Disco Inferno

I'm trying to be good and catch up on what's going on in our lives. Can ya tell from the enormous amounts of posts today? Anyway, last Friday we were invited to a suprise birthday party for one of our friends, Tony. We had a blast! It's always fun to see that group of friends. I thought it would be great to put my hair in a fro, so thanks to one of the girls at work, we made it happen.

Yes, that is my real hair!

Us with Katrina and Tony

The guys

Katrina and me

Leaves Are The Prettiest When They Die

I LOVE this time of year! Maybe, it's because we got engaged in October and it brings a reminder of butterflies and new beginnings. Or, maybe it's because I love to decorate my house with pumpkins, Indian Corn, and spider webs. OR, maybe it's because we love to dress up in costumes and see others do the same. Obviously, it's a combo of all of them. I hope everyone feels the same sense of high that I do this time of year!

Moab = Love

*I stole this from Brad and Tricia's blog and made it applicable to ours. Thanks Trish! You're the best at writing!*

A few short weeks ago, Team High Anxiety left for Moab to embark on our first of many jeeping experiences. As you may have guessed, our team name came from the way we feel when we are four-wheeling. Moab has many easy trails to offer, but it also has some very difficult obstacles that require a lot of nerve. The jeep, nick-named Sweet Master (DON'T ask Lacey for an explanation), did great. The team, The Stabilizer (Brad), Heart Attack (Tricia), C.R. or Comic Relief (Gregg), and Stress Test (Lacey), did our best to keep our cool. We had such a great time. We packed in a night river trip, a few hikes, a few jeep trails, and a few obstacles into a few short days. Our greatest challenge was Porcupine Rim Trail. Tricia picked it out of a huge book of trails. This is the trail that Team High Anxiety earned their team name. It was a very narrow trail that dropped a few hundred feet off of the outside ledge. As you can guess, the jeep hugged the mountain side, but the trail was so narrow at times that you couldn't help but feel your heart racing. We finally found a part that we could turn around after about an hour. I don't think we'll try that one again! Team High Anxiety will move on to trails without cliffs, thank you very much. As always, I wish we could have stayed longer. Until next time...and next time we'll pack our Xanax!

They actually got me to drive on the trail called Fins and Things. It turned out to be super fun and it was hard to wipe the smile off my face.

Kenny's Climb
I took this picture while sitting in the Jeep next to the cliff on Porcupine Rim. We were only a few short feet from the edge most of the time.
This gives a good idea of how narrow it was.

I love the look of panic on Brad's face. Well, now I love it...at the time I was scared to death because he was SUPPOSE to be the Stabilizer of the team. I guess tipping towards the edge of a cliff into a canyon will do that to people. Notice no one else is in the Jeep with him.

Balanced Rock

Delicate Arch

These shoes were made for hiking and that's just what they'll do...



Driving through Fallen Rock

Moab is SUPER exciting!

Dead Horse Point. It was so beautiful, but eerie how it got it's name.

Team High Anxiety

City of Rock On

My family has been talking about taking Gregg to City of Rocks since he joined the family 6yrs ago. (October marks the month we got engaged.) We FINALLY made it there. With the help of my mother and Gregg I made it to the top of one of the huge boulders. Don't worry that my four year old neice flew up it ahead of me. I have a fear of tumbling to my death so sue me!

*click on image to see it bigger*

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Please scroll down to my Idaho State Fair post! It took three weeks to finish it, so it is below all the the photography posts and because it was a such a pain to finally post, I want everyone to read it! Okay, you don't have to if you don't want to....but, you are soooo missing out.

Jackson Five plus One

This is my oldest brother Curtis' family. The boys did such a great job especially Bridger who HATES pictures.

"J" Clan

This is my brother Kent's family. Thank goodness we took the photos when we did because the next day we awoke to a ton of snow. It's so nice to be able to tell your older brother what to do and he has to follow!

The Taylor Three

Gregg and I had the opportunity to take Jocelyn's first year photos a couple months ago. We are loving the whole photography thing and once again my disclaimer is that I'm NOT a professional. To boot I made a little (Alexander Prints) logo just to make it look more like the real deal. Well, that and I'm a dork. I love doing little things like that on the computer.
Jocelyn is our niece and she absolutely adores Gregg. She'll throw a fit until he picks her up and heaven forbid someone take her from his arms. Enjoy this cute family!