In a Kiddie Tent

So we just had a fun weekend filled with camping and lots of food. We went up Logan canyon with Meg and Steve to an out-of-the-way campsite that many probably don't even know exists. I was a little peeved with Dalan at first when he insisted on driving up there because we had no idea where we were going. We roasted s'mores on Friday night, that we decided to go back Saturday night with our tents to stay for the night. Tobey was surprisingly well behaved and really seemed to enjoy all of the new smells around the campsite. When we returned on Saturday some family decided to be in our campsite, grrr. We drove around for about an hour looking for more, and we did find one within about 10 minutes, but that wasn't good enough for Dalan, after getting my car even more dirty than it already was we settled for the site from 50 minutes earlier. First thing we decided to set up, and now we come to the part where I dislike Trent right now. After rolling out our tent which we got from Trent for our wedding and had not used before, we realized that it was small, very very small. So small that Dalan examined the packaging and found "Ozark Kids" written in fun crayola writing on the front. Funny prank for Trent to play, maybe I would have enjoyed it if I had realized it before we were already out in the wilderness and not about to venture back to civilization to buy a new one. We already have a squishy enough night with Dalan, Tobey, and I on a full bed, imagine the three of us trying to sleep in a kiddie tent. After the claustrophobia wore off, I came to my senses and vowed to never go camping again, or to at least buy a new tent! Funny thing about all of this is earlier that same day Dalan tried to get me to let him buy a new tent, which I refused, since we hadn't even opened the one we had.

Styx Fanatics

On July 4 Dalan and I were able to attend the Styx concert w/ Megan and Steve. It was so much fun! Surprisingly those guys can still entertain like crazy. We were screaming our heads off the entire time, and Dalan embarrassed us all by yelling "JY" at the top of his lungs every time there was a lull in the crowd. All together a great experience, but very sad that they moved on to California, where they were to begin a tour with Boston! I guess Logan's just not big enough to justify to rock legends.


The pics are courtesy of Meg's camera phone:

Over-run by Schnauzers!

While my family is in Disneyland this week (lucky ducks) we decided that it would be ok to watch Jake for them.  My thought process behind this was because Jake is such a good dog, hopefully after a week of time together he could rub off on Tobey.  Well I was wrong, now instead of one barking, biting, running schnauzer we have two.  Sorry Mom & Dad, my dog ruined yours. 

ps the dark faceless blur would be Tobey

Thank Goodness I Married a Plumber

So we have had a few problems in our new house, thankfully the large ones have all been due to plumbing errors, and we do know a good plumber.  The newest has probably been the biggest pain. With all of the rain recently we decided to wait on the sprinklers, bad idea.  Turns out that we have several broken pipes, and now Dalan has no time to fix them.  Our lawn is getting browner and deader.  Dalan gets to manually run the sprinklers every night to try and help out a little, which Tobey finds interesting.  Apparently the water is trespassing on her lawn and she is out to teach it a lesson, the water always wins though.  So, so far we have a missing shower head, had 3 out of our 4 sinks spring a leak.  A broken valve to our washing machine.  A leak in the tub drain, and now sprinkler problems which results in water gushing out of random spots on our lawn, and now a gigantic hole right by the front door.  Welcome to the Hilton's.

Butchered!

                                                         

We took Tobey to the groomers yesterday, she has had a puppy trim before, but since it was starting to get hot we decided to have them cut her short.  This is the old man we had to bring home with us.                      

    

Lagoon Day

Today we went to Lagoon with Meg and Steve.  We rode the Wicked a few times and have to admit that we are huge fans.  Dalan and Steve rode the Catapult for the first time.

What's Going On

Dalan is currently working for Bridgerland Plumbing and will have his Journeyman's license in May 09.  Ashley graduated in Marketing from Utah State University in May 08, she currently works as the E-Commerce manager at the campus bookstore.  We purchased a home in North Logan in March of 08 and love it.  There are upgrades to make, but for the most part it was a great investment.  We also bought a puppy.  She is very energetic and makes us very tired sometimes, but we love our baby!