Happy Birthday to two special people!

So, Happy Birthday wishes are in order! First, to my wonderful daughter Brittany :-). 10. . . 10!! years ago today, this wonderful baby entered my life, and it hasn't been the same since! She was my pride and joy then, and continues to be every day!

Brittany at 1 day old

This is her this morning, with her new 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' book she's been asking/begging for for months!

And one from when we were camping last week - such a beautiful girl!

And, next, my big brother Bryan also has a Birthday today! I'm very fortunate to have such a great big brother! Happy Birthday to Bryan! (not that he'll probably ever see this)

Complete and Utter Randomness

Well, first off, I'm not dead; although from the lack of posting, you may think so :). I always vow I'm going to update the blog; then I get sidetracked and it's always 'the next thing' I'm going to do after. . . . So, I finally got to it! I apologize about the number of pics, but I figured I better get it all in now and be caught up, so here goes:

Me and my girlfriends Tosha and Jennifer at Tosh's Christmas Party

My new scuba mask that Santa brought me!

Brittany and 'Toad'

We took a family trip to Mexico over New Years, and had a fabulous time, even though it was quite chilly!

Brittany and Bryan jumping the waves in the ocean.

Then we buried her in the sand :)

We had wine on Tap! And I thought 'boxed wine' was bad. . .

Us

The swimming pool where we spent most of our time.We go to the ocean, and the only place Brittany wanted to go was the pool?! - We could've went to the local Motel 6 for the weekend! Except when we went snorkeling - she loved that! Took to it like a fish to water, even touching them!

Whitney and Tyson

As most people know, my Grandma Fox recently died, so these are a few pics from the funeral.

My aunts and uncles - Kenny, Kaye, Barbara, Eldwinn, and Jeanine

Mom and Fred, and Aunt Lona - and Brent in the background.

Tyson and Brady - don't they look handsome? I love this picture.

And, now last but not least - my new hobby! Knitting! This is what I've spent my winter doing, is learning to knit. It's something I've been meaning to learn for about 10 years or so, and I finally have gotten around to it (although, to be honest, I can only knit two things - washcloth and slippers.) My Aunt Jeanine used to make us knitted slippers and we all love them, and Aunt Jeanine that eventually she'd quit making them for us, so we really ought to learn how to do it. . . . . Well, now I can! Of course when I made my first slipper and showed Lyndsey, she said 'it's not Aunt Jeanine's slipper'. Well, no, it's not, because I don't know how to make Aunt Jeanine's slippers! I need to sit down with her and learn them. So, below are my projects:

These are so tiny, I had to put them next to a drink coaster to show the exact size. I was almost out of yarn, so I had to make some adjustments, but they turned out way cute!

Miscellaneous Summer Fun

So, the end of the summer has been so much fun! Lots of new experiences for everyone.

We've been getting more into mountain biking, so a few weeks ago, we all decided to go up A.F. Canyon and go for a ride:

this is us (above) pre-ride - don't we all look nice and clean? It's a little chilly since it was so early in the morning, and high up the canyon.

This is us after the ride! It decided to rain on us most of the ride, and lets just say, I don't know that anyone's clothes got all the way clean after that, but everyone had a great time! I found out that mountain biking is not as easy as it seemed, and I was far beyond my limits on this particular ride, I need to find a bunny hill to practice on :-)

Salt Lake City has a summer concert series (free) during the summer, so we went down to one of them.

Toots and the Maytals - a reggae band - they were fabulous!

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And last, but not by any means least the greatest challenge of the summer so far - We decided to hike Mount Timpanogas - and NOT the cave - to the top of the mountain!!!

Let's see, we had: Brent and Tracy; Becky and Jake; Me and Bryan; Lyndsey and Brett; and Bryan and Tyson.

It was quite the adventure, who knew we'd actually be able to drag ourselves out of bed at 2.30 AM to get ready for this thing?!?

We started our hike around 4.30 am, and we were off........til we ran into a stop sign 30 minutes into the hike and realized we weren't on the right trail - oops!

We did finally find the right trail and were on it another hour before it was light enough to turn off the flashlights. It was a very long, very challenging, (did I mention long?) hike, but well worth it to be able to say we did it!

Brent and Tracy on the top of the mountain the valley in the back is the Heber Valley

Me and Bryan on top of the mountain - behind us is Utah Valley and Utah Lake

A picture of me and Bryan along the trail

a picture along the way facing east as the sun was coming up

and one more along the trail.

It's now been 2 days since the hike and we're all still recovering!

Golfing Fun

So, this summer has been very nice and relaxing - and quiet too, with Brittany gone for the past 5 weeks! Although, I could do with more warm weather and less cool weather!

So, we've been making the most of it, and getting in some golfing! I wish I could say that with as much as I've been this year, I was getting better, but, sadly I'm not :-(. Although, Bryan has been doing pretty well.

So, I thought I'd throw some pictures up from our summer of golf so far, and some pictures of the other half of our four-some - Brent and Tracy!

Tracy at Fox Hollow Golf Course (the old Tri-City Course)

Brent and Tracy at Fox Hollow

Me and Bryan at Fox Hollow

Bryan at the Ranches Golf Course

Me and Bryan at The Ranches Golf Course

Brent and Tracy at Hobblecreek - for our annual outing - it even looked like it might rain for a bit, but ended up very nice :-)

Me and Bryan at Hobblecreek

I've finally done it. . . . . .

Yep, I've finally done it and crossed over to the dark side that is 'Facebook'.

So far, i'm struggling to figure it all out. I mean what's the difference between my wall and my home page? I don't get it. thanks EC for sending a 'how to' video; I'll have to get around to watching it.

I did finally, after much struggle, get some pictures on there. So, now I'll have to try and keep the facebook and the blog up-to-date.....

We'll see how we do.

Lake Powell!

If you've seen Lyndsey or EC's blog, you all know that we just had a wonderful trip to the Lake a couple of weeks ago, and it's about time for me to get my pictures posted.

We had such a great trip with great weather and wonderful company. It's got to be about the best place on earth.

Now, onto the pictures!

Brittany and Hannah on the tube

Another one of Brittany and Hannah on the tube

Teryn and one of the girls who went with us - (her name escapes me at the moment)

All the girls on the tube!

The Captain - Tracy

Cute little Lacy :-)

Austin - because, he's kind of big deal, ya know

Brittany, on one of our hikes

a cute little lizard we found on our hike - he's about two inches long is all

Hannah surfing

Brittany surfing!

Tracy, with Maycee and Lacy - such cute girls!

Another one of Lacy

The cave