Fall Family Outing (September 28, 2008)

We took a gorgeous Fall family outing on Sunday, September 28, 2008 up to South Fork in Provo Canyon. The foilage was absolutely gorgeous. We had a carefree afternoon exploring, napping, frisbee playing, baachi ball playing, and flag footballing.

The foilage was breathtaking.

The whole family (plus Ben) was there. Ben took this picture (Front: Maddy, Cam, Seth; Back: Emily, Amanda, Jeff, Tammy, Jordan, and Cam). He took several pictures and this was the only one without a major practical joke going on.

This is Emily and her Ben. They have been dating for a couple of months and are really good friends. He is fun to have around.

We celebrated Maddy's birthday on this outing, even though her birthday is really October 3. She enjoyed her presents and exploring everywhere.

Tammy is so beautiful ... and she even matches the foilage. We love bridges too! ...

...because we always kiss on them.

Crazy Horse Half-Marathon (October 4, 2008)

October 3-5, 2008, the Mulford-Hill clan traveled to Hill City, S.D., to run in the Crazy Horse Half Marathon. Jeff, Tammy, Jordan, Hannah, Emily, Amanda and Ryan journeyed from Orem, UT. We met Abby and James Boone (and Andrew) who came from Omaha, NE and Sarah Allred who came from Philadelphia, PA. Altogether we had two parents, seven children, one son-in-law, and one grandchild who made the 13.1 race.

This photo was taken 20 minutes before race time (6:40 am) in the Crazy Horse visitors center. Everyone was really excited!

Here are the girls: Abby, Amanda, Emily, Tammy, Sarah, and Hannah.

Here are the guys: Ryan, James, Jordan, and Jeff.

Emily and Sarah with Crazy Horse in the background.

Abby, James, and Andrew nearing the finish line. James was amazing pushing the stroller through gravel for at least 10 miles!

Jordan was the first to finish although he was not the fastest. Ryan was in first place until 100 yards from the finish he took a left with the marathoners and didn't notice for about 1.5 miles. He ended up running 16 miles. Jordan finished in about 1:50, a great time.

This was Hannah's first race. She trained diligently and improved from being able to run about .5 miles to the half marathon in just a little more than three months. Here she is finishing with Sarah giving moral support.

Here we are on the bus after the half-marathon, sporting our new medals. We devoured three family-sized pizzas afterwards.

Jordan strikes a contemplative pose during our visit to Mt. Rushmore.

Hannah Mission Call (Czech Republic) Goes to Temple (Mt. Timpanogos)

Hannah received her mission call to the Czech Republic on September 4, 2008. She will be entering the MTC on December 3. She was exultant!

She went through the Mt. TimpanogosTemple on September 13, 2008. Tammy was her escort and Jenny came all the way from Michigan to share this special day with us.

Family Campout to Mt. Timapnogos

In late August Dad, Mom, Emily, Amanda, Ryan, Seth, Cam, and Maddy took an adventurous camping trip to the base of Mt. Timpanogos. We camped in a wonderful site by a stream in our folding trailer. We hiked several miles toward Mt. Timpanogos. It was a wonderful trip. We want to do more camping in the future.