Random Fall Fun

 Fall goes so fast. I did some biking, hiking and hanging out with family.

Biking up south fork in the fall is amazing.

Amber and I hiked up Rock Canyon most Saturdays. Moki loves it and so do we. It is close to home and a great workout. It was beautiful as the leaves started to change and fall.

 Erica and I hiked Saturday after general conference we did the battle creek to dry creek loop. It was very steep and very hot. It was also gorgeous.

 

 

The only bad thing was we finished in the dark, like the pitch black dark.

 

The Sunday of general conference Anthony and I went up above Albion Basin to hike between sessions. The drive was beautiful and so was the hike.

The overlook of the lake we hiked to.

Moki and I got out a lot during the fall to hike and walk on various trails. We rotate between all our favorites: slate canyon, rock canyon, stewart falls and the Bonneville shoreline trail.

I went to a BYU football game with Anthony, Caleb, Sam and his boys. It was fun. I am glad I went to one game. One was definitely enough:)

It was Emerson's first game. He and I left a little early because he was bored. We made it to the fourth quarter though!

 I had Sam's kids overnight and I curled Audrey's hair for church. She is so cute and hilarious.

This year I made all my brothers a quilt for their birthday. The quilt was made out of material from my dad's old shirts. It was a labor of love. I could not have done it without Nancy's help. She did the binding on all of them and sewed the tops on some of them as well.

Moki always lays on quilts when I am working on them. The one above is Anthonys and the one below is Calebs. They are all different.

Caleb got some great shots of Moki at Sunday dinner one evening.

I took Audrey and Emerson swimming. Emerson can swim for hours. He is getting so big. He did all the indoor waterslides, the rock wall over the deep end and he jumped of the cliff. His swimming progressed so much this year.

It was so fun to watch him be brave and try a new thing. he walked up to the cliff at least four different times before he actually jumped. It is very high for a little guy.

He also did amazing on the rock wall.

I was busy all fall and had a great time. I am so thankful I get to see my family so much and do activities I love!

Tyla LaNell

 

Aaron and Jacklyn had a beautiful baby girl on August 26th. They names her Tyla LaNell. She is the most precious thing. I love her so much. It is so exciting to have another baby in the family. It is so cool that she is named after me. I was shocked when they told me. I just wasn't expecting that at all.

Aaron and Jacklyn came out to Utah in September for a wedding and so we got to meet her. They ended up staying longer because Jacklyn had to have her gallbladder removed. That was so sad for her. Lucky for me because I got so much alone time with sweet baby Tyla. I fell in love with her so fast.

 

I definitely had baby withdrawals when they left. Jacklyn has been so sweet to send me so many cute pictures of her. I love seeing her grow. I always forget how babies that small can literally do nothing but sleep, eat and poop. The snuggles are amazing though. She has already grown so much. I wish she lived closer.

Backpacking the Uintas

 Amber and I backpacked the Uintas for labor day. It was a beautiful weekend and we did a new to us hike. It was beautiful and quick. It feels like there is endless adventure in that area of Utah and so it is always fun to make it up there to explore. We hiked up to Naturalist Basin. Slept, hiked a loop of lakes the next morning, and hiked out.

There are so many lakes and it is just so beautiful.

We missed our turn, it was very poorly marked, we were very happy to get to camp.

This is where we missed a turn. It is not obvious and I was very annoyed.

There is a huge burn section you hike through. It looks so cool.

It was a great weekend trip. I am glad we made it work. It was the only backpacking I was able to do all summer.

Cross country

 I coached cross country. It went really well. We had some great athletes. I coached with Katie Benson which made it super fun. It was an adjustment staying at school so late. Last year school got out early and so practice was over by 3:30. Staying until 4:30 was HARD!

I love cross country because everyone can race, everyone improves and it is a confidence building sport. I am always so proud of all my kids. Watching them progress over the season is one of my favorite things.

We hosted the district meet on a beautiful fall day. It was a ton of work but turned out awesome. I am glad someone else will do it next year but it wasn't too bad:)

Sooooooo I didn't blog for a very long time, what the heck??????

 Dang! I have not blogged in so long. That is super annoying. It feels impossible to catch up on, but I am going to make it happen. School has been hard this year and so I have been so tired. School starts and all my energy is sucked out of me every single day. I had a great fall with lots of fun things. One major setback has been an injury to my right hip. I am still not sure what is going on. I have done some physical therapy and gone to the doctor multiple times but it is still sore. The pain also radiates and so sometimes it is hard to tell what is going on. I have not been able to run or play basketball, super annoying. Luckily I can bike, hike and lift weights without too much pain. Hiking is actually really painful after I am done. I am headed back to the doctor next week hopefully for some more answers.

Summer ended with shakes for everyone, my mom was in town.

And swimming at Sam and Amanda's. Audrey is so cute!