fall colors

The wind blew my camera over as the timer was set to pop and accidentally snapped this- I love it.

Took advantage of the last day of good weather this week and went on a mountain bike ride in Park City. The colors were amazing. If you are in Utah and everything above 6000 ft. isn't covered with snow this weekend- you've got to get out into the hills and take a peek. The colors this year are outta sight.

yard envy

Q and I stopped by the Checkered Umbrella Boutique in Springville today. We ran into a bunch of crafty lady friends and yucked it up a bit, did some shopping, and coveted this yard.
Here is the scoop on the Boutique:
Friday, Sept. 25th 10am-8pm
Saturday, Sept. 26th 10am-5pm
411 E 400 N
Springville, UT

If you know Springville, you have driven by this house on 400 E.- we know it by the tiny house in the backyard. Today we found out the tiny house used to be a shed, but is now 3 bedrooms (no plumbing).
Someday, I will build a tiny house in my backyard, with or without plumbing- mark my words.
This is a tiny chair too, by the tiny pond. You just can't tell from the picture. Gorgeous, very creative yard. I loved the upside down umbrella's handing in the trees for the boutique. Lovely.


Hey angel baby... get back to work.

handmade runway

I love the paper flowers that make up this runway. Amazingly cool. For more inspiring images of the paper runway and 'super-fashion, mega-fashion' (as our friend from Barcelona once said as she struggled to find the proper english words to describe 'high fashion') look here.

MB ride

Should have done a lot of things today- went for a mountain bike ride instead. It was wonderful.

the state of health care

In general I don't like to rant and rave online- or read about people's gripes but, I just can't stand it anymore.
I just got off the phone with our health insurance company Humana One, in which I was transferred from department to department- then treated like crap. I do nothing but hand these people wads of cash every month and get very little in return. If this is how the healthy people who might need a trip to the doctors office for a strep test once every six months are treated, I can't imagine how you are treated when you have a serious medical condition.
Something has got to give. This country has got to change. Give Obama a chance. All I hear from friends and people around me is worry or complaint about their health coverage. So, what are we so scared of- can it really get any worse? Come on people, grow up. Black, white, Democrat, Republican- get over it- Barack Obama is trying to help you, he's trying to help all of us.

happy prankery

I want this to happen to me, maybe for my 40th birthday- with Lance at the "finish line" to give me a kiss.

3 days of peace, music (but mostly quiet) and water

The weekend was spent at Lake Powell, camping in Lake Canyon. The 77 Sea Ray worked like a charm this time- we got in lots of exploring, wakeboarding and hauling the kids around on the tube until they begged for mercy or rolled off into the waves.


We found this slot at the end of Annie's Canyon. We did a little climbing around thanks to some webbing someone left behind, but we needed more climbing gear to really get anywhere. Very beautiful- you couldn't have gotten to this spot at the beginning of the summer, the lake level has gone way up.

Long exposure super fun with a burning stick. The moon was nearly full and just behind the rocks when this was taken. Something about this picture is so beautiful to me. The water temperature is exquisite this time of year, perfect for taking a dip any time of the day or night. To see more pictures look here.