Friday, June 25, 2010
Anniversary
So Lin and I went off on an anniversary vacation from the 11th-13th. We went to Manti and stayed at the Yardley Inn. It is expensive, but we very rarely go on any other vacation due to school and work so we save and splurge a little on this weekend. The Inn was great and very relaxing.
(sorry if these pictures are spaced funny I can't seem to get the new picture uploader to work right)
We also got to go do a session and sealings at the Manti Temple. It is so gorgeous inside and the session was very small and personal. It was an amazing experience. When we did sealings we were the only couple there so it was just us and 3 temple workers. It was actually really funny because they were three old men and they were just hilarious from the start, but we also learned a lot from them. After we took pictures and walked around outside the temple.
It was a stormy day but still very beautiful. The view off Temple Hill was gorgeous.
There was a neat curved sidewalk that Lin and I both liked. I took a picture of Lin frolicking down it with the umbrella.
He then wanted to take one of me. As I was heading down the sidewalk I decided to click my heels. Lin caught me at the perfect time even though he had no idea I was going to do it.
This picture is one of my favorite pictures of all time now. It just makes me so happy :)
On Saturday we drove down to St. George. We wanted to go to Zions National Park, but it was very rainy and cloudy. We couldn't check in to our hotel until later so we ended up walking around the St. George Temple grounds.
That evening we went to Tuacahn and saw Cats. It was interesting, but I liked. It doesn't really have a story line like most other plays but it has some phenomenal dancing and singing. My friend Eli (from one of my modern dance classes) was in it so we went and said hi to him after.
We also took a picture of one of the other cats because Cats is the one play my mom really wants to see.
Tarzan was also playing (on a different night) hence the picture. . . .
(sorry if these pictures are spaced funny I can't seem to get the new picture uploader to work right)
We also got to go do a session and sealings at the Manti Temple. It is so gorgeous inside and the session was very small and personal. It was an amazing experience. When we did sealings we were the only couple there so it was just us and 3 temple workers. It was actually really funny because they were three old men and they were just hilarious from the start, but we also learned a lot from them. After we took pictures and walked around outside the temple.
It was a stormy day but still very beautiful. The view off Temple Hill was gorgeous.
On Saturday we drove down to St. George. We wanted to go to Zions National Park, but it was very rainy and cloudy. We couldn't check in to our hotel until later so we ended up walking around the St. George Temple grounds.
That evening we went to Tuacahn and saw Cats. It was interesting, but I liked. It doesn't really have a story line like most other plays but it has some phenomenal dancing and singing. My friend Eli (from one of my modern dance classes) was in it so we went and said hi to him after.
Tarzan was also playing (on a different night) hence the picture. . . .
Lin's Surprise
So on Monday the 14th Lin texted (is that a word?) me and told me he had a surprise. Usually this isn't a good thing; he isn't the flowers or chocolates type. Anyway I asked if I was going to like it and he said no. This got me worried but he reassured me that he was okay. Around 4 PM he FINALLY got home and low and behold his right pointer finger was wrapped and splinted. I asked him what happened. Here is his story:
They were working on a road in Heber (for those who don't know Lin works for a road construction company that specializes in putting the cement collars around utilities, manholes, water valves, etc.) His brother tilted a lid and bell (what the lid sits on) because there was a small chunk of brick beneath it that was causing problems. Lin stuck his hand under to grab the brick as his brother was telling him to get a shovel to get it out. Right as his hand went under the lid and bell slipped and fell right on his hand. They got it off of him and Lin looked at his hand; it was extremely beat-up and bloody. He realized he needed to go get medical attention pronto. Amazingly enough despite being crushed by over 600 lbs he only needed 25 stitches in his first finger and had some nasty scraps on the back of his hand; no broken bones, no tendon or nerve damage just a very ripped up finger.
Here are some pictures I took of his hand.
I am trying to get the picture his boss took at the clinic after they cleaned it up and before they started stitching. I am very glad that he was not hurt worse he definitely had some extra protection.
They were working on a road in Heber (for those who don't know Lin works for a road construction company that specializes in putting the cement collars around utilities, manholes, water valves, etc.) His brother tilted a lid and bell (what the lid sits on) because there was a small chunk of brick beneath it that was causing problems. Lin stuck his hand under to grab the brick as his brother was telling him to get a shovel to get it out. Right as his hand went under the lid and bell slipped and fell right on his hand. They got it off of him and Lin looked at his hand; it was extremely beat-up and bloody. He realized he needed to go get medical attention pronto. Amazingly enough despite being crushed by over 600 lbs he only needed 25 stitches in his first finger and had some nasty scraps on the back of his hand; no broken bones, no tendon or nerve damage just a very ripped up finger.
Here are some pictures I took of his hand.
Monday, June 7, 2010
Camping
We went camping on Friday the 4th up Hobble Creek Canyon. We had a big group of people. Me and Lin, Lin's brother Jim and his wife Haley, Lin's sister Carly and her husband Shawn, Lins other sister Amanda and her husband Matt, Robbie Peterson and his girlfriend Jessie, and Cody and Paige Mills. We decided to take a big flatbed trailer and leave Lin's truck at the bottom of the trail. Cody, Paige, Robbie and Jessie drove up in one truck which left the rest of us with Jim's truck and the trailer. Me, Carly, Shawn, Lin, and Matt all sat on the trailer to hold the stuff down. It was a little bouncy, but not too terrible. About halfway to the campsite there was a stretch of road that was really muddy. The truck didn't make it the first time, or the second time, Jim backed it up to get a good quick start and we all hunkered down on the trailer. As Jim tried to get through the mud the tires were flinging mud everywhere. Even after all that we still didn't make it. So all of us got off the trailer for safety reasons and so we wouldn't have to be sprayed with more mud. Lin stayed on to make sure nothing fell off. Finally Jim was able to get the truck and trailer through the mud spot and we were able to make it to the campsite. Needless to say the five of us and everything on the trailer were covered in mud.
Lin was by far the worst with the mud because he stayed on the trailer that last time. But hey we wanted an adventure and that is what we got.
It was a lot of fun to be up in the mountains and to have a fire.
Saturday morning we were taking down camp and a car came and the people asked us if we were the race headquarters. We said no and wondered what race they were talking about. Pretty soon we began to see runners coming down the mountain. This made it a little inconvenient driving down with the trailer but it worked out. We asked one of the runners where the race went. It was a 50 mile race (wow!) they started at Vivian park in Provo Canyon and ran across the Squaw Peak road down the road we were in on in Hobble Creek Canyon and back up hobble creek canyon eventually ending back at Vivian Park. I can't even fathom running 50 miles. We decided that if an average good runner runs a marathon in around 4 hours this race would take 9-10 or more. Once again WOW!
Lin was by far the worst with the mud because he stayed on the trailer that last time. But hey we wanted an adventure and that is what we got.It was a lot of fun to be up in the mountains and to have a fire.
Saturday morning we were taking down camp and a car came and the people asked us if we were the race headquarters. We said no and wondered what race they were talking about. Pretty soon we began to see runners coming down the mountain. This made it a little inconvenient driving down with the trailer but it worked out. We asked one of the runners where the race went. It was a 50 mile race (wow!) they started at Vivian park in Provo Canyon and ran across the Squaw Peak road down the road we were in on in Hobble Creek Canyon and back up hobble creek canyon eventually ending back at Vivian Park. I can't even fathom running 50 miles. We decided that if an average good runner runs a marathon in around 4 hours this race would take 9-10 or more. Once again WOW!Wednesday, June 2, 2010
What is going on?
So I just wanted to blog about the weird things that are happening today. . . . .
I went out to my garden and my yellow squash sprout has completely disappeared. No trace at all: no noticeable digging marks, no pieces of leaves and no stem. The rest of my garden is still intact so I really don't know what happened; the sprout was in the middle and back of my garden.
The second thing was when I was taking the garbage out. I noticed a pile of something on our sidewalk. I went over to it and couldn't decide what it was. At first I thought it was cat vomit (yuck!) but it seemed way to solid. It stunk, really bad. It was whitish and kinda looked like some weird form of chicken, but it was tube shaped and much softer of a solid. There were little seeds inside parts of it. Flies were all over it and the smell was familiar but of something from the past. I couldn't really place it. It was one of those sickening yet intriguing smells. As I have been typing this the smell of sweet tamales (which I love) comes to mind. Whatever it was it reminded me of some kind of entrails and it left a wet, slimy mark on our sidewalk. NASTY!
I went out to my garden and my yellow squash sprout has completely disappeared. No trace at all: no noticeable digging marks, no pieces of leaves and no stem. The rest of my garden is still intact so I really don't know what happened; the sprout was in the middle and back of my garden.
The second thing was when I was taking the garbage out. I noticed a pile of something on our sidewalk. I went over to it and couldn't decide what it was. At first I thought it was cat vomit (yuck!) but it seemed way to solid. It stunk, really bad. It was whitish and kinda looked like some weird form of chicken, but it was tube shaped and much softer of a solid. There were little seeds inside parts of it. Flies were all over it and the smell was familiar but of something from the past. I couldn't really place it. It was one of those sickening yet intriguing smells. As I have been typing this the smell of sweet tamales (which I love) comes to mind. Whatever it was it reminded me of some kind of entrails and it left a wet, slimy mark on our sidewalk. NASTY!
Monday, May 31, 2010
Mushroom
We have a stump in our backyard and since we moved in two years ago we have been fascinated by this mushroom that grow out of the stump. I really want to film it and do a time lapse of the growth but I don't really have the hard drive space to do that so instead I am going to take a picture of it everyday. This is it after only three days. I saw it sprouting and then suddenly it is big. It is interesting to watch it grow (it gets huge) then let out its spores. Hope you enjoy watching its progress :)
Garden II
So I finally have replanted/weeded my garden from when the cats and snow wrecked it. My mom kinda went gung-ho on getting new starts for us. I actually ended up with way more stuff planted than originally planned but the more the merrier. I am surprised I could fit it all in my small plot.
I now have 9 pepper plants of many varieties (hot--sweet), You can also see my pea plants on the right side of the picture.
I have 7 tomato plants also a variety.My cucumber and my yellow squash have both come up but I am not sure about the pumpkin, butternut, or zucchini.
Fishing
Lin and I went fishing for the second time this year. We went up to Hobble Creek Reservoir on Saturday afternoon. I caught two rainbow trout right near the beginning then neither of us caught anything the rest of the time. We had a lot of fun though just hanging out. This is the second fish I caught.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
CELEBRATION!!!
We got to perform our clogging piece "Celebration" for the first time at Nationals at Lagoon on Saturday the 22nd. This is a picture of us in our rockin' 80s outfits. I am posting a link to a video of us performing at Lagoon. I am not sure if it will work so I will post the video Lin took as well but it is not as clear of a shot.http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=391018636579&oid=159046989027
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
And They Pitched Their Tents Toward the Temple
We had a lot of fun playing Skip-bo and watching a movie in our fort. We also ate strawberries and ice cream for a treat.
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