I was tagged!

Heidi tagged me in this game where you have to take the fourth picture from your fourth picture file and post it on your blog. Luckily this picture is a decent picture. Heidi came up to Rexburg as a suprise a few semesters ago and this is us being happy to see each other again. And Rory's hand. I tag Jerusha and Sara!

Our Day in Yellowstone

Mom and Dad took Ian, Adam, Rory, and I to Yellowstone on Saturday. It was lots of fun! We saw some bison and lots of elk and heard a rumor of a bear. There was also quite a variety of tourist species.

Well... the fumes were pretty noxious.

I thought these coke machines were pretty funny. Look how natural they are!

Mom and Dad are so happy to have such a great day at Yellowstone!

What a happy family. I think it might actually be impossible for our family to take a normal picture. But that's ok, it's just who we are.

Hahaha. This is my most favorite picture that I took all day. Ian looked so cute in his coon skin hat but right as I took the picture he made this ridiculous face. I laugh every time I look at this picture.

Adam wanted me to take this picture of him. Maybe he wanted to show his thoughtful side...

Dad being creative. I'm really not creative so I have to resort to showing how other people are being creative.

Our Kitchen

I took a couple pictures of our little ghetto apartment because people have been wanting to see them. This is our teeny tiny kitchen. We also have a stove and a refrigerator that aren't pictured. Oh! And a pantry! I'm pretty excited about that. The hallway you can see on the right goes back to our "study" and bathroom and bedroom. To the left is the living room.

Living Room

Here's our living room. I love having the piano! We've added a wedding picture on the wall beside the piano since I took this picture.

The Bathroom

We have a pirate bathroom. It's pretty fun.

Moving

This picture is a little out of order but I wanted you to see Rory's amazing packing job. We only had to throw one thing on top of the four runner. Needless to say it was a tight squeeze.

School!

Well, we're in our second week of school now and still alive. That's a good sign. Rory loves Genetics (har har) and I love Chemistry. We are so happy to do homework every night. Ok, maybe not sooooo happy but moderately satisfied. Other than school we go to demolition derbies, hang out with our newly married friends, and practice the piano. Yay!

The End

Wow! Summer is over. It went by pretty fast for us. We had a great time in Burns. We learned a lot and met a lot of really neat people. This is a picture of the crew we worked with all summer. Back row left to right: Rory, Jeremy, Carol, Georjanna (she's our fake boss). Front row: Me and Josie.

We also got to see Sara and Jake on Monday!!!! It was super fun! We sat in chairs at Crate and Barrel and ate lunch at P.F. Changs. We wish we could have spent more time with them.

The Lava River Cave

We went to Salem for our three day weekend and on the way there we stopped at the Lava River Cave. It's a huge lava tube and we wanted to explore. It was really neat! The tube was huge! It had a sandy bottom too, which was weird. Sometime in the 1930's some exuberant explorers decided to dig the tube out further so in addition to the huge tube we walked through we also got to crawl through a tiny tube with a bunch of other people. At the end it smelled like pee. Great. It really was fun though! We recommend it if you're ever over by Salem.

This little guy was running around the mouth of the cave and came right up to use when Rory started chattering at him. He probably thought he was going to get fed.

We love the headlamps Nathan gave us!!

Rory going into the cave.

Yay! We made it out alive with only slightly dirty knees.

Silver Falls

On the way to Salem we also stopped and walked to Silver Falls. It was gorgeous. And muggy! We're not used to humidity out here in Burns.

O'Connors in a hole!

Taking a rest from our oh so strenuous hike to the waterfall.

We're so used to dirt that rocks are a treat! We have lots of fun with them.

It felt good to dip my hands in the water after a few hours of hiking around in the warm mugginess.

Just Messing Around in Salem

Rory woke up really early on Saturday because he was so excited to get to the Enchanted Forest so we had a lot of time to kill in the morning. I want one of those trees in my yard. If they aren't trimmed they'll grow right down to the ground. It would make a great fort!

We stopped to roam around some pretty gardens while we were in Salem and actually got a picture together!

The Enchanted Forest

Saturday we went to the Enchanted Forest. Rory's wanted to go there ever since he was a kid. He was so excited! Haha. The guy who created the Enchanted Forest did it all by hand. It was pretty amazing! There was an old Europe street and a Western Town and a Storybook Lane plus lots of other cool little things.

I've just been knighted after the ride Challenge of Mondor. I'm a pro goblin shooter.

Woohoo! Log ride!!! And it was cold! The action shot isn't really us but you can pretend.

I was smart and wore a poncho on the log ride. It was too cold to get wet. Rory got soaked!

We met Abe Licoln!

The Forest had one section called "Storybook Lane" where they did little things with some of the nursery rhymes. This is Rory in the Crooked Man's House.

This is the Snow White place. It had little displays of the witch and a slide coming out of her head. That's what I'm on. The brain slide.

Little does he know there's a witch inside wanting to eat him. She'll be disapointed... he's too skinny.