Backpacking

Andy had a hankering for some camping before we head off to Arizona. So, we went with Alan and Whitney, Murph and Lacey, and Chet and Katelyn up Big Cottonwood Canyon for a quick backpacking trip! We hiked over to Desolation Lake and had a great night around the campfire, thanks to Chet who is, apparently, a lumberjack! I had no idea... We had some amazing marshmallows and played a rousing game of Catch Phrase around the campfire. Since we didn't have a lot of time, we packed up in the morning and hiked out. It was a fun last trip before we leave! Thanks guys!

BBQ

We have some of the greatest friends and family in the world! A couple of our really good friends, Brig and Amy, threw us a going-away BBQ during our last couple of weeks in Utah, complete with cake! If you know our group at all, you would know that a BBQ is a perfectly fitting way to get together. It was amazing! We were so glad that we were able to have an excuse to hang out with everyone before we leave! We're sad to be leaving such good friends, but we're excited to have visitors come down (hint, hint!). Here's a picture of the group--they humored me because I was feeling sentimental. And thanks to Brookie and Meek for volunteering to take our pictures!

Jackson Hole

For one last hoorah with my fam, we headed up to one of our favorite places to visit--Jackson Hole! Andy and I drove up with Brock to meet the rest of the family who were already up there partying. And Uncle Mike joined us all of the way from Australia for the trip! On Friday, we woke up bright and early (cough, cough) after getting in LATE on Thursday night/Friday morning, and went for a bike ride to Jenny Lake. It was beautiful and flat! I was excited because I got to try out my AMAZING new bike that Andy finished building for me Friday morning! Thanks Andy! I thoroughly enjoy my new upgrade. The ride at the base of the Tetons was so beautiful we decided to take Daner along. Andy pulled him behind his bike in a trailer. He had fun "going fast" and spotting animals until the melodic rhythm of Andy's gluteus maximus in spandex lulled him to sleep.

After the bike ride, we all got cleaned up and took some naps, and went to the Bar-J Ranch for some yummy dinner and a great show! Saturday we went to Norah's for some banana bread french toast. WOW. It was so good!

After that, we went and hiked around Jenny Lake, and came back to the condo for some of Dane's birthday cake! We celebrated our funny little nephew's second birthday on Saturday as well! It was definitely a party! He is such a cute little stinker. After the kids went to bed, we had a rousing game of Nertz! On Sunday, we went to Bubba's for lunch and drove home! It was a great weekend!