Lakeside, AZ

Weekend in White Mountains

We spent the weekend in Lakeside, AZ at the Flake's cabin with about five friends and their families. It was chilly for some of us Valley folk...60 degrees had me dreaming of 105 temps. Beautiful setting. Great food. Memorable. Relaxing.

Dan helping Henry warm up to a 10-22. Henry did the trigger pulling himself.

He fired 20 shots within 12 seconds. From what I understand, they hit the spinner a few times as well. At a boy!

Clay pigeon provider...he had earplugs in.

Me firing a shot gun. Ammon was my back up; he stayed super busy.

Henry riding solo for the first time.

Oscar missed giving a narration to Grandma Provonsha during his ride.

Thanks all for a fun weekend.

Rockin the Canyon

Boys had a great hike up Rock Canyon. Leaves were gorgeous.

Dinosaur Museum @ Thanksgiving Point

Dan staring down the Velocoraptor.

He is pretty tasty.

Dinosaur Designer

Dan with our little shark/fish enthusiast.

Temple Square

After lunch at the Lion House.

Boys trying to keep their AZ bodies warm with view of Joseph Smith Memorial Building behind them.

Wrangling the kids for yet another picture.

This is the best I could do to get the kids in the picture. I opted to do without them (see below).

Love the Salt Lake Temple

Conference Center

Brick Oven

It had been years since we'd eaten here. Had to introduce these Rootbeer Buffs to some of its best.

Sundance Peepers

Spent some time at Sundance today. We were loading in our cars when it started sprinkling. Was gorgeous, delicious (Foundry Grill) and memorable (especially Ali's hyperventilating with Ethan on the lift). Twas very different riding the lift down the mountain...I prefer the ride up, too Ethan and Ali.

Leaf Peepers

At Bridal Veil Falls.

Welcome to the Jungle

Wouldn't be a complete trip to Grandma's Mountain w/o a trip to the Bean Museum.

Our little gator

Little O's fall soccer season is underway and his team is called the gators. In today's game, the gators won 4-1 with Oscar scoring 3 goals during the 3rd quarter. This first picture has him scoring his first goal.

He did a great job on defense, too. Here he is getting the ball up the field.The 3rd picture has him winding up to deliver a penalty kick. He sent the ball over all of the defenders to the opposite side of the goal to one of his teammates. I heard the other coach tell one of his parents, "Wow, that was an amazing kick!"