Pics from the Sundance Cabel Car ride. - September 2008

Family days out here are something else!! The kids loved it. We ate our pic nic up here and got to see millions of grasshopper crickets as Lucas calls them!!

Stu commented on how the early prophets from the book of mormon and bible would go up into the mountains to pray. Its easy to see why. Its so peaceful and beautiful. Although I wouldn't have liked the idea before cabel cars were invented!!

Kristen and Mark. Our tour guides for the day!!

Moving Cars! - September 2008

So lucas talked non stop for 2 weeks about how we were going on the moving cars. So this is the blog about our trip up the mountain on cabel cars.The views were spectacular!


We went for a short hike down a cycle track. Not the done thing in these parts!! The nazi operating the ski lift told us off. Alot!!

But it sure was beautiful!

Hardwork pays off!!

So here are the peaches I canned. I actually did 14 cans but here are the ones that were cooling. I have another 30 odd jars to do today!! Slaving over a hot stove all day has its upside. Now I'll have peaches all through the winter!This is the steamer that makes the seals tight on the jars. I'd love to own one someday. We'll see what Father Christmas is bringing me!!
Some pics more pics from our cable car trip up the mountain. I've never seen any place so beautiful in my life!!
Kez came along for the ride. We've loved her visit. In 6 weeks she'll report to the mtc to start her mission at the Salt Lake Temple Square Mission. It'll be nice to have her so close.

The Block Party - September 2008

I'm not kidding. Here in Utah if you wanna have a party for the whole ward you can just close down your street and borrow all the tables and chairs from church. Obviously no one minds cos they are all in the same ward. But really this could only be done in Utah!!

So while I was busy being mrs pioneer canning all my peaches the kids had fun outside with Evan and Holly.

I think its time for another hair cut!!

Lucas just couldn't quite make it over the hose pipe!!

Sundance September 2008

So our good friends Kristen and Mark took us up to Sundance on Saturday. It is so beautiful up there. I was in heaven. Its where in the winter lots of skiers and snow boarders go to. The slopes look gorgeous. In the summer however its like nature central!! Theres tonnes of huge evergreens, log cabins and its so green! It really reminded me of England in that respect. The ski lifts also work during the summer taking sight seers up the slopes just to look at the mountains. We are gonna do it in a couple of weeks when all the fall colours come out. The lake you see in the pic is full of trout. The kids were feeding them their rather expensive but yummy crisps!! My big dream is to have a log cabin somewhere like this. Maybe in about 40 years!!

Stu balded himself just before we left for Sundance. Now he looks like a thug again!!
So Robert Redford is a huge fan of this area and infact built most of sundance. Theres some restaurants and gift shops and stuff and its where they used to host the film festival before it got to big. He has a home in this area too. So if I could just bump into him.........!
This is deffinately a place we'd bring y'all!

Sick No More? Wed Sept 10th 2008

So today I woke up feeling surprisingly chipper! I didn't feel sick and it leaves me filled with hope that the dreaded morning sickness is finally over!! I even did my hair and wore make up for the first time in a week!! I'm actually looking forward to my tea too!!

Another reason to be perky is that it rained today. HALLELUJAH!! You friends in England probably want to shoot me about now and the ones here in Utah probably think I'm an ungrateful witch, actually you probably all do!!! But you just don't know how at home it feels to get soaked and hear a real rain hitting the pavement outside. Its awesome!! Its a while since I felt this happy. Sad but true!!

More pics from our water fall September 08

I'm so glad the kids have had each other on this move. The lack of playmates has strengthened their bond. They are also a handfull at the moment but its usually cos they are finding fun in everything.


Yes he's in the waterfall!!

At the BYU water fall

So here is one of those rare moments when the kids stayed still long enough to get a cute one!And another!
Our water fall
Why the fairy costume you may ask. Well these days Phoeb's and I fight over everything. She hasn't bathed for most of the week. Even though we tell her shes quite smelly she just refuses. Tonight during baths I found food in her hair and pen that has been there from goodness knows when!! So when she wants to wear a fairy dress all day its one of those battles that I let her win. I'll save the big one for when I need her to be clean!!
This is also the dress martyn and dawnie bought her for her 1st birthday. Its been a good run I'd say!!
Lucas was chucking in rocks that were bigger than his head!!

I'm always running out of bread!!

And this is the reason why. We feed the ducks at least 3 times a week. Not enough time for my bread to get stale so these lucky ducks get the good stuff. You see at the moment I'm friendless most of the time. Boo hoo for me. I have had offers tho so dont feel to sorry for me. I just feel so rotten I really can't be bothered with trying hard at anything. So when I can be bothered to leave my house I take the kids here cos they love it and I secretly do to. Its beautiful!Phoebe is hiding behind lucas because these are some pretty amorous ducks!! Shame he's only an inch taller than her. Some protector!!
1 for phoebe 1 for the duck, 2 for phoebe 1 for the ducks.......

No wonder she never eats her tea!!

The Kids are Ferral!!

So what do you do when your suffering with morning sickness and you can barely drag your sorry butt off the floor cos there's no sofa? You let them entertain themselves with a roll of bin bags. I've never heard so much giggling. It sounded so cute I had to get up and snap it!!

Our Usual Hangout September 08

This is the beautiful park near our appartment where the kids love to be.

The best thing about this place is that the kids can just run off and be pretty safe. It's quite quiet as there are loads of other parks so they dont get fullof people. Although we did take the kids on Saturday of Labour Day weekend and there were a fair few families having pic nics and bbq's.