Yankee Doodle Canyon

This was the beginning of our journey down the Yankee Doodle Canyon, and as demonstrated earlier, there are only so many ways down a canyon. We've covered hiking, swimming and stemming, now we'll add some rappelling!

I had to use David as a latter for some of the decents(notice the foot prints on his shouler)
I later said it must have been a drag for the boys to worry about and assist the girls down the canyon, David said, "Are you kidding me? It was the best part! Makes me feel like a man!"

You have to see it for yourself....

Our tour guide, Bret

This was about 80 feet or so...

80 footer cont'd

This was the beginning as well, you wouldn't even know it existed

It got darker and colder the further you went down, down, down...

I always struggle at first, but then get the hang of it, and it becomes a thrill!

Thank you Bret for showing us so many amazing things that weekend. We look forward to the next trip sometime this summer! And thank you Jess for sacrificing your husband for a weekend and letting us crash at your place...next time we'll supply the Red Bull's ;)

Just Keep Swimming

We had a rough start to the year with my appendectomy and sickness circling our family. We also took an unexpected trip back to Idaho Falls, my Grandma passed away. My brother and I were so thankful we spent time with her on Christmas and were able to see her one last time. I'm sure Stella has felt the walls in our small apartment get smaller more than we have from staying home and inside so much. So on saturday, since I'm feeling about 100% again and all of us are healthy, we decided to go to an indoor pool just a few blocks away from here. I was a little nervous of how she'd react since it's been such a long time from the last pool visit, but she was so excited!

Here's a little video of her mean daddy dunking her... haha, just kidding, she doesn't mind it, I think someday she'll swim faster than her daddy!

Um. So... how do I explain this one? Stella likes to stand in high places? She also likes to rappel? Don't worry grandparent's, she is safe :)

She is also learning how to do the dishes
and she loves it!!

This is why we had to get the poor girl out!!

Sledding Adventures

We were able to go sledding with David's sister and her family. The challenge was finding enough snow! We haven't had a lot of storms this year, so it was tough finding a good spot, but once we did, we had a blast.
I had a tough time with the layout for some reason, thus the lack of captions... but you get the idea anyway...

Stella was tuckered out by the time we got her back in her seat, before we got on the road she was fast asleep.

Christmas at the Lugo's

We spent christmas in Idaho this year with my parents and loved it! We were able to spend a long weekend so Stella was really able to enjoy time with her grandma and papa Lugo and also lolly and papa Parker. I know this is late, but thanks family for a wonderful christmas!

This is a pic taken at our house... Stella loved playing with our nativity set, she'd squeeze inbetween the couch and the christmas tree to play with her little baby Jesus. It was priceless! I almost didn't want to take it down this year.

She didn't really get into the wrapping paper, this is a pic just to show you how delicate she was.
Mom and Tom's beautiful tree's and presents on christmas eve, and one happy baby with glow bracelet.

I think she loved her stocking the most

I made her this blanket for christmas... i love the way it turned out!

Family Photo's

We went and had our pro pic's taken, David scanned them in at school so we could post them for you all to see... we hope you'll enjoy...

Fall is my favorite time of year.....

Happy Halloween! We had such a great halloween this year. We traveled up past Boise, to Marsing for my grandpa's 80th birthday party. It was perfect for us since I don't think Stella is old enough to grasp trick or treating yet. We stayed at my Uncle Dean and Aunt Karen's house, who I haven't seen since I was 12! It was so great to catch up with them and become reaquai2nted.

Here are some pics of the party!

Naughty kitty drinking out of the toilet!

Papa & Stella

Dad the long haired hippy, Mary the snowflake, Jenny in platinum blonde, Tori Tinkerbell, Nick is south of the border, Colton is Spiderman, Jessica's Fiona, David supporting our favorite team as Kyle Beckerman and Stella and me are kitties

My uncle plays drums in his garage, he and David are new found pals



So, we went to what we thought was going to be Salt Lake Real's last game, little did we know, they did so good in that game, they advanced into the semifinals. We decided to take Stella with us this time. Her buddy Coasten has a lion costume which David thought it would be clever to dress her up in since Real's mascot is Leo the Lion

She was so warm and cozy...thanks Coast for letting her use your costume!

Here comes Leo... he saw Stella and was so impressed with his little protoge.

Daddy had so much fun with his two girls at the game. Since then, Real won their last two games against Columbus Crew who were last years Cup winners. We're so excited for our team!

So, for those of you who don't know, I started massage therapy school a few weeks back. I've been so excited about starting, it's all I ever talked about. And since I've started, David hasn't been able to shut me up. I'm going part time evenings so David can be home with Stella. It should take a year to complete. It's amazing the difference in attitude I have about learning and going to school this time around. I just wasn't ready several years ago and didn't know what I wanted to do. Now I know I've found it and couldn't be happier, especiallly with the support David is giving me while I pursue my dream.First day of school. They are so chill there, yoga pants and t-shirts!

I love the color change in the leaves. Gran-apple took some good photo's at her house a couple weeks ago. I'm going to have to steal them from her and post them.

Running out of things to do! It's getting colder outside so we've been destructive inside. We stuck Stella in a laundry basket, stuffed pillows around her and strapped a belt around one of the loops and had a wagon! She loved it. (The pillows were provided for the sharp turns cuz she kept tipping over and out...don't worry... she loved it!)