Lava Hot Springs

For Thanksgiving this year we drove down to see Kirt's family in Utah. His mom and dad came over from Hawaii and 6 of his 8 siblings came. It was fun to see everyone. We hung out and played lots of games. It was a long drive, but it was worth it to see our family. We also went shot gun shooting, to the dinosaur museum and the the Vernal rec. center. On our way down to Vernal, we stopped and stayed the night in Lava Hot Springs and went to the hot springs. There was a swimming pool with 2 diving boards and a climbing wall that is warmed from the hot springs that we went to first. Katie jumped off the high dive. She is fearless. Then about 1/2 mile away there are a bunch of hot tubs with hot water from the hot springs ranging from 102-112 degrees. We wrapped ourselves in our towels and ran into the 20 degree night, drove to the hot tubs and ran and jumped in the warm water. It was kind of crazy. Of course our children loved the hot springs considering their extreme love of hot tubs. Then in the morning we got up and went and visited Kirt's Grandma Christensen. She lives about an hour from the Lava Hot Springs in Mink Creek Idaho.

Hot Tub Time

We are not allowed to say the word Hot Tub in our home until we are completely ready to get our suits on and walk right out to it. If we say hot tub, Garret runs to his room and gets his swim suits (yes usually more than one) and starts trying to get in one of them. Then he proceeds to get a swim suit out for everyone else in the house. You think that he likes sitting in the hot tub?

Happy Halloween

We had a fairly uneventful Halloween this year. We went to my grandma and grandpa Spear's and did a little trick or treating. Then we went to our ward trunk or treat party. The kids had lots of fun, I survived. Garret was Tigger from Winnie the Pooh, Katie was Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, and Tanner was Anikain Skywalker from Star Wars. Just a funny note on Katie. She of course could not decide what she wanted to be so she was a midnight fairy (a black fairy) for dance, a ballerina for school, and then Dorothy for Halloween night. When we got to my grandma and grandpa's, my great aunt was there and she gave Katie these black cat ears with a mask which Katie really wanted to wear. So Katie was actually a black cat Dorothy.

Pumpkin Carving at Grandma and Grandpa Greats

Time for the annual pumpkin carving. It's such a great tradition. We go to my grandma and grandpa Spear's house, carve pumpkins and have boboli pizza's. It's so much fun. Our friends the Enloe's came with us to enjoy the great times.

Kid's pictures

I finally got around to getting my kids pictures taken. Aren't they cute. Of course I am a little biased.

Katie's Dance Class

They had a mini little recital for Halloween at Katie's dance class. They performed a dance to the song Monster Mash. Katie adores dance.

Tanner's Football Team

Tanner talked me in to letting him play football this year too. Not just football, tackle football. It has been a busy fall. He had a practice every night but Wed. and then 2 games on Sat. Good thing that we live so close to the school where his practices were held. He played on the line for both offense and defense. Imagine that. Actually he was the smallest big kid. Kids that weighed over 91 pounds had to be on the line and couldn't carry the ball, and he was 95 pounds. He just missed the cutoff. He was a little sad, but he really got into being a linebacker. He had some awesome sacks on the quarter back. His coach said that he was a monster. Sometimes in practice the coach had to tell him to back off a little bit so that they could complete a play. He really enjoyed the season.