silver lake {hiking moose}

man moose

beetles

ham & cheese sandwiches

hiking buddies

"special missions"

mickey mouse rock

ducks

rocks

rock climbing

squirrels

squirrels trying to eat our lunch

mice

mice trying to eat our lunch

mosquitoes

mosquitoes trying to eat me

and chase

chase napping once

chase napping twice

bless him

dirty faces

dirty bums,

not diapers

trees we wished were redwoods

the most beautiful lake on the planet

mountain air

altitude dizziness

nursing chase and looking into his deep baby blues

collapsing on the couch. 

counting down to next month.

when

the

aspens

start

peaking.

{last year click here.}

i love living in utah.

 

 THE END.

{note to self: max must nap. do not skip. don't forget this.}

boo hoo hoo hoo hoo,

i'm blue

...

seriously, max hall, what's up?

...

next years guys, next year.

"we've got spirit, how 'bout you!?"

to get ready for the BIG game

my cousin's hosted the

1st annual byu/utah game day breakfast.

the boys were playing a mock byu/utah game...

eating and mingling
lots of casseroles to go around.
my egg one was not too big of a hit with the kids, but i loved it!
oh lety,
please forgive me for posting this picture of your husband!!!
the "most team spirit" award.
yes folks, rourke is a true blue fan.
he shaved his chest hair in a "Y"
and then painted it blue.
bree, wilder, brennan, me
awww, see, utah fans and byu fans really can get along;-)
the boys talking about the big game...
"if so and so can put pressure on so and so...i hope pitta plays...
our offense this, our defense that..."
you know, stuff like that...
our little
cougar blue family
both sides had a chance to sing their team's fight song

we won an award for

"best singers!"

lalalala..

this was our award:

(thanks andrea)

like crafts like this?
click here to see more!

...

go beat 'em cougs!!!

rivalry week

rivalry week

if you are not from utah, let me introduce you to the biggest rivalry west of the mississippi:

byu vs. utah

rooting for byu or utah is part of the culture in utah. i think it's on the residency application when you move here: who will you root for? byu or utah? j/k seriously, families, friends, and wards are divided every aug. when football season begins, sean doesn't even like me to dress brennan in red on sundays from aug.-nov. the winner of the last game of the season gets bragging rights for the rest of the year (and through the entire following season). byu has won the last two;-)

grown men turn into prank pulling boys, decorating utah houses with byu colors and vice versa. the news stations put aside any kind of unbiased journalism and let their team pick be known. it is hilarious. we are of course a byu family. sean's parents have had season tickets in cougar stadium for over 30 years. the amazing part is that they have only lived in utah for 10 of those years. the other 20 were spent in california. the family would pile into the car friday night, drive all night to utah, go straight to the game at cougar stadium, eat dinner with grandpa gibson to let the traffic die down, and then drive all the way back to california that night to make it to church the next day. crazy, i know, but these are true cougar fans.

i LOVE it.

there's something magical about the big white Y. all season we root for byu to win, but the most important game of them all is the last game of the season against utah.

go cougars!!!