Mt. Graham & Rodeo

Denver and I got to hang out with Madi this weekend and Madi knows how to party! We woke up Saturday morning and did a little bit of yard selling (which we were unsuccessfull) then we got ready and headed up the mountain to the Layton Cabin. When Madi and I were young before we moved to Eagar, we would spend at least a couple of weeks up at the cabin to escape from the hot desert weather. Denver and I have been married over a year now and he had not seen it yet so I was excited to show Denver where a lot of my summer childhood memories were. These next couple of pictures are taken just above where the cabin is and you can see a good portion of the valley below.



Madison loves car rides and she would rather sit and wait than to get out and enjoy the scenery. She didn't want to stop!



Then Denver got a call from his sister Brooklyn telling us that they were on their way to the Gila Valley to go to a rodeo! We were so excited! So we met up with Brooklyn and her family and Ethan and Jessica Eagar and went to the rodeo to watch Dallas compete. Here are a few pictures of all of us enjoying the rodeo!

Maternity Pictures

This past weekend, Denver and I got to go and spend time with his sister Brook and her sweet little family! I had to take a test to be able to be placed in the middle school for my student teaching on Saturday morning for 4 hours! The first hour was the longest; somewhere around 10:00 I decided I was really hungry; somewhere around 10:30, Daley decided she was really hungry and stretched her leg out as far as she could which didn't feel very good, so I had to stop what i was doing and lean back and push her foot back where it was suppose to go. Then around 11:30 at question #100 I was thinking I only had one more question to go (which I did) but it was an essay question that I had no idea about. I was devistated! So I had to spend another 45 min working on my essay. I did survive and Denver came and rescued me!

The rest of the day was spent shopping...for things that were desperately needed!

Then on Sunday afternoon, Brook offered to take prego pictures of me. They turned out so well! I have quite a few of them and I wouldn't mind showing all of them because they all look so great!Thank you so much Brook! I'm at 30 weeks in these pictures.

Memorial Day and the Gila Box

This Memorial Day this year Denver and I got to go to the Gila Box and tube down the rapids! Well considering that we were on the Gila River...the rapids weren't too rough....don't worry! Denver and I were really excited to get to go and see the place where the Gila Valley Temple's mural was painted from. It is gorgeous down there! When we got there we found the perfect spot for the family to set up camp for the day. The water was a little chili at first but once you got in it was really nice and it kept you cool during the summer heat. We even got to go tubing a little bit. My dad dropped us off a little ways up stream and we floated down. It wasn't too bad except at the very beginning. Denver, my mom, and I got down to the river and saw that it looked a little dangerous for a prego girl to be floating down, so we decided to try it a little further downstream. Long story short...Denver and my mom got swept away by the current and my mom lost her shoes and Denver got a big bruise but they were just fine. I was the lucky one! We had a blast being able to spend time with the family!