Biking & Hiking

Sam finally had a free Saturday so we made the most of it and headed south on Thursday for a long weekend.  We hung out with Sam’s family and spent the rest of the time enjoying the epic spring weather. 

We went on one of our favorite bike rides around Sam’s hometown.  I had a little accident, but it was definitely worth it.  

Saturday we spent all day hiking to and from Choal Falls.  Not very many people know about this place -- we didn’t run into a single person the entire day.  We only snapped a few photos on our way to the falls, but we used up the rest of our camera’s memory card when we got there.  Here’s just a few. 

The stream was ideal for wading in and the perfectly smooth sand massaged our tired feet.  The water just under the falls was barely deep enough for swimming, but the water was a little chilly for that.  

This little guy is about the closest thing to a human we saw the entire hike.

We also saw this nifty little house some little creature built.  Hole was about the diameter of a  pinky.

It was about 75-80 degrees on Saturday, but the next day the wind picked up as we were getting ready to leave and a couple hours into our drive home we hit this.

Thankfully we didn’t hit that gorgeous late 60’s model Camero in front of us.  Drool.  

Up To

I’ve kind of been neglectful at writing about that day-to-day stuff we’ve been up to lately.  Sam’s been taking an all-day class on Saturdays which puts a damper on the weekends.  However, there are a few things I’ve missed:

My sister Alli lives in England.  Her husband Shayne came to the states for work and he brought my nephew Josh with him.  We got to hang out with both of them a couple of times.  I can’t believe how much Josh has grown up since I saw him last summer!  I hear he’s already quite the heartbreaker.  One of their visits included a slide show of a two-week mission Shayne and Alli recently served for our church.  They went to India to teach neonatal resuscitation techniques to labor & delivery professionals who then train other professionals all over the country.  The slideshow was heartbreaking.  They were in an extremely impoverished area for most of the time.  In one photo, a woman was trying to shove her baby through the window of the cab my sister was in.  It was obvious her child was malnourished, and she must have been desperate to get help.  Amazingly, Shayne said that in general even the most poor seemed very happy.  They literally live in filth and barely have enough to eat.  Yet they still find good in life and are grateful for what they have.  I can learn a thing or two from them!      

 Once a month we have dinner with my grandmother.  She lives in a big, old house and takes care of my grandfather who requires a lot of attention.  So every second Monday, we visit her to help out with whatever needs to be done.  Last night we took over a pot roast and helped her clean out her basement.  We also got in a snowball fight.  This was awesome because my grandma was on my side and Sam didn’t dare throw anything at an old lady! 

Last Sunday we spoke in Church on D&C 109:8.  I spent several hours working on my talk.  Sam spent about 15 minutes preparing his.  His talk was better than mine.  Although he did say the word “suck” in his talk.  Is that bad?? 

Also, Sam FINALLY posted something! (see next post) When I began this blog I envisioned that we’d take turns posting.  Of course it didn’t really turn out that way.  I guess he’s just not the blogging type.  He really is excited about this whole adoption thing, though.  I PROMISE.  He even made tiny baby moccasins the other day.        

My two cents

Sam here just adding my two cents worth $.02. There you have it!