happy birthday

happy birthday kirk!

sorry we're not there to celebrate with you.

we hope you have a wonderful day.

enjoy!

Halloween and Weekend with Becca

my lovely sister came down to spend the weekend with me.

on friday we:

 we went to Laguna Beach

where we tanned in the sun and listened to the waves roll in.

 

 on saturday, before blake flew in we went to sushi for lunch! yum!

saturday, after our ward "trunk or treat" we went to a great party at the Easton's. The food was great but the costumes and decorations made the party!

{girls}

 

 {boys}

becca and i. she was a giraffe. thanks for the costume Caitlin!

 

{blake and i}

i was a deer crossing sign and he was a dead deer.

 

Caitlin was Mario
 

 Rachel was a Pink Lady

Ben, Nicole, Matt, Rachel, Shane, Myrna, Caitlin, Logan, Blake, Laura, Becca.

sunday came and it was time to say goodbye 

see you at Christmas!

then it was a dress-up dinner at the Ohlwiler's. 

thanks for sharing your family with us!

{i hope your halloween was as wonderful as mine}

intuition

how is it
that on a day

when i'm feeling lonely,
down, and a little discouraged,

that my siblings,
who i haven't talked to

in a few days,
decide to call me,

see how i'm doing,
and update me on their lives.

thank you, siblings.

i love you


{a lot}

5 to the 55 to the 91 to I-15

trip to utah

2 weeks

2 families

lots of friends

good times.

there are too many stories, so here are a few pictures with short details about our recent adventure:

with the siblings after arriving home!

" i'm on a horse"

"from the back of a horse"

 debating at the top of sliding rock

matt sliding

blake sliding/landing

 

me sliding, of course

seth sliding

brett sliding

 

{yellowstone}

old faithful

yellowstone loop with the cousins

with rolayne and blake at a waterfall

 

waiting for old faithful to go

 

ryan, christine, janessa, and nate with baby william

 

the gang 

our view from the wonderful horseback ride

blake with his horse

 me with my horse

the whole gang:Tara, Blake, Laura, Christine,Bob, Janessa, 

Megan, Connor, Hans, Nate and Ryan

blake and i at a waterfall. 

with a baby, Briton {who is not ours}

getting ready to jump in freezing cold water

waiting our turn

becca's splash

she was not happy about the splash

not happy at all

leaving sliding rock

seth creeping to a deer.

 

blake and i had to take pictures to match my family pictures

so we dressed up one sunday and went to a friend's

blake playing in the river up the canyon

time to roast a mallow

the gang's all here {well, most of them}

seth starting a fire.

regretfully undocumented events of the trip:

-shopping with Tenya and Linda in Park City

{lots of coach bags. lots}

-yellowstone with the Richard family

-Mandy and Ashley's weddings

-sunday dinner with the Wood/Bourne/Collins/Call families

Thank you, families for allowing us to come and spend part of our summer with you. We hope you had as much fun as we did! If you have pictures please, email them to me and i would be more than happy to add them to the collection!

{peace}

Next Week...

i will be with these guys...

 this girl.

these fabulous parents,

and these awesome people.

and i'm real excited about it.

{see you soon}

Exit 9A to Exit 284

we went home.
it was wonderful.
we spent 10 days with our families.


a small recap:


Wednesday: drove from Lake Forest, CA to Cedar City, UT.
Thursday: arrived in Highland, UT at 11:00 am,
ultimate frisbee with brothers,
arrived in Bountiful, UT 7:00 pm.
Friday: Tucanos for Seth's graduation. 
Then graduation. 
Cap was taken away for a smiley face that was taped
on top by my mother.
Saturday: hung out with Tara and the kids.
Sunday: Seth's ordination and Riley's home coming talk.
Dinner at the Collins.
Cabin with the family.
Monday: Classic Huntsville Memorial Day program.

there's a star spangled banner
hangin' somewhere.
green beret.

lunch with the Wood's. Fireball.
Tuesday: temple square trip with Tara and the kids. 
Met Daddo for lunch.
got a parking ticket.
Dinner with Kent, Connie, Tara, Steven, 
Mommer, Daddo and Blake.
Wednesday: Sweet Cake stop. 
Coconut cupcake, carrot cupcake with cream cheese frosting. 
 both were way too good.
Meet Otticelli {pronounced Aht-a-chel-ee}, our
new hamster. 
Thursday: gardening, hanging out with family, friends came to visit, home-made ice cream.
Friday: Kennecott Copper mine.
New break pads. more home-made ice cream.
Saturday: goodbyes, JCW's, tears, the open road.
Thanks Derek and Sindy. We love your 
beautiful St.George home.
Sunday: through Vegas and back home. a few tears.
a walk to the duck pond made everything better.


{i love and miss you all}

we went camping!

ok...it's been over a week now, but we just got pictures back.

we. went. camping.

Kings Canyon National Park.

went through Sequoia national Park.

{awesome}

 

 

Amy and I gathered wood. we tried to ride back to camp on our bikes. bad idea. we just fell over.

 

 {horseshoes}

super fun

 

i locked my keys in my car.

the ranger helped us break in--after a night of freezing and

no sleep. i locked the blankets in the car.

 

thank you, Ranger. No more freezing tonight!

 

misty falls. so pretty.

 

a coal burned through Jared's shoe and sock--

i've never seen anyone take a sock and shoe off so fast.

 

Boyden's cave.

"Your name is Blink? Blank? Oh...Blake"

 

{so}many waterfalls.

pretty.

 

top of mist falls with Jared and Amy.

bikes. best thing on a camping trip.

 

sequoias. are. huge.

 

really. i'm not kidding.

{huge}trees.

no bears.

thank you, Jared and Amy, for a great camping trip. We loved it--even though we had a few...mishaps.

{it was well worth it}