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life is the occasion skip to main skip to sidebar life is the occasion rise to it wednesday october 27 2010 catch up i have a few minutes to update more for my record than your interest sorry no pics right now there are only so many hours in a day summer started with a bang june found me with my two awesome kids and a bunch of family and friends backpacking into the grand canyon havasupai to be exact 11 miles in cascading bliss for several days so many beautiful things to see hiking out my kids were amazing on their first backpacking adventure we spent the summer working hard we survived girls camp scout camp 4th of july fun and more working updates kassidy completed the requirements for her young woman s personal progress recognition she is truly the best teenage daughter there ever was she likes 9th grade and has 2 honors classes plus a college prep literature class she recently came home from her first quarter of high school with a 4 0 gpa she also just got her braces off and we love her beautiful smile mitchell hates that there are no kids in our neighborhood loves school and sports still he spent a week up north with cousins during summer and wants to go live with his cool aunts now he plays tight end and cornerback on his football team he loves it he is in 6th grade at the intermediate school and brought home a 4 0 gpa for the first quarter he is wearing contacts and growing out of all his clothes bethany me working at an oral surgery practice here in town serving the young women at church helping brandon get his business off and running playing co ed softball mountain biking and hiking when possible i have new scars to prove it brandon loves his new career working very hard he mentioned the other day how much he loves his new job and wishes he had started it sooner it is a great fit for him and he is so happy here he is doing so well that he is moving out of the district office and opening his own new office in about 2 weeks it is awesome still biking when possible playing softball with his awesome wife and scoutmastering weekly maybe one day soon i ll have time to post photos posted by bethany at 1 10 pm 6 comments tuesday may 25 2010 movin on up kindie graduation age 6 sweet toothless smile elementary graduation age 11 mature wise smirk still to come in years ahead high school and college graduations he is very sad that this is the last week of his life he will ever have recess posted by bethany at 5 09 pm 7 comments monday may 24 2010 par for the course my work puts on an annual golf tournament for a memorial scholarship fund so one day instead of surgery i worked here brandon was one of the tournament sponsors here is a shot of his sign at the 2nd hole not a bad day s work for either of us posted by bethany at 8 50 pm 1 comment saturday may 15 2010 feet food mitchell was complaining that he hadn t had enough to eat today i listed all the things he had truly eaten mitch that s feet food mom me feet food mitch yes i need belly food me mitch feet food goes straight to your feet and you don t feel full belly food feeds your belly my boy is growing posted by bethany at 2 54 pm 6 comments thursday may 13 2010 just another day one of our training hikes turned into this adventure he loves an audience a quick question for our friends in the denver area is it still snowing posted by bethany at 4 02 pm 4 comments tuesday may 4 2010 training day i am taking my kids backpacking into havasupai this summer one of our small training hikes included this day trip below is the always included jumping shot my kids are totally excited for the chance to hike into the grand canyon i am excited to take them yay mitchell climbed up the big rock in the lower left of this photo click to enlarge if you can t see him so fun posted by bethany at 8 00 pm 7 comments monday may 3 2010 creamy goodness best ranch dressing ever thanks to friends for introducing us to a utah made local favorite posted by bethany at 7 06 pm 5 comments thursday april 15 2010 the reason for the season i feel compelled to update since i just posted about mitch s team yesterday he had game 3 last night so here is the rundown mitchell s team is inexperienced and young mitch has been playing since he was 5 loves the game and understands the game they played a more experienced team with a real coach last night at the end of the game mitchell s team was down 16 to 0 you wouldn t have known it by watching him he played catcher through 4 pitchers over 100 pitches thrown everytime the ball is pitched mitch squats down then up and unless it is hit mitch makes a throw back to the mound every wild pitch he is chasing a ball to hustle before bases are stolen my kid was tired and losing but you wouldn t have known it he never once slowed down or looked discouraged he was still calling out where the play would be to his team diving for the tag at home and playing his heart out he became the final out of the game as he tried to steal home on a wild pitch and was tagged out the final batter on his team would have struck out so he was trying really hard to get one run on the board for his team i was more proud of him at this losing game than i have ever been when his team has won he showed heart courage determination strength and good sportsmanship this game was not about being competitive it was about being your best i blinked away tears watching him this is why we play this is why we hike this is why we participate in legal child abuse this is why we try hard things because it s awesome to watch your kid not give up mentally or physically plus playing ball is just plain fun the coaches and parents of our team have nicknamed him now mad man mitch posted by bethany at 7 42 pm 10 comments wednesday april 14 2010 tis the season if you know us at all you know what time of year it is around here a new season has begun mitchell is sticking with his position of the last 3 years and playing catcher again he really likes this position with the move we ended up in a new league with a team that is fairly inexperienced poor mitchell asked one thing of his parents before game 2 please don t try to coach the team he begged that lasted about 3 1 2 minutes till brandon was hitting grounders warming them up in the field and i was giving base running advice sad but true brandon s uncle said it best i d hate to coach a team with you as parents but give it up for this season s indians they are now 2 0 and they have a really cute catcher posted by bethany at 5 52 pm 5 comments thursday march 18 2010 secret get away we took a day off when my sis and her cute family were here they showed us a fabulous place that is soooo close to our home we had no idea now if any of you visit we know where to take you just a short half mile hike to this magical slot canyon family tradition means that someone jumps off something since brandon s ankle injury the jumping has become the kids responsibility mitch is too brave for me let the magic begin can you see the people click on photos to see them enlarged mitch crossing the river kassidy surveying the scene the cute girls my daughter sister and niece the wild kids playing in red dirt and water kassidy took a moment of peace mitch found out how cold a river fresh from the snowmelt can be here is the reason sunshine red dirt stained socks kids first rapel in a slot canyon happy children now this is why we moved here you bet we are livin the dream baby posted by bethany at 7 46 pm 12 comments thursday march 11 2010 everyone needs sunshine sometimes i spread a blanket out on my front lawn this afternoon stretched out with my jeans rolled up closed my eyes for just a minute while basking in the sunshine next thing i know my alarm clock is waking me beep beep beep beep beep beep realizing i don t have an alarm clock outside in the afternoon i sit up shield my eyes from the sun and look around my neighbor ken was out on his driveway enjoying the sunshine too you see ken is a wwii vet which means he is a little older than i am and he is in a motorized wheelchair as he backed down his driveway in to the sun that is when i heard beep beep beep i like my mobility it is quiet but now i know my old neighbor likes sunshine too posted by bethany at 5 34 pm 5 comments thursday february 25 2010 battle in the backyard first came basic training safety rules safety gear then they took to the woods to secure their team base and position eagle eye and thunder stand ready sniper was lying in wait rocket ran after the enemy thunder thought he had an opening he runs toward the base only to be pegged by none other than phantom phantom not only hidden in the brush but pulled grass and twigs over his legs in an effort to be even more concealed can you see him you just gotta love these boys posted by bethany at 10 14 am 8 comments sunday february 14 2010 from peaks to prom my cute friend hailey is a super star i have hiked up mt elbert with her and her mom hailey her sister ashley and i have been on top of mt yale together we have rafted the upper arkansas river and now she asked me to help with her hair for her prom isn t she adorable posted by bethany at 6 46 am 4 comments thursday february 11 2010 today she is an angel we came home to a message on our answering machine from kassidy s english teacher hello this is mrs j from d middle school i d just like to tell you as parents your daughter is a diligent student it s just a pleasure and honor to have her in my class i told her today that a student that is that diligent will surely be successful i just want to let you know it doesn t go unnoticed what a diligent and very obedient child you have and it is going to pay her great dividends in the end i just enjoy having her in my class so she uses this face at school and saves this for home posted by bethany at 5 19 pm 8 comments sunday february 7 2010 chest pains warning this post is rated pg13 for partial nudity parental discretion is advised please shield your children from this unsightly chest hair this shows what a mountain bike handle bar can do to your sternum area the zen trail wasn t so zen like posted by bethany at 2 12 pm 9 comments saturday january 30 2010 curly is in we had a great visit from mom dad wb and kiddos they came down south to pick up their new horse my mom s new horse is a beautiful buckskin that is preggers with what genetically may be a curly horse we took the kids to the see the curly horses they are supposed to be hypo allergenic my kids and hubby are soooo allergic to horses my kids had a nice visit with these 3 curly youngsters mitchell totally rubbed his face into the horse and guess what no allergic reaction welcome back to 1982 perms rule posted by bethany at 9 59 pm 8 comments tuesday january 26 2010 schooled so my new friend crystal let me tag along with her today on the fabulous trails right by our home we hit the trail on our mountain bikes at 7 30 this morning going up the first hill krystal left me in her dust and then continued to ride circles around me literally it was a beautiful ride great terrain gorgeous scenery close to home and crystal kicked my arse but the best part having red dirt caked on my tires and splattering in my face while watching the sunrise over the red cliffs i didn t take a photo my hands were on my grips the whole time posted by bethany at 11 02 am 7 comments sunday january 17 2010 much needed vitamin d boost my sweet daughter wanted to go hiking for her 14th birthday yesterday we hit the trail we took a nice little stroll up to the top of an extinct volcano the kids ran all the way around the rim and then slid right down into the middle this is me and my hot hubby standing on the rim amazing view the scenery wasn t too bad either we were so happy to have some cousins visit and hike with us love those kiddos and mitchell knows how to hang with all these girls it was nice to be outside enjoying the canyon feeling some sunshine thanks for making the trek down to visit us db thanks for the trail suggestion and company manda and fam ps this is 12 minutes from our home does that entice more visitors posted by bethany at 7 18 pm 9 comments wednesday january 6 2010 lunch break today posted by bethany at 5 19 pm 7 comments wednesday december 30 2009 menagerie when you move during the week of christmas you have to move pretty fast to get a tree put up and decorated we got our small tree up with lights pretty quickly i decided it would have to do my children however decided our tree needed some ornamentation here is a list of the ornaments i found on our tree christmas morning a caribiner a grand canyon key chain 2 seashell necklaces an 8 inch long yellow feather an 8 inch long white feather leopard print fuzzy dice yes the large hang in your rear view mirror kind and a tin angel bell adorning the top it looked pretty darn good posted by bethany at 8 35 pm 9 comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom though we travel the world over to find the beautiful we 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