A Girl After Our Own Heart

Last friday we took Liv on her first ever camp out. We drove up American Fork camp ground to camp with our friends Clay and Hannah. I was a little nervous for how the baby would fare in the outdoors, but I soon found that I had nothing to fear. This is pretty much what her face looked like through the whole experience. Kind of crazy- but very happy.
We had so much fun with her. She loved the sound of the roaring river that was jut a few feet away from our camp fire. She also loved staring into the camp fire. I think it was very mesmorizing to her. Look at the picture on the right. Doesn't she look kind of drunk with happiness?











I've always kind of hoped that my children would enjoy the same things that I enjoy in life. Will they learn to love the beautiful out doors in every way they possibly can? Will they be able to feel that sense of peace that comes when your sitting around a camp fire with friends and you can feel the cool mist coming off of the river as you take a bite of your oh-so-yummy Shmore? And will they experience and cherish that same feeling that I love when you wake up in a tent to birds chirping, and you step outside to find the sun just peaking over the mountains trying to warm you through the big aspens? All I have to say is: I think Liv knows what I'm talking about. I think she is a girl after her parents heart.

Here is a picture that Jaron took of the river by our camp:

Ok One last picture. This is a picture of Liv sitting in her little camping chair/baby carrier happy as a clam.

It Was Time

For a long time now, like maybe a year or so, I have been wanting to cut my hair. The first impulse came when I was chubby and pregnant. Knowing that sometimes pregnancy causes more impulsive and erratic moods, I decided to wait until after I had Liv, and if I still wanted to cut my hair when I was back to my normal self again then I could. Incidently the impulse never went away. Mom don't be mad at me, it will grow back I promise!

Wait, Don't Go Away I Have a New Post!

I've decided that it's just not fair to view everybody elses cute new posts almost daily without even updating mine. This is an apology to all of my blogging fans and supporters out there, who even though sometimes when I've had the same o'l post up for more than two weeks faithfully check back again and again to see if there is something new up at "Life at the top of the Hill". Well today I don't even have anything to post about, or maybe I have too much to post about and can't pin point what to say, but at least I'm moving the old pictures down the page and puting up some new ones! Here's to my supporters! Thanks for having faith in me.

Some recent pictures of my Gracie Girl:

I love this picture of Liv. Usually she loves looking at her self in the mirror. I don't know maybe it was just that she didn't approve of the new out fit mom put on her, or maybe she's just thinking "Who the heck is that?!"

I snapped this shot as fast as I could. Liv is normally not the most cuddley baby in the world, but doesn't she just look so cuddley here? I just want to shmush her when I look at this picture.

Canyon Lands and Lola's Castle

Jaron and I just got back from a wonderful trip down to visit his grandmother Lola in New Mexico. I was a little nervous for the car ride, but I really didnt' need to fear as the picture to the right was the way Olivia looked the whole car ride there. I know that we are very blessed to have such a great baby!

We decided to make the trip a little more fun by stopping at the south entrance to Canyon Lands and there we went for a two hour hike. It felt so good to get out and stretch our legs! This is a picture of Liv and Jaron. Thank goodness for the snuggly (thanks Kel and Jared for lending it to us).

The weather was so nice and the scenery was even more so!

This is a picture of the Needles District in Canyon lands where our hike was.

Olivia in deep thought as she looks out over the vast canyon lands.

Jaron took advantage of a little shade provided by a nice little scrub oak. It is amazing how much pleasure could be found from such a little shadey spot. We took a peaceful little nap here. Lucky for us, Liv enjoyed it as much as we did, and she fell asleep lying on Jaron's stomache.

Ah at last. We arive to Lola's Castle. For all of you who have wondered where she lives. Here it is in all its grand beauty: Lola's Castle.

At night time we would go outside on Lola's front porch and watch the sun set. Farmington has some of the prettiest sunsets I've ever seen.

This is a side view of her back yard. She has beautiful rock, and hundredds of statues in her back yard. And why wouldn't she? :)

This is the back of Lola's home. One night we enjoyed a nice barbeque back here with some of Jaron's relatives. It was so fun.

One of our most favorite things to do when we go visit Jaron's grandmother is ride the Silverton Train, which starts out in Durango Colorado and ends up in Casade Springs. It is one of the most beautiful things to see.

We were actually quite lucky to make it on the train. The train left at 10:00 am sharp, and we arrived three minutes before hand and still had to buy our tickets. Jaron left us women (Grandmother, Olivia, and I) to buy the tickets while he ran to park the car. As luck would have it the peirced-nose cashier that was helping me took her sweet time to ring us up. Just as she handed us our tickets the train blew its whistle and was on the move. To make a long story short we waited long enough to realize that Jaron was indeed done parking the car, and had hopped over a fence and jumped on the moving train (by the way this has actually always been a dream of his) assuming of coarse that his three little ladies were already on it, kindly waiting for him at our seats. Not so! Unfortunately he also had the keys to the car in his pocket. In the end it all worked out. Some security guard, named Jim, was kind enough to drive us to Rockwood (which is where Butch Cassidy and the Sundace Kid was filmed) and we met up with the train there. It was really kind of funny actually.

So beautiful. . . :)

Here we are together at last, Grandmother Lola, Jaron and I. Olivia is below us in her car seat fast asleep.

Me and Liv and the locamotive.

This is a beautiful lake that you pass on the way down. I think it is called Shiloa lake or something like that.

And last but certainly not least, a picture of Liv flirting with some boys on the train.

I've never seen this girl so happy in all my life. These little kids just loved her and she loved them. She just couldnt' resist those soft, golden locks! :)

Anyway there is our trip in a nutshell! We really had a grand ol time.

P.S. Look below at the next post I posted two today.
Special thanks to all my viewers. :)

Ode to Jaron

What? Every body is aloud to brag about their husband every once in a while right?



Not only is Jaron an awesome Dad, Husband, and student, but he's also an awesome skater. I just wanted to show him off a little. So here are some pictures that I took of him at the skate park last week. He's pretty cute.