CSM career day

Well, once again this year I got the opportunity to return to CSM (my college) to try and recruit new students to come and work for chevron. That was all fun, but Dayna and I also took a four state road trip afterwards. We tried to make the ascent to the top of Long's peak, but we called it quits at the keyhole. Words of a hiker who was on his way down when we met him at the boulder field, "there are some moves you have to make that if you don't, you're dead." So, I really like living and so does Dayna, so we will live with the ascent to the keyhole at approximately 13,250'. Not quite 14,000', but enough to make a note of it on our blog. Oh, the sunrise was spectacular on the way up!! We were between cloud layers...amazing.

We then went to New Mexico where we bought 60 pounds of hatch green chilies. They are amazing. Although, we never really got them cooled down until a couple of days ago, so they are a little over cooked...but still taste fine. From there, we drove to the four corners area and down to Canyon de Chelly.

We spent the night at Canyon de Chelly and then headed off to Moab for a couple of nights. We went around arches NP and made it to delicate arch for sunset, where we showed off our awesome hats we got in Canada. C'est tout!

1 month and 100 caches!!

So, it's not 100 caches in a month. It's 1 month of marital bliss and 100 caches Dayna and I have found. Two such great things, all happening on the same day...sigh. But, the cache we did was a special one, so bonus points for anyone who can tell from the pictures where it was.

Canadian Dreamland

So, it's not exactly a dreamland...the food is too expensive for it to be that. And the taxes a bit too high (a canadian did point out that the healthcare system was an excellent deal because her friends got a full year maternity leave at 80% pay, I won't get into that...). But, it was pretty and we had a great time!! Highlights of the trip include: whitewater rafting down the kickhorse river (class 3-5 rapids), the columbian icefield, geocaching, hiking, lake louise, and an afternoon at the spa. As I usually say, enough blabber and enjoy the pics.

The plunge

Dayna and I were sitting around this Wednesday wondering what we were going to do to replace our boredom with something exciting. So, during our indolent meditations, I suggested that we go and get married. Dayna said, "I guess I don't really have anything else better to do today, so...you can count me in." So, we jumped in my car and drove up to Logan and got married.

Okay, so it was a little more planned out than that. We got married at the Logan Temple on August 6th, 2008. What a glorious day!! So, we are hitched. We had a dinner that followed our wedding on Wednesday. Then, on Thursday, we had a reception. We were a little worried about the weather being a bit too warm, but it was really nice. It was a little warm for my cool Minnesota blood, but still manageable. We would like to thank Aaron for ordering the weather for us.

Enough writing, more of what you all want to see...pictures!!!

PS. Nic, Aaron and Alexis...we have the pictures of you decorating our car. We look forward to your weddings...

East Canyon

Dayna and I went and spent last Saturday with her family up at East Canyon. I was relatively cool...figuratively and literally. I'll just go over the highlights:

• Swimming (as you can see, Elizabeth was really excited to go, she even got her goggles on early in preparation
• Napping, one of my favorites
• Geocaching

For those of you who don't know what geocaching is, it is like a continual treasure hunt. You go on line and get GPS coordinates for caches people have hidden and then you go find them. Usually swapping trinkets and what not that you bring for ones found in the cache. It is like this whole underground society. It is so much fun. Dayna's family kind of got me hooked.

Oh, and we ate a lot!! Bonus.