We've been wanting to get some family pictures for some time now especially with our little man. The fall leaves were so beautiful that we decided to head up to Mueller Park Canyon in Bountiful to take them.
Danielle, Colton's sister, was gracious enough to come and help us. We drove up the canyon and found a few good spots. This is how they turned out:
The Mather family has a family tradition each year over General Conference weekend of traveling to the cabin and spending the weekend with family. We love it and it gives us time to have lots of fun with those whom we love so much. Friday afternoon we headed to the lake to do some fishing and the Coffman’s (Mandy’s sisters family) had already caught a lot of fish. We didn’t stay long but Colton caught a few and gave them to some other fisherman. It’s absolutely beautiful up there!
On the way back there were a ton of sheep that were out on the road. Someone told us that they may be wild sheep but either way it was really crazy!
We usually listen to conference on the radio since we do not get TV reception, however this weekend the AM receiver wasn’t working too well so we rolled down the car windows and listened to it blasting from the car. It wasn’t too bad. Saturday and Sunday flew by so fast.
The horses up at the cabin are always a huge hit. They swarm you at the sight of apples. It can sometimes be a bit scary. Colton had some eat off of his head.
The zipline was hands down probably the most fun for everyone. The kids are so cute going down it. Little Desmond isn’t big enough but he still had a good time!
Overall it was a very successful weekend and some great memories were formed. It was a really nice time to get away and enjoy nature while spending time with the best company in the world: family!
P.S. we wanted to mention that we hurried home from the cabin Sunday to have a Sunday/ Birthday dinner with David and we want to make sure he knows how much we love him and appreciate him.
So while the family was all in town we arranged a family photo together of the Mather family. Our good friend Jeff Hodges traveled down from Syracuse to take the photo for all of us. They turned out great, except for the fact that it was very hard to capture a photo with everybody smiling at the same time. Colton performed another one of his Photoshop miracles as he spent hours swapping heads in order to get the perfect family photo. Good times!
Before (Above) After (Below) I know it doesn’t look like it but there are 10 heads that have been swapped as well as a mysterious arm.
Thursday evening Colton and his sister Ashleigh headed out to take Bridal photos for his sister that will be getting married on August 6th. The photos turned out amazing. Breathtaking. Such a beautiful couple and we can’t wait for the big day. Danielle and Bryan loved having 2 photographers there. Spoiled!!!! Here are a few from the shoot:
So Colton’s amazing sister Ashleigh and her family flew out from CA to be here for not only the baby blessing but also for Danielle and Bryan’s wedding. While she was here we took advantage of her mad skills and Colton and his sister did a newborn photo-shoot of Desmond. Desmond was an angel and we got some really cute pics of him. Enjoy!
This resulted in Colton’s fabulous design of Desmond’s baby announcement:
It was printed on a cool linen texture paper with the ornate 5 x 7 cut. The baby blessing announcement (help designed by uncle Luke) also had Desmond’s footprint on it. And yes, we stamped his foot individually on each one! It was Desmond’s personal touch. Love you Des!
