Haloween 2012

Greydon wanted to be a dragon for Halloween. We found a dinosaur costume and Darin and I made the red wings to make it a dragon costume. We carved pumpkins with the neighbor girls, had a Halloween party at Grandma Zues’s house with all the cousins and got to decorate pumpkins. We also went to the Galer’s for another party and Darin and I dressed as super heroes. Greydon had a lot of fun trick or treating this year too. He got a lot of candy!

American West Heritage Center

We took a day trip to the American West Heritage Center in Logan, UT. They had things decorated for Halloween and had a big hay slide, corn maze, gourd launching, pony rides, train rides and a wild west shoot out. It was a very fun thing to do!

Having a baby GIRL!

For those of you who don't know.....I'm happy to announce that we will be adding a new baby girl to our family in April!

Finally C-Diff Free!

I am now officially Clostridium Diffcile (C-Diff) free! That was the worst thing I have ever gone through and I am so glad to finally have beat it. It started back in June and I was not cleared of it until September. I lost a little over 20 pounds in two months and had to sit out of a lot of summer time activities too.  I guess it is a good weight loss program, but no anything you would ever volunteer for. I am thankful for my family and friends who were able to help me out and send good thoughts my way throughout this illness. Now onto bigger and better things =)

Portland, OR

Since my mom was kind enough to come help me out for a few weeks, I was kind enough to drive with her the 11 hours back to her home in Oregon.  I had never been to OR before. We went over Labor Day weekend so I had all day Saturday and Sunday to see the sites. On Saturday we went over to the farmers market just down from Portland State University. There was amazing produce and it was a beautiful trip over. We got to walk across a bridge and ride the trolley. That evening we went to a nice place for dinner.

On Sunday we drove out to the coast. It was Amazing! We drove along Hwy 101 for quite some time and stopped at a few little towns along the way. We went to eat at this place called  Jetty’s Fishery (http://www.jettyfishery.com/) . They have tanks of live Crab, Oysters, Clams. You can even go crabbing at the doc. We walked down the dock to take a look and came across Jelly Fish!! I don’t think I will ever swim in the ocean again. I have always been afraid of Jelly Fish but eased my fears that I have never seen on out of a tank….well, that has now changed.

It was great to get to spend some time with my mom and James. It’s hard for me to get used to her being so far away, but it makes the time we get to spend together even better. I love you Mom, thanks for the help and the trip!

A Visit from my Mom

My mom came into town from Oregon to help me with Grey since I have been sick. Of course just having her around made me feel better and towards the end of her trip we were able to go to a Ogden Raptor’s game and the Zoo.  

2012 Family Reunion

We had our family reunion in Bear lake this year. We were able to plan for a little longer and stay for the weekend. As always, it was a blast! The camp spot was amazing and not far from the water. The food was delicious and the company was great. My cousin Mjika brought a water tramp and her two jet skis to play on. My dad brought a couple of blow up boats to play on too. We had a lot of time to catch up with each other and be a family. It was great!

..Me and all of my favorite boys..

A good looking group