New Pad

After a few weeks of packing, hauling, and carrying boxes and furniture between our places, we are officially moved in! It has been a lot of work with between moving and painting but definitely worth it now that we are in and settled. We actually bought groceries for the first time in a month because we were living in limbo between Orem and Springville.

Last night, we finished the bedroom painting project. It was a little sketchy at first, since the paint was looking more fuschia than red. In the end, it turned out to be the color we were hoping for (after about 20 coats of paint). 

Wedding Bells

Finally, the waiting is over and my mom and Paul got hitched on Thursday, June 26th. After being engaged for over seven months, we were all ready for Paul to officially become part of the family.  We love them both and we are glad they found each other. Right now they are enjoying the beautiful sights of Italy and we can't wait for them to come home next week. Congrats Mom and Paul! We love you!

The San Rafael River

Yesterday we met "Wild Bri" and the Nielson's for a nice relaxing trip down the San Rafael River. The river flows through an area known as the Little Grand Canyon which deep canyon walls provide beautiful scenery for the float. It was a great day to be on the river.

The Old Man in his fish cat.

Go With the Flow

"Ah the river... who knows where she'll take you. When you are adrift at last, give thanks to the fates. No matter what you've forgotten, everything you need is here. All you can do is go with the flow." 

--Ann Walka

We all know that Ty and I have a hard time "going with the flow" (Ty especially..:) but one thing that I've learned to love about floating down the river is you really have to let go of everything and literally go with the flow of the river. We had a very nice and relaxing trip with the Murdock clan and it was hard to get back to work on Monday. It's crazy how fast the relaxation from the river trip can disappear once we get back to our stress-filled lives! 

Horsetail Falls

On Saturday Ty and I went up to Lone Peak Wilderness area and hiked into Horsetail Falls. It was one of the prettiest falls I have seen, especially right now with so much water coming off the mountains. It was a beautiful day to be out hiking.

Springtime in the Desert

Last week we went down south to visit Bri, Alina and the boys. After driving through a complete whiteout in Spanish Fork Canyon it turned out to be a very nice weekend. We Climbed on Potash Friday, Hiked up Mill Creek Friday evening and went Backpacking Saturday and Sunday. While Bri, River and I went Backpacking the girls even found time to watch 8 hours of Pride and Prejudice and 4 hours of Wives and Daughters. I was really sad that I missed 8 hours of Mr. Darci.

Kell and Bre climbing above Potash.

Brian, River and I headed down to Cedar Mesa on saturday and sunday. We went down Bullet Canyon to the Confluence of Grand Gulch.

This is at the Perfect Kiva Ruin which was found in near perfect condition in the late 1800's. They have since stabalized the roof so you can go inside. Kiva's are thought to have been used by the Anasazi's for spirtual or religous ceremonies. It is amazing to think of the work that went into building these structures.

Summer has officially started for me and Ty and we couldn't be happier. We have been so busy the last month with papers, quizzes, presentations, and finals that we didn't have time to leave the house. Our weekends consisted of homework-eat-homework-sleep. Now that school is out and finals are over we are ready to play! This weekend we partied it up with the Murdock fam. We went to Jumping Jacks for Ridges birthday and got to experience a million kids running all over the place and creating mass chaos. I'm sure Alina will have a great movie posted shortly to give you an idea of the excitement. On Saturday I went with my friend, Dyanna, to the Jazz game (Ty was very jealous that he wasn't able to go :) Thanks to Nick for providing the seats, the shirts and the food!