We started the month with an Entrepreneur Fair through Zane's school. He made a bunch of wooden Christmas ornaments to sell. He had to do all the math regarding the cost of supplies and how much to charge. Overall he made a good profit for his efforts.
All set up and ready to sell
We spent a day in the valley enjoying ice skating with Zane's friend Sawyer and walking through our church's Christmas Ave.
Zane and Casey
Casey
Zane and Sawyer
Zane
Zane and Sawyer working on their spins
Zane with Mr and Mrs Claus
The Three Wise Men
Frosty
For Christmas we were joined by my parents for a few days. We had a wonderful Christmas Day together and were able to take a drive up into the big trees. (The road washout from last winter was finally fixed and we could use our regular route again).
Giant Sequoias
Zane and Dot in front of the tree
Nana and Grandpa
Casey and Zane
Excited about all his presents
Especially a new bike!!
Sadly on the way home from Moab for Thanksgiving both Casey's and Zane's mountain bikes were stolen. We were able to replace Zane's about 2 days before Christmas and are still working on finding a new one for Casey.
Overall we had a very wonderful holiday season and we hope you were all blessed as well.
We started the month with some fun school trips to the Planetarium and the kids museum. Zane really enjoyed the planetarium showing the stars in the night sky.
Planetarium
Kids Museum
changing a tire
digging in the dirt
November was also the end of the soccer season. Zane really enjoyed learning the game and looks forward to playing again in the spring.
The last game he was the sportsmanship winner!!
playing goalie
his favorite position
In November, both Zane and Jess started riding lessons. We are having fun, especially Mom is enjoying some horse time again.
Riding Splash
getting to trot
For Thanksgiving we headed to Moab, UT to meet up with family. Zac, Jen, Keanan and Kyla came from the Bay, my parents drove up from AZ and Cindy and Jenny drove up from Mesa Verde to all stay in Moab for a few days. We enjoyed a great time riding mountain bikes, jeeping, hiking and hanging out with family.
Warming up for the first ride
Zane and Casey warming up on the pump track
Kyla and Jen
Zane coming down the rocky trail
Zac
Zane, Kyla, Keanan, Casey, Zac and Jen
Casey
Mom and I hanging out
Casey and Zane crossing the Colorado River
Starting the second day in the Manti-La Sal National Forest
This section was gnarly and the pictures don't do justice to just how steep and rocky this section was.
Keanan
Zac
Casey
Zane
We did a jeep trail out to the bottom of the Gemini bridges(arches). The trail wasn't too crazy, but we did do some tougher side trails.
Climbing in the beginning, you can see the highway below where we started
Gooney Bird Rock
The Jeeps
playing
Grandpa taking the side route
Can you spot Kyla and Zane at the Gemini bridges?
Zane and Mom
The day after Thanksgiving we did a little hiking in Arches National Park.
Family photo at balanced rock
Cousins: Kyla, Zane, Keanan
Casey, Zane, Grandpa, Jess at Pine Tree Arch
Landscape Arch through the fog
Pops and Zane
Playing Corn Hole with Grandpa
Grandpa, Zane and Nana
Zac, Cindy, Mom and Jess
After we left Moab, we headed south to see some of amazing local sites that my sister recommended. It was an awesome day of driving through geological features and visiting ancient native ruins.
First up was the Butler Wash Ruins
Next was the Mule Canyon Ruins
Driving the Moki Dugway-you drop 1,200 feet in 3 miles!
Casey at the top
the road winding down
you can see the road in the bottom of the valley
Next we did the Valley of the Gods- in my opinion way better than Monument Valley.
And last we went to The Goosenecks State Park
The San Juan River winds through this deep canyon
We had a wonderful trip, sadly we never got a full group photo but we made some great memories together.
