Sunday, June 12, 2011

Hiking the "Y"

This past Memorial Day we decided to turn last years activities into tradition. Only problem is we have been having HORRIBLE weather. We have been recieving insane amounts of rain, as in never in the 150+ years they've been tracking weather they have never seen anything like it. We knew the weather was supposed to be horrible on Monday so we decided to hike the "Y" on Saturday instead. Our good friends and neighbors, the Halls, joined us. It's always an enjoyable hike with a beautiful view.
Didn't get too many pictures for some reason but the hiking crew was Luke and Erin Hall, their 4 crazies (Emma, Jeremy, Bree, and Brooke), Us with our 3 crazies, Rodney and Bowzer.
Erin helping Brooke release her pocketful of "pookie pookies" (rolie polies) she faithfully packed all the way to the top.

My hot hubby and me

The kiddos were all troopers and did great hiking! (Just not so great posing for a picture)

On Monday we had freezing rain, hail and sleet so thought our 2nd annual cul-de-sac bbq would be moved indoors. We were set to begin at 5:30 and miraculously at 4:30 the skies seriously went from torrential rains to beautiful blue skies. It was a VERY welcomed thing as we had encountered a pretty major house catastrophe, (more on that later, turned out not being as bad as we thought but now have 1/2 the drywall cut off from the outer wall in the basement and we have a whole to the outside behind our cabinets.) Anyway, between the FREEZING weather and the house ordeal I was ready to pound in the "For Sale" sign and leave. Luckily by the time 5:30 rolled around it was beautiful weather, the grills and tables were pulled out to the middle of the circle and the festivities began. After the bbq and LOTS of laughing and playing we all headed to the Shorts' house for a fun movie night. It was just what the doctor ordered to remind me how much we love where we love and lucky we are to have such wonderful neighbors!
I am so grateful to all those that have lost their lives fighting so we can enjoy the freedoms we have and live the peaceful lives we do.

1 comment:

Katie Fish said...

That's a fun hike! Glad you guys are enjoying Utah. :) Can't wait to hear the house drama.