Daniel had been working crazy hours with work for the past 2 months. He needed a break from his 80-hour work weeks, so we had a family vacation in Moab. My brother Dan and his 'special friend' Taylor love Moab and they were going to be down there for a friend's wedding the weekend we wanted to go, so we rented a house that fit all 8 of us and had a great time together. The first day there we hiked to Delicate Arch.
Jane didn't want her picture taken (yet)
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| Ok, we can take her picture now! |
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| Sherron and Seth with petroglyphs in the background |
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| Dan and Taylor |
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Look closely- you'll see the family under the arch!
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| Daniel wore Jane's pink hat when she was tired of wearing it. Cutest dad ever! |
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| Jane and Taylor- I love watching these two beauties together! |
The next day we went on a hike through Negro Bills Canyon. It was a longer hike that we knew Jane couldn't manage, so she started the trail with us and about a mile or so in, I turned back with her and we went back to the house. She wasn't happy about leaving the trail, and quite honestly, neither was I, because it was a beautiful trail. I want to go back and do that hike.
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| Seth Paul Taylor Dan Mark |
It was great to get away as a family and explore new things. I'm glad that we went. I'm serious about returning for that hike.
The next week my brother Randy was going in for a surgery on his ankle to have it fused so we went on one last hike before he was down for 3 months. We went on an easy hike to Blood Lake up Big Cottonwood Canyon near Gardsman Pass.
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| My nephews Austen and Tanner |
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| There was a rope swing and Dan HAD to try it out! |
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| Randy Dan Austen Sherron |
Jane and I went to Red Butte Garden with my friend Jenny Downs and her daughter and nephew.
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| The koi fish were HUGE and Jane loved watching them jump up to see if we had anything for them to eat. |
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| Sherron Jenny and Grace |
Jane wants to be a 'haircutter' when she grows up so she opened up her shop so she can get some practice in. She is one lucky girl to have big brothers who are willing to let her practice styling their hair!
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| She made a sign on the door to her beauty shop that says "open" |
I was just itching to get up into the mountains one day. I had to go. There was a hike that was really close to the main road that I wanted to try out so I went by myself. I had cell phone connection the entire time and the trail had a handful of people/groups using it so I felt safe.
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| I love these trees. Quaking Aspen are beautiful. I missed the leaves before they dropped, but I am determined to return here next summer to listen to the leaves blow in the breeze and again next fall to see this grove of trees while they are displaying their autumnal colors. About a third of this hike is through this grove. |
The last few years I have been terrible about carving pumpkins. We have either not done them or carved them Halloween evening which was high stress for me. I decided to host a pumpkin carving party with my family and then we could all get it done!
First we had a dinner of chili and rolls and then we carved the pumpkins!
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| Jessica Kaitlyn, Blake, Marci, Nathan |
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| Klayre, Hailey, Denise, Paul |
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| We celebrated my mom's birthday, too! |
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| Nate, Jane, Daniel, Klayre, Hailey, Denise, Paul, Wendy, Tanner, Seth |
Jane wanted to be a pirate for Halloween. I thought that she'd want to be a girly pirate with a tutu skirt and the sort, but she wanted to be Captain Hook and wear the costume that we already had! Phew! My mom made this costume for my little brother Dan years ago. All of my boys have taken turns being Captain Hook, so it is fun that she wore it, too!
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| Hailey Martin as Dorothy and Jane as Captain Hook |
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LuJane and Ron Willes (Grandma and Papa) with Jane at the school parade.
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I'm the room mom in Seth's class this year so I had a lot of fun putting together a party for the class. The kids and their costumes were so fun!
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| Seth was Linus from the Peanuts cartoon |
