After a not so fun week/weekend of all three of us being sick with the flu....(yeah talk about fun!) I needed to get out the house asap! But before I tell you about our little getaway, let me just say that I have the best baby ever. Even though we all were sick, she was still just her happy smiley self. What a blessing when such a tiny sick person could still be so happy! It made cleaning up all the nasty throw up just a tiny bit better because of all the smiles. Did I really just say that?! Anyways, after being cooped up in the house, we decided to take a drive through the Alpine Loop. I wanted to get up there before all the leaves fall because it seems like they all do in one day. Here are some pictures of our little outing. Miss e wanted to play and play with the leaves all day and was in baby heaven.

My husband is pretty funny sometimes. Jake and I were in a parking lot watching the fantastic lightning show that we had this night. I love to watch lightning storms! He turned to me and said,

Jake: "Do you know what's happening over there? Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort are battling it out"

Pretty funny eh? I think so!

Jake and I went camping with his family up in the Uintas last weekend. So pretty! I have actually never been there before but it has a different feel and look to it than AF canyon where I used to go a lot. We camped right next to Lilly lake where they like to go fishing. If I remember right, Jake took me fishing for my first time on our second date before he left on his mission. I am not a fisher.
Yuck.
Jake fished while I grabbed a chair and read my book. However I didn't read much because I was distracted by Jake fishing. It actually looked fun! We are going again in a week or two and I will purchase me a fishing license! Note about the mosquitoes.
They are everywhere!
I was covered head to toe in clothing. As I sat there reading I could hear the mosquitoes buzz right by my ear. The only place they could probably get to. I think I was reapplying bug spray every fifteen minutes.
Crazy!

Thank heavens there was a big storm that came through and drove them away for a while.
Jake slept through that big storm.

I however did not.

Yesterday around 7:30 ish I went outside to help my grandma prune some of her trees. I will post some pictures of their back yard later because it is gorgeous!! I had long pants on, and a very very long shirt because I was determined not to get bitten this time. Grandma has this crazy prickly tree behind the waterfall. Can't tell you how many times I got poked by that stupid tree! After that was finished I went inside, got ready for bed, and fell asleep instantly.

Woke up this morning and found a big mosquito bite near the corner of my eye.

What the heck!

Of all places to get a mosquito bite. How did I not feel that? Next time I go outside I will have to wear a bio-hazard suit or something because this is ridiculous.

Spring is here! It is apparent all around campus. The flip flops and capris have emerged and you can start to see the little flowers pushing up through the ground! I love it. Spring tends to give me a new surge of energy that winter sucked out of me. It's awesome to have this new surge of energy, but it makes it so difficult to stay focused on studies when I could be playing outside, flying a kite, or going on a bike ride. Friday was a beautiful 70 degrees and Saturday was the same. I needed to run stairs around campus but I decided that hiking Waterfall Canyon would be just as good, if not better! So I grabbed my roommate and another friend and hiked up Waterfall Canyon. It was perfect hiking weather. A little breeze in the air, and the sun shining. Throughout the hike we ran into thousands of butterflies! They were everywhere! We made it to the top after about an hour and fifteen minutes, hung out by the waterfall for a bit, then started to head back down. There was still snow in some parts of the trail so it got a little slippery at times. I slipped and fell flat on my butt in the snow and had this awesome round circle of wetness on my butt for the rest of the hike. I just love being out in nature. I wish I had time to go hiking like that every day!