Snow Canyon Half Marathon

I ran the Snow Canyon Half Marathon this past weekend and it was a lot of fun. Not only was the course great but there was such a big group of us running, that we all wore hunters tape somewhere on us and then had three flags tucked into our shorts so that when you passed someone you could steal their flag. A modified version of flag football :) Whenever my sister and husband are involved they take things to a higher level of fun!! ( And yes I think running a race is fun) My goal was to get 1:45 and I ended up getting 1:41 so I was really pleased.
We collectively decided that we were racing for the CURE OF FLATULANCE!! Our group consisted of friends, cousins, in-laws, etc. JD was suppose to be there but work exploded in his face (not surprising Christmas is almost here) and he couldn't come down until Saturday night. I was totally bummed, but glad he was able to spend the rest of the weekend with us.
This was Lincoln's first time in a swimming pool and he loved it!!


My boys are lucky to have such a fun Dad.
Monday we went hiking up at Dixie rock and before I knew it Kaden was gone on top of this rock with Kylie. JD and Aaron saw what they had to climb up to get to the top and they were both freaked out. JD told Aaron to climb up there with Kylie and Kaden since he was holding Lincoln and Aaron response was, "Give me Lincoln and you climb up there"


It was a great weekend in St. George!!

Vampires

Me and the boys went trick or treating in the rain until Ty told me he was frozen and I gladly steered us home

Tyler was great he went around hissing at everyone!!
After Kaden told me he wanted to be a vampire for Halloween I had this crazy idea that I would make the costumes. Everything turned out okay in the end but there were many late nights trying to get things done before the school parties!! I had a bat costume for Lincoln but he was always a sleep or things were just to crazy to put him in it and get and family pic. I am still hoping to get a cute picture together of all three of the boys but we'll see....

The Happiest Place on Earth

So I was feeling like I had lost my six year old and that we needed some serious quality time together..... so what better place to go than Disneyland the happiest place on earth!!
Kaden was sooo excited to meet Mickey Mouse. The third time is a charm, we went to Toon Town two times before and he was not there. Pluto
Goofy
Minnie Mouse
Mater and Lighting McQueen
My Mom and Brittany met up with us Monday afternoon.
Tom Sawyers Island
Jedi training!! We went to the earlier Jedi training show where Kaden didn't get picked and after the show he said to me, "Mom that Darth Vader wasn't real huh, cuz if he was he wouldn't have waited for that girl to get her light saber out huh!!" Hence the focused look on his face. It was so cute right before he went up to fight Darth Vader he breathed in a couple of deep breaths and then was ready to go!!



























To top things off I arrived home to a clean house, flowers and a welcome home sign. To say the least my husband is amazing he gladly stayed home with Lincoln (4 months) and Ty!!

Costume Party 2010

Hosts of the party!! Kristy's sign reads, " The Devil Made Me Do It" . She is due in January!!
Jeremy and Hillary were hilarious and re-enacted Saturday Night Live all through-out the night for everyone.

"Tallest Man marrying the Smallest Woman"
1st Place Winners


Getting transported to the party. Good thing we didn't have to travel far!!
Mother Earth & Father Time

The party was a blast. We didn't know a lot of the people there because of our crazy ward boundaries, but don't worry by the end of the night everyone there knew who JD Dunn was and that is not just because he was the tallest Man there!!

October Fun

My parents grow enough pumpkins every year that all the grandkids get to go to their own little private pumpkin patch. There is horses and motorcycles rides and you can't beat the price!!

This is about the most artistic we get in our house!!Lincoln smiles and laughs all the time now and it is so much fun
Saturday night was spent making 50 caramel apples. The apples turned out really good!!

Just taking it all in
Sunday afternoon we drove up Butterfield Canyon to look at the leaves and ended going up all the way up to the top where you can look down into the mine. The boys loved driving through the mountains and thankfully no one went tumbling down the hill
Brotherly love!! Someday they will best friends I just know it, okay maybe I just HOPE it!!


I think that sometimes October is just as busy and fun as December. Every free second we have is doing something fun and festive for the season. Now if I can just find time to turn my sweet boys into scary vampires!!

The BIG 30

For JD's birthday I surprised him with a weekend trip to Salt Lake!! Totally sounds dumb but we had a blast. We dropped the kids off Saturday afternoon checked into our hotel and then headed to the Utah game. Sporting events are 100 times better when you are there.
Can you tell by the smile on his face how happy he was. After the game we went swimming and then walked around Salt Lake at 11:30pm looking for somewhere to eat because JD was starving, we thought it was maybe 10.
Sunday we slept in until 9 and it was heaven. We then went to the breakfast buffet at The Grand America and boy where we out of place. It was fun to see how the wealthy eat and interact with others. Some good and some we wanted to slap across the face. After receiving the bill we agreed that, that was a once in a lifetime experience, even though the food was delicious. Later that day we got to tour the roof of the conference center and then headed back to the pool.
Monday we did our 8-mile run up City Creek Canyon. I love to run while on vacations because there are so many new and exciting things to look at. After training for a marathon I swear I have been on every street in Herriman a dozen times. We then made one last relaxing trip to the pool before saying goodbye to our relaxing weekend in the city.
We got home from our weekend in Salt Lake and headed to the lake. Here is Kaden learning how to surf.
Hanging ten with Colby
Love Tylers piggy nose!! I didn't get any pics of the b-day boy :(

Happy Birthday Honey!! You are the best and I don't know what I would do without you!! You amaze me everyday!!

FIRE

What a crazy, exciting and scary night. It was amazing to watch the fire come up over the mountain and then seriously race down the moutain. I wasn't scared at all at first because the wind was in our favor. Even though the fire was a mile away we could sit on our front porch and not smell a thing. But then we took a drive over to my sisters circle and there was smoke and ash everywhere and my heart got pumping. I went home got a few things packed and watched the fire from the boys bedroom.

The firefighters were absolutely amazing I can't believe all the houses they saved.
Giving cookies to them. They were so cute with the kids.
This is where a lot of the firefighters slept.