Fall is Here!

A whole lot has happened these last few weeks, but I have little evidence due to my camera being out of commision. Labor Day is my official start of fall. The leaves up here were already changing and the nights were getting cold. We had many great plans for Labor Day weekend, but for some reason every great plan was was fogotten or cancelled, so we spend a nice, chill weekend at home, except for an incredible hike we went on. It was to the top of Bald Mountain up by Mirror Lake. I've forgotten what it's like to hike a popular trail. It reminded me of hiking Timp on Labor Day 2 years ago, along with about 200 BYU students! My mom went with us and kept a good pace the whole time. We made it to the top (almost 12,ooo') and the views were well worth it. Bevan was eager to learn what all the lakes were and why we had not visited them all. He's such a passionate fisherman.

The weeks after were nothing but talks of football and more football. We went to 2 parties and managed to bring the old "game day" crockpot filled with artichoke dip. Luckily BYU won those first 2 games. It makes watching the games more enjoyable. Imagine that. The third game, we weren't so lucky. First, I was caught smuggling candy into the stadium (good grief!) and second, our team lost... horribly. Bevan gets bummed by those games, but gets over it quickly. I'm very glad of this.

The best part of the last 2 weeks is having Sharon, Seth, and their boys in town! They managed to spend a day with us at the cabin and we had the full "cabin experience". We stayed up late to play games, we hiked the loop, swam at the fitness center, and went shopping at the outlets in Park City. We had a big family party last Thursday where we ate MORE food and played MORE games. Does the fun ever stop? Lately, I've been fortunate (in a way) to have extra time off work. Luckily, this hasn't hurt us too bad. There are many, many other people in Summit County who this is affecting more, considering new construction in Park City has come to a screeching hault. It was going to happen sooner or later. There's bound to be times of slow in the development of land... right in time for me to get my lisense. Humm.