October Part Two

 Jake and I got back from Colorado, were home for a few days, and then headed to St George for fall break and for the state bike race.  We spent the first couple of days of the break in Lake Powell.  I've never been that late in the year, but it was really great.  So few people there that even the main channel was pretty smooth.  We talked the Mackays into coming with us, and we had a lot of fun.  The weather the first day wasn't ideal.  Cloudy and a little on the cold side for boating.  But the second day was perfect.  Beautiful sunshine and warm water.  We were sad when we had to leave.  It's always good to leave wanting more!

In St George we just hung out, did the normal things...biking, Jeeping, even a pedicure this time.  Sage had her last race of the year at Three Peaks in Cedar.  This year's race was a little different.  Every team in Utah races and so they split the race up over two days.  Well, there was a freak cold front and storm Thursday night so everyone woke up to a couple of inches of snow on the ground.  It was freezing.  And sad.  They ended up canceling all the races for Friday.  Which is the worst way ever to end a season.  Luckily Sage was able to race, but she only did one lap instead of two.  Makes a big difference.  Oh well.  She did a great job and had a great season.  It wasn't the season she was hoping for, but we're proud of her for how hard she worked and for sticking with it.  

Stopped and had lunch with some skeletons on the way

Had an RS activity on making caramel apples.  We're definitely not professionals...

I told Jake he should be a lumberJake for halloween.  He didn't appreciate the idea.

Some day I should collect all the pics we have of Jake driving the boat

You can't tell, but all of the adults are on the tube.  We let Kate drive.  She did great, but it was a little terrifying.  There's a reason we didn't let Sage drive...

We visited Kate at work at Swig.  She loved having us there.

Hard to tell, but this climb is brutal.  Sage killed it.

My family finds great joy in this picture.  This is the first time I've done any kind of dressing up in years.  And of course I was a dog.  But I tried to be a good sport and go along with it.

State race was on my birthday this year, so we went for a birthday ride after.