2008 Highlights & Random Facts

2008 Highlights & Random Facts
(In No Particular Order)

• Jackson learned how to walk and talk...and he has never stopped either of them!
• Josie completed her 1st dance class, recital and all.
• Spring trip to Moab, Arches, Canyonlands w/ Laurie & Andy Bailey.
• A quick trip to Portland Oregon for a friend's wedding, some sight seeing (Multnomah Falls, Portland Temple), and some gracious relatives (thanks Alan and Jill!).
• Witnessing the Cougars blow out the UCLA Bruins.
• Steve's promotion to Planning Director.
• Jackson's amazingly curly hair!
• The Ward Choir (and Kristin's Oboe) performing Candi's amazing arrangement of a Christmas song.
• Steve hiked Mt. Timpanogos for the 1st time!
• The whole family went through Timpanogos Cave.
• Steve's work conference trip to Denver.
• Countless fun with Grandma & Grandpa, Ben and Josh, Liesel, and all of the relatives that live close by.
  
• We bought a 2nd car...twice (the 1st one was a dud).
• The snow igloo we made a week ago - big enough for two adults to sit inside.
• Watching Josie master the balance games on the Wii.
• Steve was blind and now he sees! LASIK is a miracle!
• 1st Camping trip with the kids was a success!
• Dinosaur museums (Thanksgiving Point & Ogden)
• Ward Clerk and Primary Presidency callings.
  
• 4th of July in Huntsville.
• Candi writing music - always coming up with music and lyrics throughout the day.
  
• After a drought of 10 or 15 games, Steve finally beat his dad at Ticket to Ride.
• Krohn Family Reunion in Midway - everyone was there! Quite a feat.
  
• BodyWorlds in Salt Lake - the human body is amazing beyond words.
• Josie getting so excited on the various carnival rides.
• Parades, parades, parades. Never seen so many horses.
• Hayrides, huge slides, petting zoos, and fun in a huge corn playpen.
• The jailbird, jack the pumpkin king, and cannibal jack-o-lanterns.
• Josie's ladybug halloween costume - bright red hair and all.
• The Living Planet Aquarium - sharks, jellyfish, manta rays, starfish, octopus, etc.
• Playing at the park how many times? Endless.
• Reading books with the kids.
• Steve's new hairdo...the "no hair"do.
• Josie's bedtime stories - she tells us stories for her bedtime!
  

We had a fun year. I'm sure much more happened that we failed to mention, of course. Mostly we're thankful for our health, our wonderful kids, a good job, a place to live, the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and family and friends - without whom we wouldn't have had such a great year. We love you all! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!

The Living Planet

This is the Living Planet Aquarium in Sandy. We recently bought a membership, which will pay for itself after the 2nd or 3rd visit. It's kind of small, but there are sharks, manta rays, an octopus, sea horses, jellies, a ton of starfish, and even native utah species (a bunch of kinds of trout). Oh yeah, and frogs, of course!

The Manta Ray "petting pond" is too deep for the kids. They'd be up to their necks if they tried to touch them.

Here's the Octopus and a starfish. Unfortunately, the Octopus is always stuck to the glass, so we never get to see him in his full glory.

The Jellies are definitely a favorite of ours. Apparently they are more like plants than animals...they don't have a brain or eyes, so they can't think or see anything. They just float around. What a life.

Josie and cousins Ben and Josh searching for frogs.

What's Fall without a pile of leaves?

The Real Mumfords...coming out on Halloween

Ok, so Halloween was fun again, of course, because Candi got to experiment with makeup and dress everyone up! We decided Josie looks cute with bright red hair and makes a great ladybug. Unfortunately, we didn't get any pictures of Jackson (he wore his batman pajamas and a batman cape). We went to a friend's halloween party earlier that week and had a blast just being us again...well, what "us" would have been in the 70's!






Looks natural, doesn't it?


The pants are definitely a keeper...they came from Steve's dad's closet!


Candi's true diva self coming out on Halloween


We even met Obama at the party...I think he'd been working a
little too hard on his campaign - you can see it in his face.

HALLOWEEN '08

We had our annual Mumford / Krohn pumpkin carving festival, which included Josie carving one, of course! This year we decided to go a little wild on our designs, as you can see...


Candi and her Cannibal Jack-O-Lantern


Josie and her masterpiece!


Candi's sister Laurie, brother-in-law Andy, & Jack the Pumpkin King


Steve performing a very delicate surgery





Our ultimate pumpkin-carving achievement - the pumpkin prisoner!


The whole gang...they're a fiesty bunch.

Fun at the Pumpkin Patch

Steve and the kids on a hayride

She's a brave little girl...seeing as the duck took a bite at her during this shot

Do cows do anything???

Josie buried in corn...she loved it!

Jackson was more than happy to throw corn on Josie

Life of a Toddler

Ah, the life of a toddler...always wearing myself out

Fun with the Cousins at the Eccles Dinosaur Park in Ogden

Fun with Slides...is there anything better when you're a kid?

Thanks for taking us Grandma and Grandpa!

It's a little dark...but that's what the T-Rex prefers.

BYU stomps on UCLA 59-0

BYU vs UCLA

Can you see the score on the scoreboard?

First Family Camping Trip

Our first real camping trip as a family (with the kids)! The ward campout - up above Heber somewhere.

Josie's First Dance Class

We've been so excited to enroll Josie in a dance class, and yesterday was her first day! She's naturally rhythmic, so we thought this would be a great place to start.

Josie & Jackson

Belated 4th of July

Ok, so we never posted these photos from the 4th of July...so here they are! We went to the annual Huntsville Mumford family 4th of July party.

Parade watching - Josie & cousin Ben, and Jackson & cousin Josh

The kids playing with their loot from the fair/carnival

It was a beautiful day...and so much fun that Jackson didn't want to stop playing even for a second!