Showing posts with label Mariah. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mariah. Show all posts

Monday, August 17, 2009

LAKE POWELL 2009!!!!!!!


Well it is that time of year when we again head to Lake Powell. We normally have 21 of us make the annual trip but this year Micah did not make the trip because he did not want to miss any of the football conditioning. I was impressed with his dedication, this is one of Micahs favorite trips. The water was 80 which still feels refreshing when the outside temp. is 100+. Some of the highlights were Riley learning to deep start on the wakeboard, not only did she learn but she went outside the wake. Riley also caught a pretty good size catfish on the "Barbie" pole. Payton drove me around that lake for hours on Pa's Jet Ski. Payton has been wakeboarding for a few years but she is getting really good at cutting accross the wake. And Mariah wakeboarded and also surfed. So here are a few pictures from our trip.Payton soaking up the sun

Karrie showing off her mad skills

Mariah Surfing

Payton wakeboardingRiley getting set

Riley outside the wake!

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Spring Break Part 2

So after a day at the pool it was of to Disneyland. Disneyland is a great place to go especially with young kids but if your an adrenaline junking and like the big fast roller coasters it is a bit of a let down after Six Flags. We had fun at Disneyland though, we hit all the classics like Space Mountain, the Matterhorn, Splash Mountain etc. And not to brag or anything but I got the High Score on the Buzz Lightyear ride. We had to practically had to pull Karrie away from the Pirates of the Caribbean ride.Just look at the excitement and joy on the faces of Mariah and Riley as we get on the "It's a Small World"ride.
The next day we went to Huntington Beach. The water was still pretty cold but Payton and Riley and Ace got in it all the way. The rest of us went in up to our knees. Ace loves the water and got mowed over by the waves a few times before he caught on and learned to get out of the way. We also flew a couple of kites I had found at the store. If we only had a beach and ocean in Utah it would be perfect.
Well after a long day at the beach we went and ate at Chilli's then headed back to the hotel. We took an air mattress and they Kids took turns sleeping on it. Micah and Riley were on it this night. All the kids got in bed and we went to sleep about 11:30-12. Well at 2 am Payton came up on my side of the bed and said "Dad I just threw up in the Bath room" she was very calm trying not to wake everyone up and I thought oh it couldn't be that bad so I went into the bathroom and yea it was that bad. She at least threw up right on a big towel that was on the floor so clean up wasn't to bad. Well she felt a little better so I put her back in bed with Mariah and gave her a garbage can just in case. Well about a 1/2 hour went by and I heard her jump from bed and run towards the bathroom she did not make it. At this point I moved Riley out of the bed with Micah and put her in with Mariah. They were next to the bathroom. Well again about a half hour after she went back to bed she was up again. She was so sick she was actually sitting on the toilet and throwing up in a garbage can at the same time. At this point I woke Micah up and told him to go get in my bed and I spent the rest of the night with Payton on the air mattress. She got sick one more time that night. I am not sure what time it was but the last time we went back to bed it was starting to get light outside. Oh I forgot about 4 am I decided to go and find her a Sprite in the vending machine. Well I took my wallet headed to the machine and I had no $1 bills or change so I had to go down to the lobby from the 10th floor and get change. I went back to the vending machine by our room put my money in and the Sprite was sold out. Now this is a huge hotel 1600 rooms so I walked to the other end of the floor and the vending machine was not working, I finally found one on the 9th floor. What a night! Well the next day she felt better but was drained. I was a bit tired myself but she wanted to go to California Adventures so off we went.

It was a fun day and we were all done by 6 p.m. We had gone on every ride we wanted to at least twice. Then on Saturday Mariah, Micah, and I went to an Angels game. We had a great time I had forgotten how much I use to love baseball when I was growing up. There is just something about a Major League game. The game went by really fast and we enjoyed some snacks. You have to have a dog at a baseball game right? Even Mariah loved the game. She was asking me questions all through the game.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Wow 19 years!!

Karrie and I just had our 19th anniversary on the 24th. I am not sure how 19 years could go by so fast. Karrie was 19 yrs old when we started dating. Since I love to travel with Karrie and believe me I don't know anyone that likes to travel more than Karrie, I thought I would post 19 pictures of places we have loved to travel to together. In no particular order.

Lake Powell so many memories
Trip to Omaha, Iowa, Missouri (my mission) my sister was living in Omaha at the time.
Fun trip we had to Long Beach
St. Thomas one of my favorite places.
Disneyland of course!
Puerto Vallarta Mexico fun trip with my family 21 of us
Bahamas
A cruise I don't remember where we were at the time
Aruba Palm Beach might be the best sand I have found, spent the whole day in the water.
Puerto Rico another place I love to go. This Castillo El Morro
Yellowstone
Seattle, this was a work trip for me that Karrie came with and we had a lot of fun.
This is us on the World Trade Center south tower six weeks before 9/11
Xel Ha Mexico six months after we were married.
Cayman Islands Sting Ray City.

Curaco
Key West

Jamaica


St. Johns (Cinnamon Bay) OK this really is one of my favorite places

Monday, February 16, 2009

Mariah's A-Z list




Taking my inspiration from Riley's A-Z book, I thought I would make an A-Z list for each of my Birthday Girls. Since Mariah's birthday is first here is her A-Z list.
MARIAH
A- Athletic, Awesome
B- Beautiful, Bubbly, Brave
C- Caring,
D- Daring, Dedicated, Dependable
E- Excited, Enthusiastic
F- Fun, Forgiving, Fearless, Faithfull, Friend
G- Giving, Gracious
H- Happy
I- Independent
J- Junior at Viewmont
K- Kick Butt Swimmer
L- Loving, Loyal
M- Motherly, Modest
N- Nice, Needed
O- Oldest Child, Outgoing(willing to try almost anything)
P- Persistent
Q- Quick in the Water
R- Reliable
S- Sensitive, Sweetpea (Her Nickname), Strong
T- Talented, Trustworthy, True, Traveler
U- Unique
V- Viking
W-Wonderful Person, Daughter, Works Hard
X- Xciting OK so it does not really start with X but my vocabulary is limited so humor me
Y- Youthful
Z- Zest for Life
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARIAH

Monday, October 27, 2008

Splash!!!!!


Well the swim season officially started on Friday for Mariah. She swam in the 50 freestyle, the 500 and a couple of relay races. She usually doesn't swim the 50 but she did good (she was in the fastest heat). Then in the 500 she took 4 seconds off of her best time. I know 4 seconds doesn't sound like a lot but in swimming it is. Last year from the start of the season to the end she took a whole minute off of her time. Before last year I had never been to a swim meet and I didn't realize how exciting they are. I have actually helped a high school swimmer find a scholarship so you think I would have at least been to a meet. Anyways I am excited to watch Mariah as she progresses throughout the year. I think she has a good chance of making state.