Olympic Park

I came back to Utah a week early.  It's been so nice to spend some time together before I take off for South Carolina.  I should have spent more time helping Emily with packing and cleaning, but it's just so hard when I'm so distracted :)

Training pool- you can see a guy in the air behind us.  

Riding the ski lift to go down the extreme zip line and the alpine slide.

Our new place pre-furnishings.

Kitchen- duh.

Living room.

 Jared's office/extra bedroom.

Bathroom

Big bedroom with an awesomely huge closet.

Lost and found

One day I was sitting in my car talking on the phone with my friend Amy.  I was just chatting and being a perpetual fidgeter I was playing with my ring on my finger and just chatting away.  I was resting my left hand on my steering wheel when I fidgeted a little too much and my ring slipped off my finger and rolled forward on the dash.  I wasn't too worried until I went to look for it and couldn't see it.  It had fallen inside the defrost vent... at least I knew where it was, right?

I took my car to a repair place the next morning and asked them how much it would cost to retrieve my ring and they said it would probably take about an hour of labor or $95.  Knowing that Jared would be coming to visit soon I opted to turn it onto a project- not knowing then that it would become an all day process.  Jared flew in at 9:30, his parents arrived (the first time I met them) at around 11:00, and we started dismantling the car at about 12:00.  After taking apart the ENTIRE dash, drilling holes in the air relay box, and getting pretty frustrated we finally saw the ring and Jared got it out at about 7:00pm.  It was a happy happy reunion.  

Mt. Bierstadt-

The view from the hike.

 For the 4th of July I went on a little hike up Mt. Bierstadt.  It's one of more than fifty 14,000 ft elevation peaks in Colorado.  It's a relatively "easy" hike- since you start at around 11,000 ft and it's about  6-7 miles round trip.  As most anybody would tell you though, there are no "easy" 14-ers.  There were lots and lots of people on the trail and I only almost slid down three or four times.  I even saw a mountain goat right at the summit- it was pretty cool.  I'm glad I did it, but I was sure sore the next day.  

Mt. Bierstadt is the peak on the right.

Denver Days

I was in Denver for about 6 weeks working as a nanny for the Preece family.  They are so great and it was a delight to live with them again.  The only thing that would have made it better would have been to have my fiance less than 500 miles away.  We spent a LOT of time at the pool, playing, and running around town.

Homeless? Not these guys!

Behold the future home of Jared and Sara Ridges.... at least the basement portion.

For those concerned with details- this is what I know:

It is in Mapleton, UT.

It is a 2 bedroom 1 bathroom wonder with a small kitchen and living room.

There will be plenty of room for parking.

They have a dog in the backyard.

It was built in 1996.

It is unfurnished.

Rent is $600/month.

I would love to tell you more, but that's really all I know. 

Updates from the last month of my life will be posted soon.... ish.  

Hiking to the grotto

Jared took Me, Emily, Jeffrey, and Caitlyn up Payson canyon to The Grotto.  It was a perfect hike for kids

I couldn't help myself.