I know you've all been holding your breath...

I'm finally coming back from my blogging hiatus.  We've been to St. George twice since I last posted and it's now Spring instead of Winter.  Maybe that's what I needed, some sunshine.

Our first stop to sunny St. George was with our friends Tad and Emily and Brad and Courtney.  We had the chance to have a FREE hot air balloon ride...how could we resist.

filling up our balloon


getting ready for take off






these cows were pretty confused by us

Our second trip down was with our friends the Hacketts. We hiked around for most of a day in Zion National Park and enjoyed the sun by the pool. I was a perfect weekend spent relaxing with good friends!




scenery on the way to the Emerald Pools


Kim, Van, Zack, and Loren




Van checking out the water

Is it over already??

Well, we got back from Kaua'i on Monday and we already wish we could go back! Loren's parents were awesome and spoiled us by taking the whole family to their time-share at the Marriott for our Christmas present. In December it felt like May would never come and here I am blogging about it already! We had more fun than you could shake a stick at. We laid at the beach, played frisbee, swam, went hiking on the amazing Na Pali Coast, swam in a waterfall, snorkeled at several beaches, swam with a sea turtle (Loren did anyway-I missed it), kayaked, water skiied, ate great food and had fun times with the whole family!
Here are some pictures of our week....enjoy....we sure did :)

Loren playing beach volleyball


Relaxing at Wailua Bay


Me and Amorette frolicking on the beach




Kayaking the Hanalei River



Eating lunch at Hanalei Bay


Can't beat this view


On our hike to the Hanakapiai Falls on the Na Pali Coast


It was so humid on this hike, I don't think I have ever sweat that much in my life! Well worth it though.


My sis-in-law, Amorette, and me. The water was surprisingly cold but totally refreshing


All of us kids at Poi'pu Beach (see the people behind us getting married :)
Amorette and Parker(Loren's older brother), Loren and me, and Starly (Loren's younger brother)


Me and Loren at Wiamea Canyon (Kaua'i's version of the Grand Canyon)


Dinner with the family in Kapa'a


Loren and Me back at Poi'pu Beach


Church on Sunday, they give all the visitors crocheted leis

St. George

We had a great time in St. George with friends this weekend. We kept pretty busy with bike riding, climbing, laying by the pool and eating at In-N-Out. We couldn't have asked for better weather or better people to spend the weekend with!!
Me and Loren, Kristin and Jake, Kim, Van and Zack, Cami and Hans

                                                            Me climbing

                                                      Everyone on the ground

All of us at In-N-Out (I took this picture off of Kristin's blog, Thanks!)

Summer in review

With the holidays approaching and the cold weather settling in I thought it would be nice to re-live some of our summer memories.

We had the chance to go to San Francisco with our friends Steve and Emma and their little boy Luke. We stayed at Emma's parents house (thanks Steve and Sally for feeding us, being our tour guides, and letting us use your car!).

The Famous Golden Gate Bridge


Steve, Emma, Luke, Jamie and Loren at a beach just south of Half Moon Bay

Jamie and Loren with "The City by the Bay" in the background


One of my favorite pictures of Loren fishing at Lily Lake in the Uintas, May 2007

Same trip in the Uintas, Steve and Loren fly fishing at Lyman Lake. Thanks Steve and Emma for taking us to your cabin (we owe many a gettaways to them:)

In Boise at my close high school friend Jessi's wedding, what a pretty bride!


On a little hike to Dog Lake with our friends Paul and Suzanna


My mom, brother and I visited my Grandma in Oklahoma City this October


What Loren was doing while I was in Oklahoma, thanks Paul!


The biggest fish of the summer, way to go honey!!