Another Adventure

Our friends Bryce and Maggie invited us to their grandparents' house for dinner. They have an awesome place and all kinds of fun stuff to play with (Bryce's grandma has this huge scrapbook room that I spent like 25 minutes just looking at). Before we even went in to say hello to his grandparents we saw a little zip line and the boys had to give it a try. The only problem was that it needed to be oiled or something, because they only made it about half-way across before they got stuck!

Bryce was the first to get stuck in the middle, and he had to decide to hang on or just fall in.

I hopped in this paddle boat that happened to be ready for a rescue

Bryce hung on till I could get over there. It took me a while since its been a LONG time since I've been in one, forgot how to steer =)Christian decides to test his luck too.

Then of course Greg decides to join in too!

But he decided he wanted to get in head first

We were worried the boat would sink with 5 people on the boat (Christians date Hyson tried it too)

But we made it safely, with nobody falling in, back to shore! And Maggie was the wonderful photographer. Thanks Maggie! Oh, then we met the grandparents =)

We're Online

Its official! We now have the internet. And its our own too. We aren't stealing wireless from neighbors! Greg's brother Tim is in town for the weekend, so Greg's been taking him to all the good food places in town (Craigos Pizza, Big Judds, the Taco Bus, etc) He also took him shotgun shooting and they had a great time blowing up old squash and apples and anything else they could find to shoot in the garage.

I went on a backpacking trip for a class that was supposed to be for two nights but after the first night everyone was ready to go home. Its snowed on us all throughout the night and didn't look like it was going to let up. So we only ended up hiking about 8 miles total, and didn't get in all the experiences we were supposed to, but I learned a lot. I learned that I like camping but will never do it again in the winter. I also learned that water purifiers freeze, camp stoves don't always work even if you test them before your trip, tents are not fun to put up in the dark, and the food you plan doesn't always turn out as good as you imagined. But I got to meet some fun people and overall we had a good time. Even when we got back to our van and it didn't start. Everyone kept a very positive attitude.

We ALMOST have the internet!

So I am not yet posting from home, but will soon be blogging from the comfort of my own home because we are FINALLY getting the internet! Greg called around for a couple days to find the best deal and we should be online on Friday.

What Beautiful Babies!

This is Greg and David admiring our little bundle of joy, Wallace. Oh, and that's David's son Taber. In this photo Taber was about a month old.

About two weeks ago on a Saturday we went with our good friend Mike and his sister Natalie out to the ice caves north of Rexburg. Garrett came along and we all had a blast slipping and sliding on the ice as we explored the cave. Its really amazing that it was 75 degrees outside, but we went about ten feet into the mouth of the cave and immediately the temperature dropped at least 20 degrees. From the mouth of the cave, you kind of hunch over and walk over some stones and BAM! There's the ice. From then on you have to slide and push yourself along the ice that forms on the floor of the cave. We took somebody's old skateboard and would take turns running and then jumping on the board to see how far we could slide. We had a great time and aside from the EXTREMELY rough road to get to the cave, can't wait to go again!

Embarrassing?

Ever had those moments you remember from your childhood that you just wish you could forget ever happened-or better yet, wish that they had NEVER happened. Well this is one of my not-so-proud-moments from my childhood that I had forgotten about till we went to Utah and stayed at my dad's. This is what Greg happened to find written on the wall.

Who is Jessica? Or Jesseka rather? That doesn't need to be disclosed, however, apparently I didn't really like her and decided to make it known to anyone who entered the dark recesses of our basement. Fortunately for me, Greg didn't find out my hateful tendencies until AFTER he sealed the deal. I knew I should have helped paint the downstairs when I was little. Now my secret's out.

LAST WEEK!

This is our last week in St. Louis! I am always so excited to go home and be done for the summer. Since we've been married, Greg and I have moved 6 times and lived in 4 states, Idaho, Minnesota, Kentucky, and Missouri. I've always wanted to spend a summer in Rexburg, but who knows.

I started packing a few things last week, things that we wouldn't be needing (I hope we wont need them again) and am itching to clean and pack up the rest of the apartment. I gave Wallace his last bath for the summer, and cut his hair again. I won't post pictures because believe it or not, it looks worse that the last time we had it cut.

Greg is working hard to get in his last sales of the summer. He is ready to be done! Poor guy works so hard all summer. I feel guilty I didn't work this summer and got to lay around at the pool and he had to sweat and sweat and sweat! while I did whatever I wanted to that was generally in an air-conditioned building.

Greg promised we'll be getting the internet when we get back to Rexburg, so I am planning on doing all kinds of blogging about our super eventful life and our thoughts about it :D until then!

Mikki signing out

Grant's Farm

Grants Farm is another awesome "free" attraction. (You DO have to pay for parking, but if you can cram enough people into your car, you only pay a couple bucks) There is this tram that takes you all around the farm, which is great when you have a way way pregnant lady with you, and is even more great when its July and 90 something degrees with 80 something percent humidity! Its not your typical farm, although they do have horses, steers, and goats. There was a plethora of nearly endangered deer, and they also had lamas, eagles, and camels. We had a great time, however, my advice to anyone wishing to visit St. Louis, is to go in September :D

St Louis Summer

Albert Pujols hitting a home run at the Cardinals game. Caytlin and I scored free tickets from a guy at church. 

We were sitting out in the sun for about 15 minutes before we got way to hot and went inside in the air conditioning. 
We made a trip to Grants Farm to see the Budweiser clydesdales and a bunch of other animals. There are so many fun free things to do in this city! It was super hot, but aside from our makeup melting off, we had a great time.
We got to go paintballing one morning. Turned out I was the only girl that showed up. It was my first time ever, and I had a blast! I didn't enjoy the sting when I got hit, but hitting other people was way worth it!