A Few Weeks Gone By

For anyone that checks our blog fairly regularly we apologize that for the last few weeks you've had the opportunity of seeing our lovely pictures of our dental woes. With a little nudge from a comment from Jess we've decided to update the old blog.

Last Saturday, my brother Ammon and I hiked to the top of Mount Timpanogos. It was a pretty good little adventure to say the least.



We had to park quite a ways away from the beginning of the trail because of the number of vehicles that were there. So after some creative parking we began our hike. Things went smoothly until we got to the upper meadow. It was then that we decided to follow some directions that we found online to find a B 25 Bomber that wrecked on the top of Timp in the fifties. Our suggestion to anyone else that may choose to try and find this airplane in the future is not to follow the directions that we received which included following the trail past a toilet in a northwest direction where the trail fades and 1/2 of a mile after some ponds you're there at the airplane. That was the basic idea. We didn't make it to the airplane. We saw it off in the distance after wandering through some intense vegetation for an hour or so. It's just above the vegetation in this picture, kind of a twinkle in the picture.



After making it to the top we decided to slide down the snowfield close to the peek. While walking across the top of the mountain toward the snowfield we heard an interesting noise, which ended up being a life flight helicopter. Someone else that went down the snowfield broke their leg somehow and was stuck there in the middle of the snow with his bone sticking through the skin. We didn't get really close to the person, but we were able to see the whole life flight operation which was pretty remarkable. It wouldn't have been so enjoyable if the person were more seriously injured or if I was paying for the lift.





After carefully going down the field we decided to take a dip in the glacial Emerald Lake, which is appropriately named. It has a really interesting color, for how clear the water is. It was a cold swim, but nice and refreshing. The rest of the hike down was uneventful, but neither Ammon or I were pleased with the way our bodies responded to a day of hiking. We were glad to see our car still creatively parked where we left it and free of parking tickets.








Beside that, Laura and I have just been getting ready for the most interesting semester of school of our lives. Laura finished a full time summer semester with a 4.0, which is very impressive. She worked really hard in her classes and her professors were constantly complimenting her work. Seven more weeks until Graham's due date. We're grateful to all of those that have been willing to pass on some of their baby goods to us. Also we're very appreciative to those that gave us so much at the baby shower. We love our family and friends and think of you often.