Climbing to new heights...and falling

Blake and I had the opportunity this summer in May to go to St. George with our awesome friends, the Nelsons! We stayed with their family (thanks to you all for your wonderful hospitality) and one of Nicole's sisters and nephew were great and watched our kiddos so we could go canyoneering in Zion National Park. The Nelsons and two brother in laws all went with us! WE HAD A BLAST!! Fears were faced, a lot of laughing went on and we can't wait to go again. Can I just say that it was such an adrenalin rush each time we went on a rapel!! Our camera battery went dead part way through so we didn't get all the pictures we wanted with our camera. Can't wait to see what everyone else got! I absolutely fell in LOVE with this place. I have never felt closer to our Heavenly Father's creations than I did there. I have a greater appreciation for the world around me and I think I look at things differently now. What a great opportunity we had...thanks again Nelsons!! Can't wait to go again...hint hint!!!

Things I don't want to forget:
1."Freaky Frogs" So while start going down the first repel (there are 10 by the way) you come to a little bit of water and there are these frogs. Why are they freaky you may ask...THEY SOUND LIKE MOUNTAIN GOATS. When you get down the last repel and start hiking out, you can hear a bunch of them and it sound like a bunch of mountain goats. One of the bro-in-laws decided to push on the back on one and it literally sat there making the "noise" and let him continue pushing on it...they are so weird. I almost smashed one with my hand once...after a little scream I decided to name him and he jumped into a puddle...we swear he must have been playing dead. (Disclaimer...no freaky frogs were hurt in the exploration of their world)

2. "Phrases" Oh my heck...that's funny...Seriously?...Are you freakin' kidding me?

3. Saying ZION"S" National Park and it driving Tristan crazy...calling it repelling instead of rapelling and it doing the likewise to Tristan

4. My "beaner" getting stuck all the time and having to have someone else get it undone.

5. The FREEZING cold water that Nicole and I managed to finagled our way out of getting into just to have to jump in the next freezing water hole...BRRRR

6. The lovely bruises...some in obvious places for the sport...some maybe not.

7. A new "yo-mama" joke about butt suspenders.

8. Dinner afterwards...I wonder if people at In and Out wish I was back so that business would pick up...Just a little funny joke. Sometimes I speak faster than I think.