Four Wheelin'

George, Brian, Emily, Kirk, Mike and Kenny all went to the Sand Hollow Sand Dunes in St. George to ride 4-wheelers. They had a blast! One of the highlights was seeing Kirk do a "tuck and roll" off of his machine and into the sand when he thought it was going to roll. George said he never thought he would see a grey-haired man move so fast!

They Still Make Their Mother Crazy!

When Mike and his family visited in December, my four sons, along with Brian's girlfriend, Emily, decided to take a trip to the Toroweep Lookout at the Grand Canyon. It takes a couple of hours to get there from Santa Clara - 60 miles on a dirt road to this viewpoint. Those who went said the view of the 3,000 ft. vertical drop to the Colorado river is breathtaking. . . but there are no railings! I love beautiful scenery, but not enough to get anywhere close to this. . . and, I let it be known right away that under no circumstances, were they taking ANY OF MY GRANDCHILDREN!!! My sons still tried to make me crazy by taking these pictures. At least when I looked at the photos, everyone was back home safe.

BeanLee Grandkids

It was great to have all five grandkids together. Here they are having a great time playing in the leaves (weird that they fell off the tree when they were all still green). Of course they all love their custom-made-by-Megan BeanLees! http://beanlees.blogspot.com

Making Play Dough

Trent and Garret and I making playdough. We had so much fun spending time together. It was hard to see them go. They have now successfully made their trek from Hawaii to Washington D.C. and are ready to explore their new world.

Christmas Celebration

Abby was the baby Jesus in our Family Christmas Nativity. I took a video of it, but somehow it doesn't show up on my camera anymore. But this is right after - that's why Abby is only in her diaper. Here she is playing with the ribbon after opening her first-ever Christmas present. Bailey was Mary, and she rode in on the donkey - Brian. Trent was scheduled to be Joseph (he backed out last minute so Mike took over - although George said he really should have done it since Joseph was a Jewish man!), Corbin was a wise man who came in with a camel - Garret. All the remaining girls wore tinsel halos and played the angels that they really are!

Fishing Grandsons

Trent and Garret love to fish — they obviously have some of their Grandpa Kirk's genes!

Fun at Snow Canyon

It was a beautiful day in Snow Canyon - but really cold! It was great running in the sand dunes and climbing on rocks with Mike, Trent, Garret, Kenny and Corbin. The girls and Grandpa Kirk stayed shivering in the cars!