Stewart Falls in the fall

Decided to take a quick hike up to Stewart Falls with my cousin Angie and her adorable little daughter, Rion.
It was so beautiful! The colors were spectacular, and the weather was perfect! I love this time of year :)

Eider hiked a whole 300 yards! (my poor back, lol!)

And then he rode the rest of the way in style~He knows a good thing when he sees it ;)

We made it to the falls for a snack and a little rest

Apparently two year olds are terrified of cold waterfalls :D Who knew!!?

Thanks for hiking with us Angie....we need to do this way more often!!

Summer of 2010

So I'm not the greatest blogger.

I've been devoting most of my time to updating my Facebook....SO, if you really wanna know what's up with us, join Facebook. Friend me. And see all of the crazy adventures we have had.

But if you don't want to do that, then fine....you'll just have to settle for a little slideshow of some of our shots from our summer:




I'll try to sum it all up...

In March, we took a trip down to Big Bend, Moab for an awesome boulder trip with our friends Dennis and Elisa. A week later, we strolled out to Vernal to fish up to Flaming Gorge with Grandma Jean and John along with my mom...it was fun to finally fish again after the long winter! By the end of March, we had made our way down to Las Vegas to spend time with Ryan, Catlin and kids. What an awesome trip! We did some climbing and hiking that was to die for (well not really, but you know what I mean)!

We defiantly had the itch to be outside after the long winter;

In April, we opened it with Easter with my Mom. She loves spending time with her grandkid! We crammed as many hikes as we could in during April, but it was still really chilly most days, so we stayed close to home.

When it finally warmed up in May, we were having dutch oven cook outs and marshmallow roast galore! We spent the majority of our outdoor time up Hobble Creek canyon, either cooking, fishing, or hiking.

June was a busy month, and not much happened, but Kristy and Josh did come out and we took the little boys to Lagoon...it was really fun spending time with them!

July came way too fast with fireworks in Vernal, flyfishing in the Uintas, and the 24th of July!

August we managed to go camping and hiking a few times...met a 3 foot long rattler up Hobble Creek. We also celebrated Eider 2 year birthday. I was able to hike Mt. Timp, which is something I love doing...I wish I could every year!

Then Sept came along....with the cooler temperatures. A couple of hikes and a climbing trip to Triassic capped off our summer of fun....

WOW! it all happened so fast! And that was just the adventure! :)

Snowshoing-South Fork Canyon

Our first snowshoe trip of the year, and probably our last. Jess was finally able to take a Saturday off so we decided to go up one of our favorite canyons around, South Fork. Of course we took Smokey Jack with us; he sure loves the outdoors and hiking. Although, I think he was wishing he had snowshoes on by the end of the trip....he kept falling through the three feet of snow. :)

It was warm and beautiful...but you could definitely feel spring was just around the corner.

NEXT YEAR: Eider is definitely getting snowshoes! Sheeesh! he is heavy ;)

Eider stomping around before the hike

The "us" shot in front of the beaver ponds

Jess trying to keep up with Smokey

Where's Smokey? He blends in so well we lost track of him a few times

Mom and Eider

The poser that he is....so cute~

The end of a great day with our family! I just love the outdoors!

Zion Enn. Pee.

we took a trip to Zion N.P. recently it hopes to do some hiking.....of all the weekends to go, we went the weekend of one of the worst storms they have had in that country all year....go us!~ We've got great timing....
but not all was lost~we we're able to at least enjoy the splendor that is Zion--even if it was cold as hell and snowing most of the time.

cool windmill just outside of Zion

Yup....this is what we saw most of the trip; although it was beautiful, Jess and I arn't really sightseers....we prefer to be out in the middle of it. But out in the middle of it in Zions means chance of mudslides and flash floods....that's not our thing either :)

Just being goofy in the wonderful scenery

Jumping off of the rock and Eider holding on for dear life

Of course with his bear--->he doesn't leave home without it!


Eider and Jess at a beautiful little stream--->and we found some sun!

Eating lunch with homemade chopsticks made from Zion N.P. trees :)

Green grass in February

Eider pointing at the stream saying "wa-wa."

up to date

It seems I've neglected my poor little blog lately....sorry....I blame facebook games ;)

Segway......

We have been doing really well. Eider is growing like a weed, and Jess and I are staying busy with the new house. Every week it seems we are taking on a new little project....awwww....the joys of home ownership! Someday I'll get around to posting pics of our cute little home (but probably not until we do a face-lift....it embarrasses me) for now, I'll post a pic of our front room--->which is one of the only rooms done in our home.

Just a reminder at how ridiculously adorable Eider is

nuff said.....






I'm kinda biased, but I think he is just about the cutest thing around =~)

The Snow Collector

Danni loves to play in the snow! and it seems to like her too....;)

I had to post this; it was too cute not to!

Christmas with Eider

The kid is spoiled rotten!

Christmas Eve - Eider dancing will all of the cousins-well, trying to anyways.....

Playing in the snow!

Sorry it's been so long since I've last posted; we have been very busy refinishing the house we just bought! (pictures to come soon)

Today was the first day of good 'ol fashioned Utah snow! six inches of the the stuff! I love it when it snows!! Eider and the dogs had a good time playing in the fresh stuff!

Eider not quite sure if he likes snow

Smokey dragging Danni Girl through the snow...absolutely hilarious to watch!!

Smokey wanting Eider to play with him

Danni Girl loves to frolic in the snow

the bearded woman had her nose in the snow!

Halloween in Vegas

We spent the Halloween weekend with Jess' older brother Ryan and his family at their home in Las Vegas. We did some hiking, found some rocks to boulder on, and the kids had a blast with trick or treating!

It was a great trip that will for sure be had many more times!!!

the brothers

Taven leading the way with Aspen in second place and Catlin heading up the rear carrying Berkley

We found bouldering near Las Vegas! We were super stoked to have found such good rock out in the middle of the desert....we will for sure be back for more of that rock!

A cool little boardwalk at the park

The lion...Rarrrrrr!
The pumpkin head

Jess with Eider the lion, and Berkley the poodle

The cousins
Jess the poodle!

Ya, I know, I know! I take alot of pictures....what can I say...I love it!