3. little kids date

For our little kids date we made a fabulous meal that consisted of bagel bites, macaroni and chess, and celery with peanut butter! yum yum! And might I add that John prepared the whole thing. Then John tried to have a sword fight with me and I just stared at him like he was crazy…as you can see John played his part as a VERY annoying little boy well…maybe a little too well! We ended the night by coloring and watching Mulan. We enjoyed getting back in touch with our childish sides because we both most definitely still act like children every now and again.

44. hike Stewart Falls

   This was the first time I got to use my new Teva sandals and they were AWESOME! The hike was pretty easy and really pretty. We got to talk the whole way up and down. Then we played in the waterfall and got soaking wet! Then we practically ran all the way down the whole trail to our car. There is something oddly refreshing about running down a trail….yup you should try it and remember when you are addicted to running down the trail who told you to try it!
PS I love John Harp Wilde!

35. play in a waterfall

This is in Stewart Falls where we got soaking wet playing! And although it was FREEZING it was totally worth it! If you look ever so closely you might find a nice surprise in this picture! hehe

2. carve something

We decided that a good summer activity would be to carve some animals out of SOAP!! Chelsie started by using her teeth, but then I showed her how a knife could be a little more useful and more tasty.

 

After hours of tedious work, we finished with an amazingly well done and intricately detailed turtle named Squid (done by Chelsie), a butterfly fish named Coon, and a sad starfish named Speckles (last two done by me.) We had a good time making messes and masterpieces.  

8. hike the Y

We meant to hike the Y more in the morning so it wasn’t scorching hot outside but of course we got off to a late start and ended up hiking at 1pm which is pretty much the hottest time of the day. Although people run the Y all the time do not be fooled, the Y is not an easy hike. It is short but it is straight up. By the time we got to the top all three of us were huffing and puffing. We got to the top, sat in the little shade we could find and ate pb&j sandwiches,Cheetos, and sliced apples! Delectable!

17. Hogle Zoo

Yes we are adults and yes we went to the Zoo and enjoyed it just as much as any 5 year old would! John didn’t know I was kissing the gorilla so later when he saw the picture he was like,"what?! You were kissing him!” But John knows he is the only one who has my heart :) Spider monkey’s are the coolest because they can hang from their tail.  John likes to pose as the animal. But the only picture we are missing is John with the orangutan to show off his ridiculously long arms.

26. tennis

We recently decided to test our tennis skills…only to find that neither or us should ever be considered any kind of competition when it comes to tennis. We played us two against Mike and not only did Mike win but he beat us 6-0. Yep tennis is most definitely not our thing. But it was a blast and we laughed the whole time included when we hit the balls over the fence. Oh and I was really good at making the Serena and Venus Williams sound when I hit the ball.

12. fireworks/ 49. summer BBQ with games

I get fireworks when I look at Chelsie!—love john

On July 3rd, we had a little family BBQ with Chelsie’s family at Bridal Veil Falls. We walked from the picnic area to the falls with the fam and then we took the liberty of hiking right up the falls!

After a nice talk, we went back to Tiff’s house for an awesome hamburger dinner with corn! After that, we all headed down to watch fireworks at Thanksgiving point and to stay warm me played an “epic” game of Ninja Destruction! The best part was when Tyler dove at John, missed and rolled down the hill. In a close second was my parents, especially my dad. He never quite got a hold of it but it was impressive! And surprisingly my mom was really good. Then the fireworks started and they were HUGE in the sky because we were so close.       

Best Faces Ever! Yep Kodak moment!

4. drive in movie

 

We looked long and hard for a drive in theater that still existed and we found one in Salt Lake! After going to the reputable Texas Road House, we headed over to the Drive in and watched The Last Airbender. It was an exciting adventure… for an 8 year old. But it was just exciting to be together at a drive in movie! We will definitely be going back and see a movie we actually want to see.

19. kiss in the rain

So we have no pictures for this one…but use your imagination. I’m sure it will be pretty accurate ;)

After a long day of hiking, site seeing, and playing games John and I wanted a little time alone so we decided to take a midnight stroll. It was the perfect sequence of events. Talking, hugging, kissing, raining. Need we say anymore.

27. Moab - hike arches

after driving for a number of hours in anticipation of an awesome camp ground only to find that we reserved a space at the Moab RV park surrounded by commercialism! SWEET! Luckily we found a great, more secluded campsite where instead of seeing a football stadium and gas station, we just had to look over a fence and see two motels! But it was great for John to meet the family in its best—stripped from most modern luxuries! But Chelsie of course always looked beautiful!

The first full day of being in Moab, we took the ever so strenuous 3 mile hike up to Delicate Arch. It took everyone three hours to do the whole hike… It was beautiful and fun with a lot of cool places to take pictures!

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After the hike, we went with Chelsie’s brother and sister-in-law (Tyler and Brooke) on another 3 miler to Bow-tie Arch and Corona Arch  

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After the hikes were over, we wanted to cool off by going in the camp grounds super clean green watered pool! The kids loved playing with us (but we might have had just as much fun too!)

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9. tin foil dinners

Yum Yum! Yes those are delicious and delectable tin foil dinners. We had them for dinner up in Moab our first night there.

I LOVE CHELSIE!!!