Jackson Hole

Here it is! There have been quite a few people asking me when I was going to blog about our Jackson Hole trip. The problem was....I took my camera, made sure the battery was fully charged- but left my memory card in the laptop at home!!! So I made everybody take extra pictures for me, and I've just been waiting to get some. There is one that I haven't gotten yet that is absolutely HILARIOUS of Sier, so when I get my hands on it, it will be on here. For those of you who don't know, Marks family goes to a little camp ground that's between Star Valley and Jackson Hole to run the Snake River every year. We have been doing this since Mark and I have been dating, and I think we've only missed one year. Thank you for Dan and Gaylene who put in lots of hard work and time to make it possible. Just to recap what happened for all y'all- We make two river runs a day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Both of our kids went with us the first time, but only Kip went with us the second, and only the second because- we flipped the boat! It was pretty scary for him being in the cold, fast river. I don't know how I managed to keep a hold of him the whole time, luckily the worst thing is is that he lost one of his shoes!! They weren't just any shoes, it was only his second time wearing them, and they were $35.00! He was so concerned about his stupid shoe, that he couldn't focus on anything else. I felt so bad for him because he just wanted his shoe back. Luckily Mark found it on a trail head when we got off the River. Can you believe it? Somebody was able to get it out of the water, and leave it where we NEVER walk but for some reason Mark was walking on that trail! When he gave it to Kip, he had a complete melt down...all of the fear, anxiety, and emotion finally came out! So, that is the exciting River Trip for 2008....we never made it into Jackson Hole...maybe next year. Maybe next year we'll see a bear too!

Jera

This is dedicated to my great sister-in-law, friend, and partner in crime. If you haven't met Jera here's a little about her. I always think that she's just as tall as I am, but then whenever I'm around her and we both have no shoes on she's like a midget compared to me! She is pretty much up for anything....going to the skate park in the rain, going shopping in our grubbies, last minute movies, having ugly "mom" pants to wear four wheeling. She really is a fun person to be around. She is also one of my rocks. She is very giving, patient, and loving. One of the best words to describe her is Christlike. I have learned a lot from her over the past 8 years that she's been in my life- we didn't have the best start, but over the last few years we've really gotten to love and understand each other. There are lots of memories we share together like thinking we were going to have to sleep in the snow one time we went four wheeling in American Fork Canyon, and all the four wheelers got stuck! (I'm laughing out loud right now just thinking about it.) Or me making her fit a stupid little plastic slide in her little trunk that I bought at Fred Myers, and it was POURING rain outside. She's the best at talking me into buying stuff when I shouldn't. ( I really hope Mark isn't reading this!) And she's always a good listener if you can ever get her to shut up! Here are a few fun pictures of her, just to embarrass her a little bit.