zion.

Chris and I headed down to Zion this weekend to meet up with our friends Andrew and Jessica.  They had gone down earlier to get Subway passes for us, but despite getting up at 4 in the morning to get in line, the passes were all gone by the time they got up to the window.  Instead, they purchased Keyhole passes for us.
Some of Andrew's friends happened to be camping near by and happened to have two extra passes to Pinecreek.  Pinecreek is one of my favorites.  I have done it twice.  Jessica had no interest in that canyon, so we let the boys go do Pinecreek in the morning and we'd meet up with them afterward.

Jessica and I went for a drive and then settled down at my favorite swimming hole for a while before hiking up the river to meet the boys.

We hiked up to this more remote swimming hole and waited for them there.   It was gorgeous and the 90 degree weather made it so enticing to jump in.

After lunch we headed to Keyhole.  I forgot how much I liked Keyhole too.  It's really short so it only takes a couple hours, but it's interesting the whole time with a few short rappels and a long cold swim.
We had an amazing weekend and can't wait to go again.

Here's Chris pulling cactus out of his hand.  Sad.

troping.

On Saturday, we went with some friends down to the Mona rope swing.  They call it "troping".  They bring their own rope with a ski handle and tie it off on the perfect rope swing tree ever.  It was Chris' first time to Mona and he's officially addicted.  He keeps talking about troping and new tricks he can try.  He's pretty fearless, trying double flips and one-handed swings.  All the boys were a lot of fun to watch.  Apparently, the arch of the swing makes it a little difficult for a lot of girls (and some guys) to hold on for the full swing.  I can't say I really noticed, but we sure got to watch a lot of belly flops... so I guess the girls were a lot of fun to watch too.

Ok, so this isn't one of Chris' best, but it's funny, right?

Rodmans.

I just love this adorable family.  Jared and Ann came were in Utah for the weekend and asked if I would take some family photos.  It was fun, and SO fun to visit with them and get all caught up.  Next time we'll have to visit them in Colorado.

Greg and Sherrill.

Chris' best friend's dad and second father got married on Saturday.  We had a great time with all the Reids in town.  That mostly means just playing games, but here are some photos from the wedding.  It was held in a gorgeous backyard on a perfect evening and Greg and Sherrill just looked so happy.

I just love Tyler.  He just cracks me up.

Groomsman Photo Shoot