Play, Play, Play

This weekend has been awesome! I don't want it to end. I'm so good at playing!! It started Friday with playing at the Grossen's. Amy and I were going to strip, sand, and re-stain some furniture they got from my parentals. We got one square foot of one drawer stripped. Sort of a poor attempt! But at least I got to kiss my Jack, Jack and hang with Amy and Dan.

Then on Saturday, my friend, Heather, and I went out to play in Midway for Swiss Days. It was so great! It's pretty much your standard outdoor festival type deal. There were 100 booths selling car seat covers. Welcome to Utah! I bought a fashionable new hat (will be featured in the pics at the football game) and a new skirt. I love everything Swiss (except Roger Federer), especially cheese!
From Midway, we headed down to play in Provo for the first BYU football game of the season. My cousin, Devin, hooked me up with a ticket, and boy, did that game take years off my life! We looked ok...better than expected, so I can't complain. A "W" is all that matters! And I got to see all these legends during the halftime festivities. Look at all these oldies but goodies...Ty Detmer, Steve Young, Jim McMahon, LaVell Edwards, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, and others. So classic!

The game was this stressful...

After the game we headed over to Kara and Ryan's for a quick game of PR. I always love cousin time!

What a great lookin' bunch!

Sunday was your standard Sunday. I stayed down in Provo Saturday night to avoid traffic after the game and came home Sunday morning. I went to church and hung out with friends.

My friend, Heather, stayed the night, and we got up at the crack of dawn this morning to head to Mt. Timpanogos. It was hike day! This is us at the trailhead, which we had to park a mile from because the lot was already full at 6am. So we are already a mile into our hike here. Lookin' good!

Yeah! The sun is starting to come out! Yes, I did pee in this toilet along the trail. It was horrifying! Full to the brim and someone missed the toilet with a #2. I'm sure I caught some sort of disease squatting over this thing today.

We thought we were close to the top at this point. Not so much, but isn't it beautiful?!

We made it to the first saddle! What a view! Only one more treacherous mile to the top!

We made it! Can't believe it! It was so, so, so windy and freezing! There were like 100 BYU students up there with us. What funny kids!

Someone just owned Mt. Timpanogos! Holla!
Here is us with the view behind us. That's Utah Lake. Looking the other direction you could see Emerald Lake, Deer Creek Reservoir and Jordanelle Reservoir. Looking north, you could see the Great Salt Lake, and you could see the Timpanogos Temple too. So awesome!

We couldn't stay to up there too long, so here's us heading down. Sort of crazy! I hiked up that?!

This was the craziest part. Little switchbacks up a steep rockface...what?!
On the way down, our fingers turned into swollen sausages. Not sure what that's all about, but they are back to normal now! Look at my thumb! Hahaha...kills me!

Been there, done that! Woop woop!

On the way back, we refused to visit the horrifying toilet again. We took our business out into nature this time. That's always an experience!

Cute Heather featuring the cute new hat she bought at Swiss days!

On the way down....I swear it took twice as long to get down as it did to get up even though it took us less time in all actuality. Me = Quasi eye

Just steps away from the trailhead! What an accomplishment! Too bad once we emerged at the trailhead, we still had to walk a mile to the car.

From the trailhead to the summit, it is 15 miles round trip with a 4580' elevation gain. Add the mile to and from the car, and I'd say we hiked nearly 17 miles today. I am pooped! Don't you love when you set a goal and then accomplish it!? Love, love, LOVE it!! I'm so good at playing! Can't every weekend be a 3-day weekend?! I'm going to bed now...7:30pm! Here are few more lovely shots taken along the way.