Family Fun

Last weekend the family was able to go down to mesquite to see Kim run her race. We left on Friday and arrived late that night. When we walked into the hotel room there was a bright light shinning in, I thought it was a bit odd, but decided not to ask any questions.
The next morning we stood at the finish line of the half marathon and waited for Kim to come. The wait was short and when she came around the bend we all cheered her on to the end. When she finished, she didn't appear tired at all. I was happy to see that she had enjoyed the race.
In the tent where the finish was they had blow up bounce houses and things. Tanner and I took Tymon to go play in them and he absolutely loved it!
We drove down to Vegas for the day to shop and enjoy family time. It was a very fun trip and wonderful being able to spend the weekend with the fam! :)

Halloween

Every year for Halloween we carve pumkins! We carve the Sunday before Halloween. This, personally is one of the funnest things of Halloween to me. This is my favorite holiday so of course I want to do all possible to make it a good day! This year it couldn't have been better...

Here are just a few of the after pics of carving.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

It's that time again to welcome another year and say goodbye to 2010. It has been an amazing year for the Cheney family! December has been jam packed for us with trips, concerts, Christmas, and lots of fun family time.
*This year for the four youngest kids Christmas present we got a cruise to the Bahamas! We had all been waiting for this since we had found out and we can't believe it went by that fast!
*It also happened that Kurt Bestor was on the 18th when we thought it was on the
12th luckily the four youngest got a chance to go a couple days early, and it was an amazing concert.
*We also had a chance to attend the Utah Symphony polar express performance. That was amazing; Ty and Belle loved it!
To finish the year off tonight we are going to Little America as a whole family to spend a night, have a gift exchange, and gateway shopping for the girls.
We have done a lot this year and it has been a wonderful one! We are all very excited for 2011!

Happy Thanksgiving!

This year Thanksgiving was wonderful as usual. We all had a blast with the cousins and it was a great time to reflect on all we have been given and truley be greatful for these things. Uncle Jeff gave a wonderful presentation on giving thanks and gratitude and i would like to share a quote we recieved.
"The more often we see the things arounds us - the more invisible they become to us. Learn how to live in a spirit of Thanksgiving daily by noticing the wonders and beauties of this world."
This really stuck out to me, to think about all we have been given and maybe don't realize daily.
Jeff asked us if we would like to, to make a gratitude journal and write in it every night; even just one thing we are greatful for. I am going to do this and i hope it will help me realize the bountiness in which I have been blessed with. I think this would be a great thing for all of us to do, if you would like i would encourage you to do this to.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naqX9iYE0V0
This is a video containing a wonderful story; I hope you will watch and be inspired as i have.
Happy Thanksgiving!

Truley Impossible to some . . .

Have you ever tried jumping without bending you knees? Well today, this was the task for the cheney girls. Over the period of about thirty minutes, we spent attemting to jump, without bending our knees; and from a first hand experience, it is not an easy task. In fact almost impossible to some. With much effort we managed a few inches in the air, surprisingly.
So if you are ever bored and need something to do; try the impossible, and make it possible.

When the cat's away, the mice will play!

Ya, play, clean up. While our parents have been on their trip we have been cleaning, and from a first hand experience i can tell you, it's a never ending job; and i thought that was a joke! But i am so happy to almost be done, Kim is pro at it and tanner and I are close but not quite there. Having a smaller room and a lot of stuff to fit in it just doesn't work out! Anyways here's what has been happening around here latley...

• Whitney is currently on a week long road trip driving down to cali and back with some of her friends from Brighton.
• Mom and Dad are on their cruise!
• Kim is moving into her new apartment for this year at Wesminster.
• Tanner is cleaning and looking forward to his big 1 6 b-day.
• I am cleaning and wondering where this summer went!!

Reclaimed!

You have probably noticed no new posts for a year and a half now, well that's about to change. The Cheney blog had been reclaimed by Courtney Cheney. So expect new updates and all that jazz!