Red Rock Retreat

Yoga Weekend

I was luck enough to go to my first Retreat the first weekend in November. I headed out of town just after my Yoga class on Thursday morning and arrived in St. George about 4:00 . The Home was amazing the food was to die for and the Yoga was everything! We Practiced about 4 to 5 times a day and after the first day my muscles were so sore I wondered how I would make it till Monday. The good news is the time for Rest and meditation was always available. I am discovering so much more to my love for Yoga than a year ago. I am loving the concentration and awareness, I am finding. (hard to explain unless you do Yoga) I am able to focus better set goals and keep them, be aware of my needs and others by being present and so much more! Oh and I am super flexible, lol that is a bonus of all the Yoga! Lisa Smiley is awesome, she was the host and we learned about chalkras and mudras and pranyama and oh we even had a day of silence! It was so interesting. My take was Wow the world and our lives sure get muddied up with chatter! We also unpluged, which is so lovely and something I will implement into our lives. Great experience and so in love with the Guy that took care of everything here while I took care of "me"

Halloween Fun

Halloween is always one of my favorite Holidays, It was warm and beautiful. Our Kids were so cute and excited, even Sage and Hannah still get into the spirit of the day, Sage dressed in Hannah's Cheer outfit and Hannah was a Drill girl. They have trick or treated for over 10 years together. Max and Mason went without daddy this year first year ever. We had a nice dinner with Grandma and Grandpa Hughes and britt and Chris and Dana. Jack was the cutest Panda ever! We love him so much!

Halloween 2011, our baseball player Zombie and Cheer Leader

Happy Birthday Max

Believe it or not max is TWELVE. My sweet boy Max. Can I tell you how much I love this boy. He is such a kind hearted and sensitive kid. Max is one of a kind he is a middle child through and through. Max is the heart and soul of our family he really is a peace keeper and helpful and respectful. He is showing signs of preteen attitudes lately, which is frightening but all part of life I guess. As long as all of our children are better teenagers than I was then we are very lucky. Max got straight A's and just got ordained a deacon on Sunday. I love that Max will still cuddle and needs a kiss goodnight every night, he is the first person up and the first to bed every day. He will do almost anything you ask him to. I love that he is so well liked and seems to get along well with kids at school. I love that he is so much like Brett and he is the spitting image of him! I love you Maxwell!

The T-shirt was made by my niece, the baby is a mush, LOVE HIM

Our kid’s love having a cousin to play with, their first cousin are all grown up.

My Birthday

As always Brett made sure I had an extra special birthday. Lucky for me it fell on conference weekend. I love church in pj’s with a big breakfast. I was served breakfast in bed, and treated to homemade cinnamon rolls by my friend Margie. Then cards and gifts and a special dinner of my choice, (tuna casserole) the whole family came over for cake and ice cream. The sweetest gift was my niece made a shirt for her baby Jack that said “I LOVE TINA” super thoughtful and cute! Our children also gave me a foot rub. Every year older they get the more yucky faces they make! Kinda funny. We started this when they were little and willing... My friends also treated me to a girls lunch. Great birthday week!

Happy Birthday Grandma Putnum

We took a quik trip to Woodruff for a birthday party for Our beautiful Grandma Putnum. 92 years old, and as sharp as a tack. We had Kfc and cake and I brought her favorite Ricecrispy treats. She was very touched and seemed to really enjoy the attention and company. She wanted Sage to try on the dress that Myrna wore to prom. She also gave Max a pair of cowboy boots that belonged to Grandpa Putnum and Gave Sage a pair of her old cowboy boots. The kids love spending time with their Great Grandma. She is such a sweet little lady.

September

You could not ask for a more beautiful Month than this one. We have been outside almost every night, played tennis with a good friend yesterday, had a lovely couples weekend at the cabin, watched Max play soccer, Mason play Baseball and Sage dance at the halftime of the football games. We have been very busy doing fun things. It should slow down in October. I am very happy, and content, this time of year is my favorite. I love Fall!

Labor Day Weekend

Grand Tetons

Colter Bay

Jackson Hole

One of my favorite places in the world is Jackson Hole Wyoming. Labor Day weekend was spent in one of my very favorite places in the world. Sage had to perform at the football game on Friday so first thing Saturday we headed to Jackson. We stayed with Brett’s Aunt and Uncle that live there. We did the Alpine slide, Shopped, went to Colter Bay, Ate an amazing sour dough pancake breakfast, and much much more. Brett and I stayed in Jackson 20 years ago for our Honeymoon. So this place is special. Coming back with our 3 kids was great. They loved it all. We even ate at Colter bay, were we ate on our Honeymoon. September is Gorgeous in Jackson. I love my husband and I love our kids, I feel so lucky to have had 20 years with this great guy. We had our anniversary in June, but with Dave dyeing this was the first chance to celebrate. Life has no garentees and you never know how much time you have, I hope I always live with that in mind and make the most of each day with my family!

Back to school 2011

I am going to miss these little farts. Okay lets be honest, so glad that it is time for school to start. They were all so excited that they were ready to walk out the door by 7:00. The summer was such a blur I can Honestly say we have never been busier. I think as your kids get older they get so busy That it just becomes one endless list of things to do and schedules to keep up on. Gone are the lazy summers with nothing to do, gone are the days of going to the pool to entertain ourselves or keep ourselves busy. We are in the run around, get up early Activity after activity, Scouts, Dance, Soccer, Baseball, Student Government, Lessons, Practices, Games, performances, meetings, and NO down time. I am tiring to breath and not get overly dramatic but really, It is crazy. Sage is super excited to be in High School and is on the Drill Team, She is excited about the friends she will make and all the new and exciting things that come with High School. (driving, dating, Dances ETC.) I know that this girl will be awesome, I have all the confidence that she is a girl who knows who she is and what she stands for, I am proud of who she is and cant wait to see what she will become. Max is the Big dog this year, 6th grade o my. He is a good boy and always treats everyone with respect. He is very excited about recess, he is a sports guy, this kid can run and play all day. He is never idle, he probably watches 5 min of t.v a week. He is up at the crack of dawn and in bed by 9;00 at night. He is an A student and wants to learn, its all him. He works hard and takes it on, he however is my only child who hates to read, I have to hound him about reading. Mason is in 5th grade and is not as excited about school, he is also a good student but complains and is not thrilled about school starting up again, he is another very active child, no video games and t.v for him either. He is all about sports, all summer they would go to the school and run the mile, he has practiced baseball every day this summer and loves it eats it drinks it and practices constantly. He has amazed me with his willingness to sacrifice his time to improve his skills. He runs faster, hits line drives and can catch game winning pop flies. I hope he is ready to put that same effort into his school work and become that dedicated to school. Brett and I are having so much fun raising our children and finding little pieces of the day that we can focus on us too. I insist on me and him time...

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August

The end of summer is always bitter sweet, happy to get back to a routine but sad to see another summer fly by. We have spent this summer so busy and on the go all boredom and laziness that we usually experience never happened. Max had a Soccer tournament in Park city, so we stayed at the cabin for a 4 day weekend. The tournament was great, Max played his little heart out and most of our games were in Oakley, Bonus for us! We spent the weekend with all our soccer friends, some stayed with us and others stayed at the canyons. Sage performed at the first football game of the year with the Drill Team. And Brett and I are just tiring to keep up with these busy kids. I was released from the Primary after 5 years in the Presidency and & 7 1/2 years total. Whew, I loved it and am excited to move on.

Summer time...

Our trip to San Clemente is one of our favorite things in the summer. This year it was even better. The over scheduled crazy busy Spring and Summer we have had, we needed a week on the beach. The Holman's are the best, we had such a great time with all brett's cousins and Aunt and Uncle. I love the weather, the food, sand, ocean, the train. I love the PIER. Taking a walk on the Pier every night with Brett and our children and bumping into Holman's left and right. Ice cream on the Pier, earily morning walks on the beach, eating at the Fisherman, Olemendies, FHE with 50 cousins. Making memories with our kids. Memories that we will have forever! We missed Dave and paid a tribute to him with a balloon memorial on the pier. It was beautiful. So nice to be with Brett for 10 days. I wish I could live on vacation. I fall more in love with this guy every year, he is the easiest person to be around. I love my Family.