We made it to State!

Go Team! This picture is of Madison and I at the High School Region Drill Competition.

Do you remember the days in high
school when it was sooo important and awesome to make it to the state championships? Well it is still pretty cool when your alumni high school makes it too. I went to Alta and ya, the football team won state, but even cooler is that the Drill team also made it to state. I mostly care because Madison my sister is on the drill team. I went to the region competition at Brighton High School and it was so much fun! I love love love watching dancing-it makes me a little jealous that I am not the one out there, but if I can't do it, I'm okay to watch it. The picture is of the girls celebrating after they were announced as a finalist, the other is of an awesome dance with way cool kick lines! (I am just figuring out how to use our new camera, the action photos were such a pain!)

OK, here we go...

Lets make it official,

the time has come...
We have an anouncement
and a very special one!
Twelve weeks have passed
thats almost three months,
then in July at last...
Our baby will come!

Hooray! Tim and I have been anxiously awaiting the time when we can expect a new addition to the family.

We figured 12 weeks was a good time to show you all how much we have grown together.

Snowshoeing!

Last Saturday I went snowshoeing with my dad and uncle Tyler who is visiting from Chicago for Christmas. We went along the Bonneville shoreline trail, the other direction from last time. We hiked around the new Draper temple and the South Mountain area. It was so pretty, but man it was hard work! I have forgotten how much of a workout snowshoeing is. But thats okay, I am always up for an outdoor adventure.

This is dad. He is the pro at all outdoor excursions.

Cool nest I found. I think it is the nest of a hawk or something cool like that. Underneath the nest there was a deer nest but I couldnt get it all in the same photo.

Annual Girls Night Out 2008

Every Christmas since 8th grade we have all gone to dinner and temple square for the annual "Girls Night Out" it is pretty much the only time I see some of the girls so it is a great event. Jennifer Wheatley is the arranger (what is the real word for that?) and sets the whole thing up for us. Thank you! The girls that came this year starting from the top left are Brooke (Bonham) Miller, Amber (haslam) Gray, Mariah (beesley) Barker, Jessica Lamph, me Kara (fugate) Olsen, Taren (smith) Davis, Lora Hudson, Jennifer Wheatley, and Nikki Garfield.

Jennifer is a professional photographer so she takes all the pictures or sets the pictures up so they all look good. Temple Square is so pretty at Christmas time with all the lights. It was actually featured on a t.v. show that talked about the top 10 decorated Christmas locations! Cool huh...and it wasn't even a Utah created show! Go Temple Square.

Weird picture I know. Some of the girls wanted to do a picture of all them as a group of the single girls, so we thought it would be fun to do a picture of all the married girls . Three of them have kids...can you guess who?

My HaiR!!!

Oh and P.S. I dyed my hair Brown!! I thought I would try it out and see how it felt to be a brunette. I have never crossed these waters before and it is kind of fun-a good and fun change. I did it the beginning of November and since I do it myself I have tried out all kinds of fun red, chocolate, strawberry, and caramel hues. Super fun for me. I'm pretty sure blondes still have more fun though!

Row 14!

Last Friday Tim's cousin called and asked if we wanted some Jazz tickets in the upper bowl-way at the top. We are always a fan of going regardless where the seats are, so his cousin left the tickets at 'will call' for us. When we picked them up guess where they were at...Lower bowl, row 14! These were just straight across from the Jazz bench and super close to the players. It was really cool.

The Jazz played the Kings and blew them out ( that is one of few wins this season :( ) We had lots of fun and afterwards went down to the floor to get a picture. This was the closest I had ever sat at a Jazz game, actually probably closest seat for anything. Before the game we went to 'Five Guys Burgers and Fries' I Highly recommend. It is inexpensive and gooood. It was a great night, and nice to be able to go on a date with my hubby. The Monday before this game the company I work for had a Jazz night. Hoopes Vision sponsored a Jazz game so Tim and I were able to go. It was fun to be in an out of work element with my work friends. Dr. Hoopes Sr. and Jr. got recognized during half time for being the official Jazz Lasik provider and for doing The Jazz Bear's Lasik a few weeks ago. What a fun week.

Winner!

Keep in mind that Tim does not run as often as he hopes to, I think it has been since before we moved that he has really run at all. He got one practice run in a few days before the fact. So this just shows how amazing he is. On Saturday Tim won FIRST place in his age bracket of 20-29 year olds in the 5K race his boss's wife put on. Mind you its not some small thing, there were a few hundred people there and some good runners too! The race is put on mainly for high school cross country racers-if you have never seen them, they are good! Tim won 8th over-all which is mighty impressive if I say so myself. I wish I could have gone to take pictures, but he got a blue ribbon out if it regardless. Way to go Timmy!

Fire

Tim and I went hiking along the Bonneville Shoreline Trail off of Wasatch Boulevard in September (yes, it is now November) The leaves were just starting to change colors. I love that time of year, it is so pretty. We live by the mountains now so we have a great view. So anyway, I took the picture of a section of mountain that was so brightly colored, and then walking just around the bend it turned into...... Remember when Corner Canyon caught on fire. Well it was closer than I thought. Isn't it amazing what a fire can do? The mountain was actually still pretty in a different way, fascinating really. The trail continued just the same as before but looked like a bone carving through dirt, it reminded me of the Shadow Lands on The Lion King. So dark and lonely. I half expected to see tumbleweed blowing and a skull of a bull lying near the path. Weird.

I picked up some black dirt and it truly was ash. I didn't know dirt could turn into ash! It crumbled in my fingers. The branches were powdery to touch, and just left a dry taste to the air. I have never been so close to the remains of burn. It was all very interesting.

This is us climbing near the waterfall that separtated the lush green mountain from the black burnt mountain. The waterfall is little, but pretty. We tried to get it in the picture but you can only be so picky when you are using the ten second timer.