Cougar Ranch

My dad took us out to his ranch, way, way outside of St. Johns, almost to New Mexico! It was so remote and completely awesome! We went on a hike and of course I forgot my camera, but we found petroglyphs from the Anasazi Indians who used to live there! They were way up on the side of some high cliffs! There was an old burial ground and lots of pieces of pottery all over the place. It was like a treasure hunt/hike! One nearby rancher had found some intact clay pots there that date back to 700A.D.!

Mmmmmarlee

pieces of ancient pottery

Tired of hiking, the girls show off their finds!

Sharing a Birthday with Grandpa is great!

Dizzy Erin

playing on the playground

The kids, Grandpa and Sheba

Beautiful Salt River Canyon

The beauty of the canyon nevers ceases to amaze me!

www.mormon.org

Mesa, Arizona LDS temple

For my friends interested in learning more about our church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the "Mormons," feel free to visit this website (just click on the title)!

Daniel and Riley

Happy with their ribbons, the boys show off their cars!

YES!

Daniel took first in almost every heat, but once the times were all tallied he came out 9th!

Pinewood Derby

Daniel takes 9th out of about 30 boys!

Talented Tongue!

Yes, we are going to send her to David Letterman's "stupid human tricks" one of these days! She is real proud of the three-leaf-clover shape she can make with her tongue . . . can you do that?

Miranda after the band concert

She does a great job playing the bass clarinet, and we are always amazed at the concerts the school puts on!

Blue and Gold Banquet

This year the cub scouts had a state-themed cake making contest! Daniel decided not to be boring and do a square state, so he busted out and did Utah, LOL! The only rule was that the moms were only allowed to bake the cake, the decorating had to be 100% done by the boys. Daniel won an award for this cake, but neither he or I can remember what it was, probably "most spiritual" or something! There were some pretty awesome cakes, but instead of eating them, they sent them all home. Maybe they were worried about the germy kids who decorated them?

MORP the Collage!

I'm thinking Miranda's date went easy on her compared to what the other guys did to their dates!

MORP

Miranda and her date, Jeff.

After blindfolding and painting each others faces, they went to one of the girl's houses and had tin-foil dinners over the backyard fire pit. Then they went to the dance, then back to the same house for s'mores and games. Sounds like everyone had a good time!

MORP shirts

Here are the shirts Miranda made for her date, pretty clever, eh?

YES! Miranda has a date (her first) to MORP on Saturday, Whoo Hoooo! The theme is "Disney" and her group is going as Peter Pan, Wendy, Tiger Lily and the Lost Boys. I am guessing her date will be one of the Lost Boys. We just need to find him a shirt to go along with that, hmmmm. . .

Well, we were all ready to go to his last game on Saturday, unfortunately, Daniel hadn't been paying attention when the coach announced that gametime had been changed from 1PM to 11 AM. So he never told us and we missed the last game!! It was sad, but we didn't miss the party in the park with pizza & trophies!

Daniel, Josh and Riley Well, we won one game this season and Daniel actually enjoyed playing, made a few baskets, and had some good friends on the team! But best of all is the huge trophy . . . just imagine the "show-and-tell" possibilites!!

Happy Valentines Day!

I know. . . another collage . . . but it's a great way to do a bunch of cute pictures about the same subject all at once! These are the neighbors puppies and the subject of a daily begfest at our house! "PLEEEEASE MOM!". . . "We'll pay for it!" . . . "We'll scoop the poop!" ya ya ya, we already know how it goes and the answer will still be NO! Besides, Charlee would be jealous! But, aren't they cute?! We got to play with them for a solid hour and it was perfect!

Marlee had a Winterguard festival performance on Saturday at the high school. This is her friend, Ashley. They did real good, took 3rd place. I tried to take pics, but no flash photography was allowed and the pictures were bad. Oh well, at least we got this one!

Daniel is playing B-ball for the first time this year. I told him it's in his Crockett genes and that he will be a natural . . . what with his speed and height. . . and so far he's made some good shots and is really liking it! He just doesn't have an aggressive bone in his body!

3rd Place!!! It was a great day at running club! Daniel decided he just wanted to jog and didn't care about a ribbon, but Erin went for it, in fact, she was so fast that I stood there with the video camera to tape them coming in to the finish line and I never saw her. She must've zoomed right by me!

Another ribbon for the "Wall of Winners!" Erin and Marlee have this wall in their room and love adding to it whenever they earn an award. She wanted to take a picture to show how the wall is filling up!