Lame…that’s all I can say…LAME!

I know that I am just saying what you are all thinking…this blog is LAME!  I can’t even believe how long it has been since we posted ANYTHING!  SO…for your reading and viewing pleasure and enjoyment, here is a small photo collection of the events that have painted the last few months of our lives.  You wanted new pictures…you got ‘em!  LOTS of ‘em!

World’s Most Dine-O-Mite Pinewood Derby Volkswagen Bus

Canyon in Escalante

Calf Creek Falls

Devil’s Backbone

Devil’s Backbone 2

The Gang at Wicked

Putting a Drip System into the Garden

Evan’s Retirement Party

Fishing at Palisades, Utah

Barry and Erin Four-Wheeling in Manti

Erin and Katie Four-Wheeling in Manti

On top of a mountain in Manti…4-wheelers, so much easier than a mountain bike!

On the “links” in Palisades

Da Boys chillin’ at Palisades

The Buffalo – lots of ‘em, with lotsa babies!

The Nephews trying not to “get eaten” by the Buffalo

Yes – that is two buffalo RUNNING straight at our car!

NOTHING beats hammock time

Paddling on the Henry’s Fork

NOTHING beats hammock time…except a leech on your sister’s leg!

Have you ever tried to paddle a river with a two year old?

Mother May I at Mom and Dad’s

Papa-Saun’s Birthday…SOOOO many candles!

Who likes chocolate ice cream? Who does?

Someone else likes ice cream too!

Back side of Draper Temple

Devil’s Castle at Alta…so green

Devil’s Castle at Alta…so snow covered, and just ONE WEEK after the so green picture! Welcome to Utah, I guess!

Sunset Peak

The Rowleys and the Fitches at Cecret Lake

Katie and Company at Minnesota Twins game

The Rowley Clan at Palisades Reservoir, Idaho

What have we said about hammocks? NOTHING beats hammock time except for a HAMMOCK ISLAND in the middle of the main thouroughfare into the cabin

World’s best campfire with a view…and on wheels…THAT might beat a hammock! MIGHT, MIGHT!

Bailey, superdog extraordinaire!

The Rowleys at the Cabin…the obligatory family picture upon departure

Who’s my monkey boy? This is Kurt in a harness getting ready to jump off of a 40 foot high platform!

The C7W Kids Representin’

The C7W kids doin’ their part!

The C7W kids at Oquirrh Mountain

Buck and Helen…world’s greatest parents

World’s CUTEST couple!

The R-Word

Our choice of language frames how we think about others.
It is time to respect and value people with intellectual disabilities.
It is time to accept and welcome us as your friends and neighbors.

Change the conversation – stop using the r-word.

Visit www.r-word.org to find out what you can do and to make a difference!

Join the Special Olympics and many others on March 31 as we spread the word to end the word!

Re-Cap: Sundance 2009

Another year of volunteering by Katie for the Sundance Film Festival has come to an end.  Here are two lists of movies from the festival – the “See-Its” and the “Miss-Its”!

See Its:

1. The Cove (This documentary will change your life – visit savejapandolphins.org)
2. Mary and Max
3. 500 Days of Summer
4. An Education
5. In the Loop
6. Push
7. Big Fan
8. It Might Get Loud
9. Motherhood
10. Paper Heart
11. Shrink

Miss Its:

1. Manure
2. The Informers
3. The Carter
4. The Girlfriend Experience
5. Brooklyn’s Finest
6. Moon
7. Spread

There were some GREAT movies and some bad ones – they are listed in order of MY preference (#1 see it for sure; #1 miss it for sure).

Here is a list of the stars that I saw:

1. John Krazinski
2. Uma Thurman
3. Kevin Spacey
4. David Bowie
5. Sting
6. John Cleese
7. Minnie Driver
8. Sam Rockwell
9. Jodi Foster
10. Joseph Gordon-Leavitt
11. Zooey Deschanel
12. Ashton Kutcher
13. Demi Moore
14. Steven Soderberg
15. Robert Redford
16. Pierce Brosnan
17. Susan Surandon
18. I’m sure there were more, but I can’t think of them.

It was a fun festival and, as usual, my favorite part was the people – the staff, the volunteers, and the guests!

New Year’s Eve Torchlight Parade

This year for New Year’s we participated in a great annual event – Alta’s Torchlight Parade.  We rode teh Wildcat chair to the top and looked down over the valley.  The Moon and Venus were looking so beautiful.  The valley was gorgeous.  There was hot chocolate waiting for us at Watson’s.  There were SO many people!!!!  It was so fun!  We grabbed our flares and lit them and skied down the mountain.  Our flares didn’t stay light, but we had fun skiing down while they shot off fireworks!  It was so great!

Christmas Time

We got to spend Christmas with the Rowleys this year and it was fantastic!  We had a great time: eating fondue, reminiscing,  arts and crafts time, walking, relaxing, watching Holiday Inn…you name it, we did it!  Fun was had by all!  Kurt and I took it pretty easy – we just did stockings for each other!  It was perfect!

Kurt opening his stocking.

Katie opening her stocking.

KC and Jodi and their loot!

Finalizing Arts and Crafts Time…

Arts and Crafts – the Finished Product and the Artists

Kurt’s favorite pasttime – shoveling snow!

We LOVE Neil Diamond!

Last night we went to the Neil Diamond concert!  It was SO GOOD! SO GOOD! SO GOOD!  He is so fantastic in concert!  I (Katie) have ALWAYS wanted to go and see him in concert and Kurt made my wish come true!  He sang all his GREATEST songs as well as some of his new ones!  I LOVED that he sang Forever in Blue Jeans – which is my all time favorite!  If you have never seen him, DO IT next time he comes to town!  He was rad in his 67 years of splendor!  My crush was totally renewed!  Kurt even had a good time!

Neil - Oh SO cute!

What on Earth have We been Doing?

I was just looking at our blog and I realized how lame it is!  I haven’t really posted much about what has been going on in our lives…so here it is – quick-like!

A short little, pre-snow, fall-ish hike at Alta.

A short hike at Snowbird during the Bluegrass Festival.

Kurt, Nick, and Parker at Hogle Zoo

The end of a GREAT trip to San Diego!

A hike in the fall.

We did a hike in the rain during the Saturday morning session of conference.

We are SO proud!

We helped the girls move to Heber City.

The World’s BEST Birth Control

Kurt and I took the nephews to Chuck E. Cheese.  This was all because of a little promise that we made to a five-year-old over a year ago!  Those kids don’t forget a thing, I’m not even kidding you.  We took Nick, Parker, and Luke to the local Cheeseria and, as you can imagine, all sorts of wackiness ensued.  We had an oober fun time and the boys really loved playing the games and getting tickets with Kurt, but I can promise you, that is the last time we will go to Chuck E. Cheese.  A shout out to all of you parents who dare venture there with kids more than once!

Kurt and the Boys and Chuck Himself.

Parker (Steve) driving a car.

Nick and Steve eating Pizza.

Luke – pretty sure that he doesn’t like pizza.

Luke driving a car – he has to do whatever his brothers do!

Cashing in the tickets.

Steve and Luke bashing the alligators.

Steve LOVED this ride. It went up and around…

Steve playing a game.

Mo Tab Christmas Concert

Thanks to the Wallace Family we got to go down to the Conference Center and listen to the Mormon Tabernacle Christmas Concert – the Bells of Christmas.  We got to sit on the floor level about 25 rows back!  It was amazing!  We could see President Monson all night and had a great view of the singers, dancers, orchestra, and bell choirs.  Two of the kids in our neighborhood got to play in the bell choir!  The guest performers were amazing!  We got to get into the Christmas spirit with 20,000 of our closest friends!  Happy holidays!

A Special G-Love Concert

Katie won tickets to a special acoustic concert by G-Love (from G-Love and the Special Sauce).  Melissa and I went to the concert together.  He was all by himself with his guitar and harmonicas.  It was incredible!  We had so much fun singing along and listening to his stories.  There were only about 100 people at the concert so we all got to ask questions and hang out!  It was so fun!  We LOVE the G-Love!