A new year!

Well this year is no different from the past 2 years with our annual "I think I'll run the Ogden Marathon this year" goal. It's a good one to set even if we don't always go through with it... for us it's more about keeping life in balance, and there's no better way to clear the head and body than a little exercise!!! The fact that we can both participate and enjoy the athletic activities has been a real blessing in our lives. I'll still admit that most of our "together time" is catching a few of our favorite shows on TV, but the lasting memories will always be the crazy stories from races and the good conversation during our long runs together.

Here's to 2009!

Welcome Home

Last night after we braved the drive from Ogden to Park City we were welcomed by a 3 foot plow drift and 2 feet of snow in the driveway. It is my instinct to say "let's just walk in and snowblow the drive and then we'll pull in". Tyler however, is it as an opportunity to put the truck to the test! So he hit the drift and is a bit suprised at how high the snow comes up, but he throughs the rear-deferentials on and tries again success but only for about 5 feet. At this point I attempt to get out and walk back, however, I open my door at snow level and step out into knee deep snow and decide to ride it out. We proceeded with a battering ram method, forward 10 feet or so until the truck stops then back to make room for momentum to carry us over the snow. By the third rotation we had made it to the garage. It was great! Two hours later we had clear most of the drive and went to bed.

Merry Christmas to all!

We had a wonderful Christmas this year! We feel so blessed to be close to both of our families, that's truely what made this year so great! Here are some of our photo's from this past few weeks...enjoy!

Tribute to The Rev!

So Tyler has now completed his first block of Medical School at the U. The semester was a lot of work but a success overall. Tyler has teamed up with a number of classmates and formed a study group that is now referred to as The Rev. They say stuff like "there's a revolution going on" it's cute really! Anyway, for their final week of the block they all grew mustaches... it was not so cute really, but you can judge for yourself!

The Ames Gang!

OK, I know we're not all Ames' anymore but it still fits. My older sister, Bri, came into town with all her boys. We had a great time all crammed under one roof...Mom was in heaven, until she caught a bad cold. We started it all with family picture in the park, somehow I still don't have those pictures. Anyway, we had a great time with everyone and we really miss our little Smith Family!

After the pictures the boys tried to create a little fun by dropping Mentos in Diet Coke.

It turned out to be pretty anti-climatic. We also had an early Thanksgiving dinner with the whole gang. Tyler, of course, found some whoopie cushions to entertain the kids with, those things never get old!

No matter if it's rain, snow or shine when the boys come, we'll be digging for worms!

Then we played a little rock band.

And we went bowling...

I hope the Spirit of Halloween found you!

It is the spookiest day of the year and your only chance to dress up as whatever you want and get away with it. For me this year I kept it simple with my trusty witch hat and sparkly purple cape. We usually throw a big Halloween Party but we decided to take a break this year. Perhaps if the stars align we will resurrect it for next year! Here are a few pictures of the house this year. We got a lot of comments on how great it looked and some people even took pictures! Of course we always have the fog machine going and spooky music play loud enough that you can hear it on the street. One of our neighbors really gets into it as well so we always have a lot of fun!

Jack Frost is nipping at our nose!

Doesn't he know that Ichabod Crane and the Pilgrims need to come first! It never works that way here in Park City. Anyway, here are some pictures from our yard this morning with the beautiful snow. A little snow always makes me want to curl up in front of the fire with Tyler and watch a good moving!