A Busy Valentine's Day

This year we celebrated a busy Valentines Day. The Marchant's blessed Carly so we had all of those festivities. Mike and I went out a few days earlier so we just planned a fun dinner as a family to celebrate after the blessing. It was a great day. Here are a few shots I took (I would put them in order but my new computer isn't letting me do it the way I usually do).

Hallie in her festive attire

Hallie & Brooklyn giving their "cheers"

We had steak (at Hallie's request), potatoes and lots of yummy veggies

Bryant is tired of waiting for me to stop taking pictures

our Valentine dessert

a good moment for these two

the Marchant's

chubby little Carly

Bryant puckers up

Flight of the Buffalo

I FINALLY got our pictures from last summer when we did the Wasatch Back Relay with our friends: Lisa Jones, Brandon & Lesli John, and Lesli's mom, Rhonda Parson (thanks Les!). For those of you who don't know what the Wasatch Back is, I will explain. It is a 24 hour relay race that goes from Logan to Midway and back to Park City. We all had to run 3 times. My 1st run was 3.5 miles in the blazing afternoon sun. The second (and my favorite) was 7 miles in the middle of the night. And, my 3rd was 4 miles in the rain (not my favorite). Mike had a similar amount of miles, but ran the hardest leg of the race-- the Ragnar. It was a crazy, fun and very tiring experience.

Lesli & I posing for the camera

sleeping in the van is not uncommon

getting ready to run my 7 miler

posing for a picture before sunrise

my rainy leg of the race

Mike and Brandon getting ready to scale the mountain on the Ragnar




Mike getting frozen and covered with mud

Poor Lesli came in from her last leg when the real down pour began, just before they had to cancel the end of the race for the rest of the runners. She was drenched. What a trooper!

Hoopin' It Up

Yep... That's right. We finally got a real basketball hoop. Nothing fancy, just something that can help Mike start teaching his future team. In fact, we made sure it was inexpensive so we wouldn't feel so bad about cutting a few feet off the bottom to make it short enough for the kids to learn on. When they get bigger we'll get a new one. We cemented it into the ground this last week, but gave it to the kids earlier for Valentine's.

the kids made a boat out of the box

the finishing touches

Hallie and Brooklyn face off

the team cheer