A FAMILY TRADITION

EACH YEAR WE HAVE BEEN GOING TO THE TGR SKI MOVIE PREMIER  IN JACKSON HOLE.  THIS HAS BECOME A FAMILY TRADITION, BUT THIS YEAR NONE OF THE KIDS WERE ABLE TO COME  SO JEFF AND I  DECIDED THAT WE  HAD TO KEEP THE TRADITION ALIVE EVEN WITHOUT THE KIDS,  HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR THEY WILL BE  WITH US.  WE TOOK OUR BIKES AND RODE UP A REALLY PRETTY ROAD ALONG THE SIDE OF THE SNAKE RIVER WITH A VIEW OF THE TETONS.  AFTER THAT WE MET OUR FRIENDS THE STROBELS FOR DINNER AND THE MOVIE.  THIS SKI MOVIE IS ALWAYS  LOUD AND VERY EXTREME AND THIS YEAR IT DIDN'T DISAPPOINT....  AND JEFF EVEN SNAGGED A TEE SHIRT. 

 

OUR  BIKE RIDE. AND YOUR COULD FEEL FALL IN THE AIR.

LABOR DAY WEEKEND

I AM STILL TRYING TO CATCH UP ON SOME FAMILY ACTIVITIES. WE WENT TO PARK CITY FOR LABOR DAY AND WE STARTED WITH THE GIRLS GOING TO SWISS DAYS IN MIDWAY ON FRIDAY. HAILEY LOVED HER OWL HAT AND WOULDN'T TAKE IT OFF EVEN THOUGH IT WAS HOT OUTSIDE.



WE PLAYED ON THE PLAYGROUND WITH HAILEY AT BEN AND MICHELLES APARTMENT WHILE WAITING FOR THE BOYS TO GET OFF WORK.



WE SPENT SATURDAY PLAYING AND HANGING OUT TOGETHER. GRANDPA AND PHYLLIS CAME UP AND WE ALSO SPENT TIME WITH KELLE AND HER FAMILY.

UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS THE ONLY PICTURE THAT I TOOK AT THE RESORT.

JEFF AND I AND BEN AND MICHELLE WENT UP TO SUNDANCE SKI RESORT ON MONDAY AND HAD A LITTLE PICNIC AND TOOK THE CHAIRLIFT UP THE MOUNTAIN. IT IS REALLY A BEAUTIFUL PLACE. I AM HOPING TO GET THERE THIS WINTER TO SKI.



AND BEFORE WE WENT HOME WE HAD DINNER IN OGDEN WITH BRANDON, DAYNA AND HAILEY.

IT WAS A FUN WEEKEND THAT ENDED WITH THOSE CUTE LITTLE PIGGY TAILS. YOU HAVE TO LOVE HER. WE ALWAYS HAVE SO MUCH FUN WITH OUR KIDS AND LEAVING TO COME HOME TO IDAHO IS SOMETIMES VERY DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY LEAVING THAT CUTE SMILE.

WHERE DO PEOPLE COME UP WITH THESE THINGS?

THIS MADE ME LAUGH OUT LOUD.

SUMMERS LAST HURRAH!!

IT HAS BEEN A BUSY SUMMER AT THE SWANER HOUSE AND IT IS COMING TO AN END, BUT BEFORE WE FALL INTO FALL I DECIDED I HAD BETTER FINISH BLOGGING ABOUT OUR LAST FEW FAMILY ACTIVITIES.

AUGUST WAS BRANDON AND DAYNA'S 6TH ANNIVERSARY, AND THEY DECIDED TO COME UP FOR A LITTLE GET AWAY AND LET GRANDMA AND GRANDPA TEND HAILEY OVERNIGHT. HAILEY STARTED WALKING RIGHT AFTER WE SAW HER ON THE FOURTH OF JULY SO THE WAS THE FIRST TIME WE HAD SEEN HER WALK ON HER OWN. OH WHAT FUN WE HAD!

A TRIP TO THE FARMERS MARKET

IN STYLE.

SIDEWALK CHALK DRAWING

BUBBLE BLOWING

WHAT MORE COULD A GRANDMA AND GRANDPA ASK FOR THAN TO HAVE ALONE TIME WITH THE CUTEST LITTLE GIRL EVER.
PS... MORE ADVENTURES TO COME...I PROMISE.

I LIKED THIS.... THOUGHT I WOULD PASS IT ON

FOR THOSE DAYS WHEN IT SEEMS HARD TO GET MOTIVATED FOR A WORK OUT

THIS SOMEHOW MAKES IT SEEM ACHIEVABLE.

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” Mark Twain

GREAT QUOTE

"TO KEEP THE BODY IN GOOD HEALTH IS A DUTY....OTHERWISE WE SHALL NOT BE ABLE TO KEEP OUR MIND STRONG AND CLEAR."....... BUDDHA

What else can be said. I think that covers it.

HEY KIDS...YOUR MOM MAY BE OLD BUT SHE IS NOT TO OLD TO...

WATERSKI.

This weekend we went on a boat ride with our friends the Belnaps. We put the boat in at Palisades reservior and road all the way down to Alpine Wy. where we docked the boat and walked into town and had a burger at the Cheeseburger Factory. It was a beautiful day and the chance to waterski again was really getting to me, so after 10 plus years and 4 tries I was up and waterskiing. It felt great. What a great day, beautiful weather, good food, and great friends.

THANKS BELNAPS!

BLOG? STEPS? BLOG? STEPS?

THAT IS THE QUESTION. NOW THAT I HAVE GIVEN MYSELF THE CHALLENGE OF 10,000 STEPS A DAY I HAVE A DILEMA, AND THAT IS EITHER MY BLOGGING OR MY STEPS WILL HAVE TO GIVE A LITTLE. I LOVE MY TIME BLOGGING, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY IF THAT PEDOMETER DOESNT HAVE AT LEAST 10,000 STEP ON IT I AM NOT GOING TO BE HAPPY. CALL ME OBSESSED, BUT MY TEAM GOT COMPLETELY SLAUGHTERED LAST WEEK EVEN THOUGH I THINK THE DECK IS STACKED AGAINST US, BUT I AM GOING TO GET MY 10,000 STEPS A DAY NO MATTER WHAT. I HAVE FOUND THAT TUESDAYS ARE THE HARDEST DAY TO GET MY STEPS IN. I ONLY WORK 1/2 DAY AND DON'T GET HARDLY ANY STEPS IN YOGA CLASS. SO TONIGHT AT 8PM AND ONLY 6500 STEPS I HAD A LONG WALK AHEAD OF ME BUT BY THE TIME I GOT BACK I HAD 1100+ STEPS. HURRAY!!. AND I REALLY DON'T WANT TO GET RID OF MY YOGA CLASS. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A BALANCING ACT TO GET EVERYTHING IN EACH DAY. I THINK I HAVE TO PLAN MY DAYS NOW. HMMM? WHAT A NOVEL IDEA. (STILL WAITING TO GET MY GLACIER PICTURES ON HERE. )

JACKSON HOLE

THIS WEEKEND WE WENT TO JACKSON HOLE, WYOMING WHERE WE MET CLIX AND JULIE. WE WENT TO JENNYS LAKE AND TOOK THE HIKE UP TO THE HIDDEN WATERFALL, SPENT SOME TIME BROWSING IN TOWN AND THEN FINISHED THE NIGHT EATING DINNER AT THE MERRY PIGLETS...YUMMY. THE WEATHER COULDN'T HAVE BEEN BETTER...WE WERE SO GLAD JULIE CAME UP.

LANDSCAPING UPDATE....CLOSER EVERYDAY

BARK DONE!!