First Day of School for 3 out of 5

Rebecca started 4th grade today... oh my. Tanner started 9th and Rachel started 7th... oh my my. I can't believe that my little girl (Rachel) is in middle school Wow. Everyone was very excited and happy to be going back to school.

Josh doesn't start school until Wednesday and Adam will start next Monday. He's not too happy about having to wait a week. Oh well.

A Few Last Pictures of Summer

A few weeks ago Adam jumped off the diving board for the first time. I was so impressed because he had to swim a long ways to get to the side of the pool but he did great. Maybe I have another future swim team member?

Last week we took a few days and went to Park City. It was nice to have a few more relaxing days before school started.

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Mountain Biking Gone Wrong

Josh and Tanner went up to Park City to go mountain biking. They rode the lift up with their bikes and started their first run down. They didn't get too far before Tanner came upon a huge ditch going a little faster than he wanted and the next thing he knew, he was flying through the air and his body met dirt and rocks. I just had to post the pictures. I hope they don't gross anyone out. This happened on Tuesday and he is doing much better by today. It really didn't slow him down much at all. Thank goodness there were no broken bones or worse. :)

A Hike to Cecret Lake

Yes, that is how you spell it. The original spelling is Cecret Lake but it is often spelled Secret Lake.

We decided to hike to Cecret Lake for Family Home Evening. It is in the Albion Basin which is basically the upper part of Alta Ski Resort. We were hiking on many of the runs that we have actually skied. The wildflowers were in full bloom and it was spectacular. There were literally millions of them. I really wish I knew how to take pictures in a way that could capture the majesty. Or maybe it's something that just has to be seen in person to really feel it. The hike was about a mile and we had a great time... although there were a million mosquitoes. That always seems to be the way it is. Find a beautiful mountain lake and then have to contend with mosquitoes. Oh well.

After our hike, we found an empty campsite in the campground and we roasted hotdogs and marshmallows and made a peach cobbler in our dutch oven while sitting around the campfire. It was a beautiful cool night and was quite a relief from the heat of the valley.

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A Trip to San Jose, CA

I drove to California with Tanner, Rachel, Rebecca, and Adam last week to visit my parents in San Jose and to help them get packed up and ready to move to Utah. Joshua and David joined us on Thursday and we spent several days being tourists. It was great visiting my old wards and seeing old friends. I'm sorry I didn't have time to visit with everyone but there are only so many hours in a day. Hopefully I'll get another chance to visit sometime soon.

Here are just a few pictures of some of the fun things we did. I didn't take any pictures of us packing boxes but that is what we did a lot of the time too. :)

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Keepin' Cool

Rebecca and Adam found some relief from the heat on the slippy slide along with a few friends (not pictured). I even wanted to try it but was afraid I would end up too bruised so I just walked along the side by the sprinklers. :)

An Amazing Weekend

David and I got to go to Banff, Canada for the weekend. My niece, Tera, took care of the kids for us. THANK YOU TERA!!!!

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