Flashback Friday: Island Park October 2010

For Flashback Friday I thought I would share pictures from last October. We went up to Island Park, Idaho with my extended family. It was so fun! We loved it! We stayed at an awesome cabin. I was still recuperating from my Hysterectomy so I lounged a lot on the bed watching movies, sleeping, enjoying my family, hot chocolate and Fall! It was perfect!

There was hiking, hot tubbing, games, movies, a trek into Yellowstone, and a ton of great food!

nate, ally, julia, evelyn, ryland

nate and ronda

garrett, tyler and ethan

mom and bob

travis and heidi, nate and ronda, kim and louis, joe and shelley,

mom, travis and sarah, jen and ryan

ryland, ethan, tyler, garrett, ally
We didn't bring swimsuits for our kids so the boys hopped in in their undies,

ally just climbed in with her clothes on.

sydney, sawyer, ally and shaylen

ryland, carson, julia, ally, sydney, ethan, wyatt

ally and sawyer

On our way home we stopped in Rigby, Idaho to see my Grandma and Grandpa Burke's

old farm. It's been a few years seen we have seen the old place. It hasn't changed much. The new owners were kind enough to let us take some photos of it.

I loved that the old screen door was still on.

Birdsong Trail

Tonight for Family Home Evening we took the kids to hike the Birdsong Trail in Ogden.

It's an easy little trail that is less than two miles round trip. It's just off the mouth of Ogden Canyon with a great scenic overlook of Ogden. I sometimes add it to my long runs on Saturdays when I need to add a few more miles to my Bonneville Shoreline trail run.

Isn't it a pretty winding path? Much better than the asphalt of Highway 89, that's for sure!

We had a great time poking along, listening to the crickets and each other. Everyone was on the lookout for snakes for dear old Mom. Thankfully we didn't encounter any.

About 3/4ths of the way up we stopped next to a little creek and ate sandwiches, oreos and cheetos for dinner. Evie surprised us all by pullin a face. What a goof!

We had a great time and thankfully the first rain of Fall waited til we were back home to start falling. It was a great night!

Flashback Friday: January 2006

One thing that has been true about our home is that Halloween lasts all year long. We are always swimming in dress-ups and costumes around here. It is so worth it when times like this happen. For Christmas 2005, Ally had just received her Snow White costume. Ethan also got the Sharkboy costume that Garrett is wearing. It fit each boy a little differently. Good times.
Ally 4, Tyler 4, Ethan 6 1/2, Garrett 6

Ally was channeling Snow White, the Incredibles, Princesses and Fairies. Who says you can't mix it up?

Garrett was Sharkboy from the flop hit Sharkboy and Lavagirl. Did you notice the Shark teeth? He was also feeling the Incredibles a bit with those gloves.

Ethan as Anakin Skywalker-ish with a little Power Ranger mixed in.

Tyler feeling the Harry Potter vibe.

Photo Shoot Sunday: November 2009

I have been just so out of blogging mode for about 7 weeks, actually maybe longer. Once the new school year began I really hit a speed bump, talk about having more time to myself to get things done! Yea right. Anyhow, I am back, I hope. So fasten your seat belt because I have some serious catching up to do. It's not even funny. So, to start us off I thought I would pull out a Photo Shoot Sunday from last November 2009.

Flashback Friday: Packs Pumpkin Patch October 2007

Nate 32, Ronda 29, Ethan 8, Ally 6, Ryland almost 4 and Evelyn 4 months