We went to Silver Lake, up Big Cottonwood Canyon, with LoriAnn and Jason on September 12. LoriAnn and Jason brought two of his nieces (sorry I don't remember their names :)). We got there before them (they went to the wrong canyon :P) and we walked around the lake before they arrived, seen in the first group of pics.

















Then LoriAnn and Jason, with his nieces, got there. They were hungry, so we sat at a picnic table and chatted and had a snack while they ate lunch. Then we headed went for another turn around the lake, this time we went the opposite way around, just to mix things up :).







That's me, LoriAnn, and the nieces. We had a great time and it was a beautiful day. James' face was red from it and I got to wear my favorite shirt, hopefully not the last time this fall :). We went back to a picnic table and James and I ate our lunches, then we headed home.

I'm so glad LoriAnn and Jason met us to do this. We missed Shaun, who had to work,  Lynn and his family, who were sick, and Ashley and the kids, who were playing soccer. This won't be the last time we go up there though. As you can see, the view makes it a great place to visit.

Rafting the Green

For the last few years I have taken friends to raft down Green River. We usually stay at my parents house in Vernal, but this year we went camping at Iron Springs. This was the first time James and I have been camping together and the first time in years that either of us have gone camping at all. The weather was great, but it was cold at night. It began to rain early Sunday morning and when the sun came up (behind the clouds), everyone went home. Fun weekend.

Fun times. James got a pretty good sun burn. I got a bit pink, but his was more painful.

I think this is a perfect example of what us "geeks" do when people ask us questions.



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Pictures Galore

So now that my fingers grew back after that terrible accident I can finally post on the blog again........

I am going to just put up some pictures from our adventures the last couple of months.

We went to Lake Tahoe for Shana's sisters wedding.  What a beautiful place to have a wedding.

View from a beach at the south end of Lake Tahoe

Same view but much better now(Shana is really not going to like that line)

I think this was after the Wedding and we were just kinda bored

I think this is my favorite picture we took there. ROCK OUT!

We ate some yummy ribs at the reception dinner.  I like that Shana has a big glob of something on her teeth, she pretty much devoured those ribs.

Ok I think it is time for a little break from pictures for a minute.  These next ones are of a bbq we had up Big Cottonwood Canyon.  There is a small mine shaft that is pretty fun to walk down, we had a huge line of people folowing the 3 lights we had with us, it was loads of fun.

Great place to have a meal

We went up there with a big group of friends from our old singles ward

Its dark in there so we had to stay close

I think they got surprise by the bright flash

I think these guys were all brining up the rear of our group

I am just a weirdo

Here is the bonus picture for the day.  We tried a new recipe for baked mac & cheese and it was great!

The Joy of Legos

The only thing I really collect are Star Wars Lego sets, and I love it.  My latest acquisition is an 18 inch tall set of General Grievous from the Star Wars prequel movies.  Following are some pictures of the building process and the finished product.  One of these days I will have to put up some pictures of my entire collection.  Enjoy!

Starting out with all the parts

In this picture he is a bit bent over but you get the idea

Here is some idea of scale

European Excursion

I was the lucky person who got do a shower for my friend, Mikol. She and her fiance, Gerrit, are extremely lucky to go to Europe for about a month, so I did a European inspired shower.

I found some tasty meats and cheeses, with Gerrit's help, and we had some fruit squash from England to drink (you can see it next to the glasses on the table). Good stuff. There were also some very good cookies from Germany.

I had a Union Jack and borrowed a German flag from a friend and used those as table cloths.

There were only three of us, including Mikol, Naomi, and myself. We just talked and had a great time. It unfortunately got cut short when I got called to work, but still good.

Shana Rocking it

Here is a little video of Shana playing some Guitar Hero.

Bring on the ROCK!!

Shana's birthday is on the 31st but the present I got her came a bit early and we decided to open it anyway. We can finally rock out with Guitar Hero!! I am throwing up some pictures of our first of many jam sessions. I hope it all formats right and that this post makes sense because I am doing it from my phone. Enjoy!!!

Trying to catch up

I have been somewhat slacking in posting things on the blog so I am going to throw up some pictures of stuff we have done in the last couple of months.

Here's some Christmas fun!

We spent this Christmas in Ogden with my parents, mostly because Shana had to work the day after and that would have been a long drive for such a quick trip to Vernal.  We had a good time until it came time to drive back to Salt Lake.  It had started snowing several hours earlier and by this time the snow was covering the roads and showed no signs of stopping.  We started out on what usually is about an hour drive but which took over two hours due to the heavy snow.  The first picture below was taken the day after Christmas and as you can see it was quite the storm.

Lots of Snow!!

Krista's favorite thing was to eat the paper

I love to terrify children

num num num....

I liked the toys more than she did

I thought I was going to look mean but I just look like Rudolf

We got these head lamps from my parents so Shana and I just played with them the entire time

Stop eating the paper!!!

Dad and Sharice on Christmas

On to some Thanksgiving

I am dead sexy

yum......

I don't think I can make normal faces in pictures too often

That's it for now!