Swimming With the Boys

We took the boys out to the ponds behind Lee Kay Gun Range in West Valley. They had a blast.....

Pictures From Grand Teton June2009

Kate was going through some pictures we took in June and realized that with all the wedding craziness we never did post pictures from our trip to Grand Teton. There were a few others we thought were worth posting as well

Kate's family and the two of us went to Grand Teton the weekend before our wedding for Amanda and Peter's wedding. Amanda was Kate's babysitter growing up and her family lived next door at Colter Bay when Kate's family lived in Grand Teton. The Alexanders have been wonderful family friends and have been there for many milestones through out Kate's life. We had a wonderful weekend rafting the snake, enjoying and meeting old friends of Kate's family. Kate REALLY wanted to photograph the old barn on Mormon Row. This barn is commonly photographed and is a picturesque scene with the Tetons behind it. While the clouds were not allowing the Grand to come out for its picture the photos came out amazing.

One of the cutest pictures of Widgeon to date.....explains it all....totally loves his daddy..HAD TO POST IT!!!

Robert with a bear rug in a Jackson Hole T-shirt shop

Kate took this the day after we were married out at Saltair where we had out engagement pictures taken.

Drake hanging at home asking if someone can PLEASSEEE through the ball!!!

Some of MANY great pictures from our trip

Wedding Pictures

Angie from Sweet Memory Garden has posted our wedding photos on her blog......she has done a wonderful job showcasing our wedding please check it out just click here
http://sweetmemorygarden.blogspot.com/2009/08/katie-robert-wedding.html

Happenngs in July and August

The summer has come and gone very quickly but not with out a few adventures under our belt. We spent the last few weeks hiking, fishing, camping and hunting. The following are only a few of the pictures from this summer adventures....as soon as a get some more time to edit some photos will get them up......

This is a dragonfly that comes into our pond every morning....he is so beautiful.....I am waiting for Drake to snap at him one of these mornings....

Robert and I finally completed the 6 mile round trip hike to Dog Lake in Millcreek Canyon with the boys last week. The wild flowers are absolutely stunning right now......what a gorgeous summer hike. the boys spent a few hours swimming and romping around....

Wild flowers up Millcreek Canyon

They boys enjoying the sunshine and lake...

Drake and me hiking back down....

We went camping this last weekend with the Hamm's up to Strawberry. Once again the flowers did not disappoint and we had a great time fishing.....it was too cold to go wakeboarding, but regardless we had a wonderful evening camping and great day at camp and enjoying the boat..

This pink thistle was so amazing in color...

I had a need to get my creativeness on....I made a crown of wild flowers.....very awesome pictures....wish Mr. Widgeon would have held as still as Drake did for a picture....

Drake enjoying the boat ride...

After returning home form camping bow hunting season opened this weekend for deer. Robert and I spent Saturday morning trying to hike into Dog Lake/Desolation lake area from the Big Cottonwood Canyon side and instead encountered 35 degree weather and a major thunderstorm.....we hiked back out, came home, dried out and took a nap then went back out that evening and the next day......you would have never known it was the same day let alone the same season.....

We hiked up to the top of the ridge overlooking Big Cottonwood to the south and Millcreek to the north and came across a beautiful scene. Unfortunately, it did not include the monster buck that rumored to be hanging out around this area.... but we got amazing pictures just the same.....

A few more Maui pictures....

Since it has been several weeks since Robert and I got back from our honeymoon in Maui and I wanted post a few pictures of hundereds that I have edited so far. These are of our last night in Maui on the beach in front of our hotel in Kaanapali and of the last day at Haleakala National Park.

This is the middle of the island.....they call this the valley of the sugar since this is where sugar cane is grown harvest and processed.....Haleakala is in the back ground

Argyroxiphium is a small genus of five species in the sunflower family Asteraceae. Its members are known by the common name of silversword or greensword due to their long, narrow leaves and the silvery hairs on some species. These perennials areendemic to Hawaiʻi, occurring only on the islands of Maui and Hawaiʻi in an extremely localized distribution. They are primarily found above 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) elevation in alpine deserts or bogs, indicating an adaptation to low-nutrient soils. The plant forms a flowering reproductive structure. It takes 5-20 years before flowering, after which it dies.