Lately...

Well...I've been super busy this Summer with work and Jeff's been even more busy with school, so I haven't written anything about July or August- but for the sake of our little "family history" I'm recording, - here's a little recap:

4th of July- Jeff had a lot of homework this weekend so we just stayed in Provo and ended up going out to eat with friends and laying on the grass outside of the Stadium of Fire listening to Carrie Underwood and watching the fireworks. The 4th was actually on a Sunday, so people here celebratd on Saturday and Monday, it was kind of funny.

Hiking the Narrows- My parents came down for a long weekend and took us down to Zions. We spent the first afternoon hiking Emerald Falls which was great, but the next day we hiked the Narrows which was even better. We started the next day by waking up at 5:30 am and took shuttle ride in a van to the top of where the Narrows Canyons begin- the ride was the worst! We were on a little dirt road and had to sit sideways but it was impossibe to stay in your seat. We kept going over these giant bumps and everyone was flying out of their seats. My mom kept screaming lol- good thing the other hikers thought she was funny and just kept laughing everytime she went airborne.

When we got to the drop off we all got together to say a family prayer and then we were finally off! We hiked about 8 miles the first day through some pretty rough terrain and spent a lot of time in the water! It was fun, but by the time we got to our camp we were pretty exhausted and after setting everything up, we played some UNO and then we all passed out.

The next day we hiked into the lower Narrows with the giant canyon walls and only the river to walk in. Before, we had been criss-crossing the river, but now we just walked straight down into it. The views were gorgeous and after about 7-8 hours we finally made it to the shuttle station to go home. The hike was a great experience and I'm really glad we were able to do this with family.

* On the way home we stopped for dinner in Cedar City- I think we were all craving something fatty and salty after our hike lol, so we went straight to McDonalds.

*This was the first time Jeff and I had been camping together, and it was also the first time we had eaten at McDonalds together-both are importand firsts lol

Up at the top of Emerald falls

On our way up to the first pool on the Emerald Falls hike

My Dad's the star of our family, hehe

What the second day looked liked

Annnnnd that's about all we've been up to the last two months besides the usual of work and school. Jeff was really excited to start his last Fall semester at BYU and his last conditioning season for volleyball. I survived my first tax deadline at work which I guess was like a baby deadline compared to April 15th, but it was still nice to get the overtime :)