Mount Timpanogas

A few weeks ago, I talked a couple of my friends into going up to Mount Timpanogas and hiking up to the cave. I figured since I have lived in Salt Lake now for over 10 years it was probably about time to be getting myself up there. You know me, I had to take my camera and I took over 100 pictures...so here are just a few of them...I wouldn't want to bore you with too many of them...so these are just a few of my favorites. for some reason, I always like to take pictures of the wildflowers...they always draw my attention. I don't know if it is the beautiful colors or what but I love them!

Of course you have to take a picture of the sign so you know where you are at and where you are going or what you are going to be seeing. I actually didn't take this picture til we got done with the hike. I don't know why I didn't take it at the beginning...but I didn't...and I wanted this to be the first picture on the blog...but I still can't get that part of the blogging figured out... maybe someday I will finally become a pro...but I can tell you now it will definitely be a while!!

This is the only picture I have inside the cave that I am including in the blog. I actually uploaded another picture but somewhere along the way I guess I deleted it...so sorry this is all you get of the inside. I am actually quite impressed with my camera I wasn't really sure if it would work very well inside but it really did a good job.

I got several good shadow and shade pictures, and some good cloud pictures...if I do say so myself!!

This little guy came right up to us...he was not scared of us at all...he did kinda worry my friend...I guess she was afraid he was going to attack her. I always thought that the wildlife was more scared of us than we are of them...definitely not the case with this one!!

I am not really sure what my obsession with trees is, but I totally loved how the trees were growing right out of the rocks...so I had to take a few pictures of that and this was one of my favorites.

that little speck in the middle of the picture is the moon...we left REALLY early...but when we were getting done I was glad we had left that early...it was getting hot on our way down and I felt bad for the people we passed that were going up!!

I totally love this one. sometimes I am just amazed with my picture taking abilities...or probably more like the luck I have with getting some really great shots, because I really don't know what I am doing, I have never taken any classes or anything, but this is one really amazing and cool picture!!!

So I would totally recommend the Mt. Timpanogas hike to anyone who wants to do it. It is not a very long hike, but with us out of shape people just make sure to give yourself plenty of time and take it easy. And definitely stay away from the edge you could fall or lose a water bottle very easily!!!

60 day challenge

I am doing a 60 day challenge that my sister told me about. A friend of hers decided that there were a few things she needed to work on and put together this challenge. She has talked about going private with the blog but so far hasn't done it, so you can still check out the blog. it can be found at betteryouandme.blogspot.com. So there are 10 goals that we have to work on every day and what I like about the challenge is that it isn't just all physical things we need to work on but it is an all around balanced kind of challenge. Today is day 28 and I am feeling pretty good about things. Some of the things that I thought I would struggle with were eating after 8, not eating sugar and of course the soda...but I have found that when I decide I want to do something I can usually do pretty good at it. The great thing about this challenge though, is that I don't have to do everything on the list for the full 60 days, each week we get a free point in each category so really I only have to go without my soda for 6 days and then I can have a soda!!! Through this challenge though I have found out a couple of things about myself that I will hope to be able to keep doing even after the 60 days are over. I have always liked to eat later and I have found out that I can stop eating by 8:00 and be ok. I have found that if I don't eat sweets I am not gonna die!!! some of the people doing the challenge have told me that they crave sugar and have to have it...I have found that I can say no to sweets even when they are right in front of me. Maybe knowing that I will have at least one day each week when I can eat sweets may be what is getting me through it, who really knows. I just know that I can do better than I have been doing and hopefully this was just the kind of kick start I needed to get me going in a better direction in all kinds of ways!! So even though you can't be an official part of this 60 day challenge you can check it out and see if maybe there are some things on the list of 10 goals that you can impliment in your life and work towards a better you.

blessed

I wish I could be better at this. So many fun things have happened in the last couple of months but when I get on the computer I don't really feel much like blogging...it is way more fun to check e-mails and play games and all that fun stuff than to update a blog...but how can I keep any kind of record of things that I have done when I struggle to write in a journal??!! One of the speakers today in Sacrament meeting spoke about gratitude and how keeping a journal can help us write down and show gratitude for our blessings. Life is pretty crazy sometimes but I know that I am so blessed...I hope that I always remember to show my gratitude for all that I have and that I don't commit the sin of ingratitude by not remembering to be grateful for all that I do have. Yesterday as I was talking to one of my friends I was again reminded about how grateful I am for the many wonderful and AMAZING girlfriends I have in my life, I get so caught up sometimes in being sad about being single at this stage in my life...and then I think about all of the friends that I have (and yes, that includes sisters) that I am so TRULY AND AMAZINGLY blessed. And then again at church today, talking to different sisters in my ward who I LOVE, LOVE LOVE and it makes me feel like I have another 100 or so dear sisters to be grateful for. Even sisters I meet today or last week or next week, just being a part of the same ward I feel so loved and cared for that the other stuff in life doesn't really matter so much and I know that my life couldn't be any better than it is. because if I would have gotten married 10 or 15 years ago I wouldn't have met most of these great people! So I am grateful to be where I am right now in my life.