A few photos of a cutie

You may remember the TX family I took some pictures for around the time we moved here? Well, the littlest member of that family hit her nine month milestone a month and a half ago (I am behind:)), and I took a few quick pictures (in front of our house--so nothing extravagant)
to document this precious time for her mom:).

I cannot get over her hat and the ruffles, lol. Her mom says she has a sassy attitude to match the outfit:).

 She has actually been walking since she was eight months old, believe it or not! We ate lunch together around this time and a woman in the restaurant said, "she is not big enough to be walking!" Apparently, Crystal gets that from people all the time. Camden is definitely a tiny girl, so it is funny to watch people's reactions. 

She definitely keeps her mom busy:).

And in other baby news...my friend Hol (Lucas' mom) is having a little girl in March! I am so excited for her and her family, and cannot wait to meet Miss Elli! 

I plan to fly up there around that time--so pictures to come next year!

Happy Haloween!

Well of course I was going to post some of the torture our poor fur baby went through last weekend after our pumpkin carving! Suffice it to say, we had two pumpkins and the little one didn't turn out so well.
We needed to find a replacement, and guess who fit the bill?

You can see the stages of emotion he goes through so clearly in his facial expressions...

We call this one the "disgusted teenager":

This is the "you will be sorry for doing this to me" glare:

Finally, the "you owe me big time--you have five seconds and I am gone" look:

But, don't feel too awful for him. We rewarded him for his cooperation with a little tennis ball action:).

Happy Haloween from us to you!

Couch Lounging

Couch Lounging...

...Max wrote the book on it...

...and he's normally very peaceful at it that is, until I break out that annoying, 

flashy thing and point it at his face...

...that's his cue to leave.

Later, I usually find him sunbathing in a rather lovely position...

...oh, the carefree life of a dog:)

The Rest...

What a blog slacker I have been these past few months! I promised Utah pictures almost a month ago and am just now delivering. I apologize to my small group of faithful readers:)

For those of you who have never traveled the west, I highly recommend it. Every time we visit I am impressed with how unique it is in comparison to the east. Here are some images of what we encountered this trip:

Park City, UT

Restaurant where J.R. enjoyed a bison burger (apparently they are very good!?)

J.R.'s mom Susan took us to the Park City Mountain Resort where we tried out the Alpine Slide, an incredibly scary-looking zip line (that turned out to be pretty tame), and a self-propelled roller coaster that almost made me lose my lunch (I will admit it was fun though)!

Although we arrived at the Olympic Village around closing time, we still had a chance to see some of the ski jumps, as well as a group doing the public bobsled run.

Park City by night...

We had dinner at an amazing little Italian restaurant at the edge of town.

Vegetarian Lasagna

After visiting with the Kotters (previous post) the next day, we made our way to J.R.'s Aunt's house for a visit. It was a beautiful day so we took a drive up to the peak.

Willard Peak, UT

 We found some hang gliders at the top.

You may just have to be a little insane to attempt this--God bless him!

 The following morning we drove up to J.R.'s Aunt's cabin. I love this gorgeous place!

Island Park, ID

Norman loves it more! He was so happy to see J.R. again too!

Up at 6am the following day for our trip into the Beartooths

Drive through Montana (by the continental divide)

Yellowstone

After driving one route that leads you through the length of the park,
we reached the main highway to our destination.

The Beartooth Mountains

Cute sign at the Top of the World store

The fish were small, but they were practically jumping onto the lures!

My incredible technique and form:)

Beartooth Highway

Can you see the "tooth" in the upper right-hand side of the picture?

We ended our day with a drive back through Yellowstone at sunset. Beeeauuutiful!!!

Norman obliged us with a small photoshoot before we left the cabin to head home...

All in all it was a great trip visiting with J.R.'s family and revisiting another part of this beautiful country!