I was tagged!

I have been tagged several times...and I'm sad to say that I don't think I've ever completed one before. I guess this one caught my eye...I didn't have to think I just had to go to my pictures and look! Okay, here are the rules: Go to your pictures, go to your 6th folder, pull up your 6th picture and post it!

Thanks Kristi! Here's what I found:

Avery at Lake Powell back in 2004...she's so little here!

She was only 5 months old.

I think I'm supposed to 'tag' others...so I tag anyone who's birthday is on an even day of the month! (I couldn't decide exactly who to tag, can you tell?)

Loads of October Fun!

I'm apologizing in advance for the long post...I considered posting the stories individually but didn't!

We have had a fun month so far! A few weeks ago, my great-grandad turned 103 years old. Can you believe that? I heard that the oldest man in the world lives in Japan and he's 113...so Grandad is right behind him! :) He lives in Heber and looks amazing for his age. He has always loved to garden and watch Jazz basketball. He's their biggest fan! We went up to Heber to celebrate his birthday with him. We had a wonderful time at his party! Here are a few pictures:

Everyone was trying to get pictures of Grandad, so I had to hurry and snap this one of Avery eventhough Grandad isn't looking!

103 years old and still smilin'

The Frisby Family

Bill, Bruce, Bob (back row) - Grandad and Reve (my grandma) on chairs

Rich's family came down to Lehi to visit and we took an official Family Picture!
It was fun having all of the relatives over for dinner.

Aunt Laura, Hank, Grandpa Stacy, Luella, Grandma Taffy, Avery, Baby Eliza, Cyd

Uncle Dave, Aunt Linda, Uncle Mark and Rich (on floor)

We spent Conference weekend up in Jackson Hole with our friends the Hutcheon's & Frosts'. We had a great time and it was fun to go up there during this beautiful season to see the leaves changing. We usually go up to Jackson a couple of times during the summer, but this was our first time during the fall. I'm thinking it's a must every year! (Hope that's ok with Jesse & Ashly!) Enjoy the pictures of the beautiful scenery!

Of course we couldn't go up to Jackson and not get close to the river! Eventhough it was freezing!

For the past 6 weeks, Avery has been going to the Children's Theater class down at the Lehi Arts Center. It was "The Cheese Stands Alone" and she played the cheese part of "Brie." I have to admit that I had the whole thing memorized because the kids wanted to listen to the CD everytime I turned on the car and we probably listened to it 100 times. Avery was so excited to perform in the play this past weekend! She did such a good job...we are so proud of her!

Here she is saying her parts! Good job Aves!

Cute cousins! AnnaBelle & Avery!

Everyone wanted to wear the cheese hat...even Grandma Taffy!

Swiss Days Pictures!

As many of you have requested to see pics of our booth up at Swiss Days...
here they are for your viewing pleasure!

Thanks to mom for making our cute 'dummies' - they looked so darling in the outfits!

Our little 'chicken coop' cubbies are perfect to display and store all of our product!

This is a view from the side - we love having an end spot, it's more open for customers! This year we had the greatest spot - it was sunny in the morning (good thing because it's 30 degrees) but then we had the sun behind us in the afternoons & evenings! It was honestly meant to be because I don't know how much heat I could've endured being pregnant!

We decided to add grass to the front of our booth - thanks to Target for their Easter signage! :)

Anyways, hope you enjoyed the pics!

I love September!

I don't know about you, but I love fall and I'm so happy that it's finally here! I seriously think I love everything about it...the cooler nights, U football games, sweatshirts and jeans, school starting, knowing that I survived Swiss Days and for this year...getting closer to having this baby! Overall I've had a pleasant pregnancy, but just this week I was thinking 'how much longer?'...Seriously I think the last two months are the hardest for me because I know that the end is getting closer but it seems like it lasts forever too. Ah the joys of pregnancy!
Anyhow Avery started her 2nd year of pre-school and she absolutely loves it! On her first day, Rich asked her what she learned and she said, "My teacher has so many polly pockets!" It was so funny but I wasn't surprised. She loves those things! Here's a couple of pics from her 1st day - (yes I know her hair was wet...we didn't get up early enough to do it!)

Oh how sweet!

Avery thinking "I can't wait to go to pre-school and play with all the dolls!"

As many of you know, Swiss Days is over. I say that with a partial smile on my face. It's kindof like Christmas - can't wait for it to come but afterwards can't wait to take down the tree! It's so funny because it takes us about 4-5 hours to set up the booth and neatly place all of the product inside. Everything has it's place and has to look just perfect! Come Saturday night at around 7:45 (doesn't end until 8pm) we get the itch to start taking down everything! It only takes about 2 hours start to finish when it comes to 'post' Swiss Days! By then I'm just feeling tired and hungry...what's new? The next day I did feel a little down after it ended because it's just such a fun time of year for my sister and I. This year was awesome for us and we are hoping to get in again next year. We will be applying in January, but will have to wait until March to see. It's so hard waiting all that time, but hopefully we'll get lucky again to be in there! I saw so many friends come up to Swiss Days this year - you are all so awesome for stopping by our booth and saying hi! It made my day! We took some cute pics of our booth so I will post them when I get them!

While I was at Swiss Days, Rich took the kids canoeing with all the relatives. They had a great time. I was so happy that they had something fun to do while I was away. I was a little embarassed about Hank's jersey - apparently Rich doesn't think it's getto to wear football jerseys without a t-shirt underneath! Oh well, I don't think Hank cared at all!

My sister's chiwuawua (no idea how to spell that one) had puppies last month and oh my goodness...they are adorable. We took their 'newborn pictures' the other day! It was so fun!

Aren't they so cute?

Ashley keeps telling me that I need to take one, but I don't think I can handle having a baby and puppy at the same time...but I sure love to go visit and hold them!

A great weekend up in Jackson Hole!

As many of you know, Jackson Hole is a very special place for the Vernon fam! Rich and I met up there 10 years ago, summer of '98, when we both worked up at the Lone Eagle Resort. He was a river guide for over 5 years and enjoys taking people (especially newbies) down the Snake River! We usually try to make the trip up there at least once a summer. For the past several years, our good friends Jesse and Ashly Hutcheon have invited us to go up with Ashly's family and stay in their cabin in Star Valley. It's been so fun staying in their cabin and in trade taking them down the river! So our annual trip with the Alter family was this weekend and we had another fun time!

On Friday, we decided to take the kids down a two hour float trip on the raft. This was a more calm section of the Snake, just above Hoback junction. It started out with sunny skies and it actually felt nice to put our feet in the water. Avery, Hank, Clark (almost 3) and Ava (almost 1) were troopers to wear their lifejackets and were having a great time. About 1/2 way into the float, we saw some dark clouds come over us and we were just about to make us some sandwiches on the raft. It started to sprinkle a little, but nothing major. Then...it happened. We heard thunder and then it downpoured. Rich pulled out enough raingear for everyone from the dry bag (in which I will never make funny comments on how much he packs for the river again!) Luckily Ashly brought an umbrella to protect Ava from the sun, but it came in handy for the rain too! It wasn't too bad, until the wind started blowing us upriver, the umbrella turned inside out, the pea size hale started pelting our skin, a lightning bolt struck probably just a mile away and we had to pull over on the side of a steep mountain side to run to the nearest tree for cover! Gosh sounds like fun huh? Well let's just say that our many prayers were answered and the 'perfect storm' only lasted about 10 minutes. The four little ones were pretty calm really, I think they must've been in shock or something. Right after the storm passed and we were back on the raft, both Ava and Hank fell asleep. The rest of the float trip was calm and actually not too chilly. Here are some pics!

Before the storm...After the storm...wet but still smiling!

On Saturday we ran the river twice down the whitewater section. The weather was absolutely beautiful - it couldn't have been better! Grandma Pat and Grandpa Ed watched the kids while we rafted for 1 1/2 hours. It was a blast! Avery was so funny calling Ashly's parents her grandma and grandpa! She definately didn't mind spending some time with them that day!

Well we sure had a fun time up in Jackson this weekend! Now it's back to reality and feeling a little 'under the weather!' I think that perfect storm on Friday gave me a cold...bummer!