I really want my kids to have good childhood memories of fun things that we did together as a family. So on Labor Day, we decided to to take them to hike Cress Creek up near Heise. Before we left, the boys kept asking me where we were going. In an effort to make it sound adventurous and cool, I told them that we were going to climb a mountain. The response I got was not what I expected. Rece just looked shocked and at a loss for words. Zach's response was classic. He said, "A mountain! I can't climb a mountain! I scared of heights!" Next time I will know better. Anyway, we still went and had a lot of fun. We carried Megyn in the Snugli and she was happy the entire time. We didn't see any of the rattlesnakes that the signs warned about as we started our hike, but we did see a couple of "kinda" cute little lizards. Rece was sure that it was the same lizard that we kept seeing. It was a perfect day, and a great memory.

Garon & Kati's Wedding

Garon and Kati got married on September 13th. It was a beautiful wedding. They asked Rece to be their ringbearer, and he looked very grownup and handsome in his little tuxedo. Zach thought it was pretty funny that he held a girl's hand (Lainee, the flowergirl, and Rece walked down the aisle together). Ryan and I had a good laugh out of that. Rece not so much. Quite a bit of family from both sides made the trip to Oregon which I thought was really nice, and I am sure it meant a lot to Garon too. I am so excited to have a new sister-in-law! Even more, I am really happy that Garon found his sweetheart. Here are some pictures I took at the wedding. I think there might be a couple from the day before at the wedding rehearsal. I am not a great photographer, but I think some of these turned out pretty good.

Okay. Here we go. I never thought I would ever have a blog. But then my friend Jaimee was talking about her blog, and I decided to look at hers, and then I looked at other blogs of friends that she had listed. I decided that this might just be the thing for me right now. Kind of like keeping a journal, I think. Anyway, I am going to give it a try. I have been "disconnected" for quite some time and figuring everything out is taking me some time, but I am definitely doing this just for me. So like I said . . . here we go.