Moab!!

The family escaped for the weekend away from the snow, to sunny Moab! This was called Tusher Tunnels. It was very fun because we didn't need a torch! It was ok to go toward the light at the end of this tunnel.

Briggs loved playing in the sand.

Daredevil Cliffhanger

Marie hangin off a cliff. See what happens when you live on the edge? It was a good thing her dad was on top of that ledge.

Marie climbing in between rocks. She wanted to scale 2 walls at the same time!

Tyler taking it all in and scaring his mother to death! Click on this picture to make it bigger, it will give you the whillies!

Tyler's version of "Atlas"

What a stud! A man and his GPS are never parted in this country.

Beautiful rock formations! Fun to climb too!

Briggs and Dad takin in the scenery!
Now I will give you just a few of the choice little things Briggs said this past weekend.

As you can tell from some of these pictures, there were a few dangerous spots. Not a good place for a nieve 3 year old with NO FEAR! We were standing on a cliff at Gemini Bridges when he looked over the edge while I had a death grip on him and he said, "I want to jump off there"

Soon I heard him saying over and over "Mom I'm fine!"
Then it was "Watch your step"
While waiting for Elwin to buy our tour book at the visitors center Briggs was looking out the window and would say "Wow, look at the size of that truck". Every 2 seconds there was a new truck to say that about.
One choice one this trip was "mom cover my nose, daddy farted"
Last but not least, Briggs was sitting at the dinner table wiggling like there was no tomorow. I said Briggs what are you doing? (like I didn't know) He said "I'm trying to wiggle the pee back inside." Ok, that I didn't know.
Never a dull moment at our house with Briggs.

The family went snow skiing!!

Elwin and Briggs on the ski lift! He was looking down at the ground and then at me wondering if this was such a good idea. Really he loved it! You gotta love Tyler and Marie's form. Briggs is in for some great training!

Photo moment

We picked a beautiful day and went skiing at Solitude Ski Resort! Count'em 4 skiers and 1 boarder! We had 3 other boarders that couldn't make it this day. We lathered on the sunscreen and spent the day. Briggs did great for his first time! Thanks for the tickets Candace!

My littlest angel

Alli has been giving me a hard time about not changing this thing, the truth is, she had a big part in doing this and now that I don't have her here to help me with it, I am left to flounder through this tech world without any help. Are the violins playing yet? Ok well anyway, I thought I would share that Briggs had another first yesterday. We went outside decked out from head to toe in snow gear, yes you can picture "A Christmas Story" here because he has a puffy coat. Anyway, we tried to build a snowman but the snow was too dry and fluffy. Perfect for skiing but not so good for snowmen. Anyhoo, I decided that he should make a snow angel. He didn't know what I was doing but trusted me as I laid him down in the snow and told him to flap his arms. He started flapping them by picking them up and putting them down. I eventually got him to slide them on the snow and then his legs. When I picked him up out of the snow, he thought his snow angel was pretty neat. Next time I will try to get some pictures on here.

Alli and Tyler wedding

Alli H. Thackeray

Wow, can you believe it? Well these kids are still on their honeymoon and I wanted to get some pictures on here of the wedding. I hope they don't mind. The day went so perfect for them! One of the best parts was all the family that came to be with us. I would have to say that the very best part was that she was sealed to her best friend for time and eternity by the right authority in the right place. Hopefully these pictures will remind those that were here, how much fun it was. For those that were not, we hope you can get a glimpse of how great their day was.

Tah-Dah!!

Okay so FINALLY I'm posting some pictures. (By the way this is Alli) So after many requests *ahem* (katie) I am finally putting pictures up of me and my hubby-to-be. We are busy planning a wedding (which seems to be happening to a lot of people lately :D ha ha) and are very excited with the plans that are being made. We hope to see you all (or as many that can...) there! If not at our wedding, then we look forward to seeing you when we come to Utah next weekend for Amy's wedding. By the way, congratulations Amy! We're excited to meet Chase. Okay, well we love you and can't wait to see you!

Marie's New Look

Marie has recently been updating her look. She got her ears pierced yesterday and is very excited about it. She looks forward to sharing Alli's earrings and buying some fun ones. She also cut her hair SHORT!! So, to update you all, we included some pictures.