Our latest hiking adventure!

Luke sleeping in the backpack on the way down

A view from the top: mom and dad's house

Here we on the top of the mountain. There were spray-painted words of "Go Home" "Go Away" "No hunters" etc. so we left

A view from the top: Harris Creek Road - but where is Joel and Melanie's house?

Luke resting while we had some snacks. He was glad to be out of the backpack and crawl and walk around.

The spot on the top of the mountain where we took a break.

Another good view from the top.

Me, hiking back up after retrieving the fallen backpack

A good view of HSB

Before Austin started working for R.C. Willey we figured we better take another long hike. We were up at mom and dad's so we decided to hike a mountain near their place. It lasted about 4 hours and was beautiful and so fun. The hike was similar to hiking to the Y at BYU - straight up a mountain with no breaks. But it was fun. I don't know how Austin does it with Luke on his back, straight up.
We had to cross a lot of fences too. At one point, I was attempting to cross a fence so I threw my backpack over to make it easier to cross, but as I threw it over, the mountain was so steep that the backpack went flying down the hill for a long ways. It finally got stuck on some sage brush. I had to hike down and get it - so lame.
At the top of the mountain there as a flat space where we had a little lunch.
Luke had a great time too although he got a little tired near the end. He even fell asleep on Austin's back as we tried to make our way down the mountain.
The views were breathtaking and it was fun to call mom and dad's family so they could find us with the binoculars. We are excited for our next one, anyone who wants to come is invited!

New Haircut

Here are some shots of my new haircut compliments of mom. Thanks mom! These pics would probably look better if I didn't have an awesome cold sore on my lip. Yikes!

Cute Buke - almost 1 year old

To any of you who can make it, we're having Luke's birthday party on Friday at mom and dad's. Here are some recent pictures of our little cute man who desperately needs a hair cut.

Provo Par-T-V!

B & P's

Crazy Aunt Haley

The Goat Head Club

I mean an entire goat for a head!!!

Big and little Lukes

Please do not touch the animals...

Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the Bean Museum

Bridal Veil Falls

I thought that YOU had baby Luke!?!?!

Clash of the titans

Cousin Power

Rise and Shout!!!

Luke also couldn't believe the poor pocket awareness of Max Hall. Come On!!!

Half time nap

I'm dreaming of a MWC Championship

We had a quite time in Provo over the weekend. We drove down with Joel's family - which is always fun to switch passengers and drivers, etc. We also had Derek and that was fun! We called Bethany and Paul on the way to Provo and they were nice enough to let us stay on Thursday and Friday night. We dropped Derek off in Orem at his buddy's house and then got some dinner at Subway and picked up Haley and headed to Bethany's house (Ash had tons of homework stuff). We had pretty good talks although we were all pretty wasted. The next morning Luke and I got up at 6am to go running with Haley at the indoor track. It was fun and we had a great talk. Then I dropped Haley off and went back to Bethany's. Bethany, Austin, Luke and I got ready while waiting for Joel's family to drive from Salt Lake, where they stayed the night. When they got to Provo we went to the Bean Musuem (glorified stuffed animals and home of the Liger - bred for its skills and magic). After the museum we all met Ashley at the Legend's Grill - a fancy restaurant on campus (although the food didn't taste fancy) where mostly athletes eat. We saw tons of athletes and a great museum of BYU sports was attached for free. Austin and Joel and kids also went to visit Bronco (BYU head coach) but he was out to lunch or something. The best part about that place was that when we got there they were raffling off tickets for the game the next day. Austin got his name in at the last second and they picked us for free tickets! We were pretty happy because that saved us some money and hassle.
After lunch we went to Haley's school and picked her up and saw her class and stuff. It was very impressive and fun and we met some of her coworkers and stuff. She was glad to get out of a meeting because we were there. We took her with us to Bridal Veil Falls up the Provo Canyon. It was cold but pretty. There was no hiking involved although that is what we were promised. Luke was napping though so I didn't mind.
After the falls, we dropped Bethany off for her date with her hubby and then we headed to the bookstore. We bought nothing although Haley fell in love with some mug (and I do mean a cup not a guy) that had her named spelled correctly on it for $8. Joel's family got some goods though I think.
After the bookstore, Joel and Austin played 3 hours of football with the boy cousins while Melanie and I and kids, went to Cannon and Amanda's to prepare for the party. Most married cousins came and a few single cousins. It was really fun and great to see everyone. We left a little early though because Luke was so tired.
The next morning I went and got Haley and Ashley (after I woke them up) for a pancake breakfast at Bethany's house. It was fun and so, so good. We stuffed ourselves with delicious blueberry pancakes. Afterwards, Haley and Ash ran home and we got packed up and went to visit Joe and Betty. Only, Joe wasn't home and Betty was in her nightgown (a site we were quite used to however). It was a fun visit. Afterwards, we picked up Ash and headed to the game. We bundled Luke in tons of warm clothes, blankets and gloves although we forgot pants for Austin (he had only shorts) and no coat for me. But it was fine and fun. Luke was so cozy he just fell right to sleep during his first live BYU game. After half-time, we went and sat with all the cousins and Haley, Derek, Bethany and Paul. It was fun to talk to them.
After we killed CSU, we took Derek, grabbed a bit to eat and headed home. All in all, we're glad we went. Especially because Austin just got a new job at RC Willey and starts on Thursday so we don't think we'll be heading to Provo again very soon. Thanks to everyone who showed us such a great time in Provo and gave up their weekend to spend time with us!

Luke's new favorite toy

One of Luke's favorite new toys is his dad's head. Luke loves it when Austin puts him up there; he pulls his hair and pokes out his eyes. It's pretty painful even to watch.

Award-winning Pumpkin

Austin spent about 2.5 hours on this baby...and I do mean baby!

Pepe Le Peu - Halloween and the Corn Maize

Austin's family has a tradition of the father making the costume - which is a sweet deal for me! This year he made Luke's skunk costume. Mom did a lot of the work, I have to admit. She sewed this jacket thing we bought from DI so it would fit Luke and had buttons. (Thanks a million mom!) Then Austin spray painted Luke's black hat and jacket with the stripes of a skunk. It was pretty cool although we had to turn Luke around at every place we went to trick or treat because you couldn't tell the costume from the front.
We started out the day by stopping at the library to trick or treat there and then went to grandma's shop to show Luke off and say hi, etc. She was doing some lady's hair and had no candy for Luke. We did, however, get the opportunity to sweep her walk and stairs before we left.
Later, we went to the trunk or treat at the church at 5pm and got some pretty good stuff. Then we headed out to the corn maze that my visiting teachee had given us tickets to. Before we went to the maze, we made sure to stop at a rich neighborhood for some more candy.
About 7pm we headed over to the corn maize and had fun getting lost and trying out their jumping pillow, seeing their animals and other stuff. Luke was so tired, he fell asleep on the way home. He got to go through his candy this morning though (after we had already taken our percentage). Anyway, it was really fun!