30 Oct 2007
Posted by: kris
I've started a personal blog - KanyonKris. It's mostly about cycling (road and mountain biking), but I throw in other items as well.
30 Oct 2007
Posted by: kris
A few months ago I put together a website for Dad's new business. It was fun to work on the design and graphics. I'm pleased with the clean and simple layout. Check it out:
19 Jul 2007
Posted by: kris
Wow, 2007 is already more than half over. Here are some happenings since Christmas:
Family Reunion - We had a very nice get-together of my Mom's brothers and sisters. Larry and Beth were up from California as were several of their children - it was wonderful to see and talk with them after so many years. Lots of Pollards, Dimonds and Stouts were also there. Don brought his Packard hotrod down - it looks great - he put a lot of work into it, and it shows. We had a nice picnic and just enjoyed reminiscing and catching up.
Cycling - Kris has been riding both his road and mountain bike quite a bit, but has only raced 4 times. Jolene has only missed one race so far with only two races left. She is currently in 3rd overall. The team scrapbook has more info. We went on a nice ride near Panguitch and rode the Thunder Mountain, Cassidy and Losee Canyon trails. We also took a nice spin on the Mid Mountain trail near Park City with my brother.
Rachel - Crashed on the electric scooter and broke her jaw. She had 8 stitches to sew up the cut and had her jaw wired shut for 2 weeks, then just "wired" (rubber banded, actually) at night. Her jaw has healed well.
Jamie - Turned 16 and has her Driver's License. She begs to drive all the time. She's out most every night with her friends.
Kara - Just having fun playing with her friends.
Kade - Has some new friends in the family that moved in across the street. He just goes and goes all day.
Family Reunion - We had a very nice get-together of my Mom's brothers and sisters. Larry and Beth were up from California as were several of their children - it was wonderful to see and talk with them after so many years. Lots of Pollards, Dimonds and Stouts were also there. Don brought his Packard hotrod down - it looks great - he put a lot of work into it, and it shows. We had a nice picnic and just enjoyed reminiscing and catching up.
Cycling - Kris has been riding both his road and mountain bike quite a bit, but has only raced 4 times. Jolene has only missed one race so far with only two races left. She is currently in 3rd overall. The team scrapbook has more info. We went on a nice ride near Panguitch and rode the Thunder Mountain, Cassidy and Losee Canyon trails. We also took a nice spin on the Mid Mountain trail near Park City with my brother.
Rachel - Crashed on the electric scooter and broke her jaw. She had 8 stitches to sew up the cut and had her jaw wired shut for 2 weeks, then just "wired" (rubber banded, actually) at night. Her jaw has healed well.
Jamie - Turned 16 and has her Driver's License. She begs to drive all the time. She's out most every night with her friends.
Kara - Just having fun playing with her friends.
Kade - Has some new friends in the family that moved in across the street. He just goes and goes all day.
23 Dec 2006
Posted by: kris
As a special treat, enjoy this unbelievably bad rendition of O Holy Night performed by a fellow auditioning for a singing group.
18 Dec 2006
Posted by: kris
We included our website address with our Christmas card this year so here's our message to our family and friends:
We hope you had as much fun solving our Christmas card picture puzzle as we had making it. We love to do the LIFE magazine picture puzzle found each Friday in our local newspaper and had the idea months ago to do a puzzle for our Christmas card. We went to Disneyland for spring break so it seemed fitting to use a photo from this trip for the puzzle.
Speaking of Disneyland, we all enjoyed our trip to southern California. We spent 2.5 days at Disneyland and half a day at the beach. This was our second trip to Disneyland (the first time we only had Jamie and Rachel) and the first time our children have seen the ocean. The first day at Disneyland was not too crowded and we rode a lot of the best rides. The next two days were more crowded, but having we still had a lot of fun. We ran into two of our neighbors there, which was a surprise. We'll have some pictures up soon.
This summer we spent two days rock climbing and hiking in Maple Canyon.
Kris went to work for Linux Networx in March 2005 after eight years with Larson Davis. Kris enjoyed working at Linux Networx, but the new investors stipulated that the company downsize and Kris was laid-off. Fortunately he was able to land a job with Microbial-Vac Systems, a small start-up company, within three weeks. He enjoys the new job and is optimistic about the propsects.
Cycling has been big for Kris this year. He started road biking just two years ago and rides at lunch 2-3 times a week and takes longer rides some Saturdays. He has done five centuries (100 miles) and even helped with the website for the Cycle Salt Lake Century.
Jolene (and often Kris) has been mountain bike racing this year. Kris and Jolene have been mountain biking almost as long as they've been married and this year they decided tried something new - racing. They joined the UtahMountainBiking.com Race Team and raced at venues mostly in Utah but a few in Idaho, Wyoming and Nevada. It's both grueling and invigorating to push yourself so hard. Kris did pretty good in the Beginner Men 40+ category, but Jolene did great in the Women 35+ class with some 1st place finishes and placing 2nd overall for the season. Our team was in 3rd place for the beginning of the season but we ended up in 1st place! See the team scrapbook for photos and race recaps. Of course Jolene keeps busy with the children - especially Kade.
Jamie is a freshman at Timpanogos High School where she played on the volleyball team as setter and sings in choir. She enjoys school and doing things with her friends. She was happy to FINALLY get her braces off!
Rachel attends Canyon View Junior High and loves computer games and reading. With Jamie's braces coming off that can only mean one thing: Rachel is next.
Kara attends Windsor Elementary and likes playing with her friends and learning to play the piano.
Kade is the high-energy, perpetual motion boy. He keeps busy all day long. Even with three older sisters there's no doubt he's all boy.
Overall it's been a good year for us. We hope it's been good for you too.
We hope you had as much fun solving our Christmas card picture puzzle as we had making it. We love to do the LIFE magazine picture puzzle found each Friday in our local newspaper and had the idea months ago to do a puzzle for our Christmas card. We went to Disneyland for spring break so it seemed fitting to use a photo from this trip for the puzzle.
Speaking of Disneyland, we all enjoyed our trip to southern California. We spent 2.5 days at Disneyland and half a day at the beach. This was our second trip to Disneyland (the first time we only had Jamie and Rachel) and the first time our children have seen the ocean. The first day at Disneyland was not too crowded and we rode a lot of the best rides. The next two days were more crowded, but having we still had a lot of fun. We ran into two of our neighbors there, which was a surprise. We'll have some pictures up soon.
This summer we spent two days rock climbing and hiking in Maple Canyon.
Kris went to work for Linux Networx in March 2005 after eight years with Larson Davis. Kris enjoyed working at Linux Networx, but the new investors stipulated that the company downsize and Kris was laid-off. Fortunately he was able to land a job with Microbial-Vac Systems, a small start-up company, within three weeks. He enjoys the new job and is optimistic about the propsects.
Cycling has been big for Kris this year. He started road biking just two years ago and rides at lunch 2-3 times a week and takes longer rides some Saturdays. He has done five centuries (100 miles) and even helped with the website for the Cycle Salt Lake Century.
Jolene (and often Kris) has been mountain bike racing this year. Kris and Jolene have been mountain biking almost as long as they've been married and this year they decided tried something new - racing. They joined the UtahMountainBiking.com Race Team and raced at venues mostly in Utah but a few in Idaho, Wyoming and Nevada. It's both grueling and invigorating to push yourself so hard. Kris did pretty good in the Beginner Men 40+ category, but Jolene did great in the Women 35+ class with some 1st place finishes and placing 2nd overall for the season. Our team was in 3rd place for the beginning of the season but we ended up in 1st place! See the team scrapbook for photos and race recaps. Of course Jolene keeps busy with the children - especially Kade.
Jamie is a freshman at Timpanogos High School where she played on the volleyball team as setter and sings in choir. She enjoys school and doing things with her friends. She was happy to FINALLY get her braces off!
Rachel attends Canyon View Junior High and loves computer games and reading. With Jamie's braces coming off that can only mean one thing: Rachel is next.
Kara attends Windsor Elementary and likes playing with her friends and learning to play the piano.
Kade is the high-energy, perpetual motion boy. He keeps busy all day long. Even with three older sisters there's no doubt he's all boy.
Overall it's been a good year for us. We hope it's been good for you too.
18 Dec 2006
Posted by: kris
For several months I knew I wanted to do a picture puzzle for our Christmas card this year. We found a good picture from our Disneyland vacation and had fun making all the changes to the altered picture. So without further ado:
2006 Christmas Card
For the answers...
2006 Christmas Card
For the answers...
14 Dec 2006
Posted by: kris
Christmas cards are arriving daily to remind us of all or family and friends. My cousin Lori and her husband Shane sent a nice letter with photos and their website address www.slsorensen.com.
12 Dec 2006
Posted by: kris
Happy birthday to Kade who turns 4 today!
10 Dec 2006
Posted by: kris
The old website (started in August 2001) was functional, but looked dated and plain. So out with the old, in with the new. The new site is still taking shape.
30 Oct 2007
Posted by: kris
I've started a personal blog - KanyonKris. It's mostly about cycling (road and mountain biking), but I throw in other items as well.
30 Oct 2007
Posted by: kris
A few months ago I put together a website for Dad's new business. It was fun to work on the design and graphics. I'm pleased with the clean and simple layout. Check it out:
19 Jul 2007
Posted by: kris
Wow, 2007 is already more than half over. Here are some happenings since Christmas:
Family Reunion - We had a very nice get-together of my Mom's brothers and sisters. Larry and Beth were up from California as were several of their children - it was wonderful to see and talk with them after so many years. Lots of Pollards, Dimonds and Stouts were also there. Don brought his Packard hotrod down - it looks great - he put a lot of work into it, and it shows. We had a nice picnic and just enjoyed reminiscing and catching up.
Cycling - Kris has been riding both his road and mountain bike quite a bit, but has only raced 4 times. Jolene has only missed one race so far with only two races left. She is currently in 3rd overall. The team scrapbook has more info. We went on a nice ride near Panguitch and rode the Thunder Mountain, Cassidy and Losee Canyon trails. We also took a nice spin on the Mid Mountain trail near Park City with my brother.
Rachel - Crashed on the electric scooter and broke her jaw. She had 8 stitches to sew up the cut and had her jaw wired shut for 2 weeks, then just "wired" (rubber banded, actually) at night. Her jaw has healed well.
Jamie - Turned 16 and has her Driver's License. She begs to drive all the time. She's out most every night with her friends.
Kara - Just having fun playing with her friends.
Kade - Has some new friends in the family that moved in across the street. He just goes and goes all day.
Family Reunion - We had a very nice get-together of my Mom's brothers and sisters. Larry and Beth were up from California as were several of their children - it was wonderful to see and talk with them after so many years. Lots of Pollards, Dimonds and Stouts were also there. Don brought his Packard hotrod down - it looks great - he put a lot of work into it, and it shows. We had a nice picnic and just enjoyed reminiscing and catching up.
Cycling - Kris has been riding both his road and mountain bike quite a bit, but has only raced 4 times. Jolene has only missed one race so far with only two races left. She is currently in 3rd overall. The team scrapbook has more info. We went on a nice ride near Panguitch and rode the Thunder Mountain, Cassidy and Losee Canyon trails. We also took a nice spin on the Mid Mountain trail near Park City with my brother.
Rachel - Crashed on the electric scooter and broke her jaw. She had 8 stitches to sew up the cut and had her jaw wired shut for 2 weeks, then just "wired" (rubber banded, actually) at night. Her jaw has healed well.
Jamie - Turned 16 and has her Driver's License. She begs to drive all the time. She's out most every night with her friends.
Kara - Just having fun playing with her friends.
Kade - Has some new friends in the family that moved in across the street. He just goes and goes all day.
23 Dec 2006
Posted by: kris
As a special treat, enjoy this unbelievably bad rendition of O Holy Night performed by a fellow auditioning for a singing group.
18 Dec 2006
Posted by: kris
We included our website address with our Christmas card this year so here's our message to our family and friends:
We hope you had as much fun solving our Christmas card picture puzzle as we had making it. We love to do the LIFE magazine picture puzzle found each Friday in our local newspaper and had the idea months ago to do a puzzle for our Christmas card. We went to Disneyland for spring break so it seemed fitting to use a photo from this trip for the puzzle.
Speaking of Disneyland, we all enjoyed our trip to southern California. We spent 2.5 days at Disneyland and half a day at the beach. This was our second trip to Disneyland (the first time we only had Jamie and Rachel) and the first time our children have seen the ocean. The first day at Disneyland was not too crowded and we rode a lot of the best rides. The next two days were more crowded, but having we still had a lot of fun. We ran into two of our neighbors there, which was a surprise. We'll have some pictures up soon.
This summer we spent two days rock climbing and hiking in Maple Canyon.
Kris went to work for Linux Networx in March 2005 after eight years with Larson Davis. Kris enjoyed working at Linux Networx, but the new investors stipulated that the company downsize and Kris was laid-off. Fortunately he was able to land a job with Microbial-Vac Systems, a small start-up company, within three weeks. He enjoys the new job and is optimistic about the propsects.
Cycling has been big for Kris this year. He started road biking just two years ago and rides at lunch 2-3 times a week and takes longer rides some Saturdays. He has done five centuries (100 miles) and even helped with the website for the Cycle Salt Lake Century.
Jolene (and often Kris) has been mountain bike racing this year. Kris and Jolene have been mountain biking almost as long as they've been married and this year they decided tried something new - racing. They joined the UtahMountainBiking.com Race Team and raced at venues mostly in Utah but a few in Idaho, Wyoming and Nevada. It's both grueling and invigorating to push yourself so hard. Kris did pretty good in the Beginner Men 40+ category, but Jolene did great in the Women 35+ class with some 1st place finishes and placing 2nd overall for the season. Our team was in 3rd place for the beginning of the season but we ended up in 1st place! See the team scrapbook for photos and race recaps. Of course Jolene keeps busy with the children - especially Kade.
Jamie is a freshman at Timpanogos High School where she played on the volleyball team as setter and sings in choir. She enjoys school and doing things with her friends. She was happy to FINALLY get her braces off!
Rachel attends Canyon View Junior High and loves computer games and reading. With Jamie's braces coming off that can only mean one thing: Rachel is next.
Kara attends Windsor Elementary and likes playing with her friends and learning to play the piano.
Kade is the high-energy, perpetual motion boy. He keeps busy all day long. Even with three older sisters there's no doubt he's all boy.
Overall it's been a good year for us. We hope it's been good for you too.
We hope you had as much fun solving our Christmas card picture puzzle as we had making it. We love to do the LIFE magazine picture puzzle found each Friday in our local newspaper and had the idea months ago to do a puzzle for our Christmas card. We went to Disneyland for spring break so it seemed fitting to use a photo from this trip for the puzzle.
Speaking of Disneyland, we all enjoyed our trip to southern California. We spent 2.5 days at Disneyland and half a day at the beach. This was our second trip to Disneyland (the first time we only had Jamie and Rachel) and the first time our children have seen the ocean. The first day at Disneyland was not too crowded and we rode a lot of the best rides. The next two days were more crowded, but having we still had a lot of fun. We ran into two of our neighbors there, which was a surprise. We'll have some pictures up soon.
This summer we spent two days rock climbing and hiking in Maple Canyon.
Kris went to work for Linux Networx in March 2005 after eight years with Larson Davis. Kris enjoyed working at Linux Networx, but the new investors stipulated that the company downsize and Kris was laid-off. Fortunately he was able to land a job with Microbial-Vac Systems, a small start-up company, within three weeks. He enjoys the new job and is optimistic about the propsects.
Cycling has been big for Kris this year. He started road biking just two years ago and rides at lunch 2-3 times a week and takes longer rides some Saturdays. He has done five centuries (100 miles) and even helped with the website for the Cycle Salt Lake Century.
Jolene (and often Kris) has been mountain bike racing this year. Kris and Jolene have been mountain biking almost as long as they've been married and this year they decided tried something new - racing. They joined the UtahMountainBiking.com Race Team and raced at venues mostly in Utah but a few in Idaho, Wyoming and Nevada. It's both grueling and invigorating to push yourself so hard. Kris did pretty good in the Beginner Men 40+ category, but Jolene did great in the Women 35+ class with some 1st place finishes and placing 2nd overall for the season. Our team was in 3rd place for the beginning of the season but we ended up in 1st place! See the team scrapbook for photos and race recaps. Of course Jolene keeps busy with the children - especially Kade.
Jamie is a freshman at Timpanogos High School where she played on the volleyball team as setter and sings in choir. She enjoys school and doing things with her friends. She was happy to FINALLY get her braces off!
Rachel attends Canyon View Junior High and loves computer games and reading. With Jamie's braces coming off that can only mean one thing: Rachel is next.
Kara attends Windsor Elementary and likes playing with her friends and learning to play the piano.
Kade is the high-energy, perpetual motion boy. He keeps busy all day long. Even with three older sisters there's no doubt he's all boy.
Overall it's been a good year for us. We hope it's been good for you too.
18 Dec 2006
Posted by: kris
For several months I knew I wanted to do a picture puzzle for our Christmas card this year. We found a good picture from our Disneyland vacation and had fun making all the changes to the altered picture. So without further ado:
2006 Christmas Card
For the answers...
2006 Christmas Card
For the answers...
14 Dec 2006
Posted by: kris
Christmas cards are arriving daily to remind us of all or family and friends. My cousin Lori and her husband Shane sent a nice letter with photos and their website address www.slsorensen.com.
12 Dec 2006
Posted by: kris
Happy birthday to Kade who turns 4 today!
10 Dec 2006
Posted by: kris
The old website (started in August 2001) was functional, but looked dated and plain. So out with the old, in with the new. The new site is still taking shape.
