Sunday, August 17, 2008

We don't have cable, and we don't own very many movies, so the majority of our entertainment comes from our pets. They almost never let us down, and there's never any re-runs. 
Good old Monster likes to play fetch, burrow under the covers, and hide behind corners to attack us. 
He's growing up to be a very handsome, crazy kitty who lives up to his name.
Jelly is so feminine. She found a toy purse and carried it around a bit.
So are we getting a motorcycle or what?

We LOVE watching these guys fly. We took about 20 pictures before we finally got this one, but it was worth it. Getting them to jump when you want them to and then hitting the camera button right before they jump to catch them mid-flight. It's all part the amusement. This is Icarus.
Jelly in flight. One person holds the gliders and tries to get them to jump while the other person holds the camera ready underneath. If we can get Jelly to do something, Icarus will usually follow. We took this picture right after the other one and didn't get any more good ones all night. 

Sunday, August 10, 2008

This is Shangrila. 
honorary Otter Dive off of Ursa Major 
Unawares...
This is me doing a flying squirrel dive off of Ursa Minor
This is The Jet. The coolest place ever! the water is so warm, no joke, it's comfortable to swim in. And there are two different cliffs to jump from, Ursa minor and Ursa Major. but this feature here in this picture is the jet itself. it is a rapid that is collected from a long stretch of shallow water heated up by the river rocks, and then condenses into a ten foot deep rapid that sucks you down and runs you along close to the bottom and then carries you for about ten to fifteen seconds and then spits you up. however you can swim to the surface earlier than that. the current isn't that strong.  This place is soo fun!


Fred underwater, cool huh?
This is sooooooo fun
Fred found a grass hat and later found some mud...

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Well, school is finally out for a six week break. I passed chemistry with a solid "C". For those who havn't heard my chem sob story, that's a hard earned grade and I'm quite proud. Troy did well in all his classes. He's off track for the fall, so he'll be working full time at Gringo's. Unfortunately he works at night and I work during the day but I guess that's how it is when you're married. I'm working somewhere between part time and full time at the BYUI alumni office- I love working there typing on computers all day- I don't have to work with customers, dirt, food, kids, or anything else stressful. Since we have more free time we've been working on little projects around the house like painting the deck, painting the door frames, painting the dresser-- mostly lots of painting. Ok, Troy does most of the work since he's home during the day. He's so great!We've also started to eat real food again-more than what we can grab between classes or during studying sessions. We've both started exercising, too. It's nice to take care of ourselves like normal human beings. So that's a little blip of our oh so eventful lives. 

Sunday, June 29, 2008

Cowboys and Indians
Trilabite
Egen Lake (aka Egen pond)


Our Monster likes to burrow into the clothes and then fall asleep sticking his head out
This is our first camp out being married. and first ever. We went with Charles and Nancy Teitjen.
Alie roasting hotdogs while our tinfoil dinner cooks 
The Next morning while everyone else was still asleep.
Morning!
Joey!!!
The whole Family!
New Frontiers.
The Joey is so small! Its eyes are still closed, but it's feeling pretty adventurous. 
We think that it is a girl. though were still not a 100% sure.