Sunday, July 27, 2008

It's not a vacation it's a trip!!

I think that when you come back from a vacation you're rested and relaxed. When you come back from a trip you are exhausted. We started our trip off with a bang, a midnight hike up to the top of Mt. Lassen. You start at 8500 elevation and end at 10453. We went with the young men and women. Erick packed Abbie on his back and I packed Emma on my back (they pretty much just slept the whole way) and Tyler hiked it. It was a pretty hard hike, but at midnight we made it to the top. At 10000 feet we were just barely above the smoke. Thank goodness for Will B. who so cheerfully packed Emma down the mountain for me (my back hurt so bad). Tyler was really a trooper he did great!! I think we rolled back into town at 3:00 am. (Maybe not the best way top start a 6 day camping trip, but it was an adventure.

That's the full moon in the back ground. I don't what it looks like in the day but at night it looked like we were on the moon, barren and desolate.


The next day we made our way to the coast and stayed at some campgrounds in the redwoods. It was very pretty. We stayed there for 6 nights and while we were there we did some biking, hiking, hanging out on the beach.


We found this troll in the window of an old bridge shed. Just moments before Erick told kids we were going to bike over the troll bridge, we thought it was pretty cool when we looked over and saw this.

We also passed a few of these on one of our bike rides. I'm just glad that we didn't see any bears.
The perfect camping spot

Double decker s'more, (maybe that's why I gained 5 pounds on this trip!!!)




Abbie was on her bike every second that she could.






Skipping rocks in the river.


We found some wonderful bike rides to go on. Erick was worried that his hard core biking image might be ruined by the having the baby seat on back.
On the longer bike rides we went on Abbie used the Alleycat. On the hills I made sure that she helped me pedal. Tyler was on his own bike, and once again he was quite a trouper. He didn't think that it was fair that we could use our gears on the hills (his bike doesn't have gears) and so Erick stayed in 3rd gear the whole time to make it fair.
The trails were absolutely beautiful.
We were having an ordinary dinner, when I looked over at Emma and she had made a taco mask. She is always cracking us up.
It was so great just to hang out with each other. We had a wonderful time, and came home exhausted.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Mag Fam Reunion

Over the 4th we our big reunion with grandma great and all the cousins and aunts and uncles. It was great to have the reunion so close to us. There were many people that had to drive a long way to be there. As usual, we had a blast. It's always so fun to be with family, and just relax. (i.e. lots of food, hikes, bike rides, games, crafts, storytelling, service project, talent show, fireworks, sports, church, ect.) Here are some pictures from our weekend together.




And finally the person who started it all....

Thursday, July 3, 2008

A funny story

This happened at the park a few months ago. In this story I am "Beckys friend".

http://redding.com/news/2008/jul/03/reading-may-be-power-but-proper-spelling-is/

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

I've been tagged!!!

Jobs I've had:

Dishwasher at Care Home
Campground helper/cleaner
Clerk at Video Store
Pizza dough prep at Pizza Hut
Waitress at 50's Diner
Sec. at Law Office
Aid for Handicap Adults
Sec. at Audio Visual Department in Library
Sec. at Admissions office at BYU
Sec. at HVAC Dept at BYU
Janitor at BYU (Monte L. Bean Museum)
Laundry person at Care Home
Bank Teller
Sec. at Construction Company
Payroll Person at Paychex
Elementary Teacher
and finally, for the past eight years, MOM. (you thought that list would never end.)

Movies I could watch over and over:

I really don't like to watch movies more than 2 times, too boring.

Places I've lived:

Glendo WY
Laramie WY
Ranchester WY
Gillette WY
Rexburg ID
Provo UT
Omaha NE
Redding CA

Favorite TV Shows:

LOST
The Office

Favorite Websites:

Recipezaar
Blogs
Nike +
vrbo.com

Places I'd rather be:

At the beach
In the mountains
On a run

I tag:

Amy (both of them, if they are out there???)
Marc & Chelsea