Utah Trip

We had a blast in Utah. We went up on Friday and did a Triathalon on Saturday. That is a picture of all the Miner Boys in their wet suits. Lets just say we finished with room to improve next year. Yes, we want to do it again next year. I actually did the duathon with Erin. We did the 15 Mile Bike and 5K run. I was surprised that I wasn't muscle sore the next day. I was sore from sitting on that bike seat though. Ouch!

On one of the days we went on a hike with all of Wes's family up Payson Canyon. It was a beautiful hike and it ended at a waterfall. The kids had fun playing in the freezing water.

We also went and saw Travis and Allison Bright, A long time family friend, and it was fun to see them again. Travis plays for the BYU Football team and he took us on a tour of where all the football players workout and meet for meeting and we even went into the locker room. I was surprised that it wasn't stinky in there. That was really fun to do.

It was a really fun trip and it is sad to be home and back to the real world of cleaning and laundry. Thanks to all of you who let us spend the night and day at your house. It was so much fun visiting you.

Our Suburban!

We finally got our Suburban!! Thought that you all might like to see what it looks like! We love it! Now we can have a couple more kids (not an announcement) and then will have to get another vehicle if we want one after that!!

Brittany's Curse

I haven't had the best of luck lately and am wondering when my curse is going to stop and I will have good luck. Just when things couldn't get worst they do. This time it happened in my own house. I got up Saturday night to feed Mayley. After she was put back to sleep, I went into the bathroom to get a drink and when I was walking out I step right on a scorpian. It stung me pretty good right on the arch of my foot. I yelled for Wes and he came right away and we found the scorpian. He killed it and flushed it down the toilet. He then got some tylenol for me and tape some ice around my foot. I do not know how I was able to go back to sleep. I think I was just exhausted. When I woke up, my foot was throbbing. I tried to get on it and walk and it just shot pain up my leg. I didn't go to church that day. The numbness didn't go away until Monday about noon. I am just really worried about Mayley crawling and getting stung or one of my other kids. Knowing my luck the scorpian will crawl out of the toilet when I am sitting there and I will get stung on my back side.

Mayley Crawling

Careful...Crazy Lady on the Road

Okay, well I was going to my dentist appointment. And so I was all by myself, Wes came home to stay with the kids. I was on my way and I must of been daydreaming thinking how good it was to drive in a quiet car. The radio was off, the windows were down and then all of the sudden there was a white car right in front of me. I didn't even have time to react and push on my brakes. I ran a red light and hit the judges wife up here. From all that I know she is doing okay. She did go to the ER and got check out but I don't know the result of that. But everyone I have asked about her says she is okay, just a little shook up. I was going about 40 mph and hit her on the driver side back tire. I am lucky that it isn't as bad as it could of been. Both of my airbags deployed and it felt like my face ran into a brick wall. My knees hit the dash below the steering wheel and got cut and bruised. I am a little sore in my back and neck but not to bad. At first I refused to go to the hospital. But then I started to get a really bad headache and felt like I just wanted to lay down in the middle of the road and go to sleep. The EMT came to check on me again and he said it would be wise to go to the ER. So I got to ride in an Ambulance. I asked if they could turn on the lights and sirens but told me no. It was pretty cool, but don't ever want to do it again. James heard about it and came down to the ER and Wes and James gave me a blessing. Our car is totaled and now we are looking for a suburban to buy since our family is growing and we need more room anyways. Pretty dramatic last couple of days

Fire on the Mountain

The Pots and Frye Mesa caught on fire the day after we went there. J.T., my cousin Jennifer's boyfriend, is a hot shot up her and was at the fire. He came over and we showed him our pictures of our family outing and he said that the car that Jared is by is completely charred and all the trees by the pots are burned up. It is so sad, it was such a beautiful place.

Rock Slides

Here are pictures of the kids sliding down the slides. They had so much fun. The water was freezing since it is melted snow from the top of the mountain.