We are finally home from our fantastic vacation to Utah and Aspen Grove. We had such a great time.. It has taken a little while to adjust to temperatures and routines (or lack thereof) back home, but we are glad to be sleeping in our own beds again. After hours of sorting through literally hundreds of photos we pulled out a few to show some of the highlights of our trip.
These are just of a few of the mandatory family photos that had to be taken for Grandma. It wasn't nearly as painful as previous years!
Some of us hiked up to the falls on hike day. Going up was challenging, but coming down was a peice of cake, until Hannah suggested that we run. It was really fun until the next day, when I couldn't walk because my shins were destroyed!
Crossing this log was so scary. It was harder than the hike. Notice the snow still on the mountains.
We counted about 10 water falls. We only made it to the first two!
Jacob fished with his cousins. He never caught anything, but it wasn't due to lack of trying. Maybe the fish didn't like his leftover turkey and cheese sandwich!
Badmitton was a hit with Emily!
Sarah celebrated her 10th birtday at Aspen Grove. She received a very fancy BYU cake! It tasted just as good as it looks!
OK...here is a picture of the fearless adults that climbed the wall. Please notice that Jonathan and I are the only ones in our thirties(almost 40s). The rest of the babies are 20 or below!!!!
Blake climbed the wall like superman and then he walked the tight rope wires!
I know this wall dosen't look too challenging. You just had to be there. This is my first attempt. I had to make sure I could do it before I challenged everyone else!
One of my long term goals is to climb the wall again in 4 years. I know...I don't aspire to much!
Bryan, Jonathan, Chris, Jon, and Chad played paint ball. It looked fun but they said it was painful. They look kind of scary.
Aspen Folies...it took these kids like 25 tries to get these skies to move 10 feet! Pitiful!
Bryan and Jonathan won the horseshoe tournament. Dad would be proud!
Tyler and Jacob were inseperable. We all ate tons of ice-cream! At least one serving a day...sometimes two!
Emily loved eating candy wherever she could find it...even off the ground. YUM!
Bryan tried the double scoop of icecream. It was huge!. He had to throw half of it away! A first for him!
I have no idea why I live in Texas (except for the fact that Bryan has a good job here and I really like all my friends here!) I hate the weather. I know that is strong language, but my feelings about the weather are strong! I went outside tonight at 10p.m. and it was still in the 90s. The humidity was so thick and the frogs were so loud that I felt like I was suffocating and going deaf at the same time. I would just like to say that I am thankful for my 3 air conditioners and my nicely insultated home. I must apologize to Bryan for the outrageous electric bill in July and August, but I refuse to sweat in my own house! I wonder if there is still snow on the mountains in Utah?
