Showing posts with label Outdoors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Outdoors. Show all posts

7.06.2010

cable mountain

hiked cable mountain a few sundays ago with cody and leah. we had never done this hike in zion. the views are breathtaking. and somehow we picked a day where the temperatures were in the sixties! that combined with going to oscar's for the murder burger after . . . made it a perfect day. :)



looking down on angel's landing.



they used to lower timber down the canyon with cables . . . hence the name.




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6.27.2010

since i've been gone . . .

it seems i've been a little distant lately . . . i guess until i get into a new routine i let a few things slide. the blog being one of them.

new work is finally feeling normal. :) yea!

school has been out for the summer for at least 2 months now.

no summer classes = me cleaning and organizing my house, and looking for other projects. what's with my obsession with being busy? no clue.

this fall will be my final semester before i officially have my bachelor's degree.

i'm already thinking about the next step. more thoughts to come later. . .

considering 8-month certification in kundalini yoga, but after doing 108 sun salutations for the summer solstice, am rethinking how much more practice i need before i teach.

other than that, here are a few of the pictures i have managed to take over the past month or so . . .

took a quick trip to slc with mom and sisters to see my cute niece and nephew in a play. they were darling and would totally wave at us during the play. we sort of instigated that though. :) they got trophies cause it was their last night.



planted a garden. these are the strawberries. also planted artichoke, tomatoes, raspberries and lots of flowers!



enjoyed my banks' roses blooming. only one month out of the year, but love them!



took the family on a hike for mother's day. mom's request. and cami was in town!



lovely summer days. hope to be back more often.

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1.12.2010

an adventure

went on an adventure to find the river on sunday with landon, kailyn, grandma, sara, and the two dogs - sophie and kai. :) it was so fun. i made mom try rollerblading. pretty funny!

love these little kids!


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7.16.2009

national parks fee free weekends!

this weekend is the second weekend of three this summer that you can get into most national parks for free!!! so make sure to plan a trip with you family, your bf/gf, or your friends.

go early!



happy hiking!
image via

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7.05.2009

floating down the virgin river

so i started my day off on friday at 5:30am! i was going to go hiking with corinne and mary in zion and they are way on time people so i woke up earlier than needed to make sure i was ready. :) we hiked watchmen's and then weeping rock and then had a fabulous breakfast at oscar's, which is still my favorite restaurant ever. {mary still needs to email the pics from our little adventure . . . yes mary - email them :) }

then i met up with my fab fam to float down the virgin river. we rented tubes from zion adventure company. they were awesome. they give you huge tubes, you float for like 2 hours down the river and then they pick you up at the bottom. and if you want to go again, it only costs five bucks.

heading down to get in the river.




the stick they are holding onto totally helped out because then the other person could pull you if you got stuck. the water wasn't that deep.



but it was so much fun! cold water. hot day. totally fun and relaxing.



there was even a rope swing!



my mom's first time ever going on a rope swing. can you believe it!? she said she was always holding babies and watching us go. she was funny to watch. :)



the perfect tarzan pose by michael!



jeff climbing the rope.





finished off the day with a little picnic!



totally fun! the river really was awesome. just remember to keep your bum up.

totally awesome trick me and michael discovered. :) love my family!

5.05.2009

on fire

this was one of the many cactus flowers we saw while hiking in red cliffs. the center looks like it is on fire. a sparkler. love it.


4.29.2009

let's go fly a kite!

yea! i have been mia due to finals. . . but i am done with the spring semester and just checked my final grades. i'm pretty happy! so now time to catch up.

as part of my management class i volunteered at the kite festival. sara and my mom helped me out. we actually had a lot of fun, especially when our friends and family showed up!

the best was brad's amazing fishing pole kite flying contraption! it makes flying a kite so much easier! check out landon's glasses! he always wears these around even though they are missing one of the lenses. :) so classic!



we had a little hula hoop contest during the down times and i got pretty good by the end of the day!


riding the train with landon and sara! he loved this train!



landon and brad


there were a ton of cool kites there and it was so fun to see all the kites in the sky.


3.12.2009

sand mountain

went hiking on sunday to sand mountain with cody and another chick he works with at fitness ridge. it is just past leeds and so beautiful! it was the perfect day for hiking. i was hiking my butt off to keep up with these two professional hiking guides, but it was so fun! the end of the hike is this huge sand mountain that you get to jump down. check out these sweet action shots i got of cody!




funny pic . . . that's the sand mountain behind us!




cody running down it! {sorry it's sideways}




in other news . . . click here to see how festive me, cody and leah are thanks to cody's sister! haha! i love it! happy easter soon!

12.26.2008

hiking tradition

maryann came into town from indiana and we had to go on a traditional sunday hike with cody. it was so beautiful that day that i had to post a lot of pics!

my hands were freezing right there.




cody had to help us both down on this part. i promise it was scarier with the snow there.

but it was fun!


just one of the amazing views!


this is me and cody's ice skating rink. when we were on this hike a couple years ago it was frozen over and we made an ice skating video with his cell phone, choreographed and all! it makes me smile.


finally making our way out. this was a long, gorgeous hike and my legs were sore for the next two days . . . :)

11.04.2008

sunday hike

a short and fun hike on sunday with the fam and a couple friends! it was such a gorgeous day!



the pic on the right is scott helping mom down from a "scary" part. haha! she's a trooper! see in the video below.

10.26.2008

hiking guide cody

i needed to get outside on saturday - so i called my hiking guide {cody} and he took me on a killer hike in snow canyon. the hike kicked my butt, but it was fun to get out and breathe!!! and see the beautiful views that are like 10 minutes from my house. so lucky!



10.20.2008

these watermelons

have been a lot of fun!



shane's cute little nieces even came over to pick some! cute girls!



9.21.2008

night out with aunt becky

i got to hang out with these two cuties on friday night! i have a lot of respect for all you moms who do this everyday! they were running everywhere - and not listening when i was telling them to come back . . . but they were a lot of fun!

aren't they so cute!?!

so i guess every friday night there is a little carnival with a live band and food in downtown stg. so we had a lot of fun eating hot dogs, dancing, and getting fun balloons made!


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