Happy Birthday, Scott!

I can't believe Scott is 18! My sweet little, enthusiastic, fearless, talkative boy with the big smile is all grown up.  Big things are ahead in the next year and I am so proud of the path Scott is on.  

Happy Birthday, Scott!

Soccer Team Service Project

Gingerbread Houses

Mmmm...merry Christmas!

Digital Underground

Scott and Haley before the Digital Underground Dance

(black lights -everyone dresses in neon colors)

Scott Senior Pictures

Another Baptism

 Thursday night we attended another awesome baptism.  This time it was for one of Kevin's friends, Juan Robles.  He's the one in the orange tie.  Kevin has had the opportunity this time to attend missionary discussions and church with Juan, and it has been a great experience.  As you can see, Juan has a lot of great support from friends at school and seminary.

 Scott and Lyden have been there from the beginning.  Pablo should be in this picture, too.

  Silliness

 Soccer buds

 Juan and the elders

Before leaving and invading Farr's

Homecoming 2012

 Scott and Leilani

Senior year Homecoming Dance.  Best dance yet, according to all reports.  I resisted the urge to hand Leilani my jacket. :)

Our New Project

 John and Scott found this 65 Mustang on KSL.com and decided it was going to be their next project.  John had the very same car when he was in high school and he fixed it up himself so this one was calling to him.  Hopefully he can teach Scott a thing or two.  Starting with how to pull up his pants. :)

Back to School

 Senior year for Scott.  I can't believe it.  Apparently Kevin is sleepwalking his way into 9th grade.

Starting 4th grade with a smile.

Last Days of Summer

Summer is winding down and we've been trying to make the most of it the last couple of weeks.  We've been enjoying the mountains and family time at the same time.

Last week Scott, Kevin, Matt and I drove to Silver Lake Flat up American Fork Canyon with Grandma and Grandpa O. and hiked up to Silver Lake.  That's a hike we did quite often when I was growing up, but I haven't been up there since, so it brought back a lot of memories.  The boys fished and each caught a little brown trout, which we threw back.  The wildflowers, cliffs, and lake were beautiful and the boys were goofy.

 

The day after we hiked to Silver Lake we left for a few days in the Tetons.  We stayed in a condo in Teton Village at the base of the Jackson Hole Ski Resort, between the Tetons and Jackson Hole.  We had a good time swimming, biking, hiking at Jenny Lake, rafting down the Snake River, and chowing down on BBQ ribs at Bubba's.

After returning from the Tetons, Camille, Matt, Kevin and I hiked to the top of Mt. Timpanogos with Grandpa O. the very next day.  It was Matt's first time and he did an awesome job -all 18 miles of it.  There was a lot of snow to cross, even thought it's late in the summer and we had to be careful.  At the very last tiny spot of snow before reaching the saddle -about a mile before the top- Matt lost his footing and slipped down the snow and some of the dirt at the below the snow.  It was kind of traumatic for him and he scraped his stomach and his elbow up, but he calmed down and decided he wanted to keep going because he wanted to make it to the top and slide down the glacier.  We were a little nervous when we saw the glacier because it was huge and really steep at the top this year, and most of the people on the trail were turning around and going back the way they came up. We watched a few people go down and they did fine, so we were brave and took the plunge.  It was a great ride and took us way down the hill.  No walking over rocks this year.  Matt did great on the hike down, too, even though his ankle was quite sore.  Kevin and Camille were nice to wait for us slow pokes.  They finally ran the last two miles and Kevin said he timed himself at an 8 minute mile the last mile!  I can't do that when I'm fresh on a smooth surface and not carrying a backpack.  Again, the scenery was spectacular -especially the wildflowers.   We saw two moose and several mountain goats.  I only had my phone, so the pictures aren't great, but it was a gorgeous day. I was sore all over my body the next day, but it was worth it.

This outhouse has seen better days -but the view can't be beat!

The Golden Mantle squirrels wanted to share our lunches at the saddle.  This one is eating from an apple core.

We made it!

Looking back at the top from the trail to the glacier