Sunday, February 6, 2011

Tidbits from our weekend

Yesterday Elisabeth came running into my room saying excitedly, "Come look, Mama!  Come see what me and Ashton are doing!"  She was obviously very proud of whatever it was, so I quickly went to go look and this is what I found:
They were reinacting a CRIME SCENE where Ashton was supposed to be dead and Elisabeth was the investigator.  If they both weren't so thrilled with themselves, I might have been a bit more concerned...









Yesterday, we went out to breakfast as a family. Before entering the restaurant, I happen to glance at a newspaper headline that read, "Utah has the highest number per capita of online pornographic subscriptions in the United States." Really Utah?? Not good. Why is this?  There have got to be some major religious psychological issues going on here.  I'm going to have to mull over this some more.



Me and Elisabeth before church this morning.  Isn't she precious?












Ashton wanted to take the dog on a walk.  Notice the shoes on the wrong feet, as always.  Also, Jazzy's paws aren't touching the ground!  Goooood girl, Jazzy!!













One of the few moments Ashbear sat still on our walk.  Love those big brown bear eyes.














I love when he allows me to hold his "paw."














Hunter and Ashton love to wrestle on the trampoline like bear cubs.  I love to watch them.


































The beautiful river was flowing under this
thick sheet of ice.


Saturday afternoon, Robert and I set out to hike up to a waterfall in Adam's Canyon.  The trail was steep and covered in slippery ice and snow.  Not wanting to quit, we opted to scale the mountain up to the ridge where we knew there was another trail with little snow because of the way it faced.  The mountain was literally almost a vertical 90 degrees.  But the view from the top was spectacular!  Times like these with Robert are some of my very favorite memories.

Taken with our iphone so quality is poor.  The view at the top was
breath taking!  I wish this picture could have captured that!












4 comments:

DrFlynnDMD said...

Once again proud to be from Utah: top in the nation in personal debt, underage drinking and pornography! How ironic!

Tiffany said...

Some of my random thoughts from your post...
You take some of the best photos I've ever seen!
I laughed out loud at the crime scene re-enactment! Very, very funny. You are beautiful! I love the picture of you and your daughter. I look forward to your thoughts on the pornography/religion perspective. (I think the personal debt is probably related to some psychological religious issues too...)

Krissy Noel said...

That picture of you is gorgeous Shandy Dandy!!!! I love reading your blog! Ashton and E are hilarious!

Linda said...

Life is like mountain climbing. Sometimes it is rocky, slippery, dangerous but there is always a higher level that you can reach to gain the prize. The Lord lifts us when we are down, strengthens us when we are weak, holds us up when we start to fall and often times He does it through others. You two are an instrument in the hand of Lord in doing His work. You make life beautiful.