Miscellaneous Summer Fun

So, the end of the summer has been so much fun! Lots of new experiences for everyone.

We've been getting more into mountain biking, so a few weeks ago, we all decided to go up A.F. Canyon and go for a ride:

this is us (above) pre-ride - don't we all look nice and clean? It's a little chilly since it was so early in the morning, and high up the canyon.

This is us after the ride! It decided to rain on us most of the ride, and lets just say, I don't know that anyone's clothes got all the way clean after that, but everyone had a great time! I found out that mountain biking is not as easy as it seemed, and I was far beyond my limits on this particular ride, I need to find a bunny hill to practice on :-)

Salt Lake City has a summer concert series (free) during the summer, so we went down to one of them.

Toots and the Maytals - a reggae band - they were fabulous!

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And last, but not by any means least the greatest challenge of the summer so far - We decided to hike Mount Timpanogas - and NOT the cave - to the top of the mountain!!!

Let's see, we had: Brent and Tracy; Becky and Jake; Me and Bryan; Lyndsey and Brett; and Bryan and Tyson.

It was quite the adventure, who knew we'd actually be able to drag ourselves out of bed at 2.30 AM to get ready for this thing?!?

We started our hike around 4.30 am, and we were off........til we ran into a stop sign 30 minutes into the hike and realized we weren't on the right trail - oops!

We did finally find the right trail and were on it another hour before it was light enough to turn off the flashlights. It was a very long, very challenging, (did I mention long?) hike, but well worth it to be able to say we did it!

Brent and Tracy on the top of the mountain the valley in the back is the Heber Valley

Me and Bryan on top of the mountain - behind us is Utah Valley and Utah Lake

A picture of me and Bryan along the trail

a picture along the way facing east as the sun was coming up

and one more along the trail.

It's now been 2 days since the hike and we're all still recovering!

Golfing Fun

So, this summer has been very nice and relaxing - and quiet too, with Brittany gone for the past 5 weeks! Although, I could do with more warm weather and less cool weather!

So, we've been making the most of it, and getting in some golfing! I wish I could say that with as much as I've been this year, I was getting better, but, sadly I'm not :-(. Although, Bryan has been doing pretty well.

So, I thought I'd throw some pictures up from our summer of golf so far, and some pictures of the other half of our four-some - Brent and Tracy!

Tracy at Fox Hollow Golf Course (the old Tri-City Course)

Brent and Tracy at Fox Hollow

Me and Bryan at Fox Hollow

Bryan at the Ranches Golf Course

Me and Bryan at The Ranches Golf Course

Brent and Tracy at Hobblecreek - for our annual outing - it even looked like it might rain for a bit, but ended up very nice :-)

Me and Bryan at Hobblecreek

I've finally done it. . . . . .

Yep, I've finally done it and crossed over to the dark side that is 'Facebook'.

So far, i'm struggling to figure it all out. I mean what's the difference between my wall and my home page? I don't get it. thanks EC for sending a 'how to' video; I'll have to get around to watching it.

I did finally, after much struggle, get some pictures on there. So, now I'll have to try and keep the facebook and the blog up-to-date.....

We'll see how we do.

Lake Powell!

If you've seen Lyndsey or EC's blog, you all know that we just had a wonderful trip to the Lake a couple of weeks ago, and it's about time for me to get my pictures posted.

We had such a great trip with great weather and wonderful company. It's got to be about the best place on earth.

Now, onto the pictures!

Brittany and Hannah on the tube

Another one of Brittany and Hannah on the tube

Teryn and one of the girls who went with us - (her name escapes me at the moment)

All the girls on the tube!

The Captain - Tracy

Cute little Lacy :-)

Austin - because, he's kind of big deal, ya know

Brittany, on one of our hikes

a cute little lizard we found on our hike - he's about two inches long is all

Hannah surfing

Brittany surfing!

Tracy, with Maycee and Lacy - such cute girls!

Another one of Lacy

The cave

Mothers

Just thought I would extend the Mother's Day holiday a little longer..... Really, shouldn't Mother's Day be everyday? Where would we be without them?

So, a happy late Mother's Day to all those out there!



And a pic with the one that made me a mother!

Another Gymnastics Meet

Ya know, I always say I'm gonna do better at this blog thing, and then I go forever without blogging. Apparently we live a pretty boring life.....

Brittany recently had another gymnastics meet, and she did really well. She keeps improving every time, and is having a lot of fun.

She took 2nd place on floor, and third place on Vault, bars, and beam; and took 3rd in the all-around, so we were very proud of her.

Below are a few pictures from her last meet. It's hard to find good ones, because we can't use flash photography and a lot of the pictures tend to get blurry.

Brittany's Intrasquad

So, Brittany had her first intrasquad meet the other week in preparation for her upcoming gymnastics meets. The intrasquad was held with just the girls from her gym, and the purpose is to show the girls what to expect at the meets.

She will be competing at a level 5 this year. She did one meet last fall as a level 4 (beginner) and worked very hard over the winter to get the skills necessary to move up a level.

At this meet, she tied for 2nd place! She was very excited! Below are a couple of pics:

Brittany on the uneven bars

Brittany on the Vault. She has to do a front handspring over the vault.

Brittany jumping from the low bar to the high bar

Brittany doing a scale on the beam.

Pictures!

Brittany helping Bryan with his Boutinerre (sp?) awww

My new little nephew Brody, who was looking for his mom Stepha, who was awesome enough to help me and Brittany with our hair

Aww, he found her!

Teryn, Brittany, Hannah - they look pretty happy!

Brittany, Me and Bryan cutting the wedding cake

Lyndsey, Me, and EC

Me and most of my new family

My brothers and sisters - who were all in town!!

My girlfriends, Jenn and Tosha

Teryn, Brittany and Hannah again

Teryn, Brittany and Hannah, with Aunt EC

My new brother and sister-in-law Brett and Lindsay

(but, not to be confused with my Brett and Lyndsey)

Little Lacy and Maycee

And that's just a few I picked! There were so many great ones that were taken that night!