This and That #2

Grandpa Larry took Alec, Matthew and Tim fishing a few weeks ago. It's always a great time to go fishing with Grandpa and the boys love it! Especially the snacks...nippy cheese, sweet pickles, green olives and a nice salty cracker. A breakfast for champions!
G'pa with Alec and Matt

There were some Salmon spawning that the
boys watched - they thought it was cool!

Riding in the fishing boat! I like your pink life
jacket Matthew!

Timmy giving us his best smile! Ya goof ball!

Grandpa Larry waiting to catch "The Big One"

or have his pole pulled in by it - which did happen!

My boys...

Sitting around the camp fire - it doesn't get

any better than this!

Beautiful Country...

Catching craw fish - yum!

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This year Alec played flag football for the first

time. He had a great coach, learned a lot and

also had tons of fun. They took 2nd place overall

after the other team scored with 12 seconds left in

the championship game! It was a painful loss

but still a good experience!

Alec sweating after running during the game!

Good Play!

Huddle...

A little blurry, but shows Alec's strength - he

is a big kid and the tallest on his team!

Clipping on their flags.

Grandpa & Grandma Vest watching the game.

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Alec earning his Bear award in Cub Scouts!

He has been working on this for almost a year

and finally got it accomplished - we are so proud

of him!

At Pack Night - Tim is the Cub Master and was

able to present him with his award. Good Job!

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These are some random pictures that I thought were cute - Courtney loves to mess around with her camera and I thought I would post some of these cute pictures!

Courtney and Matthew -

How lucky can you get? Matt doesn't

give these out easily! I hope it stays

that way!

My Pretty Girl...

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Next is...The Dew Tour! Alec has begged and begged to go to the Dew Tour for a couple of years now, so Tim took the boys and spent the day in SLC seeing all the sights. The boys are still talking about the great day they spent with dad. For those of you not familiar with the "Dew Tour" it's a big skateboarding, BMX bike competition. Total testosterone!

Inside Energy Solutions Arena watching the

skaters warm up.

Monster Trucks...

Autographs with skaters who hope to be the

next Ryan Scheckler!

Rides on dirt bikes...this was the highlight! I

think Alec was about to burst he loved it so

much! He wants a bike so badly!

Even Matt got to ride!

I think this is Matthew trying to ride alone -

he later crashed and had to have a little help as

you can see in the next photo.

Getting some instructions!

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Next random picture is my new very short haircut...

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And last of all...Tim building the club house this

summer. It's a work in progress and the boys have

really enjoyed working on it with Tim all summer.

I think they will still be working on it next year too!

Shingling...

You can't see it, but the club house is raised 6

feet in the air on posts. The kids have to climb

a ladder to get up into it. They love it!

YW Leadership Retreat - Park City

After a long and busy summer, we decided we needed a Young Women Leadership Retreat! I am so blessed to serve with women whom I love, admire and also really enjoy spending time with.

We have served together for 3.5 years...which means we have been together through 4 Girls Camps, 4 Youth Conferences, 4 New Beginnings Programs, 4 YW in Excellence Programs, approximately 200 weekly activities and 200 Sunday meetings. Whew! As you can see we really spend a great deal of time together! These women have become my dear friends - they are great leaders and the young women are so blessed to be able to look to the example these women set.


We stayed at the Westgate Resort in Park City, had dinner at Baja Cantina (and had the displeasure of sitting next to a table full of girls having a bachelorette party. It took a minute for us to realize that they were drinking their drinks out of penis straws and the bride-to-be was wearing a headband with bobbing penis's on top. Needless to say it made for an entertaining dinner! We were actually amazed they would have such a public display with no regard for the families and people dining.) After we hit Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory we went back to the condo and played a game, watched a movie and talked until about 2:30 AM! It was so much fun to laugh and have fun without the regular everyday pressures.


We were up at 7:30 AM, got ready and headed out for breakfast. (The highlight of breakfast being a trip to the restroom and noticing while I was washing my hands that there was a urinal on the wall!!! What the?! Then it hit me..."Oh my gosh, I'm in the men's bathroom!" I heard the door open while I was in the stall and then who ever came in quickly left. There was a man and his wife whispering as I walked by and he said" That's the one..I recognize her toes!) Oh my how embarrassing!! I really needed more sleep I guess! Then we did a little shopping and headed to the Alpine Slide and Coaster.


Sadly, our advisors and assistant camp director weren't able to make it, but Karen Weight, our camp director came with us. She had to head home a little early on Saturday to take her daughter to a soccer game, that's why she isn't in any of the slide and coaster pictures.

Thanks ladies for a wonderful time...whew, I need a nap!

Riding the Coaster...I loved this ride! Next time
Jan needs to go in front of me. I like a nice
easy ride and she's a WILD woman with a need
for speed! She bumped into me and told me to
get the lead out! LOL
(back to front: Neely McEwan, Alyse Cushing,
Jan Anderson, Me.)

Jan getting ready to ride like the wind baby!

Neely at the end of the Alpine Slide...She did it!
She was so nervous that it would be a wild ride
but it was just great!

Me, Neely, Alyse & Jan

Riding the ski lift up the mountain...

Alyse, Jan, Me and Neely at the condo.

Neely getting ready for the day.

Karen Weight and Alyse Cushing

Playing the Cowgirl Game...really fun!

Alyse, Neely, Karen and Jan

Labor Day Weekend

We spent Labor Day Weekend in Park City. We started the weekend out by attending the Sheep Dog Competition with our game group friends, at Soldier Summit - They had all kinds of booths and activities for the kids. Courtney and Bethany weren't to into the whole thing or we might have stayed longer, but it was fun to see the training that goes into the sheep dogs. We didn't really do anything spectacular the rest of the weekend, we just relaxed by the pool, browsed the shops, and rode the Alpine Slide. Tim & Alec rented some bikes and went on a long ride on Monday, we also went to a street fair that was really great - live music, craft booths, activities for the kids, etc. It was really great to get away and spend some time together! The best part was...it wasn't camping! YIPPEE!

Courtney, Bethany and Me waiting while Alec

and Matthew played on some blow-ups.

The boys got their arms and faces painted everyday!

Alec got a snake...

Matt as Blue Batman!

Alec with a baseball and Matt with a spider-web.

The condo has a pool house/activity center that

has a Wii, toys, dress-up stuff, books, puzzles,

games, basketball, shuffle-board, as well as

daily activities every few hours. We really had a

fun time spending time there - Here is, Alec with

one of the hats on!

Matthew - what large horns you have...

Building a tower with the blocks!

Courtney and Bethany relaxing in the hot-tub.

Alec playing the Wii

Matthew playing with the toys

Riding up the mountain on the ski lift to ride

down the Alpine Slide

Me and Matthew coming down...it was so much

fun! Matt was SO scared at first, he cried and

pitched a fit until we got going and then he loved

it!

Court and Bethany

Alec

Courtney and Bethany

Goofing around...funny girls

This is one of about a dozen pictures of these

two laying around watching TV on the bed!

Geez...

More face or arm painting in the case...another snake!

Coloring at the Sheep Dog Festival...you got a

free ice cream if you colored a picture and

turned it in...to bad you had to be 12 or younger

girls! Awww!

Getting painted...

Mr. Tim relaxing...

Everywhere we went, Courtney and Bethany

would disappear. When they came back they

would have a new picture of themselves on

a roof - here is one roof photo!

Not the roof, but the upper window!

And a good time was had by all...