Time Out For Women - St. George

November 2011

I LOVE Time Out for Women!  And I was thrilled to hear that Hilary Weeks would be in St. George as well.  Lexi, my mom, RaLynne (friend) and I enjoyed two days of wonderful uplifting talks and beautiful music. I absolutely love Hilary's new album.  My favorite song is Beautiful Heartbreak. I left feeling like my bucket was filled again.  Can't wait for the next one!

Hilary Weeks shared beautiful songs from her
new album Every Step

Journey Concert - Las Vegas

October - 2011

Rob and I had seen Journey in concert before in Spokane but couldn't pass up the opportunity to see one of our favorite bands again live!  We love only being an hour and a half from Las Vegas.  And not only were we seeing Journey, but Night Ranger and Foreigner too.  It was a great night!

Halloween 2011

Even though the girls are too old to dress up in costumes and go trick or treating, they still love to carve pumpkins!  And mom loves roasting the yummy pumpkin seeds!

Here's their artwork:

McKenna's - Large Evil Pumpkin eats helpless small one!

Aleah's - an Owl perched on a tree

Aleah Plays Tennis at PVHS - Fall 2011

Boy, was it sure fun to watch a different sport for a change!  We love soccer but diversity is good so we were thrilled when Aleah said she wanted to go out for tennis.  She had really never played before but she picked it up pretty quickly and enjoyed the season.  And we learned a lot about tennis! 

It was also fun to watch Tiffany, Shawn's sister, play on the same team.

 

Broken Finger! :( October 2011

McKenna was disappointed to have to miss a few soccer games this fall due to a broken right index finger.  She was playing catch with a nerf football (thrown by a boy! ha) and started complaining how bad it hurt.  We figured she had just jammed and bruised it really bad but it swelled up pretty good and turned numerous shades of dark purple.  After having it xrayed, sure enough...broken!  Therefore, no soccer because if it got hit and knocked out of alignment it would require surgery.  McKenna also discovered it was quite difficult to write with a broken "writing" finger!

Fall Soccer 2011 - /SU Thunder Wins Championship!

McKenna had another successful soccer season with her club team, SU Thunder.  They finished the season undefeated and won the league championship.  Not only do the girls work together well on the field but they are really great friends off the pitch as well.  Mac really enjoys her team!

Lexi & Shawn's Wedding - September 10, 2011 (9/10/11)

I am going to attempt to repent and catch up our blog. I left off last with Lexi's Bridal Shower, so next comes the wedding. 
It was such a beautiful day here in St. George!  The sealing took place in the St. George Temple and we held the reception that evening at our home.  We really appreciate all the family and friends that came to support Shawn & Lexi and help in so many ways!  What a beautiful couple they are and we are so excited and happy for them and thrilled to have Shawn join our family.

 

Lexi's Bridal Shower

September 8, 2011:

Kaylyn and RaLynne hosted the party at RaLynne's house.  The theme was taken from the movie "Breakfast at Tiffany's".  Of course, girls don't need much of an excuse to dress up.  We had fun watching Lexi put piece after piece of bubblegum in her mouth after answering a question about Shawn wrong.  And then there was the contest to make wedding dresses out of tp.  Most hilarious was when McKenna stood up to model hers and it started unraveling!  It was a wonderful evening...thanks to all who showered Lexi with their love and support!

Yummy Treats!

Cousin Molly, Grandma Jenson, Great Aunt Jennette

Haha! Oven mitt...but what came with it?

Zion Narrows

August 20:
What a perfect day to hike one of our favorite spots!  We went with Shawn & Lexi and also our friends, the Stirlings, none of which had been there before.  Until you've hiked it and seen it, you can't believe it!
The water was running pretty strong but felt very refreshing in the August heat.  In a few places, it was over the younger kids' heads so they had to swim.  I absolutely love Zion National Park and it's beauty.  It never ceases to amaze me!

1st Day of School 2011

August 15:

Aleah (15)
Sophomore
Pine View High School

McKenna (12)
Seventh Grade
Fossil Ridge Intermediate

Metal Mouth Mac!

August 9:
McKenna had the misfortune of being in the wrong place at the wrong time!  Aleah had a retainer check up at the orthodontist and I brought McKenna along in hopes that they could fit her in for a check also.  Well, they checked her alright and said she was ready for braces anytime.  I said, "What? Schedule it in a few weeks?"  and they said, "We can put them on right now!".  So, she left with a full set of braces, complete with bands and turbos.  At least school didn't start for 6 days...hopefully she would be able to talk somewhat normally by then and not be in too much pain!

Before

After

Park City

August 4-6:
We spent the weekend in beautiful Park City, Utah for McKenna's soccer tournament.  It was so nice to get away from the heat of St. George for a while and enjoy the cooler mountain air.  Except for the spectacular lightning storm one night (after we were done playing, thank goodness) the weather was perfect!

It had been a long time since we had been to Park City so we really enjoyed getting back to the Wasatch Mountains and enjoying the beauty of them.  SU Thunder did great in their tournament, finishing third which was a huge accomplishment playing against stronger and bigger teams from up north.  Way to go girls!

We also enjoyed seeing some of the sights like the Olympic Ski Jumping venue - Wow! Did it look huge! We all agreed that we would never be able to go down that!  We also had a blast on the Alpine Slide.  Many years ago we had rode on it but it was so much fun to be back and enjoy it with McKenna and her friends.  It's pretty zippy and you can get going pretty fast on it.  Except poor McKenna didn't have enough weight to push her down the mountain very fast! Ha!  I think my favorite part, however, was riding up on the ski lift - I could have sat there all day and enjoyed the beauty and serenity of the mountains!

Yikes!  Can you imagine up close?

Go Daddy-O!

We also took in a Real Salt Lake Game with the team which was really fun - and they won!