out on a hike...

last night we went for a hike up in ogden canyon. we have been planning on going up there for a long time now and just haven't got around to it. it is really beautiful when you get up there. it was great exercise too...especially with jentri in the pack. it was a nice break from running in the heat. here's a few pics...ignore how sweaty we are :)

changes and updates...

a lot has been going on lately and i just haven't seemed to find time to post. summer is so busy. we have had lots of fun lately, mostly spending some time with our families. but had a few challenges too. about a month ago the school cody was working for went out of business so he is on the job hunt. last week our car's tranmission went out along with a whole lot of other problems, but fortunately we were able to just trade it for a more reliable car, instead of have to pay more than the entire car was worth to get it fixed. we decided put our house up for sale too. all the jobs that cody qualifies for are not in utah, we thought it would be best to get ahead of the game and not have to worry about getting the house sold when he gets a job. it is a little bittersweet. it is hard to think about leaving our home. we are still happy though and enjoying life. jentri is changing so much. we can really see her personality coming out. she is understanding things a lot more. she is able to point at "bird" and "frog" when we ask her to point at the pictures of them on her highchair. she also loves the portraits on the walls. she loves our family pictures. it is awesome to see her begin to comprehend the things we teach her. she absolutely loves outside. she is getting around so good. she doesn't crawl around on her hands and knees she walks around on her hands and feet...she is actually pretty fast.

here are a few pics of the last few weeks...

we were able to spend an entire week up in idaho with our families...we had so much fun!

the first night in idaho we went camping with my parents at grassy lake...this is me enjoying cody's boat...

here is cody with his 5lb lake trout...

jentri on the 4th...

we went to the lake with cody's fam...jentri LOVED it!

jentri & meg...fishing at connie's pond...

my horse oreo...love him (even though he did buck me off after this pic!)

what a good dad...he has trained oreo for me
jentri's 1st bubble bath...she wasn't sure what to think

jentri LOVES her pool in our backyard!

here is our garden... it is getting so big