Kim's wedding

One of my roommates from Master's, Kim Nelson (now Calloway) got married this past weekend. We went up to Merced for the wedding with our friends Mike and Julie. Julie and I were doing guest book and gifts for Kim and her new husband Andrew. It was hands down the most God-honoring wedding I have ever been too. They honored God in everything and really took time to thank everyone for coming to the wedding. It made me realize how much more I could be honoring God in what I do and how I let those God- honoring moments easily slip away. I am so blessed to have Kim as a friend and sister in Christ. Congratulations Kim and Andrew!!

Dancing with the Stars

"Well, if there's ever a night to throw your underwear at the TV, tomorrow's the night to do it."

What in the world does that mean? That's what the host, Tom Bergeron, said on "Dancing with the Stars" Tuesday night and I'm still laughing at it. What is meant by that saying? Did anyone else hear him say that? What an odd statement!

More pictures; blog below

Dan and Sean hanging around "the kitchen"

Yep, a poodle did the hike too!

Cam, Kim, Josh, Katy, Me, Alan

Getting ready to hike out

Me, Katy and Kim

Alan and the fish he caught!

Backpacking with Friends

Sorry it's been a while. A couple of times I tried uploading pictures but they wouldn't come up so I kept putting it off. I'll upload some more pictures of our trip when they decide to upload properly.

Labor Day weekend Alan and I went backpacking with some friends; the Clarks, the Coles, Kim & Cam and Josh & Katy. We backpacked about 6 miles in from the trail head to Hilton Lakes. It was about 12 miles total with about 30 pounds on our backs for the whole weekend. The trail head is just north of Bishop and south of Mammoth. It was high enough that there was still snow on the mountain in some spots. The weather was beautiful though. It was a great time to relax and hang out with friends. At night we made smores, drank hot chocolate and played some Catch Phrase. During the day we walked around the lake, fished, and even some of us bathed in the freezing cold lake.

Picture of Alan and me along the hike.

Making pancakes

Alan caught a fish that we were able to eat for dinner.

The guys worked hard to hang our food up at night so the bears wouldn't eat it. We realized that the bag was so low to the ground that it more likely would attract the bears than send them away. Fortuntely our food was still there in the morning.

Hilton Lake