My old roommate.

And when I say "old" I mean elderly.

Miss Emily Rebekah Hewlett came on an impromptu visit to dear old Utah a week and a half ago and we had SO much fun!  It was great hanging out with her!  It was just like old times - including the harassment I seem to have no problem throwing in her direction.  No wonder she loves me so much.  She lives in New Jersey now and the day she left there was an earthquake that delayed her flight out of Philadelphia and the day she was supposed to go back hurricane Irene was going through her state.  So she ended up staying a few more days.  No problem.  It just gave us more time to harass each other.

Here are some pictures of the event that I stole from her Facebook.

 These two are so cute!  

 So we might have attempted to take the stroller hiking.  Probably won't do that again.

 If there is one thing I'll miss about Utah, it's going to be this view.  Holy cow it's beautiful!  Taken up in Rock Canyon.

 What's a party without deliciously homemade Pot Stickers?  These little guys are soon to meet their fried death.

Geez we look good.  I love this girl!!  

I'm soo happy Emily came to visit!  It was seriously amazing seeing her!  I can't wait until we see her again. 

Our fluff sitting adventures. Part four.

The fourth of July started out a cold one.  We went to church and came home to take a LONG nap.  After eating breakfast at about 4 in the afternoon, Heather and Silas called to see if we wanted to take a hike to go see some waterfalls.  A perfect Sunday adventure!  Going to see Heavenly Fathers creation was pretty amazing.  I say, more hikes on Sundays!

The very beginning of our hike.  This was where we parked our car.  We were somewhere around the foot of Mt. Timpanogos. 

Silas was soo ready.  Little Tesla looks less than excited.

Posing, for a candid photo.  Very candid indeed.

We, slowly, were making our way up the side of some mountain.  Occasionally the forest would clear making visible the beauty of God's creation.  It made me want to go camping.  And little Fluff did such a good job!

Don't mind the back of my head, but this was what a majority of the hike looked like.  I believe I remember Joseph calling this part Jurassic?  I'm not really sure what that's supposed to mean, I can only assume there was a ferocious beast with teeth the size of my leg watching us from amongst the trees.  

Okay, seriously, just pretend the back of my head isn't there.  Again, the trees cleared revealing quite a view!  I was pretty sure I was going to see a nun running around on the hill singing to herself.

I'm not sure how long ago this happened but I was told there was an avalanche, so all of the trees were bent or broken.  There were a lot of trees in the background that were all at 90 degree angles.  Fortunately we were almost to our destination so turning back wasn't really an option - I just had to live with the fact that I might have gotten stoned to death.

 

We made it!  The hike wasn't so bad.  Here is husband enjoying his rest, and looking rather suave I might add.  Fluff was having a really good time being out in NATURE

(goulet).

On  our way back the sun was setting behind the mountains.  A very good trip.

By the time we got back little Sophie fluff dog was soo brown!  Not to mention smelly too.  So upon our return to the apartment we gave her a nice bath.  She didn't like it much and kept shaking dirty water off in both Joseph's and my face.  But it was obvious she was happy to be clean, once we roughed her up a bit in the towel she ran at top speeds around the apartment weaving around things.  A very good way to celebrate the fourth.  I am grateful to live in a country with the rights and freedoms we have.  I think it's important to protect them so future generations can live in the place we know and love.  This land of opportunity is a special and chosen land of our Heavenly Father.  A place of religious freedom - a place that the gospel had an opportunity to be restored to its fullness.  

Our fluff sitting adventures. Part three.

Joseph and I decided to take a walk today into Slate Canyon which happens to be just down the road from where we're staying.  We brought Sophie with us to put a little variety in her life.  She did pretty well.  She was apparently hot, trying to find any and all shade possible, even if it was the shadow Joseph was creating from his body.  

Check out my sweet shades.  They have UV protection.

But Joseph pulls them of better than me by far.  He's so sassy.

During our adventure we happened upon a door in the ground that apparently had been tried several times to open. 

It came included with pried open corners and bullet holes.  And it was still closed?

I guess the homeless guy found a way in... 

I found all of his stuff too.  Pretty nice place.  It was furnished with a football, garbage and some of the owners fine artwork - like that abstract one on the pole there.

AND we found a hen.  We named it Frodo because it totally had the hairiest feet.  It was awesome and after chasing it around for a while we left it alone, mainly because Sophie completely failed her dogly duties.

Ah, yet another wonderful day had with my loverly husband.  Tonight we are continuing the adventure to J-Dawgs - great American food for watching some fireworks on the roof.  Yay 3rd of July!  

Our new life

Joseph and I have been married for exactly 7 weeks today. I can't imagine a better way of spending my time than to be at home with him! Dang, THIS IS THE LIFE! However, along with this new life the camera has long been forgotten. Every time we do something or go somewhere I think that we should be recording our every move, but the camera is always sitting nicely on top of the dresser at home. Fortunately, when going on an impromptu hike up Rock Canyon one evening a couple of weeks ago we remembered to bring the camera.

I conquered nature that day.

I realize that this is probably one of the more flattering pictures of me but there is a new fangled water dispensing shooting-it-3-feet-in-the-air fountain and I was thirsty, it's really hard to drink out of for some reason.

Once we got off of the trail we found a really great spot just up the ridge of the stream to start a fire and roast some marshmallows. It was right next to an old mine I was pretty sure a bear was going to come out of with a desire to scratch some faces off, but it turned out to be really nice and quiet.