Happy Halloween!

2006 Halloween Party

It's that time of year again. We have already had a couple of Halloween parties, so here are a couple of pictures of the Halloween season so far. (Click for a larger version)

Here is Hailee in one of her costumes for the year, a Duck.

Hailee and Mom getting ready for Hailee's first Halloween Party.

Here is Hailee with a couple of her friends, Oakley and York, all decked out in their costumes.

Ok, this has nothing to do with Halloween. But this picture of Hailee getting ready for church was so cute that I just had to post it.

Here is Brooke and I in our costumes for the party. We decided that because we hadn't been anything scary yet, we would be dark this year. We are scary Vampires.

Here is a group picture from the party last night, we had a great time. The party was a roller skating party at Classic Fun Center in Layton. Being at Classic Skating quickly reminded us all of our childhood memories. I know we all have a Classic Skating memory or two.

Here are the party planners, Kirk, Marcy and Maren. The costumes are homemade 3 Amigo's costumes.

Here is the scary, vampire Brooke with the third Amigo, Maren.

Hailee, Hailee, Hailee!!

This is my (Brooke's) debut! Of course it would be about Hailee. Hailee seems to have all of a sudden turned into a little girl now instead of a baby. It happened overnight. I just wanted to share some recent pictures with you!

Daddy's little girl: Hailee out for her evening walk wearing the cutest jammies ever from Grandma Gibson.

Mom's been having fun experimenting with new hair do's now that Hailee has more hair. Hailee loves to look at herself in the mirror after she's all ready and always smiles because she looks so cute!

Grandpa Shreeve went to Hawaii and brought back this darling dress for Hailee!

Now that Hailee's more mobile, she is always getting into mischeif!

It's getting cold outside!!

Changes

You may have noticed a few changes on the blog lately. I have changed a few little things on the side bar and added a new contributor, Brooke. So now it's not just my blog, although I will still be posting the same stuff as usual, to your delight or dismay. The side bar now features site feeds for other blogs as opposed to just links. This way you can come to my site and see the latest post on each of the blogs I link to. I am sure that Brooke will be making her official debut soon, probably with pictures of Hailee. I have also added a "Random Stuff" area on the sidebar, this could be lyrics, quotes, pictures, movie lines or just something random I or Brooke want to post. I saw it on another blog and thought it would be fun.
Let me know what you think, and if you have any ideas or suggestions.

Moab Pictures

I made it back from my trip to Moab Saturday night. It was a great trip and I had a lot of fun, we did a lot of biking and even a little hiking. The weather was great, it only rained on Saturday which was our last day anyway. It's too bad for the 24 hours of Moab race that was taking place that day, but our group came out unscathed by the rain. Here are more pictures than you are ever going to want to see. However, once I collect pictures from the other guys that were there, I might post more. As always, click for a larger version.

This is Bartlett Wash, just a fun area of Slickrock Waves to play on.

Another Shot of Bartlett Wash, you can see me in the distance on my bike.

Another "Action" shot of me on my bike at Bartlett Wash. The rock was actually pretty smooth to ride on, so it was easy to get some speed and some nice air.

Although it doesn't look like it, I am actually in the air in this picture. Check out the shadows, again it's at Bartlett Wash.

The road out to Bartlett Wash was completely washed out, Moab had record breaking rain the week before we arrived. Normally you can drive the road right to the wash, however due to the mud we were forced to ride our bikes out there and subsequently got a little bit muddy in the process.

Our next ride was Klondike Bluffs. It's an intermediate ride, it's not too technical but there is a fair amount of climbing. It's about 800 vertical feet in 4 miles. The trail ends at the entrance to Arches National Park, you can leave your bike and go on a short hike into the park. This is a picture after that hike from the top of Klondike Bluffs in Arches National Park.

Again at the top of Klondike Bluffs with some of the guys from our group. James Packer, Kent Baxter, Me, Ryan Bradley, Ryan Baxter and Dave McMillan.

Here is my attempt at an artistic shot, again at Klondike Bluffs. Normally there is not puddles around the area, but due to the rain there was a lot of water up at the top. There are Cairn Stones that mark the path to the overlook, because there is no real designated trail. This Cairn Stone happened to be in the middle of a puddle and I thought it looked cool.

That evening we spent sunset at Dead Horse Point. This is an amazing overlook into the Grand Canyon and Colorado River. It's quite a spectacle and it was really cool to be there at sunset.

Here is another shot of me standing at Dead Horse Point.

The next day we headed out and rode the famous Slickrock Bike Trail. Here is me at The Abyss Lookout part of the ride.

This is James Packer showing off some of his moves in front of the Abyss Lookout on Slickrock.

We did have some wrecks, "Carnage" as we liked to call it on Slickrock. We actually saw a large blood splatter just before the hill where this wreck took place. However Peter, the kid involved in the wreck that caused this bike repair, came out pretty well considering the condition his bike was in. His derailleur was bent into his spokes and we had to bend it back with a rock. He made the ride back with less than his full set of gears. At this point we split into two groups, some of us went on and completed the loop, those that didn't think they could make it turned around and went back.

Here is a view from Swiss Cheese Ridge on Slickrock, this is a view into Moab itself.

This is myself and Ryan Baxter (My Cousin) standing at Shrimp Rock on Slickrock. This marks about the halfway point of the ride. At this point I was still feeling strong and able to take pictures. Not long after that I started losing my energy and therefore didn't really feel like taking pictures.

Saturday morning we took a hike up to Delicate Arch in Arches National Park. It was really impressive in person, we had fun walking and hiking around the are. We were lucky and were granted about 30 minutes at the arch before other tourists started to arrive.

Another view of Delicate Arch.

This view has me standing underneath the arch. Granted I am not very tall, but you can see how massive this really is. I recommend to anyone visiting Arches to take this hike, it's well worth the hike.

I'm In Moab (Tomorrow)

I am heading out on a trip to Moab tomorrow. So sometime this week I will be standing below delicate arch, pictured below and riding the famous slickrock trail, among other activities. I will be sure to post pictures and a trip report when I get back.

Hailee

Here are some recent pictures of Hailee. Not much to say, I took these pictures while Brooke was out of town at a conference. I emailed her some pictures each day so she wouldn't miss Hailee as bad, but she probably missed her more. I also think she wanted me to prove that I actually did things like give her baths and feed her. I may not have dressed her very well, but she was clean and fed.