Thursday, July 9, 2009

Hiking Jenny Lake

Well, this week I had the very exciting opportunity to hike Jenny lake. It was kind of last minute but so worth it! We made sure noels carrier worked and then we were on our way! She was SO excited, she was trying to get out of her car seat the whole way there. Driving into Jackson was amazing. I forget how pretty it is and it was such a nice day on top of that. We were a couple of miles in and were having such a great time that we decided to go all the way around the lake. The 7th mile of the uphill, rocky, and windy trail was when I started to decline. I thought I was going to die!! Out little minivan has never looked so beautiful to me!! I could berally walk into the house when we got home so I was sure that I would be mind numbing sore the next day but I wasn't! It was crazy. I can't wait for my next hike!

Noel Getting Ready For the Hike

Enjoying the View

Nathan Climbing Every Rock He Sees
Grandpa By Jenny Lake
Looking at the Pretty Stream
Pretty Berry, No Idea What It Is
Nathan Getting Some (Hopefully) Fresh Water
Beautiful Teton Mountains

Sunday, July 5, 2009

4th of July

Well I had a great 4th of July!! First of all it is definitely my second favorite holiday, secondly it was my first 4th of July with my little sweet Noel, and thirdly it is also Cherie's birthday and that is always fun. We didn't make it to the parade like we had planned so that's a little sad, instead I woke up early and made some 4th of July treats and cleaned up a bit. We had a relaxing day then made our way down to the river at about 8 and found a fantastic spot!! It was so amazing. Then we walked around the river and saw a lot of people we hadn't seen in a while and had some yummy Texas roadhouse sandwiches for a dollar!! Then the show was about to start so we busted back to our spots. I was so worried about how noel was going to do so I wrapped her up pretty tight so the blanket was over her ears, then the fireworks started and she just loved them! She just stared at them the for the longest time, then she started getting a little fussy so I just rocked her and she went right to sleep, she didn't even wake up during the finale!! How many babies do you know that can do that?? It was great, we came home and brycen and nathan shot of some or theirs and then it was off to bed. It was a great day, and I am so grateful for our country.