Goblin Valley

We wanted to take the kids camping one last time before summer ended, so the third week in October looked to be great weather and a great time to go. Scott had Friday off so we loaded the van and headed to Goblin Valley. I had never been there before. It was so cool. The kids loved it too. We found a camp site, ate some sandwiches then headed over to the "goblin valley" to explore. It was a gorgeous day. Perfect temperatures. 

Molly's photography skills again.

Mike was lucky enough to come with us!

Everyone "sasha"

Even Molly and Fos attempted sasha's

....or I have to go potty pose...

You can't tell, but Mike has a pretty good grip on those kids. They were pretty high up for little people. This was a great place for kids. Molly and Fos acted like mnt goats and climbed everything they could

This just makes me laugh because this kid has started putting his tongue out all of the time.

....I can't go any farther....

Again, Molly's picture taking skills......not too bad 

Mike's mad skills

Then we spent the rest of the time jumping and taking pictures. These two were having so much fun and I was having so much fun taking pictures of them. I could have easily put like 20 jumping photos on, but chose only a few.

Molly really enjoys posing these days.....

Foster, not so much! 

Not sure who Scott brought these trucks for....Foster or him and Mike :)

Our camp site. I'm not sure I've ever camped where there weren't any trees.

We decided to climb these hills close by and just as we got to the top, Molly spotted a snake. The boys couldn't get close enough to it and Molly and I couldn't get far enough away!

You can't tell, but this snake was huge.........o.k, maybe not HUGE, but it was a snake and there are only two things (maybe a few more) I absolutely can't stand......snakes are one of them. Doesn't matter their size. So in reality this snake was maybe a foot long. It seemed like 6!

As we were following this snake, I spotted another one. Molly and I ran down the hill and from then on, it was known as "snake hill". Needless to say, I did not go back up it.....nor did I get close to it again!

Half Marathon

When we were at our family reunion, sister Rachel was training for a half marathon. Well my other sister, Becky, and I got a bright idea to all run it "together". So that's what we did. Scott, the kids and I drove out Thursday night after he got home from work and my sister Becky flew in the next day. We had a great pasta pre-run meal Friday night and Saturday headed over to Fruitland, Idaho. My sister and her friend ran it last year and wanted to do it again. We couldn't have asked for a more perfect day! The weather was great. Cloud coverage almost the entire time, but nice out! My sisters kept telling me to just run my own race, but I didn't want to this time. I wanted to run with them, and finish with them! It was a nice way to run a race. There was no pressure and no nerves. We chatted the whole way, the time flew by. It seriously did not feel like we had just ran 13.1 miles. It was awesome! Thanks Rachel, Becky and Cresta for a great run!

Not sure what kind of face I'm making here, but so glad Scott captured it on camera!!!!

Sister, Becky in yellow, me, and other lost sister, Cresta in gray

Cresta had gotten a little sick and slowed down, so it was just us three for most of the way.......until Becky broke away at mile 12 and finished strong and fast!

Here's Becky's finish.....way to go sis. Way to finish strong!

Instead of finishers medals, we got finishers cups!

Me, Becky and Rachel. I think Sarah and Jessica need to join us next time and the 5 of us can run a race together. Maybe some day......

Molly's Photography

While we were in Brian Head Molly decided she needed to start using the camera. So every once in a while, we let her practice her photography skills. It just cracks me up what she takes pictures of! This day happened to be when Amy was here so she got to be one of the models!

Whatever is sitting on the counter....

Stuffed animals......say cheese!