Relief!

These are a few of our favorite things...

Our trumpet flowers, the humming bird feeder (not so much the feeder, as the cute little birds it attracts) and... our new WINDOW UNIT!! We both had Monday off work and after switching from sitting in the house to out in the shade in the back yard most of the day, we decided it would be worth the money to have somewhere to keep us from going insane from the heat!

We're finally getting some color in our yard! I wish I could say I had much to do with it... but I don't. Nate is outside every night watering and planting flowers. My contribution is pretty much pulling weeds and complimenting him on how great it's looking. :)

We put a little patio area in the back of the yard in the shade; it's been nice to have somewhere to eat and relax out there.

Mose LOVES playing in the hose water!

We are trying out a new spot for another garden area this year, it gets a lot more sun so everything seems to be doing really well. We had a bunch of peas a few weeks ago, the lettuce has been great, but the season is coming to an end... as you can see. We should have a plethera of peppers and some strawberries, we're really excited!

Brigham City Temple

"At the temple the dust of distraction seems to settle out, the fog and the haze seem to lift, and we can 'see' things that we were not able to see before and find a way through our troubles that we had not previously known." —Boyd K. Packer

I thought that was a neat quote... We were so excited about the announcement in General Conference last fall of the temple coming to Brigham City!! I grew up in Brigham and both Nate's and my parents live there currently. I found this picture online (http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/brighamcity/) and it made it seem so much more real! I can't wait for it to be built, it's going to be Beautiful!!

Base Camp

We decided to head into the wild with one of Angie and Devin's wicked, simply rugged, Mig trailers (www.simplyruggedtrailers.com). We headed up to Porcupine Dam Saturday night. We set up camp and Mose and I took the kayak out on the lake while katie sat on a stump whittlin some animal figurines with her new pocket knife. He refused to stand anywhere except the front tip of the kayak...he also fell off twice while we paddled around...nerd. We got up there kinda late so we cooked some hot dogs, played some cards and went to bed. Bacon and eggs for breakfast and a little fishing time, then back home to church. Good time. -nate
By the way, just kidding about katie whittling, Im not sure what she was doing while we were gone.

Wasatch Back 2010

For the past 3 years my work has participated in the Ragnar- Wasatch Back Relay, from Logan to Park City (190 miles). Here is some of our team at the starting line.

We lucked out to make it to Jordanelle right as the sun was rising, it was so pretty!!

We met up with the other car of our teammates at the exchange in Liberty (also a really pretty place). We kept talking about how pretty the course is, I feel so lucky to live in such a beautiful area!! It's always a blast, but after the 3 legs of the race that I ran that totaled 21 miles, 3 hours of sleep, and about 30 hours in a car, it was really nice to be done!

Spring is here

I love the spring!! It's been so fun to be able to go outside and play with Mose, go running, bike riding, work in the yard, see all the pretty blossoms, have campfires in the backyard and it's not too hot yet! Since the most entertainment in our life right now is our dog... here are some cute pics of him.


Cousins... :) Hallie tells Mose when she doesn't want him in her space, it's so funny! But she did let him ride with her in the wheelbarrow at Nate's parents house. That girl is a little cutie!


Nate has been taking Mose over to a park around the block a lot lately. Mose loves riding in the bike trailer, in the back of the truck, or on the scooter. People we pass always seem to get a kick out of seeing the three of us on there!


We got some bubbles for this funny dog... he loves chasing and biting at them, it's so funny to watch.