We've had a great fall so far. I love this time of year!
I did the Dirty Dash again with some of our neighbors and their family. Unfortunately, Ben's knee still isn't quite ready for running in races. Next year though!
The kids got in on the muddy action and both ran the Piglet Plunge with our neighbor's kids. They ran pretty much the whole mile and loved it! (Okay, let's be honest -- Cambelle whined for much of it, especially the muddy parts. But overall they both had a lot of fun.)
This last weekend Ben went to Moab with his friends (I'll have to post some awesome videos he took) and the kids and I went to Santa Cruz, CA for a family reunion for my dad's side of the family. The kids have both only been on an airplane when they were less than a year old and Cooper is the only one that's been to the ocean (he was four months old). Needless to say, the kids were so excited! They absolutely loved the beach even though it was kind of chilly and the water was frigid. I took TONS of pictures, so even if it seems like I'm posting alot, percentage wise I'm posting very little.
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| It was a beautiful weekend in Moab |
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| His first tentative steps in the water. He was soaked a few minutes later and loving it! |
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| Can you tell he liked it? |
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| This was not posed. I don't know what she's doing, but she seems to love it! |
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| This is one of creepiest things I've ever seen. The kids were captivated. Her name was Laffing Sal (no, I did not spell that wrong), complete with movement and some super creepy laughter. |
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| She ran up and down the beach over and over again. |
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| Cooper body surfing. |
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| He was SO cold. Apparently this was warming him up. |
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| We went down to the wharf in San Francisco before we headed home on Sunday. |
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| Cooper was so excited that we got to explore this ship. |
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| Cooper got to be Captain Jack for a few minutes. I don't know what Cambelle was mad about. |
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| Cooper steering (the ship is docked, no real steering occurred here). |
Ben was one of the assistant sophmore football coaches this year for Bountiful High School. He is loving his new job there and the coaching ended up being fun. The kids and I were able to make it to a couple of games. These are just a few shots from their last game. Ben is in the white shirt and gray shorts.
We had our friend Ang take some family pictures again about a week ago. Two years in a row of getting family pictures--I'm on a roll! Here are just a few of them.
