Halloween 09 in logan

Wesley as Max from "Where the wild things are."
Cousins go trick or treating!

We all went swimming too in the hotel and welsey loves drinking water especially from a fountain.

Some pics from Halloween in Logan. Sistas- i will send you all more pics if you want but this is just a couple. they were all so cute!

Ibex bouldering

Before it got too cold we were able to go to Ibex to do some bouldering. Ibex is by Delta and there are many fun boulders to climb and sand everywhere, its beautiful. Wesley really loved playing in the sand and so did we. Some places with lots of sand we climbed and if we fell its much nicer than falling and trying to aim for the mat. Anyway we went with some friends and camped a couple of days and had a great time with them.
Dannys crooked back-flip.


Some random old car that wesley liked to play in but was a but too rusty and dangerous.
Funny face wesley after he woke up from a nice sandy nap.

more cool routes



Wesley also loved this old thang, whatever it was it kept him busy and happy.

some new stuff

We have had a great end of summer and here are some pics from some recent activities.

me and wes at octoberfest. yummy kettle corn
wesleys new haircut. very different but we think its cute
wesley loves trucks so he really liked his pic with this big one
hike to the top of snowbird
hotel room at snowbird after octoberfest. i know we only live like 20 min away but it was fun
me and wes on alpine slide

bouncing around at the octoberfest
american fork-me climbing membrane


after preschool, they didnt even put a paint shirt on him!
first day of preschool
danny free climbing joes valley


joes valley

joes valley bouldering
gathering for a big fire
maple canyon, one of out favorite places to climb -dannyme
me, wes, ashley and asher trying to warm up!

It was a great summer and loved the warmth but now we have to survive the winter by playing in the snow i guess.

30th bday blast

So my sisters and my mom all came to slc for my 30th b-day. we decided to celebrate by floating in the air at I fly in ogden utah. Its pretty cool even 3 year-old could do this. It was so fun just floating every where up and down and twirling around. We went there and then ate some lunch at a sushi place. We also went to a comedy club which was pretty funny too and much more. It was fun to see and hang out with them again. Alyse really wanted to ride this black horse. This was after we had a great sushi lunch! I didnt have any pics of sareah and crishelle but hopefully briannes got em in her camera.
my mom spinning around
good skydiving form by momma j
dawnya light as a feather
me floating way up there

Gettin ready to fly- brianne who unfortunately did not gt to fly cuz of baby in tummy, sareah, me, crishelle, dawnya and momma j.

i couldnt get the glasses over my big nose hehe. j/k
dawnya sporting the blue suit
crishelle and sareah in the black suits
me and momma j in the green
we always have fun with sleeping babies. alyse was an easy target for some late-night fun.

2 year-old fun

Wesley is getting so big and smart. He started preschool last wed and he loved it and they loved him, its a great place not just daycare and its perfect for when i go to work! He turned two this July and has been a very good two year-old so far. He loves singing the alphabet and his numbers in English and Spanish. Hes doesnt know them all but quite a few. He knows a lot of words in English and Spanish and he can pretty much copy anything we say which means we gotta watch what we say! ha. he has gone pee and poop in the toilet once but we got lucky he likes using the toilet but just doesn't know when, no rush.WE had a July birthday bash for 3 kids. Wesley, Braden and Dax. We had a bbque pool party at our house and it was a blast


Dawnya jumping off the top with Luke ya!
Smile Wes! happy 2 year old b-day! we love you

the july birthday boys-dax, wesley and braden
wesley loves to wear these mr. potato head glasses.
he also loves to sing and found a microphone outside (a sprinkler head)

On our friends Honeymoon in Costa Rica

Costa Rica!!!! This was so much fun mostly because of the people we went with. we love them dearly they are so awesomely amazing people and so fun to be around. Our good friends from Colorado invited us on thier Honeymoon to Costa Rica Puerto Viejo. WE had good times chillin, surfin, hiking, eating and swimming. Our little cabin was nice and cozy and the people there were so nice. Thanks to Andy and Jen for inviting us. Here is the link to our picasa web album if you want to lok at more pics. http://picasaweb.google.com/Danny.M.Bates/709CostaRica#

Danny is afraid of sloths. those claws are dangerous looking even though they cant catch you. baaahhhaaa!!
Old time friends
Nice hikeBread and chocolate. a great place to eat

the whole soccer clan. they also gave us a ride back to our cabin since my bike got a flat, so nice
playing some soccer with some new random costa rican friends
this is a funny pic for many reasons
this hot black guy disturbed me while practicing my uke and i was glad sorry danny this guys mine now! this sand just stuck to him so well
love these guys! the honeymooners. i dont think we ruined their honeymoon too much (i hope) hehe
Here we are at the bus saying goodbye waaahh!
I actually got up it was fun surfing the the ride was over too soon cuz the waves were so small.

Danny got up easy even on his first try. he looks so gnarly here! hehe
waiting for the bus playing my ukulele danny bought for me for my b-day.

Vancouver trip the last days

The last of our vancouver trip pics. What a great trip it was we saw so much and surprisingly didnt hurt our bank account with all we saved from eating ramen, hotdogs, and camping most the time! Wesley did so good the whole time and we think he had fun too!

.Day 14 taking a dip/bath in hells canyon the snake river. This river is so wide and awesome!



Day 13 Alot of driving and Hells canyon for a picnic and camp



Day 12 First part of the drive home we saw Mt. Hood from so many places.
Wesley wanted to show his skills. He held tight to the rock but couldnt get both feet up yet. come on wes!!!


Day 12 climbing and bouldering on Elwha wall in olympic national park. It was good climbing but there were parts where the rock was falling apart



Day 12 Sol Duc falls hike. Olympic national park washington. yeah!




Day 12 Sol Duc Falls hike Olympic Park washinton still.



Day 11 Later that night we went to Sol Duc camping area and they had natural hot springs there. Warm and stinky it was and wes loved it. The trees were so furry! Olympics national park is where Twilight was filmed if anyone was curious, they love to claim that!




Day 11 This was Hurricane ridge in Olympic Park washington. It was cool to see the mountains and the ocean in the back. We did a couple of hikes here. The lower ones are pics of us on another ferry to Olympics National Park.

The mother load of pics Vancouver road trip day 5 6 7 8 9 10

Here is a load of pics from our vancouver trip that we wanted to still share. there is still more to come but it takes too long for my patience. The order is backwards and not very organized sorry. Our friend Booke and John had to leave early so we missed them on the rest of the trip. Below is Day 10 Vancouver Island/Victoria Island camping and sightseeing. Cold dirty beach but beautiful buildings. great place to retire!




More Day 10 Car Ferry to Sydney BC/Victoria Island




Day 9 bike around Vancouver. Stanley park was amazing. Wes loved the little water zone area. Then we camped at Birch Beach.




Still day 9 more pics biking around Vanvoucouver





Day 8 China gardens in vancouver. Day 8 we saw and covered a lot of areas.


Day 8 More of the top of the gondola to see the city.




More Day 8 Some bridge pics and a 2 mile hike straight up to see the whole city and ate dinner up top!




And more Day 8 Sightseeing Vancouver and their Famous tall and long bridge/park (i forget the name of the bridge). We took a bus then a boat then a bus to get here. Great public transportation!



Day 7 climbing at Squamish (climbing barefoot a first and not recommended)




Day 6 lots of driving, arriving in Vancouver, and eating

Day 5 Seattle and desolation pass where we camped.




Day 5 Climbing at Mt Erie with the beautiful puget sound in the back!










The 4 th day riding around Portland, it was a little cold at times.