PUPPY LOVE

Steve & I are so excited about the recent news of Dave & Crystal's engagement that we just HAD to post these great pics on the family blog.  Well, let's be honest, we actually are in love with their new chocolate lab.  We can't believe they already have a new addition and the wedding isn't even until the Spring!!!  

CONGRATS YOU GUYS!!!!!!!!!!

St. George

This blog has suffered since Deon left for New Zealand, so in honor of the annual St. George Marathon trip, I'm getting some pictures up.
The whole Danley family spent a weekend in St. George a few weeks ago, in order to watch Dave run the St. George marathon. We are all glad we get to hang out and have a good time, and Dave is the one running 26 miles. Thanks Dave for another fun race and good job!!
Highlights of the weekend were swimming with the grandkids, watching General Conference, looking for the elusive desert tortoise on a short Sunday hike, Jeff's rollerblading, sushi eating, celebrating Mom's birthday, trying to fix the projector in the theatre, watching The Office, and going shoe shopping with the girls.
Thanks for the fun weekend everyone, and we definitely missed our Kiwis...Deon and Steve!
(BTW...I totally forgot the camera at the race, but Crystal was nice enough to take some pics of Dave receiving his loot at the awards ceremony!)



The awards ceremony. It was rainy and cold.

Some shots of the cute grandkids. Sage, Gavin and Will are also cute but they spent most their time hiding out in the theater room.

Mom's birthday cake...a peach cobbler.

Everyone enjoying their cobbler and some episodes of The Office.

Swimming in the dark.

Our Sunday hike led by none other then Gavin and Will.

SPA LOVE

Stephen's last day at the Hartford firm is tomorrow.  He has been so lucky to work with a bunch of amazing people, and he is certainly going to miss each and every one of them.  This moving thing is truly overrated!!

RELAXING REUNION

Thanks to my wonderful and amazing sister-in-laws, The James Family Reunion was a wonderful and relaxing beginning to our vacation in Utah.  The activities at the reunion were top-notch, and every last bite of food was heavenly.   We had a great time watching old slides and hearing all the 'remember whens' from days of old.

tasty worm slurping

Jazz hands

happy, but fierce competitors

victory

FAMILY FOTO

Sunday we all got ready for a big day at church in Payson.  I did a horrible job of trying to organize everyone for a photo, but luckily Dave's photo skills saved the day!  Look at all those good-looking grandkids!!!

LABOR DAY BLUES

Labor Day was full of activity . . . and thunderstorms and rain!!!  We arose very early to watch Dave smash the competition at a 5K in Payson.  Surprisingly, my cousin Kendall was at the same race that day as well . . . with his whole family!!  What an inspiration they are!!!!!!!

Later on in the day we dragged everyone around as we went shopping for NZ clothes.  We also got to see Prince Caspian at the movies with Jason, Lindsey, Sage & Halle.  Those two little girls are so adorable and fun to be around!!!  My favorite line of Sage's while viewing the movie was, "WHY do the squirrels have swords?!?!?"  

Dave laughs in the face of defeat.

Kendall looking studly in his official racing gear.

Hanging at the Onion Days Parade with the family;  we didn't see much before it got rained-out!

TUESDAY TEARS

Sadly we left Payson on Tuesday to go out to the Uintah Basin.  We tried to haul Tyler out there with us, but he was busy getting a great new job!

BIG SKY COUNTRY

Thanks to Dad, we were able to travel over to Altonah to see our land on Wednesday.  We also tried some of the best candy in the land from a little grocery store in Altamont-- good find!

ME & MY SHADOW

Ian was sure a cutie to watch . . . he is a fearless adventurer.

THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN

We sure had fun playing with the four Danley grandsons out in the Basin!!!!!

DINO DISCOVERIES

Thursday we hung at the new National History/Dinosaur Museum in Vernal, UT.

Little explorers:  Will and Gavin.

Mom sharing her vast knowledge of bison.

Decisions, decisions . . .

Gavin's trying to measure-up to this Wooly Mammoth!

The Three Musketeers

YOU MIGHT BE A REDNECK . . .

Dad, Gavin, and Ian sporting their sweet new dinosaur tats.

SLURPEE LOVE

Dad's new custom Slurpee Machine brought as much joy to the grandkids as it did to the Danley children after a long day of work at the office each summer.  ;)

SHREDDING ON HOLY WATER

This is what my talented brothers looked like chillin' at the Indian reservation lake last Saturday . . . 

ZERO ATHLETIC ABILITY REVEALED

this is how pathetic I looked . . .  so sad!

SO HARD TO SAY GOODBYE

It was tough to leave Roosevelt on Saturday, but luckily I had Jeff & Kim's house to look forward to.  It was neat to see their sweet new digs in Heber.  

Thanks everyone for such a wonderful trip to Utah!!!  We really appreciate everyone who scheduled their life around us so we could have the best activities, food, transportation, and company during our 10-day visit.