Moab Utah!

Brian's sister, Candace,

convinced us to take a trip with her down to Moab, Ut to spend the weekend with a bunch of Brian's extended family. None of us had been there before, so it was quite a trip! Thursday, June 12th, we went to Goblin Vally where we explored the many unique rock formations that scattered the valley. We also went to some slot canyons a little ways away where we were in some pretty tight places.

The next day we spent exploring Arches National Park going on a couple smaller hikes to go and see the different arch formations. The longer hike was up to Delicate Arch, the famous Utah Arch that is on the license plate. It was a great sight to see.

Our last day there was spent finding our way through the maze of the the Fiery Furnace, with no marked trail and no map to guide us through. It was challenging, but very much exciting as we had to climb over and crawl over the different rocks as we made our way through the twisted maze.

Our 1st Anniversary

June 1, 2008 was our first year anniversary! It's crazy that a whole year has gone by since we were married. So for a little anniversary celebration along with Brian's birthday on June 2nd, we decided to head up to Jackson Hole, Wyoming/Teton National Park/Yellowstone National Park. It rained a little bit while we were there, but we didn't let that damper our spirits as we camped it out in a tent.Our first night there we saw a moose while gathering firewood, which was great.

For Brian's birthday, we went the "Bar J Wranglers" and had a great supper and watched the hilarious show.

Our last day we went to Yellowstone National Park. We saw good Old Faithful as well as hiking a couple miles up to Mystic Falls, which was well work the long hike.

Brian & Aiden

Well this past month, we have gotten together with Amanda's brother Richard, his wife Lauren, and their 1-yr-old son, Aiden, to play games with them a few nights. Aiden (the cute little red headed boy in the picture) particularly likes to play our keyboard and loves to play some pretty crazy music. Brian attempts to teach him how to play with just one finger, but Aiden would rather make a lot of loud sound.