Fun time with friends.

Last night after work Jake and I joined Susanna for bowling. We haven't been since our league ended in April I think it was. I wasn't sure how well I would do especially since my first two frames were open. (That means no Spare or Strike.) However I won the first 2 games, and Jake and Susanna are very respectable bowlers. (We all have our own ball and bags and everything..hehe...) Anyhoo, I didn't write my scores, but I think it was like 164, and 175 or something like that.

Jake finally found his hook on the last games with 5 strikes in a row...and ended with 185 or something like that.

Then we went to the Drive-in. This was our first time this summer. We really like it $7 for 2 newer movies, and you get to bring in your own snacks...and it's fun.

So Susanna, Jake, Erin, Corey and I met at the drive-in to see the new Johnny Depp movie, Public Enemies. It was playing with The Hangover, which Corey had heard was good, but I hadn't seen anything about it....other than some people had said it was crass Vegas humar stuff...We stayed anyway. Had a few laughs, but for the most part....not a movie that I would personally recommend...They could have kept it cleaner...some of it was just for the very very very cheap laugh.

Public Enemies was entertaining enough...the filming was a bit different. Almost documentary style. This was another movie that I didn't know anything about other than, Johnny Depp and Gangster movie. It glorifies the bad guy a bit...and I don't love that.....but over all I enjoyed that one. Really what I liked the best was spending time with close friends enjoying some candy and mt. dew, and bathroom trips together. I am blessed to have such wonderful loving people in my life!

And to all of you who take the time to read this...you as well are part of my wonderful loving people!

as always thanks for reading. Erin took some pics, I might try to get them and upload just to have a visual, cause, I like visuals!!!

For Grandma Cullen

This is a baby burp cloth and blanket that a friend made for me when they found out about the baby. Gma Cullen loves her projects, so here's a closer look at what Mom Mary was talking about. Enjoy.

tickets to hawaii?

hey. I'm just throwing this out there for anyone with ideas.

I want to go to Hawaii, I think HNL (honolulu) from sept 22-29. I've been looking on travelocity...anyone have any other ideas about how to find a good deal?

did you hear that michael jackson and farrah fawcett died? crazy day for hollywood.

as always, thanks for reading.

Just in case you haven't been informed...

as I have been telling people, in February 2010, i'm going to be really fat...

also known as,

Jake and I are pregnant!

We are really excited.
God is good.


That's about it for now...
lots of food...and that keeps me from wanting to be sick..

smiles,
as always, thanks for reading...

Moon Lake

Jake's parents and brother are here visiting from Minn. We went up to Moon Lake for a few days. It was a little rainy, but not enough to interfere with our hiking.
We went on a hike basically following the lake. It was neat, cause the terrain kept changing. It was rocky, marshy, forresty....it was as diverse as the Utah landscape.

First night for dinner Mike cooked Brautworsts over the fire, and the boys chopped up some veggies and cooked them out in the great outdoors. Quite delish...

This was at the beginning of the hike. It was such a beautiful view from every angle.

The first day we took a brief walk. It just so happened to be the same hike we woule take the next day. The boys got ahead, cause Mary and I kept stopping to take photos. They were kind enough to say cheese for this one.

Some of the trees were dying. We found out it was a because of beetle. It made the woods look like it was in the middle of Autumn.

I got to touch the water of course!

I love God's beauty.

We stopped so I could take a pic of roadkill, and the beauty that we were driving past. On the way out to Moon Lake, we took an alt. driving route. 35, I think. It was a mazing. I recommend it to anyone that is driving that way.

The boys at the cabin. It was a nice temporary home. And the guys that run the resort there are awesome. Very helpful and friendly.

The lighting on this one is nice.

It's me and the baby...

Jake and his new hiking boots.

The pics aren't in any kind of order...but as always, thanks for reading.

and if you can, get out and enjoy the good weather while we have some.

Ultimate Frisbee

Ultimate Frisbee is the new Football...are you in?
Every Saturday a group of us gets together and plays U.F.

The group changes everyweek, sometimes the boys just break out in dance...or at least that's what this looks like.

Check out the muscles on my husband..woot woo!

Best shot that I've gotten thus far...Michael is the one who caught this one....guess white men can't jump!

Look at how determined these two are.....hehehe.

One Gerhardt, or two? it looks like the two headed, three legged moster....smiles.

I like to play, but I also know when to walk away...and when to run!

What can I say, Jake is in love.

Jesse taking good care of the baby frisbee....

Amazing catch Mr. Metzger.

If anyone is intersted, come on out....it's great fun. But, be prepared to go away exhausted.!

Ben Lomond up Ogden Canyon

Memorial day hike. Ben Lomand. We wanted to find a place that we could hike into, then camp, then go hiking more the next day. We researched about where the snow would be, and the weather, and we set off on our adv enture. This is me looking back as we started up the trail. It was a gorgeous day.

One of our resting spots. Just before we hit the hard stuff. I was huffing a lot up this piece of rock, but the view was great...until the dark clouds started rolling in...Jake is just out of this frame up the hill that you can see Susanna and Michael hiking up...Jake went ahead, and I needed some encouragement that there was, in fact, dry land up on the plateau suitable for us to camp out on....and it turned out, there was.

And yes, I made it to the top and it was good.

This was a window shot in thoughts of the Moore girls. Quite the site if I may say so myself.Our very creative cooking...zuccini, hotdogs, bananas and marshmellows...quite the feast.

Susanna took this one...think we were waiting for the campfire or something...as you can see, it was somewhat warm....enough for just a tank-top...but that didn't last very long.

The next morning..we woke up to fog...or clouds, whatever you want to call it at the elevation we were at...it was cool to see, but as you can probably tell, the fascination didn't last long once the rain, and yes, hail too started...This was the view out the window a little later that first evening....and the next morning..we wound up hiking out of the moutains in this weather. Jake and I didnt' have waterproof clothes with us...the pics once we got to the truck didn't turn out so well, cause we were cold, the camera was cold, so you'll just have to use your imagination. It was a fun adventure though!