just, court, ellie and cody: September 2008

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

alpine loop de loop!

yesterday my friend emily and I biked the alpine loop. it was so fun, but kinda sucky at the same time. about a mile from the top i see justins truck coming towards us. he drove up from the sundance side to come say hi with the kids! now if that doesn't win the Most Supportive Husband award I don't know what does. thanks for going slow for me em!

zions

While I was at the wedding, Justin spent 3 days in Zions with some APX friends. I think he had more fun just pretending to live the single life for 3 days than anything else.

At the top of Angels Landing.

Matt is sleepy.

Beginning the hike down the Subway. The day before they hiked the Narrows.
Brianna, Brandon, Jeff, Justin, Matt, Jess, Hailey, Dave, Jesse

Cool stuff! I want to plan a road biking/mountiain biking/camping/climbing/hiking trip to Zions - Sometimes I don't think it's good to have too much fun like this because you miss your old life too much! I do just looking at the pictures and I didn't even go!

country wedding

a couple weekends ago I went with my parents to Koosharem so watch my cousin Ryan get married. it was such a beautiful setting - Milk Flats, where my uncle owns 2000 acres on the mountain near their home. sometimes i feel like i was meant to live the country life and just wound up in suburbia. maybe in my next life...

Now to document some family history:

The Merc. The Grass Valley Merc. The epicenter of Koosharem.

Where my Grandpa Bagley grew up. I remember roller skating in the basement and eating grasshopper cookies here when I was little.

Another family home.

Where my mom would swing from the rafters as a little girl. I wish I could grow up again and be her best friend.

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

lake powell

a few days after justin got home from driving back across the country we went to lake powell with some Bankhead cousins, siblings, and friends. It was a blast except for poor johnny and kara who's boat, trailer, and truck all broke down.

Brittany, my sis-in-law, and me.

Brit's hubby Brett, and Conner

Kara - our cousin in law.

Johnny, Justin's cousin.

Pulling in the dead boat.

Not pictured are Matt and Jess, Megan and Sam, Matt and Alissa, Kristy, Taylor, Tom and Michelle and Lew. I was not a good picture-taker on this trip.

bear lake - year 2

Somehow we figured out how to get an invite to the annual Bear Lake trip with the Collings, again! (maybe justin paid them?) Just kidding. But seriously, the Collings are too cool for school and we just have to try and keep up. Just kidding. But seriously.

Last year we all stayed in the Crap Shoot Motel, but this year - De.Lux. Liz and Tim finished their cabin and are selling shares and also rent nightly, pictures at the bottom of this post, or maybe in another post.

Taj and Ellie. The water was too cold! No one got in the water, we just played on the beach and the kids had a ball.

I am so in love with Cody I can't stand it.

Alissa and Kaiya. We met Matt and Alissa last year at Bear Lake so I guess this is our 1 Year Anniversary. The first year is always hard but I'm sure it will get better. Ha Ha, just kidding, we love you.

Elijah and Cody - Cody is kind of scared of him.

Rihno ride with the kids, they loved it.

I LOVE FALL!

Saturday night, Justin, Matt and I rode our bikes around the lake, 50 miles plus a 9 mile detour. Half the ride was in the dark and it was SOOOO fun! I loved every minute.

Matt and Justin

Justin's favorite part of the trip. He was soooo excited to take Cody on this. He now has this picture on his desktop, his iPhone and his facebook account. I'm pretty sure Justin likes having a boy.