Picture a Day week 35

Sun, Sept 2

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John was gone this weekend, so I had to give Hurley a bath.  He obviously needed it!  This is the tub after.

Mon, Sept 3

 
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(John took these, I forgot)
 John, Mitch and a friend, Chris, decided to hikes Kings Peak over the weekend.  That meant hiking in 9 miles to their campsite, hiking 12 miles to the top and back the next day, then on the last day hiking all their gear back down.  That picture was on the first day.  I wish I had one of the last day; they weren't smiling so big.  Ya, I don't think their bodies were quite prepared for it.  There was also a nice hail and lightning storm when they were almost to the top. Scary!  I am just glad they made it home alive, even if John was limping for the next few days and Mitch had a nice gash from his new knife and Chris had layers of skin rubbed off his back... ya, just glad they were alive!

 Tues, Sept 4

 

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Okay, so I forgot again.  So I added this picture of Jordan devouring her ice cream at our new favorite restaurant on Saturday.  I think this was her second ice cream.

Wed, Sept 5

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I got a new app for my phone called Artkive.  I love it, check it out.

Thurs Sept 6

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Connor's first day of Kindergarten.  He was so excited!

Fri, Sept 7

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Okay, I forgot again, buisy week!  On the 6th I got to watch my super cute nephews!  I love when they come over!  It was supposed to be nap time for this bright eyed little man, but his brother decided to crash instead.  Too cute!

Sat, Sept 8

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More soccer.  This is Connor's buddy Parker going in.

Picture a Day Week 34

Sun, Aug 26

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I love how creative she is.

Mon, Aug 27

253/366

Our oven broke, so we improvised!

Tues, Aug 28

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Sydney's First Day of 3rd Grade.  She's making me old!

Wed, Aug 29

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Connor has to find his own fun now that Sydney is in school all day, so why not dress up Hurley?

Thurs, Aug 30

 256/366

Yay!  A new oven means cookies!

Fri, Aug 31

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I was tired and didn't want to move, so here we are watching the BYU game.

Sat, Sept 1

258/366

We're in trouble.

Family Pictures

So, here it is, my trick to get a whole family to smile for a family photo:  1) set your camera on a tripod because you as the photographer also need to be in the picture.  2) Take a couple minutes to get all of your setting correct while everyone in the family (most of which hate getting their picture taken) waits for you.  3) set the timer on your camera so that you have a good 8 seconds to run and get in the picture. 4) Press the shutter button.  5) Trip over the tripod as you try to run into your spot and make sure you face plant it.  6)  Keep your face in the grass as you hear your camera fall to the ground.  7)  Stand up and try it again, hopefully avoiding step 5!
(No camera was hurt in the making of these pictures, thankfully!)