Posts under ‘activities’

When asked if I would be climbing in the Phoenix Rock Gym’s Thrash and Dangle Climbing Competition I almost couldn’t stop myself from laughing before getting my response of “no” out. By nature, I am not competitive (in sporting events anyway). I feel bad if one team beats another by too many points, I hate [...]

“If you stay through the weekend, we could all go canyoneering on Saturday.” Shannon coaxed as we were planning one of my many visits to her and Aaron’s house. To many outdoor enthusiasts this would be all the coaxing you would need. For me, it had me second guessing my trip. For those of you [...]

Yes, it’s true, I am no longer a young 20-something. But I kinda like being 30…at least so far it has treated me pretty darn good. I was lucky to turn thirty in Young with Ben’s parents. And on my birthday we had a group party for Judy (Ben’s mom), Victoria (a friend of Keith [...]

While we were staying in Young, Northern Arizona was hit with two pretty big snowstorms! Lucky for us, we didn’t really have anything pressing so we were able to snowboard both times! At the first hint that snow was coming, Ben abandoned Lily and began preparations for some amazing powder. The first day was close [...]

As some of you might remember, I started crocheting back in Wyoming. I started in the parking lot of Walmart with a book called I Taught Myself Crochet while Ben was working on the bus…which led to the crocheting of many mystery objects left to the imagination of the receiver. After a little extra direction [...]

Well I guess Valentine’s Day really is more than just a Hallmark Holiday because there are more birthdays on my calender in November than any other month! This November, while in Michigan, we celebrated 5 birthdays!!! The first celebration was with a couple girlfriends, Toni and Roxanne. I met Toni my freshman year of college [...]

Once in Michigan for awhile we realized that our activity levels had drastically dropped. There was some surfing and some climbing and some walk taking but we knew that something had to change. After being mega-active for five months, stopping almost cold turkey was starting to make us feel crazy. As you can see Ben [...]

Unfortunately, we’re not getting dressed up this year…

Yesterday Erin and I bought a vegetable, but instead of eating it we decided to carve a face into it.

While climbing with Dave in Leavenworth we decided to take a break from all of our climbing and take a hike through the Enchantments…I use the term break loosely here because the “hiking break” was 18 miles long! Even though it was eighteen miles it was still totally worth the challenge. The Enchantments are considered [...]