9,979' above sea level... or 5,204' above Logan

Naomi Peak

Getting to the top

I'm so lucky to have a husband that will go out and do things with me that I enjoy, even if he does'nt necessarily like it. Needless to say, we were both really happy when we finally reached our destination.

Yes, if you can believe it, that is snow!

Onyx's take on the snow.

Here are the beautiful views

Us and the views

A cool tree that we found that had obviously been hit by lightning

Cooling off before getting in the car

The ride home

Cam and I felt exactly like this too. We really got beat up on that hike and I think we'll be taking a break for a while. Not to mention I am currently the color of a lobster, so I don't think that I'll be going out in the sun anytime soon. Thank goodness for Aloe Vera! It turned out to be great and I almost think it might have even been worth the first twenty minutes we spent with Onyx pulling on her leash and making sounds that no living thing should ever make, while everybody at Tony Grove is staring at us like we're horrible people.

Kenley's new baby sister!!

Finally! Here is baby Kamrey. I've been rubbing her head every Monday night for the past 5 weeks and dying for her to get here and she finally made it! 19" long, 7 lbs 3 oz, born at 12:30 pm, and so much hair I don't know what they're gonna do with her!! Congrats Tuck and Kenisa on having yet another beautiful baby girl!!

White Pine Lake

Sarah invited me to go hiking up to White Pine Lake yesterday. Neither of us had ever been there but we had heard great things. We wanted to head out by nine am, but didn't end up leaving until one. We also didn't realize quite how long it was going to take us. I took some fishing gear up there but by the time we got there, we realized that all we had time to do was eat and turn around and hike back. The last thing that I wanted was to be hiking through the wilderness in the dark. But we made really good time and probably could have stuck around up there for quite a while. As you will see, just the pathway there was worth the trip. I'm pretty sure that this was the most beautiful place that I've ever been to in my life. Here are my favorite of the 230 pictures I took up there yesterday.

The Frisbee

Just got some videos of the dogs playing with their new frisbee. Here's Onyx, who rarely will ever try to catch it but if it's coming straight at her face, she will.








Man Lola missed this one big time!

Here's a good one.

Lola's really good at playing frisbee and she absolutely loves it. It definately keeps us entertained too.

Our week

This week we were pretty boring. On Monday we had dinner with my family up at the Shenoah Campground in Blacksmith Fork. Cam and I got to try fly fishing for the first time. We really enjoyed it and think that we might want to pick it up as a hobby. At first we weren't going to try and everyone was fishing, so we borrowed my neices princess fishing pole to play with. I wish you could see it a little better, it looked pretty ridiculous both of us using a tiny fishing pole. And no, we didn't catch anything but it was fun to try.

Other than that our week was mainly just work and then come home and work on the yard.

Yesterday I had a bridal shower for my friend Sarah. We made way too much food and laughed way too hard. It was a blast! Big Thanks! to Cam for being so willing to deal with girls being silly!

Sunday routine

Well if you know Cam and I. You know our Sunday routine therefore, you know better than to ask us if we can do something or go somewhere on Sunday. 1. Sleep in 2. Start laundry. 3. Grandma's dinner 4. laundry 5. maybe a late movie or watching tv shows we can't live without. Well you know me, and I try to be spontaneous, but not on Sudays. We have our routine. So today was the same as most except I got to go on a motorcycle ride! And not just any. As Brooks put it "tell me this isn't like flying?" It absolutely was! I would love it if we had a bike. The wind in my hair, the smile upon my face. It was an amazing experience. Even when my eyelids were flapping and I couldn't see anything there was a big smile upon my face. It was great!
Just to make it clear, I'm not saying that Sundays are monotonous because I love the fact that two times a week we get to get together with family and catch up. Sundays are Cam's family and Mondays are my family. I know that I'm lucky to have this with our families and that it's not necessarily usual and I'm so greatful for it. That was one of the things that made me want to marry Cam is that there was such a strong family bond and they all tried to stay so close. That means a lot to me. Family is everything. I just want you all to know that I love you even though I may not be the first to show it. I love my family no matter what the distance and I'm so thankful for all that I have. I love you all!

A beautiful summer day

Today we woke up and lounged around for a while. We did some dishes and then got a call from Sarah and Daniel. They wanted us to go swimming in his parents new pool. So, we got dressed and ready to go. What a blast we had. It was absolutely beautiful there. Check out the view of Hyrum Dam behind us.

By the way, do you like my "old lady" hat? That's what Cam calls it anyways. I don't know what it is about that hat but for some reason I like it. I probably wouldn't wear it out in public but it's fun to have on sunny days. Here's my favorite picture of Cam from the day.

It was a lot of fun.

After that we met up with Kathy and Brooks. Boy you guys look great in all of your biker gear!! And you guys have quite the tans from it too! We had a great dinner and chat with them. It was fun to catch up. It would be so nice if we could live closer together. Either way, we definately need to make more of an effort to come see you guys. We haven't been so great in the past. We're kind of homebodies, but we're definately trying to get out more.

Then we came home and were just about ready to crash. We watered the new grass in the back yard and then went to water the plants up front. I noticed that it was really quiet and usually when we're outside of the fence, the dogs are standing right at the edge staring at us. So I said something to the effect of "The dogs must be up to something, because they're not standing here panting and staring at us." Cam said that he was sure they were fine. We get done and Cam's walking a ways in front of me to the backyard and says "well I found out what the dogs were doing." Oh great! What now? Luckily it wasn't that bad.

Somehow they both jumped through the open windows into the car and were hanging out basically begging us to go somewhere. Unfortunately they didn't get there wish but they sure made us laugh.