Sno-Fun

You couldn't tell it from this picture--somewheres around Foresthill-- but here we were about 10 minutes from...

...here. Lusciously fresh snowfall which made me wish I was snowboarding.

But we weren't snowboarding, we were snowshoeing, something I've never actually done before.

It was surprisingly easy to walk in the snow with those foot basket things on.

The boys decided to make a snow cave after about 5 minutes of walking.

It took three men 40 minutes to build and one Brady 4 seconds to destroy. Poor Eric barely made it out alive.

Lesson learned: When creating a covering for your igloo Don't lob a huge snow block on top of your roof of dried twigs it may fall through the aforementioned sticks triggering an igloo avalanche .

Feliz Navidad

Just before Christmas we got to go on a Pinnacle vacation to Cancun for 4 days. Which, needless to say, was pretty fun.

I want to live here

Brady and I really loved riding on the catamaran with our friendly guide, Pepe

We got to see some fishies in the World's second biggest reef (allegedly) the Great Mesoamerican Reef.

As I accidently gulped down about a cup of salt water I saw one of these freaky fish

After the snorkeling we got free chips and drinks at this beach bar, along with free mariachi musica y sombreros.

Brady said he wish he played more beach volleyball. He really liked showing off his farmer's tan.

Nothing New

Well we really don't have anything new to share but I finally loaded some pictures from my camera so I thought we'd share some of the highlights from our 2 month stint in Utah. 

We actually had a lot of fun out there and got to hang out with some people that we've missed.

I got to see my 'lil bro, Chase in his cute little freshman dorm. He's really loving his newfound freedom.  But he was nice enough to take me out to breakfast at the Cannon Center on his Dining Plus card.

and took me to some football games.

I also got to see awesome parades including some of my favorite BYU clubs (to make fun of) such as, the Quill & Sword Renaissance Reenactment Club! They're a fun bunch.

I got to go on cool bike rides & cave adventures with my friend/past roomie Christie.

Brady & I got to take many hikes in the beautiful Wasatch wilderness

and camping with the Naegles at some smelly hot springs

Several Sunday drives with an accompanying nature walk.

One thing I love about Utah in the fall is their love of Halloween and elaborate haunted houses. 

We tried a couple but the Haunted Forest in American Fork was the best. Despite running into walls/random wood posts/people in the dark, it was way fun scary excitement.

We also made a very good neighbor cat friend, named (by us) Baloo; who Brady (a self-proclaimed "cat hater") played with for many hours and grew to love.