CAHOOTS!
August 11 2012

I have been really wanting to try one of this hip mud runs but I can't believe how expensive they are! So our good friends Bryan and Lacey found one called Cahoots that wasn't as expensive and had all the elements I wanted. It was a 5K run mixed in with tons of awesome obstacle courses filled with water mud hay and much more. It was such a blast and by the end I think we were all pretty sore. I am definitely not in the best of shape but it has got me wanting to do a lot more races like this :) Sadly I couldn't find my camera and so we used Lacey's phone but couldn't take it with us on the race because we got so wet and muddy. So we did get to take a few pictures but it definitely couldn't capture the whole experience.

                                                               Before:

After:

 We were a lot muddier during the race, at the end they had water to spray off with.

Dan and LJ's Day Off:
July 24 2012

Dan and I both had the day off work so we decided we were going to make it a great day. We started Monday night with a movie at Mike and Michelles. When we were leaving we climbed on Dan's truck and watched the fireworks. When we got home we decided to make a fort in the living room and tell scary stories. It was a great start! Tuesday we got to sleep in, then Dan made a great breakfast and then we headed out to kayak at Bear River. It was so much fun to just be outside together. We then decided that we wanted to take it down the Logan River, the one we had tubed down before but sadly it was too low. It's ok though because we had much more to do. We hurried and showered and then went to Willow Park where there were a bunch of booths. Afterward we all went and ate. We decided to watch a movie until the fireworks and then we sat really close to the fireworks, it would rattle our rib cages. It was a lot of fun. Needless to say it was a great day off. The rest of the week was also really good. Dan and I had our own little Olympics and on the headstand event Dan fell over and put a hole in our wall, it was actually really funny. We went to a local production of "Big River" and then Friday we went to St. George and were able to go to Aladdin at Tuacahn, so all in all it was a great week!

Subway Hike in Zions and a week in Lake Powell :)
June 29-July 6

A few years ago I did the Subway hike with some friends and it was so much fun. Brandon really wanted to go so we decided to just do it. We applied for a permit and was granted one for Friday June 29. It is such an amazing hike! We all headed down after work Thursday so we got there pretty late and we had to be up early to get started on the hike, it is 9 1/2 miles and has lots of obstacles, water, rappels and more. Kelsi's friend and me both split our pants while sliding down the small waterfalls so that was pretty funny. It took us a little over 8 hours but we eventually made it out and were already starting plans on our next hike. I don't have any pictures right now of Lake Powell but it was definitely a blast.
                                                    So it begins....

Backpacking:
June 22-23

Michael, Michelle, Bryan, Lacey, Dan and I all decided that we needed to go on a backpacking adventure. So we packed up our bags and headed out. We were dropped off at Tony Grove around 6:30 pm and we started our adventure. We had walked a few miles when we lost the trail, the sun setting and we had to get over the peak of Mt. Naomi, so we just headed straight up. At times we were on our hands hoping we wouldn't fall because if we did it would be a huge fall. It was such an amazing view and I was having such a blast. It soon got dark and we still hadn't found the trail so we just went straight down the hill, it was super steep and we couldn't really see much (which is a good thing....it was pretty intense). Finally we made it to the bottom of the mountain and decided to get some sleep. It was 10:30pm by then and we had only gotten half way so we just found the flattest place we could and pulled out our sleeping bags....it was really rocky. The next day we headed out for the last half. We went up one peak and then down, over and over. We ended at the mouth of Cherry Creek Trail in Richmond (about 15 miles from Logan).Thankfully we hitched a ride to a bus stop. Overall we went about 12 miles and boy did we feel it. It was so much fun I am thinking I might have to just grab a backpack and live out of it for the next month ;)

                                                    Tony Grove...so it begins!

There was a lot of snow...forgot about that ha ha

Keep on trekking....

What we were climbing straight up....

Beautiful view at the top of Mt. Naomi!

What we woke up to....yep...we climbed that

Happy for the day ha ha

The end!

Outdoor Fun
Well it is finally summer. I have waiting and wanting to get outside. I've never spent a summer in Logan and I'm excited to do so. There have been plenty of days that I haven't put my time to good use....but here are a few things we have done....I went on a bike ride by myself after work one of the days. We floated the river for the third time...it was so fast and a whole new experience from the other two times. Mike got trapped under some over hanging branches and I couldn't stop laughing. The water was freezing but I feel like we're really getting the hang of it. We want to go for some Kayaks soon. We also pulled out the slack-line one of the nights, it is so much harder than it looks! Dan took Mike, Michelle and I rock climbing where I did my very first lead and clean! I had such a blast.

Anniversary in California!
June 10 2012

Dan called me one day and said, "We're going to California to celebrate our anniversary." So of course I became excited. I hadn't planned on really doing anything for our anniversary especially since we've been doing so much lately. I can't believe it has already been a full year since we got married. That was such a fun, exciting, amazing day and I could never have known what the year ahead of us would be. We've learned a lot about each other, and had some amazing adventures! It has definitely been a life changing year for both of us. I couldn't have married a better man and I can't wait for many more years to come!

We flew out at 6:30am on Saturday morning. Brandon and Chelsea met us at the airport and the adventures began. We first went to Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory, though we weren't able to actually go in. Then we went to the pier and had lunch. After that it was time for the beach! It was a little windy but the water wasn't so bad. We body boarded, skim boarded and just enjoyed the beach time...the waves were really big so we got some really good boarding in! I even lost my swimsuit a few times ha ha. Afterwards we went hot tubing then showered and Dan and I met Dan's family (they were on their way back from Mexico) we had dinner and then walked around town.

Sunday (our anniversary!) we went to church then went on a great hike. Brandon and Chelsea then joined us and showed us a place where many many cats dwell in the rocks, it was a little weird but hilarious all the same. Next we went to the boardwalk to go on a good bike ride and then we had dinner with a fire-pit on the beach. It was such a blast!

Monday Dan and I left San Diego and went to Six Flags. We love amusement parks but learned out lesson about going in the summer time. We waited for over 3 hours for 1 ride. We were hot and tired by the time we left. Tuesday we flew back home. It was such a great fun filled trip! Dan even bought me the most beautiful dress for our anniversary!

The dress Dan bought me, once I wear it i'll post a picture :)

River Rafting
June 2 2012

We got a great deal to go river rafting so of course we had to jump on that one! Dan and I convinced Mike, Michelle, Mom, Staci, Brock, Aubrey and Kelsi into going. We could have gotten Dad and some more people but they were leaving for Alaska that day.
Kelsi, Dan, Mike Michelle and I decided to camp the night before. We found a great spot though we didn't sleep so great. We met up with everyone the next day. It was raining and a little chilly so we knew the water was going to be even worse. Luckily we decided to wear wet suits. Our guide was a little too cautious for our groups liking but we still had a blast! After that it was the long drive home but man it was a great weekend!