Lady GaGa (who later that evening morphed into Ke$ha), a Flapper, and Vampire.
We literally threw our vampire costumes together at the last minute. I found this great dress on clearance and Dan wore his wedding tuxedo (WOW!) When it comes to halloween, Heidi is not your typical frilly 6 year old. She refuses to wear any princess dresses. She believes you should be something scary every halloween.
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| Last weekend I threw all of my responsibilities to the wind (and at Dan). And decided, last minute, to go to a College Reunion. The cost of flying and driving were virtually the same...but I really wanted to drive, so I could have some time to actually think and organize my brain. So.... I figured 12 hours up, 12 hours back, ought to do me some good. I really havn't been alone for any amount of extended time for at least 15 years.....that I can remember. I met my new little nephew Mason (Jennet & Brad's) the first night I stayed in St. George. He smelled so good and his head was so soft. |
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| I stayed with my Dad & Mom the first night and my Dad showed me his shot-gun. I took this picture for Reed...but thought it was kind of funny when I looked at it again. Let this be a warning to everyone...call first before you visit...you wouldnt want to be mistaken for an intruder in this house! |
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| The next day I did a little St. George shopping and headed to Provo for my BYU freshman college reunion...I know...who has a freshman reunion? Well.. when you have as good a time as we did freshman year and made such great friends...you just have to have one! It was good to see old friends again and catch up and see how they changed/stay the same. |
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| The next morning, I met my friend Lori...who I havnt seen since in 20 years. It was so good to catch up with her and just talk. We were at a mall and I wasn't even interested in shopping because we had too much to talk about. This was well worth the trip. It is so refreshing to be able to talk to someone so openly...not having to worry about whether they will agree or disagree and whether or not they will judge you for what you say. This was a fantastic morning. |
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| I then met Geeb for lunch with his son Nate. We took a few pictures to make Dan jealous that he wasnt there...he really wanted to go to salt lake...and loves Crown Burger and RC Car racing. |
Once in The Tetons, we started our trip with a boat ride across Jenny Lake. We hiked to Hidden Falls where we saw the most turbulent water we have ever seen. The river is so young...it hasn't cut into the rocks yet so the water is going every which way down the mountain. In Rapids I would rate it a Class 7!
Forgetting that we were going on a mile hike....all of us girls wore sandals and nice shoes, thus proving you can still look good while taking on the great outdoors.
At this campground. A grizzly bear came through at night and we saw the rangers flashing strobe lights to drive him away. We never saw the bear, but we saw some cool lights....does that count? We looked everywhere for a bear and never saw one our entire trip....which is probably a good thing.
Our surroundings. 2400 miles of happy fun friendliness! When we got home Dan and I said we need a vacation from our vacation.
A geyser in so many ways!
Team athletics has never really panned out for Reed... When he was in T-ball he was kicked out for excessive bat swinging. When he was in Soccer, he was on one side of the field collecting bugs and weeds while the rest of the team was chasing the ball. Football worked out ok because he ended up on the best team the league had that year....but had no real interest or understanding of the game. Getting him to practices and games was torture because he wanted to stay home and do absolutely nothing. 2 years ago my friend told me about Water Polo. Reed loves swimming and is totally built for the sport, so I enrolled Reed in a little training class....he agreed to try it on the condition that he didn't have to wear a Speedo. I bought him some jammers (long speedo) and he went to the class. He came out with a smile on his face every time....I also noticed that his general demeanor changed after practice..( I think he was so tired from swimming that he had no energy to fight.) This alone convinced me that he was going to play in high school. He has trained with the team for 2 summers and now is playing for his high school.
