Showing posts with label Wild West Adventures. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wild West Adventures. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Faaaaaahhhhl

I can't begin to put into words how beautiful Utah is right now.
All of the leaves are changing color.
When you are in the city and look up to the mountains, all you see are vibrant greens, reds, oranges and yellows.


If you've been following us for awhile, I'm sure that you have heard me say that Summer is my very favorite season.  It really is.  But, Fall would come in a very close second.
I LOVE Halloween and everything that goes along with it.....carving pumpkins, dressing up, costume parties, corn mazes, haunted houses, apple cider, scary movies......I also love wearing boots & the cooler weather....
Fall has always meant new beginnings to me.  Maybe because school always began in Fall.  There's a certain air of excitement that goes along with it.


I've been promising M that we would take a picnic up Millcreek Canyon.
It only takes us 10 minutes to get to this spot from our house!  That includes windy mountain roads.
So, blessed!


The weather held for so long, it almost seemed like it would last forever.  Of course, it changed over night and it was actually cold last weekend.  We tried to beat the sun going down and opted to just take Five Guys burgers, hot dogs and fries up.  That still qualifies as a picnic, right?


This must be M practicing for Halloween.  Might be a scream or a growl.
Check out the hubby's expression.  It is cracking me up. 
She must have been screaming!


Here's some more good facial expressions from him.
Self portraits by just holding the camera in front of you just never seem to turn out.



My poor husband.  When I saw these pictures I asked him if he's feeling okay.
Since he had cancer, I'm always looking at his face and body - searching for any signs of another bout of the ugly stuff.  He's actually TRYING to lose weight.  But, now that his face is looking thinner, I catch myself wondering and worrying.

When we met with his Oncologist (who, by the way is THE VERY BEST!) for the first time, she warned me that the spouse always worries more than the patient.  She was SO very right on that one!

All I will say is that I am glad he has a follow up tomorrow.  The fact that he has them every 4 months, keeps me sane.

Oh, yeah.  I don't know that I've actually talked about his cancer on the blog much.  So, I should tell you that he is in remission...YEAH!  Thought I better say something in case you were wondering. 


I wish I would have adjusted the settings on my camera as the sun was going down.  These photos look a little drab.  It really wasn't.  The colors were so vibrant!

I would love to be able to purchase Photoshop.  Maybe one day.  Until then, I heard about a freebie program that is supposed to pretty good.  It's called Inkscape.  I hear it is comparable to Illustrator.  We shall see.  I downloaded it the other day.  I'm excited to start playing with it and hoping that I can do some photo editing with it.  I'll let you know.

 
 
She's so funny.  She doesn't wear her sunglasses because she thinks they look cool.  She's always worried about protecting her eyes.  I don't know where that came from.  But, she wears them quite a bit.
 
What is Fall like in your neighborhood?
 
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Friday, February 10, 2012

I'm O-U-T!

St George here we come! It is like pulling teeth to even get a LITTLE getaway these days but we have decided no time is truly IDEAL and we are ready to go.

Things I am looking forward to:
65 degree weather
Sunshine
Blue skies
The beautiful Redrocks

 Oh and maybe taking some new family photos.....I have lost some weight AND now some hair! 

Oh Heather I LOVE the studio by the way!  I think I need one of those myself ;).

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Sunscreen

Last weekend we took our first trip to the Uintas in YEARS!  So sad, we used to go a few times each year when the Coyster was tiny; but two more kids (as I have said before) sure do slow you down. 

Time away made us forget a couple things.

#1 It is COLD up there.  (This is not shorts and tank top country.) 
#2 There are a TON of bugs!

Being us as usual we took off for the high mountains in our summer attire.  Once we arrived we were quick to figure out what we had forgotten :).  Thanks to our trunk that never gets cleaned out we ended up with a couple sweatshirts, a fishing knife (with flint and steel) and....sprayable sunscreen! 

Who knew that sprayable sunscreen could have so many practical applications.....


#1 FIRE STARTER-When the good ol' boyscout method fails you.  Add a few sprays of sunscreen :).  


#2 BUG REPELLENT-They seem to hate the taste of sunscreen just as bad.

And while it rained a good portion of the time and the sun hid behind the clouds.  Sunscreen protected us plenty ;).

Brought to you by:

Uintas, Sunscreen, Mountains, Uintas, Sunscreen,





(not an official sunscreen spokesperson)

Monday, August 15, 2011

Can a kid EVER have enough fun??

My answer would be NO!  While talking this weekend my son told me "I feel like all we have done all summer is watch Netflix and we haven't done anything fun".....Are you KIDDING ME!!!  Nope he wasn't.  

So I decided to make him a little list (yes a list...those things I love so much) of just how BORING his summer has been.  Thought I would share ;).

"COYSTER'S" INSANELY BORING SUMMER LIST

1. Trip to St. George

2. Visited 10 (yes 10) State Parks
3. Swimming...Swimming...More Swimming 

4. Thanksgiving Point Museum of Ancient Life
5. Candy Store

6. Lagoon
7. Fishing at Strawberry Reservoir
8. Two Tramp Sleepovers
9. Three Other Sleepovers
10. St George...again...yawn

11. Fishing at Kolob Reservoir

12. Five Airsoft Battles
13. Hiking...lots of hiking...We Saw Many Waterfalls!

14. Game Nights
15. Redbox Movie Festivals
16. Harry Potter Finale at 6:00 A.M!
17. Marshmallow Roasting, Hot Dog Toasting

18. Slip N Slide straight down a 10 ft slope!
19. Two Firework Extravaganzas
20. Cliff Jumping
21. Lake Swimming

22. Boating
23.Water Balloon Fight(s)
24. Water Balloon Volleyball
25. Hard Drive Smashing
26. Door to Door Selling
27. City of Fun Carnie
28. Not one But Two Parades
29. Target Shooting with Pops
30. Air Hockey Championships
31. Luau 

We will even finish up this boring list with a week full of Thanksgiving Point Gardens, Discovery Museum, Liberty Park and oh yeah....maybe even a Netflix movie or two ;).  

Kids....Gotta' Love 'Em!  But man am I happy for school to start!

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