The NFR 2008!

It's always exciting when the NFR rolls around and we get to watch Cody ride for 10 straight nights. He is doing well this year. He entered the NFR in 1st place in the world and he took 1st in the round Sunday night. Richard and I had the opportunity to watch him ride Monday night and we had a blast. Here are a couple of pics of Cody before and then us after. Richard was so excited watching Cody ride, that he forgot to take pictures and forgot to hand the camera to me! Cody ended up with a good ride, but the horse was so wild in the chute that by the time he came out, he was about done. It was a great night!

A Quick Trip to the LA temple...

Richard and I zoomed down to LA last Friday with a friend and had the wonderful opportunity of going to the LA temple to do a session Friday night. The temple was lit up beautifully and it was such a wonderful experience to see a new temple. I loved the atmosphere and I was so in need of the spiritual fulfillment it gave me. Here are some pictures of the temple during the day, lit up, and then Rich and I by this cool tree on the temple grounds. Isn't it beautiful?

The Decorated Tree!

I let the kids decorate the tree this year...all by themselves. Am I crazy? Well, we compromised because we put this tree down in the family room and we are having another tree up in the living room that I will put together. So we both win! Actually, the kids did a beautiful job and it turned out really great!

Gettin' a Christmas Tree...

Well, we packed up the kids Saturday afternoon and headed to the mountain to harvest us a Christmas tree. It was a beautiful day. It had snowed Wednesday and Thursday, but the day was sunny and calm up on the mountain and it wasn't that cold despite all the snow. The kids had a blast running around in it and we found two great trees pretty quickly. We took our cousin's little boy, Kai, and he had a blast too. The kids sure had fun having their cousin to play with. We saw tons of deer and even a couple of nice-sized bucks! All-in-all it was a great day!