Family photos by Christine

Christine Comstock took some gorgeous pictures of my family. I tried something new and rented a studio space. But the lighting was off because of a cloudy, rainy day. And the backgrounds weren't what we were hoping for. But even the backgrounds were a little bland, the people in the pictures are gorgeous. 

I love these pictures and Christine for being a genius behind the lens!!!

We also had a big Dewey family picture. This is the only one I have of them right now. Not my favorite venue.

And this is just a pretty picture of Sydney.

More awesome pictures by Christine.

Thanksgiving 2018

We started out our Thanksgiving Day with a run. Every year the Utah Food Bank sponsors the "Human Race." It's a 5K and registration is a donation to the food bank. 

We also ran this race in 2017

After the race, we ran into cousin Stuart and his wife. That was a fun surprise!

Then it was time to begin meal prep where we were hosting G'ma and G'pa Dewey, brothers Geoff and Mike and Aunt Cheryl.

And just to keep things real, the smoke detector went off more than once because of spillage in the oven. Yay. Good times!

I love these times and snapshots of family together. Geoff and my mom. And all the hugs that go around. Life on this earth doesn't last forever and I'm so grateful for the times we have together and the love we share.

After the Dewey side of the family went home, we trekked over to Grady's home and spent time with Brown cousins. Its the best, to have a strong relationship with cousins.

Time with Grandpa Brown. Somehow he always draws the grandchildren to him with his masterful storytelling and his ability to listen deeply to others.

Two Corn Mazes

In an effort to promote agriculture and farming, Utah Farm Bureau invited state and local political leaders to some corn mazes for dinner, fun and a good 'ole farm experience. We got to tag along with Sterling. Lucky us!!!

Gibson Green Acre Dairy in Weber.

This group of hooligans took names and gave out tickets to the special legislative guests. Even when it started to rain, they stayed put and did their job. 

The rain finally stopped and we all found time to warm up around the fire pits, go down the giant slide and walk through the corn and hay maze.

Farmer Ron also took us on a tour of his dairy. He showed us the corn they grow and the cows they feed and explained how his operation works. It was a great opportunity to learn where our food and fiber comes from and also have fun on the farm. 

The next week we went to Glen Ray's corn maze on Rex Larson's farm. 

We went through the corn maze in the pitch black and 'some' of us scared a few 'others' of us. Which resulted in screaming and laughing and falling on the ground in laughter and horror. :)

We had a great time being together and joking and playing on the hay bales!

Parker would toss a half-empty water bottle as high as he could and then the kids took turns kicking or catching the bottle.

iFly Videos

BRYCE
 

RACHEL


CAMILLE
 

PARKER


SYDNEY


KARIN

Fall Break- IFly and Flowrider

We woke up in Park City to frost on our windows. Winter is coming!

On the way to Ogden, our next stop, we passed the Devil's Slide.

In Ogden, we found a group deal that included iFly, Flowrider and rock climbing. It was, in a word, 

AWESOME!

At iFly, we went through flight instruction and got suited up and then took turns in the wind tunnel- FLYING~!
iFly videos here

After flying!!! we had lunch at the Ogden temple.

Then we spent an hour rock climbing. 

Sydney and Bryce

Parker scrambled up the tallest wall like a pro!

Camille, taking a break.

After rock climbing, we suited up- in our bathing suits- and went to Flow Rider. 

We had several bumps and bruises along the way. I even had a swimsuit malfunction (that no one saw, thank heaven). Sterling came away with numbness and tingling in his arm. But we had sooo much fun!

FLOWRIDER VIDEO;

After all this adventure, we headed to Woods Cross to have dinner with G'ma and G'pa. A perfect way to end a many-mile-long, adventure-filled, memory-making Fall Break!