San Antonio TEXAS

hey.

i'm in texas.

with this lady

visiting this lady

who plays soccer with this awesome team.

go tigers!

{it was lovely to meet all of you}

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}

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}

the land of the sun

it was hard to leave California. i didn't want to. but now i can start counting down the days until i go back. i, however left a few things there...

-my favorite blanket
-my favorite pillow
-my alarm clock
-some chapstick

-and maybe a best friend who has become all 4

and for some strange reason i feel like going to Arizona

24 days and counting...