Into the Pioneer Mountains

The Pioneer mountains hold some of the most beautiful lakes and peaks in Idaho. Justin is lucky to have a scout leader that wants to "bag" a few of these peaks.

You can see the Pioneers best from Twin when they are covered in snow on a clear day. They are North and little East. Whenever I see them I am in awe of how giant they are!

Why Him?

Enough already. This poor kid and his head. This happened while he was ASLEEP. He and a friend were sleeping out under the Wing (a shelter we use on the river, held up by raft oars). A wind storm came up and BAM! Raft oar to the face. How is that for a rude awakening.

I'm just mad he hasn't been wearing his full-faced helmet to bed. What did we get that thing for anyway?

More of Paige and Guns

If we ever moved back to town we would be in serious trouble.

I love where we live!!!!

PHS class of 1990

Last weekend I attended my 20 year class reunion. I was half excited and half dreading it. It ended up being so much fun! Darren was bored out of his mind, but was such a good sport. I got to see some dear friends. I have to say all the girls looked more beautiful than ever, and the guys...well, they all looked older!

This is eight out of the twelve of our Varsity Cheer squad. We seriously were the best cheerleaders that school has ever seen! These girls were great friends of mine and influenced me in such a positive way!

OK so they called us up to do the Provo High Fight Song.....It was really funny that some of us could actually remember parts of it! Emilee wanted me to run out doing back handsprings! At that point I really did feel 20 years older!

I laughed so hard that night! We had a great program and remembered some great times. I went to school with really good people. High School was a positive experience for me and it was nice to see some of those friends who had a profound influence on me!

The Drops

Yes, we Idahoans swim in canals. And it is dang fun! This was our first day at the Shoshone Drops this summer. The kids have been begging for weeks to go there, but the water has been too low - those dang farmers think they need the water more than we need to play in it?

Justin surfing the wave.




Three boys on the wave at once. This is the biggest we have ever seen the wave.

Brady getting ready to jump.

Paige would only jump in if someone was already on the wave and would follow her down if she got flushed out. Here her board was getting away from her....

It kicked both of them off.

It was only in the low 70's here today and the water was freezing, but they had a blast. The wave was easy to surf at this level. The kids are such fish, they can never get enough of the water!

While I Was at Girl's Camp.....

Seriously.

Should I ever leave for five days EVER again?

Apparently this was the morning ritual in Darren's office.

Tuckered Out

Picture Justin lying here too, with his irrigation boots on. He wouldn't let me take a picture. We took the boys mountain biking in the South Hills on Saturday.

They can now ride "normal" size mtn. bikes and it has made all the difference. No waiting for kids anymore! We took them up Dry Gulch, over Matt's and down the gulley, or the "swooshy" trail.

Darren and I still wanted more riding so we begged and pleaded and they ended up following us up Back Door. Back Door is steep. Everytime I ride it I think how I'm not going to do it again for a while. Then we got to ride the swooshy trail again, it is so worth it!

I love riding behind Brady. His feet turn out ducklike on the pedals, and he is so tiny on the Salsa, but does so well!

I haven't been able to do much of anything excercise wise because of my STUPID back. This was a great day for me. I even rode Ryan's Corner all the way around -TWICE! Never even put my foot down. That is HUGE for me.

At the bottom of the swooshy trail the second time Justin's neck was bothering him so he and I cut off a few miles of climbing and hit the pavement along the foothills. Justin and Brady finished off the ride on the singletrack.


We tired these guys out big time. We stopped at Maverick on the way home for treats, hoping they'll come next time too!