the artieest

Cus loves to surprise people with his awesome drawings. Pretty good handwriting for a 4 year old!

Punkin Time

Miss Shelley is Cus' preschool teacher at Anthem El. She is awesome! I finally figured out that he learned to say, "Get outta town!" from Miss Shelley.


With his buddy Josh.






One Halloween night, the fire fighters drove around passing out candy.

Promotion

Eli Plays Flag Football

Eli had a great coach and a great team. I'm pretty sure they won every game, although sometimes I didn't pay close attention as I was preoccupied chasing this little man around.

McDonald Ranch

Found a Groupon for McDonald Ranch in Scottsdale. Took Nolan, Marcus and his friend, McKay. The boys had such a fun time petting animals, going on a hayride and riding a horse. It was fun, but definitely not worth full price. Glad I had the coupon.

Rock Wall

Climbing the rock wall at the Anthem Community Center.

Conquering Mt. Humphrey's

Ryan and I got a quick night away. We hired a girl in our ward, Wesley Mowry, who is just about to leave on a mission. We decided it was time to hike Humphrey's in Flagstaff. We both grew up in AZ and hadn't ever done it. We were definitely not prepared! Neither had been exercising very regularly. The altitude really got to us. And, we got a late start, so we were trying to hurry the entire time. The sun set when we had about 45 minutes to the bottom. Luckily Ryan had brought headlamps and I had a bar of Ghiradelli chocolate in the backpack!
If you look closely, you can see Ryan with his arms outstretched on the peak.