some johnson's in moab

due to hurricane sandy {the nasty beast} we had to postpone haiti for a week.

the upside however, was that we were able to sneak in a weekend camping trip to moab with nana and grandpa kent, ben, jen and the kids and
tee, dee and the twins. 

we had so much fun and did all the appropriate camp-y kinds of things, the weather was perfect {take that hurricane sandy} and the only thing missing was our natles.

nana and her #1 fan

baby alice was such a little trooper

all the cousins

hoodlums 

the triplets

roughin' it

movie nights. i mean what's a good camping trip without movie nights

that happy camper up there on the right,
this is the only picture captured of her-
stop hiding from the camera all the time tee

dirt, jeeps, vroom vrooms, cousins, marshmallows and fire
this kid was in his element

as usual it all went by too fast

and it wasn't the same without you nat.

guess we better go again, and next time seattle better let you come.

halloween

trick-or-treating in grama and papa's hood with the golf cart...

the best way to do halloween.

my big and little bears.

that frankenstein back there was legit,
well done mr. lipman.

so pleased with the night's events

a lot of focus goes into the choosing and the opening of the the best candies
from the night.

i mean, i've always liked halloween,

but halloween-ing with this little bear.. i've kind of fallen in love.

move over thanksgiving, 

this might be our new second favorite holiday.

the farmer's market

we only made it to the murray farmer's market a couple times this year.

once for the pumpkin patch and a wagon ride and then for the it's last day before closing for the season.

charlie always loves it and so do we. i have a feeling it'll make the to-do list much more often next year.

swiss days...

one of my favorite things to do in midway

at the beginning of every september.

our main man took his dad dove hunting for the weekend

so the little man and i headed up.

what would we do without nana and grandpa and midway?

3 of our favorite things.

70.3

on september 9th the iron man 70.3 world championship was held in henderson.

robbie qualified earlier in the year
and so did our iron men friends jeff and zane and ken.

so we all cruised on down and spent a {super hot} weekend at the henderson house.

my little pilot in training.

charlie and sammy {the pseudo big brother}

crowie. he's kind of a big deal in the tri world.
{5 time world champion} 

team ogio. 

bucky and bobby. iron man bff's forever.

post race mexican meal. papa told them it was the little guy's birthday
now every time dessert comes after dinner charlie thinks it's his birthday.
we love dessert = charlie has lots of birthdays.

it's was a very busy, very fun, very hot weekend.
this about sums it up.

side note: there are no pictures of the boys finishing the race nor of us being at the race due to the fact that i spent the last part of the race lying on my back with a stranger holding up my feet, another stranger holding my head, icing my shoulders, 75 additional strangers hovering over me with expressions of deep concern, and a crying charlie sitting next to me as i came to from passing out. there's maybe nothing more embarrassing than passing out from standing in the extreme heat while right next to you 1700 athletes are pushing the limits of physical endurance for more than 5 hours straight in the extreme heat. not my best moment. but my lover on the other hand was amazing and super fast as usual and even in the heat and my little man was a champ.
these boys of mine... they're good ones!