Backpacking at Last

It's been years since we've done a proper backpacking trip. This weekend, we hit the trail with Sheryl and Jeff for some much needed camping R&R. We hiked into Ibantik for the first night and then to Notch Lake for round two. Saturday was bone chillingly cold and a bit drizzly, but we ended on a sunny beautiful note. Overall, we were somewhere between 3 and 6 fish ahead and 10 miles more sore than we were before. Soooo nice. Will do again soon.

Mommy Bridger Date

I got the 24th off work, so Bridger and I headed out for a day of fun. We went to Jensen Park and fished for a bit, picnicked, fed ducks, rode bikes and played soccer. Then had a grand finale of watermelon and fireworks. Must have more days like this one.

4th of July

A day full of parades, bounce houses, BBQ's and fireworks with our buddies.

Little Bits o Random-ness

These lil bits include, fishing at the fish farm, which did not fly with Bridger, hiking at Fernwood, swimming in ponds, playing at Boondocks, which Bridger thinks is "chuckercheese" minus the creepy dancing mouse that smells of stale pizza, playing at the Layton splashpad, and going to Park City with Grandma and Grandpa for hiking, alpine slide and zip lines. Wheeew.

Rainbow Road

Made the annual pilgrimage to Wendover to admire cars with Larry and Nae. Had the roll of my life and won several hundred buckaroonies on craps and even scored tix to the Beach Boys. Good fun!

Steppin' out Vegas Style

Kelly and I celebrated our 11 year wedding anniversary June 7th and decided to take a mini vacay in Vegas. Got us a terrific room at the Bellagio and spent the majority of our time hanging out by the pool and baking in the 118 degree sun, rollin' some dice, riding coasters and painting the town red. Also went to see Absinthe at Caesar's Palace, which turned out to be delightfully raucous, crude and hilarious. I would definitely recommend it (for those without a sense of propriety).

And my personal fave, the Boneyard Neon Museum, which just began doing night tours. I thought it was awesome. Kelly not so much. But I had enough enthusiasm for the both of us to hurdle the incredibly annoying tour guide, the fact that is was 113 degrees at 9:00 at night AND that it took an hour to tour a quarter acre of land in said 113 degree heat. Loved it.