Halloween 2015

This year for family night we joined my entire family (minus Kyson) and went to "Sleepy Hallow" put on by Western Legacy Farm & Ranch. Basically they turn their cute little family ranch into a great halloween night out for family and friends. Complete with a pumpkin patch, zip line, corn maze, barrel train, food & beverages & even the headless horseman! It's really the perfect little attraction for the locals and even drew attention to people in Washington and St.George. We had a blast and it definitely quenched my "fall activity" cravings all in one night!

Terrible quality picture, yet the best dang family!! 

Berkley taught Uncle EE her way of smiling!

What a mean daddy, making her go down the zip-line with him! haha

Even though you can't really see him, that's the headless horseman behind us... ooooooh!! 

You're never too old for the corn maze!! Ya know, that's one thing I just love about this man. He has such a playful side and is always up for random fun. Let's not forget the many faces he pulls for pictures.

 The week before, Ethan informed me he had a surprise for Halloween night. He wouldn't tell me no matter how hard I begged! I have a love/hate relationship with surprises! Turns out he had booked us tickets for Thriller!! We met up with our friends Ashtin & Dillon along with their two friends, and Shayli & Tyson, at a new Italian ice place we'd never tried. So yummy and such good company. I love when Ethan takes date night into his own hands! It was so much fun and I loved experiencing his first time at Thriller with him! At our age, Halloween can be quite honestly...boring. With no kids and being too old to trick or treat, unless someone is throwing a part (ehmm Lacy) it's just any other night for us. So celebrating it at Tuachan was definitely a game changer! Possibly a new tradition for the Janson fam!

Save a Sister II YEAR 3

Third year running this race with Shannon and I'm only more impressed with her strength. For as long as I've known her she's never let "her condition" limit her. She beat cancer and she never stops pushing herself. No matter where we are or what we're doing, if she hasn't gotten in her steps for the day (her goal is 10,000 per day) she'll take off walking. For example, driving back from Idaho a few months ago she hadn't met her daily goal so when we stopped at a gas station, off she went walking the parking lot a few times. No excuses! We had been training for this race since last October. Every (well almost) Monday morning at 6:30 am we'd run our 3 miles behind Sullivan park on the virgin river trails. However, in August I started my new job and was no longer able to run with her. Loosing my running partner would mean loosing my routine and drive to go early every Monday. That didn't stop Momma Janson. She kept with it and it clearly showed in the race Saturday. Honestly Steve and I struggled to keep up with her. She improved her time and placed 2nd in her age group. In fact, our whole crew placed and received trophies. No big deal. ;) Next year will be her 5 year mark! She's already committed the whole family to come run it with her. Can't wait to run with the whole Janson clan! 

 

 

The last of the leaves!

Oh fall, how I love you! I have been craving the mountains lately. Literally craving them. Believe it or not but I have been getting slight anxiety thinking I might miss them. Friday Shay and I usually both have work off so we decided we better start making the most of them together. Yesterday, we dressed warm, packed up the car, and took off to Kolob to find the leaves. I say "find" because we seriously had to go search for the last few bunches of yellow leaves left on the trees. We did a little hiking, a little trespassing, and eventually found what we were looking for. A beautiful field of yellow! Since I had my camera Shay and I decided to take a few pictures of each other just for the heck of it. Mostly because we both hate getting our pictures taken but we are the only ones who can say "Eh, no make a different face!" haha without offending each other because duh, we are twins.

 

Beautiful fall weather, brilliant yellow leaves, and the best of company! Already looking forward to our next friday funday adventure with this lady!

 

 

Yankee Doodle Canyon

 Thursday night some of Ethan's mission companions were in town and asked us to meet up for frozen custard. You know, just to catch up on life. An hour later we found ourselves a few miles outside Leeds starting our first repel into Yankee Doodle Canyon. Now that is what I love about hanging with these friends. You never know what the night is going to turn into. One of the ring leaders Case Hoffman and his wife Madison are your total outdoorsy couple. We had such a fun time, cold, wet, and all! During the hike we did about 5 different repels and for those that know me will be proud to hear I killed it. Never chickened out and actually really enjoyed the repels. :) Most of the canyon was filled with water which we managed to stem across. However, some areas the canyon walls opened up and since there was no turning around we eventually all gave in and swam through the icy/muddy water. We had some times where the men stepped up and carried the bags and equipment through the water. At times they even carried the women...hahah  Even when the water went over their heads, they made it work. At the end of the canyon Hoffman lead us up the side of the mountain which we basically had to scramble our way to the top. I will never forget that feeling of reaching the top soaked and cold, yet so pumped! What an amazing feeling. Freezing starving and wet we made our way back into town around 1am and rewarded ourselves with an animal style burger & fries. I wish I would have counted how many times during that hike, after the hike, and the next day that we all said how amazing that was and how much fun we had. We were an awesome team! And to think it all started with some frozen custard. I can't wait until our next adventure with these awesome people!!

 

 Taheir (not spelled right I'm sure) is from Russia and served his mission with Ethan. He was a champ and enjoyed his first time repelling and hiking a slot canyon.  

 

 Madison Hoffman. One of the coolest girls! Her & I did our best to keep up with the guys and girl, I think we did it!