enthralled by everything around him. He had this stunned smile on his face the whole time.

They had 4 white tigers there also and Jake kept growling at them, because he was saying what the tigers say!

Cody won a toy blow-up hammer for Anna...hooray for Daddy!

The helicopter ride was fun for Anna; she couldn't stop waving at us, even when we weren't facing her. She'd just keep waving all the way around.

Anna got to ride "the real horse" too... and she loved it! She was so excited to get to ride a real horse - by the time she got comfortable with it she was petting the horse also.

Mount Olympus Hike

Today Cody summited Mount Olympus, elevation at 9026 feet. He had a lot of fun and some of the hike was actual climbing on the rocks with hands and feet, so naturally, that is always a plus. This one is also in SL County, but not the highest. Another one bites the dust!

First Day of Preschool

Today is Anna's first day of preschool. She has been so excited to go! It was a very long morning waiting for 12:30 to come so we could go. I think she asked me about every 10 minutes if it was 12:30 yet. I can't believe she is already 4 years old and off to school.

Yeah, I totally cried. I know...I'm a baby. But come on, this is my first time too!
Here she is showing off her new backpack we got just for school because "she is SOOOO big!".

This is when I dropped her off at preschool. She did a great job not being scared or shy. I was the one who had to be shooed away by the teacher. We are excited to have our little girl growing up into such a cute one.