House on Fire

Not really, but it looks cool non-the less.

We are trying to figure out how to paint the shutters and door. Here are some pictures for viewing and feedback. We are thinking black shutters with a black door or with a cranberry/crimson door. If you have any other suggestions please let us know. Here are pictures of the original colors, black shutters and black door and black shutters and red door.

Table Rock

On August 13th I went hiking with Spencer Smith and his brother in law Chris. We hiked Table Rock in the Tetons. When we arrived that morning we couldn't believe how many cars there were in the parking lot. In fact there were so many people hiking, more than we have ever seen up there, we decided to hike the Face. It was Chris's first time to hike table rock and it was Big and my first time hiking to table rock using the Face route. Face was a lot faster and a lot steeper. When we got up to table rock we had lunch and look pictures. My camera was being dumb and would only take a couple pictures at a time before it would shut down (my wife would like me to add that the camera works fine if your not cheap and buy .99 cent batteries).

We decided that we wanted to go out to the edge and see the Tetons from the lower ledge. It was beautiful and it drops off a good 600 yards to the bottom of the canyon. We threw rocks off and it would take 7 to 8 seconds for the rock to hit. That is a long ways. From there we decided to hike through the canyon back to our car. We wanted to find other trails that were not as crowded and boy did we find solitude. We ventured off the trail into the wilderness and it was really neat. We had a good time talking and searching for trails. We never thought we were lost but when we got back to a trail we were relieved and thankful we no longer had to hike over fallen trees and over creeks.

The whole day was a lot of fun. We were tired and ready to go home by the time we got back to the parking lot. I was glad I got to spend time with my really good friend, Spencer.

Today I am really stiff.

Random Photos!

Here are just some random photos from the last few weeks. Kierra is sporting her Go Cougars outfit for her dad! They are getting ready for football season to start. Jeremy is getting an imagination and it is hilarious what he comes up with some of the time. He loves playing dress up and his little sister. The first picture is the night we went to the Drive-In to see Toy Story 3. Jeremy loved it but jumped and screamed during the part with the toy monkey. The next day he said that was his favorite part.

HOLY BELLY!

I have been amazed at how big my belly has gotten so fast this third time around. Some of you may say "that's not a big belly" but for me it is and the fact that it has been this big since 22 weeks is crazy. I have been blessed not to have too many problems with this pregnancy so I am grateful and excited for the baby to be here. We are at 30 weeks so time is flying by!

Kierra's1st B-Day

Kierra had her first birthday last month! She is so sweet and we love her so much! Both of our children are such blessings and we love them very much. We are grateful for them and the joy they bring to us. She loved the strawberries and all of her presents. I made her a blanket, that was her favorite present and it was hard to get pictures of her with it because she would roll around on the floor.

Yellowstone

We finally made it to Yellowstone! Thanks to Kristen and Walter for coming up and going with us. It was a lot of sitting in the car for the kids but they still had a lot of fun. We saw a buffalo in the middle of the road, which was not in our lane (thank goodness). Their lane was backed up for miles but it was fun to see it walk right by our car and look in our window. The kids loved Yellowstone Lake and throwing rocks in the water. We also really liked the Lower Falls even though hiking back up was a workout and caused some contractions but I am fine and so is the baby. We really enjoyed our time there and can't wait to go back to see more!

Big Juds

I finally went to the famous Big Juds. It was fabulous. Kierra couldn't eat the whole thing even though I thought she may be able to pull it off. While my sister and her husband were here visiting we decided to go. We made the mistake of going the same day as BYU-I graduation and it was packed. It took forever but was still so good!

Do as I'm doing!

Kierra loves her big brother and follows him around all the time! I started to notice how everytime I looked at them she was doing what he was doing, whether it was playing cars, riding scooters, playing in sand, watching tv, anything really. I thought it was cute so I started taking some pictures!