Fun Hikes

We have been on a few fun hikes this summer that I forgot to blog about.  One of them was hiking to Stewart Falls.  We did this hike last year, but went up a different way this year.  Instead of riding the Sundance lifts up we started at Aspen Grove and hiked up and back.  It was a nice easy hike, and Yuki loved leading the way.  She saw a few squirrels and chased them into the bushes.  She loved cooling off in the stream, and loved all the attention she got from the fellow hikers along the trail. 

Cooling off in the stream

She loves car rides just for this reason

We stopped at sonic on the way home for some Cherry Limeades!

Another hike we did is the Big Springs Hollow hike.  We have biked up this trail a few times, but were feeling lazy and also wanted to give Yuki some excersise to we decided to hike it.  It was fun, and we saw lots of funky bugs along the way.  We also saw a billion bees.  They happen to be one of my biggest phobias.  They say the best way to releive anxiety (phobia is a form of anxiety) is exposure...not sure it worked for me though!  

Water break=picture time

Some of the cool bugs we saw.

Dan having fun splashing Yuki

 

 

We made it to the springs!

She may look like a prissy dog, but nothing makes her happier than being outside and playing in the mud! 

Crazy Good Times

My sister Kelee brings out the young, carefree me (is there such a me???)

She spent Friday night at my house and we had a blast. We went to Los Hermanos Friday night for dinner, then went and saw Fright Night 3D...scarily awesome. But we didn't get to bed until around 1:30. I was ready for bed around nine! Kelee was laughing at "us old folks" poor attempt at staying out late and partying. I'm getting too old for staying up late!

Saturday we took her out to hit with our new ball machine. She hadn't really played before, but she picked it up pretty quickly and we saw a huge improvement in her swing in just the hour she spent hitting!

After that we got ready for the day--showered, and did each others hair and make-up. Then Kelee decided we needed to continue the tradition from years past and take goofy pictures. You see, about three years ago when Kelee came to sleep over we dressed up all crazy and colorful and spent forever taking random, goofy pictures. Ever since then when she comes over she wants to do it again. Sometimes I think people my age shouldn't be seen like this when it's not Halloween.

Retarded much?
To cool for normal poses...


One good picture out of about 50 attempts.

Yes, I am as crazy as I look.

She had just looked in the mirror.

Older sister-ness. You get it.


I'm not sure where we came up with half the ideas for these poses. I'll let Kelee take the credit for that :)

Dan escaped the madness by going fishing which meant Kelee and I were left to use the self timing feature on my camera. It ended up being a real workout (not just a fake one) running from the camera to the middle of the room to pose!

Love ya Kel, thanks for the fun weekend!

Tennis Tutor

I love browsing through the KSL classifieds, you never know what your going to find. I usually browse through a bunch of different catergories while bored at work, and I just happened to strike gold on Monday. I found an awesome deal for this tennis ball machine!

We have wanted to buy one since forever ago, but they are just to dang expensive. When we saw it, we knew we had to buy it. It is worth every penny.

The past few nights we have gone out and hit, and it's one the best toys we have spent money on. I have hit about 800 balls in the last two days. Talk about tennis elbow! It also has an oscillating feature that kicks your butt.

If any of you wanna go play or wanna hit with the machine, let me know :)

1st day of school

My next semester starts on Tuesday; It's definitely not an exciting thing for me like it used to be (yes I was one of those kids that always looked forward to summer ending and school starting!) That is until college....now it seems like school will never end!

I found some old first day of school pics that I wanted to share:

My first day of second grade:

My brother David and I. Boy my outfit was hideous!

It was also my first day at a new school (Larsen Elementary), in a new town (Spanish Fork), and a chance to make new friends.


My first day of college:

Betcha I didn't think I would still be at it five years later :) But what can you do?? The important thing is I'm still trying...at least that's what I keep telling myself!

4 years

Dan and I hit the 4 year mark on the 28th! I asked Dan what his favorite moment of "us" was. His answer was, "when I knelt across from you at the alter and looked into your sweet eyes and married you forever." I almost cried :) I guess that would have to be my favorite moment of us as well.

4 years ago...



Dan surprised me by having flowers delivered while I was at work. They were the prettiest flowers I have ever gotten, and I loved that he was thoughtful enough to surprise me! He also got me a gift certificate to get a massage, and some money for clothes! I gave him his present last weekend--a 12 gauge shotgun.

My flowers and gift card. 4 roses for 4 years of marriage. Dan joked about how much more expensive this is going to get every year :)

New jeans and shirt

After work Thursday night we went to Park city for a quick little get away. We stayed at the Best Western Landmark Inn because they have the best rates and a yummy breakfast buffet. Friday we went biking down Park city resort. We went down a couple different trails that were all so pretty and green! It was a lot of fun, but so hot that we were beat and just relaxed at our hotel the rest of the afternoon. That night we wanted to go out for a nice dinner. In Park City there isn't much choice as far as nice sit down restaurants go (which seriously surprised me!), so we decided to try an Italian place that looked nice called Ghidotti's. The restaurant itself was super nice-- the ambiance and decor and such, but the food was mediocre, and on top of that the portions were so small and way over-priced. I prefer Olive Garden. I would never eat there again. Dan and I decided we need to open up an Outback Steakhouse there!

There were a few spots with some pretty intense uphills so pictures was my excuse to take a breather!

Well, just want to say I am the luckiest woman alive to have Dan in my life. He is such a sweet husband, and I love him more and more every year. It's crazy that we have only been together for 4 years because I feel as though we have known each other our whole lives. I can't wait to live and grow even more with him! I love you babe!

Our Pioneer Day weekend...

... was spent at the Jensen family camp-out/reunion. Dan's grandparents reserved the camp ground at Spanish Fork River Park. It was a nice area. We had a huge covered pavilion area with lights, tables, and grills, a horseshoe pit, and a sand volleyball pit, which resulted in some pretty competitive family games.

On top of that, the whole weekend was filled with fun activities for the grand kids of all ages.

One of my favorite activities was repelling. It was my first time, and it was so much fun. I have to admit, when I got all hooked up and the guide told me to lean back over the edge I was pretty scared and wondered if I was ready to die, but after you take that first step down it isn't so scary.


Dan's descent from the very top

We both made it down in one piece!

Another one of my favorite activities was shooting at the Sheriff's range. It's quite the shooting range. The have all kinds of ranges with targets at different distances. They also have a shotgun area, which was perfect because I got Dan a Browning 12 gauge shotgun for our anniversary (it's next week, but I gave the gun to him early so he could use it this weekend).

40 cal pistal... I wasn't very accurate. It was the strangest thing, I swear I had the target in my sights perfectly lined up, but I must have been too shaky or something because I could never hit the target I was aiming for lol!
Dan was a natural. Must be all that "Call of Duty"

Lorin

Brent

Dan's newest toy

He was an amazing shot, 12/12!

This gun is way to heavy and long for me...as you can tell. I had a sock stuffed up against my sholder, and it still kicked pretty hard, but I managed to hit a couple clay pidgeons.

But I spent most the time as the designated clay pidgeon thrower :)

Brent was a pretty sharp shooter as well

Some of the other activities included: team working games and challenges, crafts, geo-caching, tubing down the river, and more. The food was amazing, and there was plenty to go around. Our family is blessed with a bunch of good cooks! We had fun singing around the campfire, and roasting Twinkies (a first for me). Mostly we enjoyed each other's company.

Chey chilling around the campfire.

Yuki had fun playing with all the cousins who thought she was the cutest dog ever. She was so pooped at the end of the day she ran right into our tent and curled up on the blankets.



Grandpa Jensen "trying" to break a Pinata. Grandma was doing a good job of keeping it away from him, and it even hit him on the head a few times...he didn't think it was too funny, but everyone else sure had a good laugh about it.

Someone thought it would be funny to hide bugs all over peoples things. I'll admit, I did initially think it was real and may have let out a little scream.

Thanks to everyone who worked to hard to prepare meals, activities, and put this whole weekend together. It was a lot of fun!