Happy Haunting

I love this time of day when the sunset creates pink mountains.
Logan canyon colors

Caleb

Where's Skyler?

To say life has been busy around here would be an understatement. Since school started I feel like we have been going non-stop. Waking at 6 am to take Skyler to swim practice every morning is the first exciting thing to do on our trip through the day. After swim practice he goes straight to school then back to the pool from 3:30 -5:30pm, where Mark will pick him up after work. I will say, I am impressed with Skyler's self determiation to get to the pool everyday. He had his first swim meet last Thursday and I think he did really well, being a freshman competing against upper classmen. Let's play "Where's Skyler?" Can you spot him in the picture with his team mates? (hint: he's wearing white goggles) So far he is keeping up with his studies and piano. He also works for a widow in our ward, pulling weeds etc... on the weekends. Kevin and Caleb are not as involved with sports right now ,but come spring, soccer will take over. They are home around 3:30 and have a slew of homework and piano practice to get done. I am still doing water aerobics Monday and Friday. I have asked a friend to take over the Wednesday class because we have YM/YW and I was tired of running from one place to the next without dinner and a shower! Scary! I have also been working a few hours at Honeyville every week. It's good to be reminded about our need to stock up on food storage, however, I practically spend my paycheck there. In September we went to a free concert in town and heard Jon Schmidt play the piano. He is a famous LDS composer and Skyler has been learning to play his waterfall piece. This past month we drove up Logan Canyon for a look at all the fall colors before winter hits. I think these pictures don't do justice to the colors we saw. Saturday is Halloween K&C are excited to dress up and go trick-or-treating. However, I feel like Skyler is too old and should just invite some friends over to watch a Halloween movie. To top off my week Saturday night, we had a neighbor come over to tell us that water was coming out of the asphalt in front of our driveway. Since it was around 6:30pm, we called the after hours utilities and they came over and promptly turned off our water and dug up an 8' hole to see what the problem was. Forunatly it was a small leak and was in the street, so the city covers the expenses. Unfortunatly they filled the hole back up but have not reasphalted yet, so when it rains or snows this week, like predicted, it will be a muddy mess. I will still count my blessings it wasn't worse!

Bradley Reunion

Caleb and Skyler

Skyler the brave

Waiting 35 minutes to see this geyser.

Family fun on the ballfield.

Grandma & Grandpa with all 29 grandkids!

Mesa Falls

For the Bradley reunion this year we headed up to Rexburg. Mark's brother Stephen did a great job hosting 50 people! 21 adults and 29 grandkids! We had fun at the Mesa Falls and then Yellowstone Nat'l Park. We a great time at the park playing softball and other games.

Thursday, the boys and I spent the day at the Lagoon amusement Park. It was amazing how many wild rides my boys are willing to go on now, as opposed to a couple yaers ago, when we went and rode bumper cars the whole time!

Yesterday I celebrated a birthday with a nice BBQ and a new wii game.

Kevin & Caleb turn 12!

It's days like these that I feel so old! For the twins birthday we had a family party. The boys each recieved a set of scriptures. Kevin also got the rip stick he's wanted for years, and caleb got a cool fountain. They picked out a cherry pie for their dessert.

Ride 'em cowboy!

Caleb and Grandpa


Kevin

Skyler

Pioneer day we had the chance to visit Mark's parents on the farm. We were excited to visit and meet the new little horses. Unfortunatly, they weren't as thrilled about meeting us. At least not Skyler. Here are a couple videos and pictures of our experience. I'm sure this was a lot funnier for us, but I thought you'd get a kick out of it. The little horse that keeps chasing after Skyler is only a couple months old and likes to bite, so Skyler had every reason to be running!

This is Skyler's version of the Sanpete Co. Rodeo!

A visit from my side?

nothing beats a good water fight

Luke loved the water slide


Cousins

Just this past week we were privedged with a visit from my brother Andrew, his wife Toshia, and their boys Adrian, Luke and Johnathan. It was such fun as my boys don't get to associate with their Stott cousins much. We were able to show them around SLC Temple Square, watch the Joseph Smith movie, tour the conference center, visit the history museum, go swimming at the Brigham City pool, go to Hill Air Force Base Museum, have a picnic at the park, indulge in a water balloon fight and even shop at Costco! We had a lot of fun and wish we could of had a little more time! Thanks for coming, and Happy Birthday,Andrew!

Bear Lake

Nice to cool off!
Minnitonka cave

Caleb building sandcastles


Taking a ride on a skidoo!

For our family vacation this year, we went to Bear Lake! It was the last week in June. With all the rain we had prior to our vacation, we were worried we would be stuck inside our condo for a week. But Mother Nature was nice and we had a great, rain-free time! Renting a condo was great as we didn't worry about bugs and wildlife so much. Plus we were able to save some $ by using the refridgerator and making our own meals. We rented a skidoo and hiked Minnetonka cave and watched a melodrama at the local playhouse. We are looking forward to going again since it was only a 2 hour drive. Anyone interested?

City Of Rocks

Kevin & Caleb camping in backyard

Mark and Caleb making puff balls

hiking is fun

Rabbit Rock (or so we say)

Skyler found a great view

Kevin is a great hiker

It seems like we are attracted to rocks. In St. George they had a place like this where you could run around and climb on rocks. Now we have found a new place about 2 hours from here that we enjoyed going to yesterday. It is called the City Of Rocks. It was raining the whole way there so we were worried we wouldn't have a chance to do anything, but it stopped and we climbed for about an hour. It's a neat place to camp too. Speaking of camping, the twins have been trying to sleep outside in the tent ever since school got out. They were able to enjoy a couple of clear nights, but Last Thursday night as they settled in under the stars, we heard this crash followed by a flash, and sure enough it was raining like crazy,( I shouldn't be surprised) so we told them they should come in. This all happened at 1 am, so I was pretty tired the next day. My sympathy goes out to new moms who are getting up at 1am every night!

For FAther's Day we gave Mark 3 new ties which he actually needed, a church video and a new alarm clock. He wanted to make these marshmellow puff balls for desert so Caleb helped.