Thanksgiving this year was spent with Grandpa and Grandma Potts. They flew down from Montana and we had a wonderful, heaven-touched time with them.
Here we are on our patio having Thanksgiving dinner with them. The weather was so nice we had to put up a tarp to shade the sun else it was too hot.
While Grandpa and Grandma were here we had many wonderful conversations and car rides through the desert together. We took this picture of all "three" of our kids while playing in the rocks at Valley of Fire State park on one of those drives.
Caleb and Christy going for a ride on a beautiful fall day in Southern Nevada.
For Halloween this year Hannah and Caleb dressed up as the main characters from the movie Clash of Titans. Hannah went as Queen Andromeda and Caleb as Perseus (with some incredible costume help from their Mom).
This year Lisa's birthday fell on a Friday so we took a couple of days to spend it in one of our favoriate places, Zion National Park. While there we joined a couple of other friends for a beautiful hike and descent through Mystery Canyon. To see pictures from that trip, CLICK HERE. It was a pretty incredible trip.
Lisa on her 48th birthday in the heart of Mystery Canyon.
In September Bob and our friend Mike Brunson headed up to do a couple of canyons in and around Zion. Here's Bob rappelling into Boltergiest, a canyon he's never done before. Click here to see and read more about this trip.
Lisa enjoying a beautiful group hike up Calico Tanks in Red Rock Canyon on a beautiful early October day.
Our good friends Frank and Erin Nason on our Calico Tanks hike.
A desert view along the Calico Tanks hike. After recent rains, there were streams flowing through this canyon that is typically dry. This was a treat for us desert dwellers.
This year for one of our Group Outings, we went camping near Mount Charleston in the Spring Mountains.
Here's Hannah and Caleb enjoying a warm morning fire.
Frank Nason and Dennis Smith enjoying a laugh over dinner on our Charleston camping trip.
Our Group Outing camping crew.
During our 2012 family summer vacation to Montana, we took a few days to explore Yellowstone National Park. This is one of the many spectacular sights in Yellowstone, the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River.
An early morning view of the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River as it makes it's way through the painted landscape of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.
Where the Yellowstone River turns white as it rumbles through the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.
Our family happy to be back in a National Park. The Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River is in the background.
Hannah and Caleb at Old Faithful geyser.
Buddies by the Firehole River.
The Firehole River near where Bob and his friends used to jump off the cliffs into the thermally warmed water when he was a teenager.
Lisa and Christy lounging by Hylite Lake in the beautiful mountains of Montana.
Bob's Dad, Herb Potts, glad to be out with the family at Hylite Lake, Montana.
Bob's Dad and Mom, Herb and Evie Potts, with Hannah and Caleb enjoying a family picnic on our 2012 summer visit to Montana.
Bob and his brother Dave helped their Dad take down some old Cottonwood trees while we were at there on summer vacation. Lisa wsa excited she got to operate Dave's backhoe (with a little help from Dave).
This summer Hannah spent an extra week on her own with Grandpa and Grandma Potts in Montana. Grandpa and Hannah sure got to be buddies during that special time.
Bob took this picture of Henry's Fork near Island Park, Idaho as he and Christy (our dog) made their way to Bozeman, Montana to pick up Hannah.