Highest point in the lower 48 states....

And my husband has been there!!! I want to take a moment and brag about my family...I am so proud of Mike and everyone who climbed Mt. Whitney! What an accomplishment! AND he went alone with my brothers and Dad...that's pretty brave. They spent a week and backpacked through the Sierra mountains and ended up on the top of Mt. Whitney their last day of hiking. Meanwhile, me, my Mom, and sister-in-law Michelle spent the week in St. George relaxing and shopping for baby stuff! It was a nice vacation...here are some pics

What a hottie! This is Mike on the Summit of Mt. Whitney.

These guys are the mountain men themselves, Andrew, Courtney (she didn't hike), Bryan, Dad, and Mike.

This is the throne they sat on...apparently it was a hit! They all talked about how nice it was to be in wide open nature relieving themselves!

The temple and my scruffy husband...both rather beautiful sites in my opinion :)

Family Reunion

At Michelle's request, I have decided to update our blog. I really have been meaning to do it since these pictures are from our family reunion two weeks ago! For the 4th of July we went up to Yellowstone and Bozeman, Montana. My parents both lived in Bozeman and that's where they met. My Dad's family and my Mom's family were good friends and the two of them fell in love one summer while working at my Dad's dude ranch called The Rainbow Ranch. Anyway, the vacation was very much needed and just a little too short. But here are the pics from our fun adventure.

We started the trip by meeting my parents at the south entrance to Yellowstone which meant that we got to drive through Teton National Park. And anyone who really knows me knows how much I love the beautiful tetons.

This is a picture of just one of the many hot pots at Yellowstone. I thought this one was the prettiest so that's why it made the blog. Too bad they stink so bad because some of them are so pretty!

I don't think Mike was ready for the picture but here is part of my wonderful family. It was so fun to be with all of them :)

These little kids I'm walking past were so funny. I overheard them saying "every time you put your hand in you can keep it in a little longer". For those of you who have never been to Yellowstone, the hot pots are all about 170 degrees F. I don't think the one they were sticking their hands in was that hot, but I couldn't help but laugh and then wonder where in the world their parents were!

We spent a day floating down the Madison river. My parents were on a row boat with all the grandkids and then some of my siblings were on tubes. It was pretty tame so we decided that we could switch tubes/kayaks by just getting out and standing while we made the switch. It worked for the majority of the float down the river...except for the one time Mike had a hard time getting back in his Kayak and he tipped over!! It was really funny until I realized our camera was in that Kayak.
Yup, it's ruined.

And that's why this picture is so crappy. We had to buy a cheap fun saver on our way out of the park so we could get pictures of Old Faithful. You can't go to Yellowstone without getting a picture with Old Faithful.

Overall it was a fun trip. We camped the entire time at a KOA campground. I know, a lot of you probably are thinking that we are white trash, but actually, some of those campgrounds are really nice! We got a good one and had a blast! Now it's back to real life...

I'm pregnant

I'm really slow at blogging about all the fun things that we do and I'm sure most of my viewers have just given up on me and probably don't even look at this blog anymore. However, while our blog doesn't prove it, we have had a pretty fun summer so far. It all began when we found out that we are pregnant!! (which actually hasn't been too fun for me but overall it's pretty exciting). We found out at the very end of April and then told our families on Mother's day. So by now most of you probably already know that I'm expecting. The little bebe is due on new years eve so that should make for a fun Christmas break! Then about 2 weeks ago Mike's family came into town from Minnesota and we had a fun week. The above picture is when the whole fam hiked to Stewart Falls. It was a nice little hike and we all made it. My crazy sister-in-law tried to stand under the water and got knocked down in like 2 seconds...it was really funny! And then this next week...we are going to Montana for my families family reunion. So I should have some good stuff to blog about soon.

Update...

I haven't posted for a while so here is an update of some of the fun things we have done lately. Today was free fishing in the state of Utah so we took advantage of this and went fishing!! We didn't catch anything but it was fun to get out of our tiny apartment and enjoy the fresh air...cold but fresh.

This is a picture of me and my sister-in-law Michelle. We went to Colorado over memorial day weekend for Andrew's graduation and while the boys went golfing us girls went to the spa for a little pampering that was very much needed and enjoyed!!

Sarah and David Wells joined us for a nice hike up the Y mountain. And it was kind of a hard hike! I'm pathetic...I just ran a half marathon and now I can't even hike for 30 min without getting super tired!! But it was such a nice morning and good exercise all at the same time!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ETHAN!!!

Haircut

My new look! I'm still getting use to it and I don't know how long it will last, but it's a nice change for now.

We did it!

Welp, we did it! We ran the Salt Lake City half marathon! It actually wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be and it's such a great accomplishment! I'm so proud of everyone that ran it, way to go Bec, Margaret, and Chels!! And I must say, as sad as it was that some full marathon runners beat me to the finish line, it was really inspirational to watch them run past me knowing that they were running twice as much and twice as fast as me!! Yikes...I can't even imagine what a full marathon would be like! I'm just glad it's over and that we did it!!