Happy Birthday Tate!

These are some pictures taken at Tate's Birthday party. The photographer was his cousin, Miah, who is also three years old! She just might have found her future career. These are just a couple of the over 80 photos that she took. Thank goodness for digital cameras!

Tate loved his new cowboy hat and gun from Uncle Rob and Aunt Stacy.

This is the photographer. She decided that there needed to be some pictures of her too.

Grandma having fun. I love the view point from someone 3 feet tall.

Birthday boy's daddy

Crazy Uncle Rob

Crazy Uncle Danny

Sweet little Abby. She did not want her picture taken that day. Miah was so excited that she caught her sister on camera.

So hard to get a picture of Danny without a funny face.

Finally Miah took a break from the camera to play.

I like to play too.
Dad lighting the candles. Tate sang Happy Birthday to himself louder than anyone else!

Tate didn't even want to taste the cake his dad made, playing with trucks takes priority.

My Second Attempt at Snowboarding

The day begins on the ski lift. Nice slow ride, beautiful day.

(Danny looks annoyed, but its all an act. He loves looking at pictures!)

Then the first fall of the day... attempting to dismount the ski lift. By using the word "dismount" it sounds more technical than it really is. But I still have not mastered this skill, so apparently to me, it is pretty technical.

So realizing that this is only the second time that I have been snowboarding (having also never learned to ski), this was a pretty successful day. I spent a lot more time on my feet than the trip before where I was sure I bruised my tailbone pretty bad. After looking at photos of Danny and I, I started wondering... Do all beginners keep their arms in the air for balance too, or am I just a dork? I have also observed that this is a sport that is easier to learn as a child. Some of those 4 year olds on skis beat me down the mountain!
This is my very patient snowboarding instructor. Ignore him pointing to his imaginary watch, insinuating that it was taking too long to get down the mountain, or maybe that I was taking too long of a break, because he was very patient. Having never taught anyone to snowboard, I think he did a great job.
I did spend a fair amount of time on my butt too.


I was very impressed that I finally figured out how to zig zag down the mountain. I guess I have only figured out how to zig, not yet how to zag. Getting from your back edge to your front edge is pretty tricky for me, and a little scary too.

Danny got to do a few runs other than the bunny hill that day, so hopefully he had fun too!

Last year Danny told me, "You have to go more than once because you will hate your first try." He was right, I really did hate my first try. This year was much better. It's a lot more fun when you stay on your feet for more than 5 seconds at a time!

Christmas 10K Boise

Saturday December 19th, Brookney and I ran a 10K in Boise. It was a lot warmer than last year and there wasn't any snow! It would have been a pretty good race if there hadn't been a mile and a half long hill in the middle of it!

We were pretty proud of our cute tights! Of course we had cold weather tights under them!

ISU Santa Claws 5K Fun Run

We woke up the morning of December 5th to SNOW! And it continued snowing the whole 3 miles! We look full of energy in this pre-race photo. No after-race photos were taken! This was Hillary's first 5K and she did awesome!

The Meyer's make a family activity out of community races. I don't think I will ever get Danny to think its a good idea!

Christmas Tree Hunting

We cut down our Christmas tree in Knox Canyon again this year. It's a fun day for everyone, including the dogs! Danny tries to look tough, but the baby face fails him every time!

Brody looks confused every time we want him to pose for a picture!

Bogey likes to oversee the operation.

Its always a little tricky getting the tree secured to the top of the tahoe, but Danny always makes it work.

Zeitgeist Half Marathon

November 7th, 2009: Brookney's second Half Marathon

Brookney finished in under 2 hours! It was a perfect day for a run!

She looks pretty happy to be done!

Brookney's supporters: Way to go Brookney! You are awesome!

Halloween Spooktacular 5K

Saturday morning, 9am, Halloween. Some people don't understand why we get up to run in 40 degree weather... because it's FUN! There were some big hills in this one though, and they weren't that much fun.

Trevor, Deb, me, and Camille came out to run, dressed warm, and got passed by a bunch of 7 year olds! The race was to support the Pocatello group Girls on the Run, and man, some of those little girls were fast!

Deb's husband, Justin, was good enough to take pictures and laugh a little when he saw the hills we had to climb!

Halloween/ Birthday Party

Scooby Doo and the Monkey.

Halloween is FUN!

Stacy threw a great Halloween/Abby Birthday party this year. I think Halloween would be an awesome birthday, we'll see what Abby thinks in a few years!

Happy 2nd Birthday Abby!

These pictures are for Miriam. I am probably a little more reliable in the picture department than Rob is!

Popeye and Olive Oyl

Danny and I actually dressed up for Halloween this year. It took some convincing, but once he got the corncob pipe, Danny loved being Popeye! Do you think he will trust me again next year?

Fall Photos

We went for a hike up our favorite trail the other day. Danny didn't know I was going to turn the hike into family photo day! He was a pretty good sport about it though!

Our favorite bridge had fallen down! The sign at the bottom of the trail said they were trying to repair it though.

Brody loves to get out of the backyard!