Lake Powell 2008

Jed and I went to Lake Powell this last month with our friends Mark and Amy and their Family. It was a lot of fun! I've never been to Lake Powell before, so it was a new experience for me, but i really enjoyed it. We spent the whole five days boating and eating and more boating. I don't have a lot of pictures from the trip because my camera died after only a few pictures. The most memorable moment on this trip definitley was when we were down a canyon wakeboarding and we ran out of gas! People had been down this canyon with us all day.. until we ran out of gas and we were stranded. We all jumped in the water and a few of us took turns hooking the boat to our life jackets and pulling while the rest either pushed and kicked in the back or took turns paddling with the one paddle and knee board that we had. We actually made a lot of progress like this and after two hours, we finally found a house boat that let us borrow some gas to get home. Thanks Mark and Amy for inviting us! It was a fun trip!

We all hiked up to these Indian Ruins in the middle of the day. It was cool to see the houses they used to live in, but it was so hot! It made for a more difficult hike than any of us thought!All the friends that were on the trip.. Me and Jed, Mark and Amy, Andy Cook and Brandon Marchant. Andy left his wife home working so Brandon came to fill in the extra spot.
The view over where we hiked from to get to the indian ruins. Beautiful view!
Jed showing off his mad skills wakeboarding! He is getting really good at jumping the wake, and he even does a board grab now!
Jed, Cook, and Marchant playing around in the water after our incredibly hot hike

Jen and Abe's Sealing 9/9/08

My Cousin Jen and her Husband Abe were sealed in the Rexburg Temple yesterday. My Mom was already up there, so Lauren and I drove up together right before the ceremony, went to the yummy dinner, and then drove back. It made for a long day, but I'm glad we went! It was nice to see all my cousins and family!

Lauren, Mom and Me

Jen and Abe in front of the temple after their ceremony

Me and Megan at the dinner after
Lauren, Megan, Me, Jen, Becca and Josh at the dinner

Just Kidding!

So what ever Jed passed in the last post I made, was not a kidney stone. We aren't sure what it was... but Jed did finally pass his big stone yesterday at home. It was HUGE! It was almost as big as a piece of corn. It doesn't sound big, but think about where it came from, and I can see why Jed was in so much pain. So hopefully the kidney stone thing is over, and I'm so happy Jed didn't have to have an expensive surgery!!!!!

Congratulations! It's a....

After weeks and weeks of waiting and pain, Jed is finally the proud owner of a beautiful... Kidney Stone! He's been in a lot of pain the past few weeks and its been worse this week, so after a bunch of doctor visits and medicine, Jed finally passed what seems to be a partial piece of a kidney stone. He still has more to come, but he's not in as much pain. He goes back to the urologist for more x-rays and testing today, so hopefully it'll be good news!!

You can't see it in a picture because it is so little, but I made Jed take a picture with the plastic bag that it's in...

By Demand

By Demand of my older sister, here are some more pictures that they claim they have never seen. There are some of our honeymoon in Cabo San Lucas and some of our first camping experience over Memorial Day Weekend Dinner at the Giggling Marlin, a famous restaurant in Cabo. Aside from Jed almost throwing up the extremely hot salsa, and Beer getting spilled all over me from the drunk table next to us, it was a fun experience
Nacho Libre? No... that's just Jed. Had me fooled for a minute there though


The Pirate Ship that we had our Snorkeling excursion on. Pope gave this to us for our wedding. It was really fun to be a pirate and the snorkeling was freezing cold! I have never been that cold in my life! Jed is a fish though and loved it. We saw a sting ray, and Jed even held a puffer fish! It was a very fun day even though I found out I DO get motion sick

The top of an exclusive VIP Highroller hang out at the Playa Grande hotel. Jed's Mission buddy Steve Pope got us a key to hang out up here on top of the hotel. The swimming pools looked like they dropped off into the ocean, and the view was gorgeous! There was even a water slide!
The view over the Marina in downtown Cabo San Lucas
This was our Bathtub/Shower... it was HUGE! We had to take a picture to prove it

This is the lovely Scooter that we paid Mucho $$$ for to use for 4 hours. It was a lot of fun driving around Cabo, and it was definitely exciting when we got pulled over by the Mexican Police. They wanted to take us to jail and everything! Luckily, Jed knows his stuff and he got us out of a sticky situation with a $4 bribe

Four Wheeling on Memorial Day up American Fork Canyon. It was freezing, raining, and we were covered in mud! But is was a very memorable Camping experience