November Activities

Well, I can't believe it has been about a month since I last posted. We've had a busy November with competitions and Catalina ventures. Below are a few pictures of those past few weekends. Kelsey danced in both the Cha-Cha and the Waltz at BYU. It was her first time dancing the Waltz which she loved and unfortunately her mom was too mesmorized to snap a picture. Darn it!

Christian travelled the weekend before Thanksgiving to San Diego for a boat trip to the Channel Islands of California for a few days on the live aboard. Friend Len Isaacson and Christian were able to visit San Clemente, Santa Barbara (the Sea Lion Rookery) and Catalina Island for a total of 8 dives; including 2 night dives-Christian's favorite.

More Catalina Wildlife

Christian and Len

Catalina Creatures

Do you see it?

How many can you count?

Christian's Lobster Dive Trip Last Weekend

Beautiful pics of the Channel Islands of California.

Kelsey's Ballroom Competition @ BYU

Fun with fellow ballroom teammates.

Kelsey and Partner at the BYU Ballroom Dancesport Competition.

UEA Weekend at Island Park, ID

As promised pictures of our trip to Island Park, Idaho. UEA weekend brought a special opportunity to throw caution to the wind, and gas money to greedy oil barons and take a trip to Island Park-just miles south of West Yellowstone (ala gratiousness of friend Byron Murray and opening his beautiful cabin for our stay). We haven't been to Island Park in years and it was time to get back, and long overdue. Christian headed out on to Henry's Lake to fish and the kids and mom hung out at the cabin watching back seasons of The Office, eating junk and chatting in the hot tub. In between all this fun...we had a chance to take Byron up on his offer to ride his ATV's. It was Becky's first time ever driving...and she isn't sitting backseat ever again. Papa even took a trip out with us on a 25 miler. We all enjoyed the scenery and shared sack lunches high in the mountains. No bear or moose sightings on that outing, however Christian did see a moose while out on Henry's. Great weekend.

Guys Trip to the Green River, WY

The weekend before Halloween Christian and friend Jeff Bird took their semi-annual trip to the Green for the Salmon Spawn. They had a great guys weekend away and fished to their hearts content. They saw wild horses as well the usual deer and antelope. At night they were serenaded by the owls. Meanwhile...at home, as the kids played with friends, Becky worked doing projects she's wanted to catch up on at home-removing the mirror over the fireplace, hanging cupboard doors back up in the kitchen and ...well there was more but it is slipping my memory at this moment of posting.

Well....we're up and running. Baby step after baby step I'm trying to get the hang of this blogging thing. Here are some Halloween pics of Kelsey. I want to also get up some favorite family pictures we have as well as some pics of our recent weekend at Island Park. If you see something that will help me along in this whole affair please let me know how to fix it and if not hang in there while I'm on this technology learning curve. Yeah...