ANNUAL SNOWBIRD VACATION

Top 10 Snowbird Activities

1. The ZipRider

Starting at the top of a 50 ft tower, you get strapped to the ZipRider harness and launch from the deck to begin the flight down the 1,000 foot zip line going about 30 mph.

Levi

2. The Alpine Slide
The Alpine slide at Snowbird winds down 1,300 feet through twists and turns on the Chickadee Run.

Sadie

Mollie & Max

Laura & Jax

Lizzie & Hunter

3. The Bungee Trampoline

1/2 Bungee + 1/2 Trampoline = 1 full head ache! Most of us spent our time on the Bungee Trampoline up-side down and flipping around.

Myriam

Max

Packer

4. The Tram

The Tram takes passengers along a 1.6 mile cable up 2,900 feet.

5. Johnson Family Triathlon
We created our own triathlon up at Snowbird which included a 1 mile run, 1 mile mountain biking trail and 4 laps in the pool. Mitch & Robyn were the winners!

Haley

Laura

6. Rock Climbing

Myriam

Packer

7. Games

We played all kinds of games including Tennis, Red Rover, the Sign Game & card games. We played early in the morning and late into the night!

Logan

Donny, Elisabeth, Logan, Steve

Sadie

Hunter, Sophie, Steve, Elisabeth, Andrew

Haley, Steve, Jolene

7. Family Night

We had Family night on Monday and learned about being in the Lord's Army. We had an actual Sargeant from the U.S. Army come and talk to the kids. She helped paint their faces and told them what people did when they joined the army.

Sgt. Jackie & the kids

Max & Packer

Packer, Myriam, Max, Hunter, Sadie

8. Grandpa's Birthday

We celebrated Grandpa's birthday up at Snowbird! Happy Birthday Grandpa!

Donny, Steve, Woody

9. Swimming, Swimming, Swimming!

The Cliff Club has 2 swimming pools and 4 hot tubs. We make sure to use ALL of them! We swim every day if the weather is good.

Sadie

Myriam & Grandpa

Haley & Ben

Donny & Hunter

Sadie, Levi & Logan

Laura & Jax

Levi

Haley & Mollie

10. Spending Time With Family

Myriam

Holland

Sadie & Myriam

Robyn

Ben & Haley

Grandma & Max

The Family

You can guess that we are a little tired when the week is over!

Hunter

Growing Growing Growing

SIX MONTHS

Ben is definitely healthy, happy and growing more like a tree than a weed. This kid is THICK!

I cannot believe how fast he has grown. He's sitting up, rolling over, putting everything he can get his hands on in his mouth, talking (his own language), laughing and he just got his first tooth. It's almost like watching a miracle to see him develop and grow.

Any mother of boys knows that there are 4 things they are really good at:

1. Eating - I decided to introduce solids to Ben at 5 months. The books and doctors say that most babies will eat about 2 TBS of baby food per day for the first couple of weeks after being introduced. Well, my little Ben didn't stop at 2 TBS - he ate at least 8 oz on the first try. He just kept eating and eating and eating... He still nurses every 3 hours, we've just added 16-20 oz of my home-made baby food (carrots, apples, pears, oatmeal - you name it. If it can be blended, he'll eat it!)

2. Sleeping. At night he'll sleep about 8-10 hours and still sleeps about 6 hours in the day. He'll fall asleep anywhere. I lay him in his crib and he's out. His car seat is like a sleeping pill. Ben sleeps like a champ!

3. Growing & moving - Ben is about 18 lbs and 26 inches long. Not only is he heavy, he is solid! He is constantly trying to sit up and when he's sitting up, he's trying to stand up. When you stand him up he's trying to run or jump or kick. He is constantly moving moving moving and growing growing growing. I am convinced he will run before he crawls. Crawling is just too slow for him.

4. Making noise - Ben is a caveman. He communicates through gutteral noises and spits. One of his favorite games is when Mitch closes his eyes and pretends to be alseep, Ben will just yell (not cry, but yell) until he opens his eyes. Once Mitch's eyes are open Ben just smiles and laughs. If Ben feels like he's not getting enough attention he starts spitting. He just sputters and sputters until his entire face, neck and chest are soaking wet. Whenever we read together he reads right along, just blabbering and grunting with every turn of the page. His laugh is more like rapid grunting. He is all boy when it comes to noise. Ben doesn't cry as much as I expected. He is a very content baby - he just likes to tell you how content he is.

Like I said, Ben is all boy - Sophie and I got a little carried away one day and dressed him up in Kennedy's clothes. He didn't like it at all, but Sophie & I had fun!

Recipe Sharing

In hopes to find more recipe ideas and spice up my meals I have created a recipe blog. Please feel free to check it out and share your own culinary flavors!

Haley's Random Recipes

WELCOME KENNEDY!

My sister, Sophie, gave birth to a beautiful baby girl yesterday (August 16th, 2009). Kennedy Evelyn Weber was born at 1:28pm weighing 5 lbs 15 oz. She was 19 inches long. Here we are waiting for the doctor to come and deliver the baby. Sophie is dilate to a 10 in this picture. Apparently being dilated to a 10 and 100% effaced means you have to wait 4 more hours for the doctor to decide he's ready. (I'm sure Sophie & Andrew will post the details on their blog, but Sophie was a TROOPER!)

Ben got tired of waiting, so he took a little snooze.

Finally we got to see the beautiful Kennedy.

I don't think I have ever seen such a small baby! She is TINY! But both Kennedy and Sophie are doing well. Congrats Sophie & Andrew! And welcome to the family, Kennedy! We love you!

Bear Lake

This July we went to Bear Lake with the Rencher's. Brandon's parents let us stay at their cozy little cabin. We had a great time!

We took some naps.
Played in the water a bit.

Hang out with Grandma on the beach.

The girls took a relaxing mud bath.

Of course we had to do some wakeboarding, tubing and boating.

What a stud! Stay back ladies, this hottie is mine!

We had some yummy food.

In the evenings we played some fun games. This particular one is called Body Ball. Here's a sample video.

(More fun photos on Kelli's blog. She took many more in both quantity and quality.)

2nd Annual Rencher Invitational

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MITCH!
For Mitch's Birthday we held the 2nd Annual Rencher Invitational at Lakeside Golf Course. It was a blast! We had about 35 participants. Thank you everyone for coming! It really is such a treat for Mitch to share his favorite activity with his favorite people.

Ben was excited for the tournament to begin. He loves golf with his Daddy!

Of Course Mitch brought Mr Dabbles & Mr Elephant for good luck.
(This was Mitch's second round of golf for the day)Kelli with her handsome caddies.
Seth literally took one for the team. Andrew's ball seemed to have a fatal attraction to him. OUCH!

This is what we like to call "open face".

The Three St00ges themselves.

Nice address, Woody! Classic form!

The serious golfer and his lovely wife, Sara

The other half of the Serious Foursome - Cherie & Allison

The Anderson/Bingham clan.

Doesn't this photo make you feel like Levi is about to break into song at any minute?

Mrs. Prego & Mrs. Leggs & their husbands.

The Dream Team!

And last, but not least, the winners!

(Don't tell, but I rigged the teams -I may be blonde, but I stil know how to win!) We can't forget our spectators!

After the tournament we had Salmon dinner, cake & ice cream at Cherie's house.

What a birthday! We love you Mitch!

The next day we cheered on the runners for the Centerville 5k Freedom Run.

And how can you celebrate the 4th without watching the parade! Cute Lauren was the star of the show!

But take a closer look and you can see how great Jenn's reaction was to Lauren's Debut.