davis family

this is my cute friend cindy.

we once ran track together.

she is still darling, has a kind husband, a son with dimples that KILL me, and a sweet little girl that cracked me up with her serious ways.

snowbasin and mother nature cooperated awesomely to provide us with a beautiful backdrop.

here’s some of my favorites:

  

Enjoying the weather.

Merrill took a couple of half days last week, and we took full advantage of them.
Friday, we went for a hike.
My friend and her family recently did a hike that is just up the street from us, and thought that would be the perfect hike for our little family and the little time we had to enjoy the weather.
We started off with a little drive to the trail head.  It was hilarious to see Ashley’s expression, she was afraid even then!  We got her to chill a bit, and then started on our way.
 
Soon, we were above it all, and the girls loved that they could see so much.
The “U” didn’t seem too far..

Peyton was so tough!  She walked most of the way herself, but still needed help.

Then when we decided to go straight up the mountain to get to the “U”, she hitched a ride on Merrill’s back.  We took turns helping her and carrying her.

The girls thought it was funny to see “cacti-us-es”, as Lynn called them.

And then we were there!  Lynn was so proud to be #1 to the “U”, Ash a close #2.

Peyton was just proud to be there.

The view from the “U”…

I thought I had spotted an easier way down.
It ended up being a “Gilligan tour”.  The girls thought they would for sure die.  But we didn’t!  It just took a little longer, and we definitely got to see more.
Peyton conquered another rock..


It was quite the memory-maker and we can’t wait to do another hike.
Maybe I can get them all to the top of Ben Lomand…  I have done this and it is pretty incredible!

The Dickamores..

Let’s not play around..  these guys have been waiting around for a while too.
(Thanks for your patience Julie!)
Let’s hope they were worth the wait..


Love these grossed-out faces!

Hello blue eyes!



Totally candid and I love it!


 


Hope the cow poop and wait were worth it!!  Love you guys..

Bushman Family..

I really don’t want to admit how long these have been waiting for me to finish.  Let’s just say it has been long enough!
Loved the colors Natalie chose, and could have been a member of her family this day.  I matched pretty well..  We think alike!







Even managed to get her to smile at me..  she doen’t care for me most of the time.




Gorgeous family!

Harvest.

I love this time of the year for so many reasons..

There is this, cool, fresh crispness to the air.  There is a definite smell to fall.

Flannel becomes a part of the daily wardrobe, sometimes 24 hours of it.

Fall pumpkiny, spicy scents for the warmer.

Warm hearty dinners.

Soup for lunch.

In the mood to bake (even more).

I like how it gets dark sooner.  It does get old when we start to crave summer, but I love having the family gathered in, spending the evening together.

I also love the abundance of the harvest, especially tomatoes.

I picked all of these off of one plant in one day.

We are in heaven, for a couple of days at least.

(We pray that we will still get more.)

Our last zucchini, but at this size, and how many we got, I think we (and our freezer) will be okay.

October 9th..

I was lucky enough to take the first family pictures EVER for my little-strike that..  YOUNGER brother and his little family.
They are darling, wouldn’t you agree?
Chace is always on, and Josh was so cooperative!
It was hard deciding which pictures to post.