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Ava age 4, Zoe age 6 and Ren 6 months

Turkey Trot

Tyler and I ran in my work turkey trot right before Thanksgiving. Tyler won first place and I took second! We won a turkey, a pie, a $100 spa certificate, $20 gift card, a head band, and some golf tees! Not too shabby for a lunch break run.

Tyler crossing the finish line...he smoked us all!

Reflections

Zoe won in two reflections categories this year; photography and visual arts. She is very artistic and we are so proud!

This is the winning picture she took of Ava.

Chillean Miner

Tyler was a Chillean miner for Halloween. I was his mistress. It was awesome.

Halloween

We went to St. George to trick or treat with cousins this year. The girls wanted to be cats. Big surprise! Little Ren was a very cute tootsie roll.

Cheer

The girls did a cheer clinic at the local high school. They learned several cheers and a dance they performed at a Friday night football game.

Spelunkers

Tyler took us down in Mammoth Cave up Cedar Canyon. The girls loved it. I can only handle so much.

Ava's B-day

Ava turned 4 back in September. She wanted a pet shop party with her cousins.

She played pin the tail on the pet shop kitty and kitty, kitty, puppy (like duck, duck, goose).

She got lots of princess things and pet shops and had a great day.

Torrey 2010

We made it to Torrey for our annual Labor Day trip. We invited our good friends Millie and Casey Fox and their kids. We had a blast. It was really crowded though...our little secret is no more.

We spent our first night camping at Posy Lake. It was Ren's first camping trip and he did wonderfully. We had him snug as a bug.

Our first hike was down to Calf Creek Falls. Nothing is more refreshing than jumping into ice cold water after a hot desert hike. Tyler and Casey took the plunge first.

Millie and I got away for a little bike ride to these amazing pictographs. We had a few minor set backs like chain problems, sand bogs, and being chased by a huge dog. But, it was a much needed excursion for the moms.

Fruita is always a must stop for lunch, fruit picking and swimming at the falls. Tyler couldn't resist jumping off the cliff. Here is Millie after swimming in the falls.

We did a short walk to some petroglyphs. Ava must have seen something really cool.

We did the sunset hike in Capitol Reef. Beautiful as usual.

Tyler and Casey did a cool bike ride down to Fruita off Boulder Mountain. They also took Dani and Zoe on a 6 mile hike on the Sulfur Creek in Capitol Reef. The pictures of their adventure are at Tyler's blog here.

School Days

Zoe and Ava's first day of school. Zoe is a 1st grader and Ava is in preschool.

July 4th

We were visiting family in Salt Lake for the 4th of July this year. We had a busy day. We started at the parade in Tooele. The girls love a good parade.

Then we headed into Salt Lake to the Clark Planetarium. Tyler had been wanting to take them, and didn't miss any opportunity to give a science lesson.

Zoe and Ava on Mars

Since the 4th is just a few days after Zoe's birthday, she was lucky to get another birthday cake thanks to her Grandma Knudsen.

That evening the sunset was beautiful as it is most of the time in Erda. If you were wondering where Tyler grew up...this is it.

And last but not least, a fireworks display and sparkler dance party by Tyler. Good times.