Life is Bright: September 2011

Tour of Utah

The winner crossing the finish line.

Kevin and I went to see the cyclists finish the end of the Provo leg of the Tour of Utah in August. Kevin was "little kid on Christmas morning" excited about it. It really was so exciting to see the cyclists finish. Makes you want to be fast....

Lots and lots of cyclists. The race was a little over 100 miles and these guys were coming in at over 40 mph. Goodnight!

Denver, CO

The weekend after Labor Day Kevin, my sister Annie and I flew out to Denver to visit Scott for his birthday and to go see Les Miserables in Denver. It was amazing; a few weeks into the craziness of school it was really nice to get away and just enjoy family and relax a bit. Something I haven't been able to do since the semester started. It was so fun to spend time with Scott, Jenna, Olivia and Luke. Seeing Les Mis again was So good. It was the 25th Anniversary blocking and staging, so it was fun to see all the changes they made. It's the first time I've felt really moved by a musical in a long time. And it was So refreshing. What a powerful story. Ah, I loved it. The cast was phenomenal overall, my personal favorites being those playing the parts of ValJean and Marius. "I laughed, I cried, it moved me Bob." (VeggieTales)

Kev and me.

Annie before the show.

Before the show we had the best pizza we've ever had at Marco's Pizzeria in Denver.

Scott and Jenna at Marco's.

Michelle, Kevin and Annie at Marco's.

The fountain at the park.

Scott and Jenna's family came to stay with us for a day after our trip to Island Park. We took their kids to this awesome park in town. So fun.

Our niece Olivia loved the water fountain.

Luke and his Dad, Scott playing in the fountain.

Tanner Cabin Lalapalooza (with Michelle's fam)

This is the first year ever that my immediate family went on a vacation somewhere, just us, it's crazy that we're old/big enough to do something like that. We went up to my mom's family's cabin in Island Park, Idaho. Goodnight, we had such a great time. It was so fun to be all together.

Kevin and I in West Yellowstone.

Four of the six Tanner siblings. (waiting for the others to come from Jackson.)

Sporting aunt Annie's shades.

peace!

Momma

My niece is ADORABLE, no?
This is Olivia, my oldest brother's daughter. She is the oldest grandchild in the family and everyone Loves her. She has such a fun personality.

Mom and Dad. Love them! Love Dad's sweet Hawaiian shirt too....

More of David being...fun. Nice shades.

Kevin and "the boys" (my youngest two brothers) are always trying to find adventurous things to do like skim-boarding on a boogie-board at the lake.

Olivia likes to look through binoculars this way.

Kevin during the tube standing contest.

We had a mini water Olympics at the lake one afternoon. (Kevin's idea of course) It included; tube standing, diving, long jump, and swimming contests. It was a riot.

Dad cheating on the tube STANDING contest.

My brother Alan just couldn't get that knee to stop popping.

These are some shots I got during the dive competition. Alexis (our sister-in-law) blew everyone else out of the water (ha....water.) with her form. I didn't participate seeing as I don't know how to dive...Wish I did. We're going to make sure all of our kids take enough swim lessons to be very confident in the water.

Dad...is just funny.

Kevin's first dive.

My brother Scott, I think?

ALEXIS!

Kevin got a bit cold.

Trying to decide who had the best dive...

We spent the majority of most afternoons down at the lake. Livvy had her first canoe ride with Grandpa and her Dad, Scott.

My mom loves to float out on the lake, and really doesn't appreciate it when her kids decide to splash her.