LakE tAhoE

We're Back!! From our fun-filled week in Tahoe. We had a blast and made a lot of new friends. We rented a house in "the Keys" which means we were on the water and had the boat docked behind the house. To drive through the keys you ride in the boat and see all of the fabulous houses and boats people have there. We did a lot of fun things like floating the river (two different days), going to the casinos, hiking to a beautiful lake, 4th BBQ, watched fireworks from the boat on Lake Tahoe, and did plenty of relaxin'! We had a lot of laughs with our new friends and made some great memories.

Birthday Dinner

Rick's family came out to dinner with us for my birthday!

8 1/2 Months Pregnant

Rick and Amy!

East Canyon

After spending the weekend with my family and the two new babies, Rick and I went to East Canyon with Rick's brother Jeremy and his wife Meredith. We tried to catch crawfish to do a "Louisiana-Style Crawfish Boil" but it is still too cold for crawfish so we ended up buying shrimp. Rick and Jeremy kept us entertained though, crawfish or not. East Canyon is absolutely gorgeous right now too. It is totally green! The views are so pretty.

Happy 26th, Gina!

For my 26th birthday my family and friends sent me some fun things that they think about when they think of me:

1. When I was her age I would've loved to have had her figure, her looks, and her fun personality. Plus, she has Rick! What more could you ask for?

-Grandma Benson

2. As long as the shoe is cute, it doesn't matter what size it is.
3. As long as the shoe is cute, it doesn't matter how much it costs either.
4. Her sisters are her best friends!

5. As a child, cleaning her room consisted of shoving everything in between the mattress.

-Katie
6. When Gina was 6 years old she was a fashion disaster! We had to literally wrestle her into her dress for church.

-Amy
7. No one has as perfectly separated eye lashes as her.

8. She will defend her friends no matter what.

9. She will really fight a boy if she needs to (for letting air out of her bike tire maybe)

10. She likes a clean house. If you don't clean put a quarter in the jar or s#@% will hit the fan.

11. She LOVES jeans and has a ton of cute pairs.

12. She is a very LOYAL friend and is there for ANYTHING.

13. If you live below noisy neighbors there is nothing a broom can't fix to get things quiet.

14. Grilled cheese with jam on top.

15. Always stands up for what she believes in.

16. One HOT chick!

17. Way organized and knows when anything has been moved or touched.

-Staci

(Can you tell we were roommates?)

18. Fabulous shoes!

-Lori

19. Always seems happy and is really good with kids.

-Jade

20. Perfection.

-Pattie

21. 4" FUNKY heels. I'm sure they double as weapons.

-Kym

22. Gina is BLING. Her personality is BLING.

23. Wild over the top in everything funny.

24. Everything she does is more. She is a Party!

-Janie

25. She pulls one leg up to her chest when she is eating at the table or counter.

26. She eats what she wants and doesn't work out and still can't find jeans that are small enough.

-Anna

27. Perks Coffee

28. She has a "drawl". She sounds like she is from the South.

29. "Sex In The City" Gina reminds me of Carrie with all of her trend setting outfits and shoes.

-Dacia

Newest Additions

Welcome to our crazy family!

My new nephew, "Cannon Wade".

My new niece, "Talia Isabell".

Angel's Landing - Zions

This was quite the challenge. Rick got a wild hair on Saturday to go up to Zions and hike Angel's Landing. For those of you who have done this, "High Five"! It is a 5 mile steep hike. It is suppose to take you 4-5 hours. Rick and I did it in 3 1/2 which surprised me because we are pretty much old and lazy. The sites are spectacular and the narrow ridge with deadly falls on either side is frightening. Personally I think coming down is way worse than going up. So in the end, I had absolutely no idea what I was getting into, but it was fun doing it. Angel's Landing.......Check!

enTeRprIse Res

Rick bought a new four wheeler so we decided to go up to Enterprise Reservoir and ride some trails and try to catch some fish. The trails were fun, but no fish. By the way, anyone notice the sweet "stache" Rick is rockin'? Isn't it lovely. Still in the bet....... Lucky me.

Memorial Day Weekend

Since the forecast said bad weather we decided to go to California. We were suppose to go bear hunting in Moab, but bad weather there is snow in the mountains and that did not sound fun at all. We stopped in Vegas to pick up Rick's cousin Corey and his girlfriend Brandi. We stayed at Corey's brother Jace's house in Huntington Beach. Jace is so fun to stop and hang out with, but Rick and I usually just get to see him on our way to somewhere else so it isn't ever for very long. This was a nice long visit. We hung out in Huntington on Saturday. Had breakfast down at the beach and the boys played games all day while Brandi and I layed out. We had to make it at least look like we found sun. Sunday we all drove down to San Diego and went to the zoo. It was really fun. That area of San Diego is so amazing. I told Rick that we will have to go back and spend a couple days there. Monday we decided to go check out Hollywood before we headed back home. We had great time!

mOab

Rick's Dad rented Jeeps in Moab for all of the Titan Stairs employees. We had 14 jeeps in this little caravan. We had a lot of fun. It was perfect weather! There were a few close calls, but surprisingly no injuries.

tUrtLe bAy

sWimMinG wiTh sHarKs

I finally took our under-water camera in to develop. We got into a cage in the middle of the ocean surrounded by Galapagos Sharks. While we were in the cage the captain of the boat threw bloody fish in all around us to get them all riled up. I made sure my toes and fingers never crossed the bars. Rick on the other hand was trying to pet them all. He is crazy!

fAmiLy diNneR

Family dinner at Rick's grandma's house for his birthday. This is our favorite friend Cody. Cody is the best because we always end up with really funny stories to talk about because of random things that happen to him.

Zions

We are so lucky that we are so close to Zions. We like to ride through on the Chopper so we can see it all.

hAwaii

This trip was all about being a tourist. Poor Rick has already been twice, but the rest of us (with the exception of my dad) hadn't been yet so we wanted to see all the sites. We did just that, and then some.

aLasKa

Alaska was so beautiful. I liked fishing, but I loved the scenery. We fished for halibut and salmon and also went "clamming". It was a lot of fun. We got to see some moose and bears. The most wild thing about Alaska is that it never gets dark in the summer. Everyone there is awake nearly 24 hours because they want to take advantage of the sunlight.

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