I am not great at nighttime photography, but here is our house lit up for Christmas.

It is really fun to have that 11ft picture window in our front room.  I remember 2 years ago when we would drive by this house, hoping, and dreaming of living here.  Ben saying how we would put our Christmas tree in that big window so everyone that drove by could see it.  It really is a miracle that we got this house.  It is fun to see a dream come true.

Hair Cut

We buzzed Zephyr's head after Memorial Day Weekend for the summer, because his hair kept getting in his eyes when we went swimming.  We hadn't cut it since, so this is 6 months worth of growth.  I was going to cut it in October, but we decided to wait until after Halloween so his hair would be nice and curly for Nacho Libre.  So I had been meaning to cut his hair, and then a woman at the grocery store ask how old "she" was. I decided I was going to make time.  Anyway here is the haircut.  I miss his long curls, I think they are fun, but he looks very daper.

Autumn's 9th Birthday

Autumn on 14th November 2003

Autumn had a great idea for her 9th birthday cake.  Here are some pictures of it.  She turned 9 on Wednesday!

Hiking Timp

I got to hike Mount Timpanogos today with some of my extended family.  Timp is 11,749 ft in elevation.  We took the Timponeeke Trail this year (after last year taking the Aspen Grove trial and swearing we could never hike timp again!)  I think everyone enjoyed the Timponeeke trail a lot more, I know I did!

I really enjoyed getting to hike this with my extended family.  It was fun to have 9 of my cousins up there, and an aunt and a uncle.  It sure makes me appreciate the family I am in.  I love doing stuff with my family.  I can't wait for our annual hike next labor day weekend!  Timponeeke for life!

Group Picture before we started 12 Weinheimers + 3 friends  (we started at 6:10am) 

 Me smiling becase we did NOT do the Aspen Grove trail and I didn't have to walk through that miserable rock field behind me (that was covered in snow and ice in 2011 when we hiked it)

Me with 5 of my cousins, my uncle and my aunt at the saddle.  I want to give a special shoutout to my 10- year old cousin Benjamin, you made it! 

Me at the hut at 11,749 ft 

Provo (and southern utah county) in the background with me at the summit

Prairie

Prairie keeps things pretty interesting around here.  Here is a sampling of Prairie over the past number of months.

Prairie has gotten really into kung fu and martial arts.  This was a ninja outfit that she put together one morning (while Autumn was at school, some of the clothes were) 

Prairie striking a pose 

Prairie making "cookies" with play dough 

Prairie loves dressing up 

 I made matching jackets for Prairie and her doll.  This is what we found her doing with her doll with the new jackets -- just tying her doll from her feet in a tree.  That's Prairie.

Prairie at her 6th birthday.  She lost her second tooth days before her birthday and got a silver dollar.  She said she wanted a silver dollar cake (that was my sorry attempt at a silver dollar).

Zephyr's Hair

Zephyr has great hair.  Thick, dark, big curls.  Ironically enough I don't have any desire to do my girls hair, but I like doing his hair, but generally he doesn't want me too.  He had a mohawk for a couple of months, but we were keeping it long enough that we could curl it up with gel, but when we went swimming it kept getting in his eyes, so I buzzed it all off, and we miss the curls.  Zephyr was thrilled to have a haircut like Papi (not that short!).  I am excited for his hair to grow longer so we can see the curls again.

Zephyr's Pi Birthday!

Zephyr was pi years old on May 25th.  We dedcided to make a real adventure out of it and go to Pie Town, New Mexico.  My dad decided to meet us.  Pie Town turned out to be pretty small, and unless you are eating at the Pie-o-neer Cafe or at the Good Pie Cafe there isn't really anything to do.  We had plans to spend the whole day there, but after lunch and a half an hour at the broken down playground equipement, we decided we would rather go back to our hotel early  (there are no hotels in Pie Town).

 Our first night on our way to New Mexico.  We pushed the queen bed in the corner and had the kids sleep on the width way.  It worked out really nice.

Zephyr at Pio-o-neer Cafe with all the different pies we ordered (Apple pie, cherry pie, coconut cream pie, pear-cranberry-gingerpie , apple-green chile-pine nut pie, and chocolate pie)

Pio-o-neer Cafe sign

Our new bumper sticker (reminds me of the roscoe diner sticker)

All of us in front of the Pio-o-neer Cafe

Our photographer (I can't remember her name)  but she took a picture with Autumn and Prairie because she also has daughters and two of them are Autumn and Prairie.  Crazy meeting someone in Pie Town, NM that had girls with the same name as ours.  And no she did not have a Zephyr, her son had a lot more common name.

 Our family

The good Pie Cafe

For the second meal of Pi Birthday, we had pizza pie, pie to go  (cocnut cream pie, key lime pie, blackberry pie ) from the Good Pie Cafe in Pie Town, NM, and Little Debbie's marshmallow pies.  

Zephyr thoroughly enjoyed his pi birthday and  we kept coaching him to tell people he was pi years old.  Ben got pulled over like 30 mins from Pie Town (mind you this is New Mexico and it is pretty desolate) for speeding.  He got a speeding ticket and he was trying to explain why we were going to Pie Town, and the police officer just looked at us like we were crazy.

We stayed in Gallup, NM (two hours away from Pie Town).  So on the 4 hours of driving that day I read the book Pie by Sarah Weeks.  It was a fun read especially on Zephyr's pie birthday.

Also we listened to Albuquerque by Weird Al a few times in honor of being in New Mexico.  Ironically enough my dad stayed at a Holiday Inn in Albuquerque.

We were also planning on going to Mesa Verde National Park during this family vacation, but it was sooo windy, that it didn't sound fun at all, so we ended up doing a lot of swimming at the hotels pool, with Pie Town being a little of a bust and it being so windy.

We had a really good time on our trip, and are glad we went, but have no plans to make Pie Town, NM a destination again.