Deer Hunt

So a couple weeks ago we went on the muzzleloader hunt with my Dad and Grandpa. We went down south by Koosharem. We had so much fun riding the four wheelers and camping with my family. My Dad had bad luck with tires the whole weekend. Before I even got there he had ran over a sharp rock with his truck and put a hole in the tire. Just as we were arriving they were going to rescue his 4-wheeler because he ran over a stick and put it right through the back tire and you know three's a charm. Well he did it again he ran over a tent stake with the other back tire on the 4-wheeler. He was only able to fix one tire on the 4-wheeler and luckily he was able to get a hold of my uncle to bring him a new tire before they left. I tried to take pictures of all the holes, but they didn't really work out. Although he had such bad luck he at least got a deer. He shot a 2-point. So he didn’t go away with nothing.

This tree was just up from our camp. I thought it was really cool. The tree completely uprooted and there was a stream underneath it. This picture is from under the tree. There was even a whole were that big rock used to sit.

As you can see is was not a little tree. It covered some area.

This was the other side of the tree. The side you would normally see if it was still standing.

We were all quite impressed by it. My mom found and had to make sure everyone got to see it.

Dad & Luke walking to up the trail to see the really cool tree.

Luke didn't want me to take his picture.

Gatlin was not cooperating with us. We wern't able to get any good pictures of him.

JD & Boston chillin' by the fire.

My brother found this log near our camp and it was hollow inside so he made a chimney out of it. It was pretty neat. The fire shot quite a ways out of it and it put off some good heat. It was a great idea. Expect when the bottom started to collapse.

Rock Crawling Competition

So I am kind of doing so catch up on all of the fun things we did this summer and this is one I can't leave out.

JD entered a rock crawling competition in Delta, Utah this summer. He was in the legends class, which is one class above stock. It was so much fun although the first day of competition (the only day I was there) was cold, rainy, and very muddy. He was in second place the first day of competition and by the end of the day he broke the birfield in the front axel. Luckily we were able to find a part and get it fixed for day two. He was doing great day two until he broke both sides of the front axel which dropped him to finishing seventh place out of 17 people. He did really well. His brother Stewart also entered but he broke the first day of competition and still wasn't last place.

There were a few people that tipped their rig upside down or on its side. It was the first time I have ever seen anyone tip over. I have some really cool video from it, but I haven't had a chance to edit it. As soon as I do I will definitely post it. I would let JD do it again in a heart beat even if it did cost $500 to fix the front end. It was well worth the fun. We will be going to Moab again in a month so I will make sure to post all the pictures from that trip.

Before the Competition Started


After the Competition was over. These dents are still there today. Neither door will open now so you have to crawl in the window to get in or out of the truck. I was not to happy when he smashed my side!

This obstacle was one of the toughest to do. You can tell by the pictures that follow of other crawlers.

This guy sell tools to JD at work. We are going to Moab with him this next weekend.

The guy that drove this rig was at least 45+. His rig was awesome. This is the same obstacle you saw JD on at the beginning.

This is someone else, but JD ran this obstacle in 2-wheel drive after he broke part of his axel on the first day. It was so funny to watch him run it. He was beat to death by the end because the second part of the course is a bunch logs that you have to go over and he hit them really hard.

They had a lift to get the trucks out of obstacles when they broke or got stuck. Not very many rigs got very far on this obstacle. At least that I saw.

This is the guy's rig that put on the competition. He is sponsored so it was decked out with alot of cool stuff that JD would love to have.

This rig was in the unlimited class (upper class). I think he passed every obstacle, but he is built for competition.

Anniversary

I am kind of slow at posting this, but I just go the pictures off my camera and thought they would be fun to post.

So this year for our 2 year anniversary we went to Las Vegas for the weekend. We had so much fun, but three days in Vegas was plenty for us. We got to Vegas late Friday night and spent all day Saturday walking the strip. My feet were so tired by the time we got back to the hotel. Later that night we got to go see The Tournament of Kings at Excalibur. It was a really fun dinner show to go to. I would highly recommend it. By Sunday we were ready to come home though. There just wasn't a ton to do unless you had lots of money to spend on shows, rollercoasters, etc.

Dinner Show at the Tournament of Kings.

Strip Mall by Caesars Palace

M&M Factory

Mirage Hotel

Coed Softball

This year we have been playing on a coed softball team in Payson with JD's family, my aunt, and some friends. We have actually done pretty good. We only lost a few games and now we are in the tournament. So far we have lost one game and won one game. If we lose another game we are out. I have really enjoyed playing and can't wait to play next year. Below are pictures of us playing softball.

Baby Boston

I have the cutest nephew in the world. He has just turned 3 months old. Today was his blessings and it turned out really good. Gatlin did a great job with his blessings and it is always so fun to have all of the family together. I have posted some pictures of Boston Brock Gardiner from the day he was born until today.

Looking Back

JD & I were married on June 3, 2006. It has been a little over two years. So I wanted to reflect back on our Honeymoon and all the fun we had. We went on a cruise to Mexico. We went to Catalina and Ensenada. We had a blast snorkeling, shopping, and just traveling together. We went to Universal Studios in Ensenada and saw Titanic and the Romeo & Juliet cars. Below are a bunch of pictures we took.