The Grossen's. You know Amy was getting her crossword on.
One may ask what in the world the name of this blog means. Let me explain. My dad has called me "Sherwi" (the "r" is sort of silent, hard to explain how to pronounce it)my whole life. I'm not sure where it comes from. Maybe it was the way I said my own name when I was a wee tot. Nonetheless, it has stuck with me my whole life. When Lord of the Rings became popular, my brothers started calling me Sherwi Baggins due to my tall stature. I'm honored to have it as a nickname. Hobbits rock!
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Vacation at Jordandale
Shout out to my madre who called Jordanelle Reservoir "Jordandale"! Woop woop! We rented a condo at Jordanelle Reservoir for a few days in June. It was the bestest! I love all these people so, so much! And it was tremendously awesome to get out of my usual routine for a few days! This is us on Main Street in Park City after a quick visit to the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory for some carmel apples. Yummy!
Is there any question in anyone's mind why I love this kid more than anything? He's just the cutest thing you've ever seen!
Currently the thing I love most is the two bottom teeth with a huge gap on either side back to his molars.
This is the kitchen of my dreams! I think I could cook and live in there forever!
Me and my Jack Jack!
I tried to spend as much time as possible on the deck. There was such an amazing view, and that chair was the best chair I have ever sat in in my life. Is a sentence allowed to have "in in" in it? I couldn't think of how to say it differently. Oh well! I've been out of college too long!
Jack and the grandparentals!
Jack is ready to go to the lake! It was on this vacation that I think Jack realized the purpose of sunglasses (or "cool dudes" as he calls them). This was the first time he has ever left them on longer than 10 seconds.
The lake was freezing and slightly disgusting, but still fun!
Jack loved picking up handfuls of dirt and throwing them in the water.
This is how Janni Banani spent her time at the lake.
Me and my momma!
This picture of Jack and Dan was shortly after I looked over at Jack as he said, "drink", and proceeded to bend down and try to take a gulp of a small lake cess pool. Amy, Dan, Janet, and I all yelled at the same time, "no, Jack, no"!!! He's still alive...don't worry!
Ryan and Kara in our elevator. Yes, our condo did have an elevator. Who's ever heard of such a thing?! Awesome!
Many times a day, you can find Jack looking something like this...
Me and Deeds in our bunk cubby. It was right next to the hot tub and so so quiet and dark!
The view from our deck.
My prego brother...
and my actually prego sisters!!
This is where we spent most of our nights. The hot tub actually ended up being quite the debacle. We tried to turn the temperature way down so that the pregos could get in it, but then it was way too cold. It took a lot of online research (by Deeds) and a lot of patience (and several empty 1 gallon apple juice bottles full of ice cold water) before we got the hot tub back into top form. So relaxing!
So sad our vacation is over, but ready to go home! Jack was reading one of his book while we drove home through Parley's canyon. He started getting really quiet. We all thought he was just really tired. Nope! Hurled all over himself! Poor little kid must have gotten carsick!
Hurray for family vacations!
And hurray for stopping by the outlet mall on the way home to see if they happened to have the size of capris I needed at the Gap since they didn't have the right size two days before. It was a long shot, but they had the right size!!! P.S. They are three sizes smaller than what I wore 6 months ago. Woop woop!
Sweet 16!!
You win some, you lose some. Lucky for me, the Lakers win some....a lot! It has been a few weeks since this blessed day, but I couldn't let this pass by without a post. I headed down to Provo to watch Game 7 of the NBA Finals. My bros and I decided it was the single most important sporting event that any of us had every watched in our lives. NBA Finals...Game 7...vs. Boston Celtics...can't get much more epic than that.
The Lakers played like poop for most of the game, but I knew in my heart the whole game that we were going to win. The last half of the 4th quarter, I was jogging back and forth Kara and Ryan's apartment during every timeout and commercial. What a win for the ages! We behave sort of crazy when these things happen...here's proof...
I told my bros that if the Lakers won, we were going to In-N-Out for a celebratory feast (this was a very momentous statement by me...I hadn't eaten anything "bad" for me in nearly 6 months). The game got over too late to go that night, so we went the next day. If I'm going to totally blow my diet, it is only going to be with one thing...
HEAVEN! P.S. Don't worry, I didn't get fries! :)
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Climb Every Mountain
I am a hiking maniac! I love it! I love the challenge! I love the beautiful things I get to see, and I love the adventure that lurks around every corner. Here are some pictures of my recent hiking adventures. Sorry for my blogging absense! I’ve been doing so many awesome things lately, I have been overwhelmed with the number of posts I need to do. This is the first of many. Enjoy! These first pictures are from Memorial Day weekend. Some girlfriends and I hiked up to Ensign Peak. It is such an amazing view of the Salt Lake Valley. The hike isn’t very long, so we kept hiking up a nearby mountain. That is the picture of me running up the mountainside. Yep, look at those calves of steel!!



These next pictures are from a ward FHE when we hiked to Donut Falls. Apparently the waterfall goes through a rock that looks like a donut. I’ve never gotten close enough to see the donut, so who really knows!



Then when my parents were here a few weeks ago, I made them hike up to the Y with me. Ryan joined along on the hike again too. I love Provo!


Finally, our hike last weekend was to the Brighton Lakes. All the beautiful scenic pictures are of Lake Mary. We eventually were hiking over large snow mounds and lost the trail, so we never made it to Lake Katherine. We were bummed, so we decided to blaze our own trail around Lake Mary. It probably wasn’t the safest thing we’ve ever done, but we’re still alive! We scaled large boulders and shimmied our way down really steep terrain. Quite the adventure, but so beautiful!! 




These next pictures are from a ward FHE when we hiked to Donut Falls. Apparently the waterfall goes through a rock that looks like a donut. I’ve never gotten close enough to see the donut, so who really knows!I wonder what he’s doing?!? Sometimes I think it would be so convenient to be a dude!
Stay tuned for more hikes! We have big plans!
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