September

Time for another catch-up post.

My mom and 2 uncles (Jo & Peter) came over for a 2-week visit in September.

We (they) planned lots of fun outings.

Brunch at Sundance has become a tradition for my parents. So the first Sunday we drove up beautiful Provo Canyon.

After brunch we drove to Park City and walked around Main Street for a little while.

Of course no family visit is complete without traveling in Utah. We went to Moab for a weekend, giving my uncles a chance to rekindle with the place where Trevor and I got married on their previous visit.

We visited the usual, Arches NP and Canyonlands NP, but we also went to Dead Horse State Park.

Trevor and I both celebrated our birthdays during my family’s stay. We had amazing dinners at Mazza and The Happy Sumo. Both Will and Tessa were adventurous and tried new things.

Mazza

&

The Happy Sumo

(Don’t worry, that is not sake in her cup.)

At The Riverwoods there was live music before we had dinner. We sat and listened for a while and tried to take some good pictures. That didn’t work out so well with the boys.

I did get this video of Tessa dancing to the music.

We’ve been working in our yard pretty much every single weekend this year, so it was nice to get some help.

The day before their arrival Trevor and I found out that I had miscarried. On the day of their arrival my family had to wait for 2 hours on our front porch for us to come back from the hospital. (Sorry, again!) I don’t think I ever really told my mom how much I appreciated her help and support in the two weeks she was here. I know that she knows this, but it should be said anyway. So Mam, dank je wel!

Portal

Remember this picture?

Trevor took it last year at the Spiral Jetty.

He entered it into the 2011 Fall Photography and Digital Art Show at the Utah County Art Gallery.

And he won!

Not just an honorable mention.

He got 2nd place in Photography!

His pictures (he also submitted another one) are hanging at the Health & Justice Building in Provo.

You can go check them out, as all the other submissions, until Thursday November 17th.

There was an award ceremony a few Fridays ago.

The jurors’ comment was:

“Strong composition; soft focus, very appropriate for title; has a nice sense of story telling that leads the viewer in mentally just as the spiral jetty pulls you in physically; strong technically.  Good use of contrast in intensity as well as flow.  Liked the apparent early photographic process.”

I am so proud of my talented guy!

                                                                                                    

P.S. They have several art shows at the Utah County Art Gallery each year, also for kids. For more information go to http://www.utahcountyartgallery.com.

Some of the things we did in August…

– A 4-wheel drive day trip to Cascade Springs

As you can see in the upper left picture, Will and Tessa were really excited for this. It was a nice drive though!

– Hiking Timpanooke

One date night Trevor and I hiked part of the Timpanooke trail. We got a late start and we had to turn around at the Giant Staircase and still hiked most of the way down in the dark. But we did see a moose and some deer.

– Sundance

We had some time to kill one afternoon while in town, so I took the kids up to Sundance. We walked around for a bit, ate a snack and drove back to town. The temperature in the canyon was a lot nicer than in the valley.

– Another Belt Promotion for Will

Brown-Orange!

– Our trip to Lake Powell

Which has its own post.

– And some random pics of the kids

Ready for the sun!

Both fast asleep in the car after Granny Night.

Tessa trying to dress herself. Those are Will’s socks.

Tessa feeding Will’s bear her lunch.

JDRF – Walk to Cure Diabetes

We’re going to walk for a cure for Diabetes again this year!

Most of you know at least 1 person with Type 1 Diabetes. (Trevor for instance!!)

Please come and support us.

The walk is this Saturday (Sep 24) at 8 am at the Scera Park in Orem.

You can also donate.

PLEASE DO!!!

To donate copy and paste the link below. It will take you to a secure website. Our team is trying to raise $600 and we only have about $200 so far.

https://secure3.convio.net/jdrf3/site/Donation2?idb=526308624&df_id=1655&FR_ID=1555&PROXY_ID=1405124&PROXY_TYPE=20&1655.donation=form1&JServSessionIdr004=pblnn5ykq3.app316b

Any donation, big or small, will help us raise money towards finding a cure.

THANK YOU!

For more information on the Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund go to http://www2.jdrf.org/site/PageServer?pagename=walk_homepage

The Boys Digging Trenches

Like Father, Like Son!

Maybe This Lifetime…

We’re hopeful for a cure!

To read the whole article go to:

http://www.latimes.com/health/la-he-bcg-diabetes-20110625,0,6341862.story

Secrets

Trevor submitted a picture to the photography magazine Light Leaks this week, for a chance of publication in their next issue (19).

The theme was Secrets – Mysterious and often beyond common understanding.

Am I biased when I say he has talent?

Picture taken at the Spiral Jetty, with a Brownie Hawkeye Flipped, 120 Neg.

Moab

Moab is one of our favorite places to spend time.

Last weekend it was time for a break from the kids, so Moab is where Trevor and I went.

We stayed at the Red Cliffs Lodge along the Colorado River (where we held our wedding reception 4 years ago). It is such a beautiful place.

We visited Arches NP on Sunday. Trevor recently read the book Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey, who spent three seasons as a park ranger in Arches in the 1950’s. Back then (from 1936-58) the entrance road, called Willow Flats, was a dirt road several miles north of the current road. Trevor wanted to drive that road into the park. From there you can get to the Eye of the Whale Arch. It was really quiet out there, since very few people go there. We hiked there for about an hour.

Arches N. P. with the La Sal Mountains

After that we drove to the Devil’s Garden area. 3 Years ago we hiked the whole loop with Will. We hadn’t been back there since. Along the trail you can see several arches, Landscape Arch, Navajo Arch, Double O Arch, Partition Arch, and a few more if you take the primitive trail back to Landscape Arch. 3 Years ago we also walked past Wall Arch, but it came down in August of ’08. Now you pass it on the other side, since the trail is covered completely with big boulders.

This time we hiked to the Dark Angel, a short walk from Double O Arch, and then we walked back.

I just love that Moab and the National Parks around it are only a 3.5 hour drive away. The area is so beautiful and there is so much to do that we already talked about where we’re going to hike next time.

Will and Tessa had a great time with Granny Kris. Will told Grampy (Dean) “My mom and dad needed a break from Tessa and me!” That boy is just too smart.

PS. I love Red Cliffs Lodge’s address: Mile 14 on scenic Hwy. 128.

 

Update

Here are the hikes we did:

http://www.mtbguru.com/trip/show/15832-eye-of-the-whale-arch

http://www.mtbguru.com/trip/show/15834-dark-angel

Holga & Diana

As some of you already know Trevor is into photography. Not just any kind of photography, but toy camera photography. He has several (let’s make that 10) plastic cameras that really look like toy cameras. But these cameras are pretty cool. You can use different techniques that I am sure Trevor would love to tell you about. He usually has one or two of his cameras in his bag. Right now our shower also functions as a film drying place. One day our cold storage will be a dark room.

Holga & Diana; his constant companions.

He is pretty good at it.

One of his pictures has been published in a new book that just came out.

http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1595250

His picture is called West Desert, Weis Hwy. It’s on page 97, in the Travel section.

You can also see it here:

Pretty cool, right!

Some of his other shots:

This one was taken at the American WW2 Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer.

Cherry Creek Bastion, west of Eureka, UT

This is one of my favorites. I would love to have this one big on canvas for in our bedroom.

This one hangs in our dining room.

Will on Texel, the Netherlands, Sep 2009

Texel, the Netherlands, Sep 2009

Happy Birthday Trevor!

33 years old today!

Congrats!

These kids love you.

So do I.

Have a great day. We hope to make it one of the best.