Night Hike to the Wind Caves

I have been really wanting to do a night hike lately, day hiking just wasn't cutting for me. I had no idea anyone would be as crazy as me so I was totally shocked when my friend Melanie called and invited me to hike up to the Wind Caves with her and her sister. We left around 9:00 pm and got back home close to midnight. It was a full moon and the perfect temperature. We had a blast, well at least I did!










Please notice the tiny full moon above my head. We worked hard for this shot!

South East Asia

Isn't it really strange when something you have been looking forward to for almost a year comes and goes and you think, "what the heck, how is that over already?!". Well that is how I feel about my trip to Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand. I had such a great time. I met some awesome people and saw some really amazing things.
After spending so much time around all the poor and humble people in these countries I can't help but think how blessed I am to live where I do. Heavenly Father really does know our limitations and knew I wouldn't do too well in a place like that.
Even though I loved it and can't wait for my next trip (no I don't have one planned) I am so happy to be home.
Here are a few (or more!) pictures for anyone not on facebook.

Vietnam

Hello to anyone checking this. I wish I had a way of uploading some pictures, but at the moment I don't, sorry. I am having a great (HOT) time. I have been eating pretty much non-stop and will probably roll off the plane when I get home.
Mindy, I am loving my pillow case! Oh and FYI, Annie and I haven't even made it through one of our "Pound Plus" bars!!! Aren't you amazed? That is restraint.
Gina, I am using my little notebook almost every day for notes and my jounal, it has been perfect.
And Jenni I have been using the sarong you brought back from Costa Rica for me as my blanket on planes, trains and automobiles!
Hope everyone is well back home. I am sad I missed my favorite holiday the 4th of July. You all better have celebrated extra hard for me. XOXO from Vietnam.

Wasatch Back

Another year over for the Wasatch Back Relay. And of course now that it is over I can say I had a blast! During it you might have heard a different response.
I had such a great team, they did awesome (sorry I pulled you down girls!!!).

How cool is that?!?

I have been wanting to post something for a while now, but couldn't think of anything. I mean really, who cares about wrecked cars anyway? So I decided to do a shout out for a great author. Last month my book club read the book "Driving Sideways" by Jess Riley. It was a fantastic book. Anyway, our book club has a blog and Ms Riley found our post about her book and made a comment! Cool huh? I thought she was great before but after seeing that I almost think she could walk on water. It gets even better. At our book club meeting last night, Mindy (my sister-in-law) brought us all signed bookplates from the author. Now my book has an autograph, yeah! I just had to share because I love reading and authors are really amazing to me. How do they write so much and do it so well? I can barely write on my blog and I absolutely hate reading my own journal. Oh well, I guess that is why I clean teeth.

It is back and it is beautiful. (And a day early!)

I'm falling in love all over again. I got home from work and Jake had picked up the car from Preston's. I had to take her for a little drive to get reacquainted and it was fantastic.


Just look at that nice behind...

Would You Believe, Twice in One Week!

I know the following story it just too bizarre to believe, but it really did happen.

I was SO excited to go to Delta and St. George for spring break. I couldn't wait to eat mush at my grandparents and spend time in the warm Southern Utah weather. After Jake's car accident 1 1/2 weeks ago I thought I might not be able to go since we were down to one car but he got a rental and off I went Thursday evening after work. I got as far as the Beck Street exit in Salt Lake when traffic came to a sudden halt due to rush hour and the far left lane closing. I stopped and so did the jeep behind me (although she was awful close) but to my great disappointment the Xterra behind her did not stop and plowed the jeep right up my car's... backside. I was horrified as I looked in the rear view mirror and saw my trunk standing straight up in the air. I just kept thinking, "please let my suitcase be intact, I don't want my underwear all over the freeway!". Luckily just the handle was broken, no panties in the road. The police came and after hours of reports and people examining my car, making sure it was okay to drive back to Logan, I bought some duct tape and bungee cords (since I couldn't for the life of me get the trunk to stay down) and bandaged the Accord back together and headed home. (Becca, I know that is a run-on sentence, but I don't care) I had a few tears in my eyes, mostly because I LOVE that car and she didn't deserve to be smashed like that in front of all those gawkers.
So, now we have one rental car until my car is fixed (hopefully by the 24th). The garage seems so empty. If everyone could pray that Jake will find a replacement vehicle in less than 6 months I would appreciate it.



I know, I should have been an ER doctor


The rental car (that Jake wants to jump off a cliff)


The cake I was taking to my dad :(
It still tastes delicious, even if it went flying forward off the back seat and got smashed in the container!