Showing posts with label Nieces/Nephews. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nieces/Nephews. Show all posts
Spent the weekend down in Çello with family, cattle and foraging. R & J were down with their kids, and Çello being the playground it is Claire & Liam lived it up. Boots, belt buckle, rifle, and shotgun these kids lived up the experience. Climbing hay bails to find secret onion stashes, spotting bucks in the hay field, climbing trees, collecting, riding in the pickup, finding G-pa's candy stash, and learning to climb fences...to be a kid again!
The weekend ended with a deer for winter store, refilled vessels, and most importantly converting the ones we love to biking....can you spot a cowboy hat on the bike?
Full set | Herding
A few weekends back we were in Çello for the Pioneer Day Celebrations. This is the one weekend where the town is literally busting at its seams, so much so our typical parallel street parking jobs have to be turned diagonal. There's a 24-hour fast pitch game, 5K, parade, park vendors, snow cone mustaches and a great firework show (the Randall's even have a homemade firework show). This weekend was especially special because our sweet niece Vilate turned 1!
Full set || V's B-day
We spent the weekend in Idaho for Isaac's baptism; catching frisbees, kicking soccer balls, and trying to score the best football catch. We don't take enough time to express what we believe--one of the greatest things we hold dear is our family. Weekends where we can come together always serve as a reminder of how dear these relationships are.
Full Set | Isaac's baptism
Though not fully my <<climbing roots>> as titled, Idaho does hold a lot of firsts and lessons learned. First multi-pitch, first lead, first mishap, first bail, and first booty (all in climbing terms, of course haha).
The trip was a great relief from the SLC valley heat. We spent the weekend with C, S, and their 4 boys visiting and playing around on a local cliff. 4 boys...need I say more? We're training them young, so one day they will be guides for us! All the boys, even Steve, with Collete's (my flannel wearing cohort) motherly persuasion and example rappelled and ascended like champs. As much as we do make fun of Idaho it is a pretty rad state (primarily due to the Stosich clan).
P.S. I was on fireman, so excuse all the bum shots.
In the wake of a brewing spring storm the afternoon was spent playing cowboy, and learning the ropes from a real one Dustin's dad. The farm filled with trucks, tractors, gates, and prodders unsurprisingly stands as a grand playground for fun to be had by all.
The holidays are always the best. Good company of family and friends, awesome food, and most importantly crazy kids. Thanksgiving this year we spent down in Nephi at Dustin's sister's place, we were well entertained by Jada shaking her booty to Lady Gaga...among other things! With all the family and food Dustin and I needed to get out, conveniently there's a bouldering area about 20 minutes west of town we've wanted to check out. Basically you drive out of town towards Delta, the landscape is all pretty flat and barren. Then, after you drive over a pass bam you're surrounded by boulders the locals have (literally) tagged they're "Joe's Valley." Not only home to bouldering but a paintballer's paradise.
The climbing was stout, the rock super sticky, and definitely well worth the afternoon trip.
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