Memorial Weekend

For Memorial weekend we went camping with friends up Mayfield canyon. It was great to get away and go camping. Our friends went up a day early and warned us there would mud. I was not completely prepared for exactly how much mud there would be. It was bad. We ended up putting our tent on the flatbed trailer to keep it out of the mud. Basically we made a redneck tent trailer. It rained, hailed and rained some more on us the whole weekend. We did have some sun which helped dry out the mud, but then it would just rain again. On Saturday Jon discovered that the bolts for the steering on the 4-Runner had broke off and the vehicle wouldn't be usable. So we decided that instead of having our weekend spoiled by not being able to go 4-wheeling (which was the whole purpose of this trip)that we would go home to get the bolts and fix the knuckle. We called every local auto parts store to find the part so we wouldn't have to go all the way back, but the part is only found at dealership and the closest dealership is in Orem. Luckily it wasn't too far of a drive. We left camp at about 2pm and were back by 7pm - not too bad. It was worth it we had a great time wheeling and camping.

THE REDNECK TENT TRAILER

FIXING THE 4-RUNNER

THE VIEW FROM OUR CAMPSITE

Empty House

It's been almost a month since we have moved but I wanted to post the pictures I took of our empty house. Our last week in our home was crazy with packing and cleaning, but we finished at midnight on Thursday night. We were much too excited about our new home to be sad about leaving this one. We made great memories and friends there and it was a great house for our first home. Now we have the stress of remodeling our new home. When we left our old home for the last time I told Jon to say goodbye because we would never be back inside. It was just really weird to think that this place where we had spent the last 6 1/2 years we would no longer walk into. So here's my empty house.

My Little Beth is all Grown Up

My little Beth has hit a milestone recently. And with this milestone I believe I can say she is all grown up. It's kind of sad really because with this milestone it also means that she is on her way downhill. I'm not quite ready for her to leave. She has been with us to so many exciting places and has never let us down. We got her in 2000 when she was just three years old. Now after just nine short years she has hit 200,000 miles - that's right my little Honda Accord hit 200,000 miles. She still runs great and I have to say that it is a testament to the TLC that Jon has given her over the years. It is great that Jon knows so much about cars and can take care of them properly. Beth is still going strong but I know that vehicles don't last forever. So I hopingly say "Here's to nine more years??"

A couple of pictures capturing the momentous occasion