james laughs!

Some Animated Gifs from Christmas

Bryce's Mission Call

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Snowfall February 1, 2011

Because I cannot figure out how to make these pictures go where I want I will put the first wave pictures first. Snow wave.


Part of the snow fort the misionaries made on Tues. afternoon. It is actually pretty neat. Too bad there are no little kids to play in there.

The main part of the fort. This took about 10 minutes to make because all the snow was drifted up against the house.

And now look at this wave of ice. If it were blue you would think it was water in the ocean. Too bad my photography skills aren't that great.

We might be snow free by July. More snow is forecast--just what we need. This is fun, this is fun, this is fun. Thought I would try the "Little Engine that Could" philosophy.

Christmas Cookies Without Sprinkles

 are like raisins without wrinkles,
and like sleigh bells without tinkles

are Christmas cookies without sprinkles.

Merry Christmas to alll!!

Take that Giardia!

Amber kindly recommended a little hike up past Vivian park. We enjoyed the fall leaves and the cool refreshing water from Big Springs. Speaking of, I didn't get any giardia, did anybody else? For the record, Mom, we don't normally go around drinking straight out of the river. After a thorough and thoughtful investigation, we all decided the water was ok. Group think, quite possibly so, and yet, I was so hot and thirsty, I might have still had a sip despite our scientific conclusions.



Hills on fire (but thankfully not Boulder-style)



Attempting a girl picture before the sun went down.



Danny and Aly return to the wheat field where they took their some announcement pictures.



Amber & Danny looking all tan. Oh wait, they really are.



Where might this path lead? Ah, into a bunch of orange trees.



Thank you Archie for obliging me.



All done. You may want to zoom into this picture and look at how filthy Aly's and Amber's feet are. I was the only one to rinse off in the river post hike. Not a good idea. Water + dirt = muddy flip flops

The Baby Bear Goes for a Hike

I know I'm bad at posting, emailing, facebooking and all things that involve being on the computer more than the 40 hours/week I spend on it at work. However, to document Bryce's first flight from the nest, I'll post pictures of our hike in Colorado on his way out to BYU.

The Goal: Diamond Lake, elevation 11,178.

Official rest stop number one.

Lunch at the waterfall. For the record, the camera took 3 shots in a row on the timer and Bryce R. was the only one who literally didn't move a muscle. Nice work.

Archie, pointing out the finer points of the tour.

Mom braving uncharted territory. The worst was yet to come when we had to bushwhack some major foliage.

All in all, a fun time. Thanks Mom and the Bryces for a good excuse to play hooky.