Thursday, July 10, 2008

Lake Havasu Trip

At the end of the summer my roommates and some friends took a trip to Lake Havasu for some fun.
The whole gang on our first day there. We went out in the desert for quad & jeep riding. It was a lot of fun. The jeep was my favorite. We never actually found our destination because they couldn't figure out how to work either the GPS or the map, I'm not sure which one.

All the girls except Erin sitting back in the chairs near our little island camp site. The weather was perfect.

Some of the gang in the boat heading back to the dock.
I'm driving the wave runner pulling the inner tube. Dave is the flag man telling us to hang loose.
My roommate (Bridgette) and I are searching for shells to decorate frames for our Lake Havasu pictures. We are still working on making the shell frames- in other words we haven't started making them yet. :)

Bridgette and I went kayaking around the lake. We tried to go see the beaver dam...we never found it.

My first time wake boarding- in the water again. It was a worthy attempt but needs a lot of practice.
Bridgette and I crossed our arms with one another for more stability. It was a lot of fun.

Tubing was fun. Holding on was difficult, especially when you hit the waves.Bridgette and I were trying to stand on the inner tube. We made it up but on the way back down it began tipping and we jumped.

The boys took pictures of us early in the morning when we were still sleeping and they made a collage giving it the title "Our Sleeping Beauties". We got revenge of course the next night when we took pictures of them.

The whole gang went out for Mexican food after a long day on the lake.

Then we went to the institute to play sardines. Dave and Brittany thought they were so good at hiding. haha....Mason and I found them first and then sat next to the piano pretending we hadn't found them because there was no room beside Dave and Brittany.

Dave and Brittany went for a ride on the wave runner and it died on them. So Dave pulled it along while Brittany steered.

Bridgette tried on the frog life preserver. We played volleyball in the pool at Holli's house. Good times. :)

Meredith's Birthday

We went to Tucson for Meredith's birthday back in June.

When we got to the hotel the boys went swimming while my mom and I sat and talked. It gave me a chance to take a lot of pictures of the boys. Matthew loved having his dad swim around with him. The hotel had a lazy river with inner tubes and the boys loved it.

Unfortunately, Dallin was extremely difficult so he avoided the camera at all costs. But I tricked him and got a picture...what luck! :)

Have I ever mentioned how much my little brother can eat? WOWZER! No wonder he's a giant. He had several boxes of cold cereal as well as a full breakfast of pancakes...he's CRAZY!

Okay, so after talking to my mom I discovered that this picture was actually from our first visit when we were helping Jen and Nate move into their new house. It is probably the only time you will ever see the Twyman family eating in their office. haha. We ordered pizza for the kids and gyro's for the adults. Gyro's are my favorite! We had a great time.


Dad, Matthew, and Emily were able to fit on the Twyman's enormous bean bag. It is one of the first things I loved about my brother-in-law. haha- I am kidding but it really is neat. So much playing and organizing the house made them all exhausted.

So we took a break from the move-in. Meredith and mommy- aww cute!

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Hiking Havasupai

My roommates and I decided to hike havasupai in one day. I believe the hike was a total of approximately 20 miles and my legs definitely felt it when we finished. I had blisters on my blisters. We camped at the top under the stars and then began our adventure early in the morning.

Stargazing the night before the hike- this is our camping spot :)

Brittany and I are fearful of the crawling things that might end up in our double size sleeping bag.

My roommate and I playing around in a cave near Mooney falls.

Finally reaching Havasupai Falls, yet not knowing I was but a few yards from the top of the waterfall. Absolutely beautiful scenery!

The whole gang in front of Havasupai Falls.

Hiking down to Mooney Falls

Getting down to Mooney Falls was quite a challenge. It was like rock climbing with a ladder at the end. I was glad we decided to make the hike down though because it was better than havasupai falls.
As I was saying....B-U-tiful!
The water was ice cold and i REFUSED to get in. Until I made it to the point where Dave was waiting for me and he insisted that I couldn't walk along the edge any longer (there was no more ledge) so I decided not to think about it and just JUMP! BRRR it was cold!
I don't know if you can see me but I am just to the left of the waterfall preparing to do my first-ever cliff jump! I wasn't so afraid of jumping in and hitting anything but I was afraid of the ice cold water.
My roommate caught me admiring the scenery, but it looks as though I am posing.
I just thought the water was a beautiful color.