Three Cheers for Hot Springs!!

A couple weeks ago we went on our annual trip to Lava Hot Springs. It is a little town in Idaho with some small motels, a grocery store and a whole bunch of natural hot springs. We went with four other families from Wasatch and rented a big house and a couple of Motel rooms. It worked well to have a home base where all the kids could run around and play. We had a blast!! All of the kids loved swimming in the hot water, and we had the best weather ever. It was warm enough outside, maybe 30 degrees, that you could stay in the water for a couple of hours without getting frozen hair. If you have never been there you should give it a try. It is a cozy funky town, and its fairly cheap for a weekend vacation.. Here are a couple of pictures of the kids.

One more trip back in time.........

One more trip back in time.. Here is a little bit of our Christmas adventure this year. We love having my family spend Christmas with us. Aidan lets Uncle D and Meredith sleep in his bunk beds. We fill our little house with people, laughter, presents, food and of course liquor. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday with your freinds and family as well.



So, this year Max started looking at little 50 cc motorcycles for our boys. I thought it was a terrible idea to get a 4 1/2 year old a motorcycle. "Way to dangerous,"I said, though I knew it was a losing battle. Max had gotten a motorcycle when he was 6 in Lake Tahoe, and those were some of his best memories from growing up. Then I started thinking about all of the things that people do with their young children that are also dangerous. Like skiing, snowboarding, hunting, not to mention living in polluted air, and driving in cars while talking on cell phones, you know everyday life. So, I realized that anything can be done in a safer or more dangerous way, and I guess that applies to motorcycles. Also, he wears a helmet, chest protector, gloves, padded pants, goggles, and probably will have training wheels

SO after a little motorcycle rant, here are our Christmas pics from this year. My Mom, Step Dad, Brother and Sister, came down to Mt. P and had Christmas with us. This is a very relaxing and beautiful place to spend Christmas. No one has to drive anywhere (there's nothing open and nowhere to go) and everybody gets to watch the kids enjoy Christmas morning. The boys did get their motorcycle. Its a blue 50 cc Yamaha peewee called the Blue Bombito (Daddy's bike is also a blue Yamaha called the Blue Bomber). We all got plenty of presents, not that any of us needed anything, and then we made a snow hill and fort in the front yard. It snowed all day! I think it was the best Christmas ever!!!!!

Travel back in time to October 2008

Here are the boys Halloween pictures. They were so sweet that I thought I would take this Blog back in time to show them to you. Porter is the Little Pirate, Aidan is The blue and black Spiderman (I guess he is the Bad one, or so Aidan told me), and Charlie is the little caterpillar. So damn cute I could puke ;)

We went to Boo at the Zoo in SLC. It was the most crowded I have ever seen it, so these might be our last Boo pictures for a few years.

Presenting Blog a la Roach

Welcome to our new blog.
The boys are growing so quickly, and some of you said you wished you could see more of them on the web. So, here we are.
Here is our family intro. I live in Central Utah with my husband Max and our three sons. Aidan 41/2 years, Porter 2 years, and Charlie 6 months. I love living in rurual Utah. The air is always clean, and there are mountains in every direction. We have 2 dogs, 1 cat, and 2 chickens. I like to play with my kids and husband, garden, read, host parties, play poker, and spend time with my wonderful girlfriends. I feel blessed to give my children such a happy life.

I hope you enjoy seeing and reading about the boys. They learn new things every day, and (not to brag) are ridiculously adorable.