RIP Ryker Rose

Kurt and I both shed tears today. About 2 weeks ago, we took Ryker into the Vet because she has been falling and her leg has been slipping out from under her. He gave us some RX and told us we should see a marked improvement within 3 days. We didn't see an improvement.

She has continued to get worse. In the past few days her leg/hip has been slipping more and more and she had even started to drag her leg sometimes. It was getting very difficult for her to go to the bathroom. Every time her leg would slip to the side you could see she was in pain. After much thought and prayer we decided the humane thing to do would be to let her go.

Last night I laid by her bed and cried and talked to her. I wanted to make sure she knew how much I loved her. She has been a great dog...a great friend. She has been there for me through good times and bad. I will miss my friend.

I scanned in some pictures from my scrapbook and then we took some today before we took her to the Vet.

Rest in Peace Ryker Rose

We love you! You will be missed!

Hislop in the Hall

My Dad was inducted into the "Utah Sports Hall of Fame" on November 18th. It is quite a prestigious honor. The dinner was held at the Energy Solutions Arena. It was fun to see lot's of my Dad's old athletes there to support him as well as family. My sister Elynn even flew in for the event!

This was his bio in the program:
Chick graduated from Ben Lomond High School (1955) and earned degrees from Weber State and Utah State. He coached Ben Lomond High to two state wrestling titles. As Weber State track and cross country coach from 1968-2006, he had 52 NCAA All-Americans. He was the 1991 NCAA "Cross Country Coach of the Year." Chick was the 1996 U.S. Olympic Games Distance Coach, the first Utah native selected as coach for any Olympic sport.

THAT'S MY DAD!

Fabulous Fall

My two favorite seasons are Spring & Fall. I love the cool crisp air, I love to see the trees change colors, I love listening to General Conference, I love Thanksgiving and taking some time to express my gratitude and spend time with family, I love hot cider and pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, I love the extra hour of sleep you get (although its not quite the same when you have a baby :)) For these reasons and more... I think fall is fabulous! (Spring edition will be out in April.)

Trick or Treat

Halloween is more fun when you have a child...even if he can't trick or treat yet! We had a great time dressing him up and showing him off! We went to a ward Halloween party...Kurt and I didn't have any costumes, but the day of the party a friend gave me a coupon for 20% off at Shopko so I decided to stop by and look. Costumes where 60% off so I figured if I could get costumes for 80% off it was worth it! So Kurt and I went as mustard and ketchup bottles. At the party someone suggested I be mayo and AJ could be fry sauce! I loved that idea... maybe next year, this year, AJ looked darling as our little Tigger!

Halloween we spent at my parent's home. We teased Mom that she may not have enough candy so she added some Fiber One and granola bars to the bowl...we teased her even more about that! AJ would get dressed and undressed in his costume as his cousins came to visit. We all had a great time!