ZION NARROWS

The weekend after white water rafting a group of us got together to hike the Narrows. It was me and Nate, Andrea and Eric, Mike, Ash and Dallen, Adam, M.jay and Hans (A little of Nate's family and a little of mine). If you haven't ever hiked the narrows I totally recommend it...but... don't be fooled by the down hill, along a river idea- this was no easy hike. It took us all day to get to the bottom, I didn't think we were going to make it out before dark. That river just kept going and going... and going and going! But... it was beautiful as you can see from the pictures and far worth it!

Here we are crossing the river in the beginning.... easy!

And here we are crossing the river in the end... hard!

Its a good thing we got these walking sticks. At first I felt like a nerd hiking with a stick but I was soon grateful!

This picture of Adam and Andrea (Nate's brother and sister) was actually taken before the hike had even started!

I guess Hans got board with the norm and decided to change a few things up! :)

It was a great hike and one of the best parts about the whole trip is that the boys made breakfast the next morning!

White Water Rafting

So I'm a little behind in my blogging. A few weekends ago M.jay planned a white water rafting trip in Moab. We've never been so we were excited to go! A pretty big group turned out, most of them I didn't even know. We had a blast and would do it again anytime!

Here we are on our way to the river in our "cool" life jackets!

Jayni Dowse and Becky Huff

Me and M.jay ended up on the "flip boats" (in separate boats while Nate road the ducky with Crazy Carl). Both mine and M.jay's boat's goal was to flip, obviously!! The first time my boat attempted it a few of us messed up and high sided to the wrong side (me included) so we only "dumped trucked" as they call it. Those of us still in the boat had to help pull in those who got dumped!

But here is an action shot of the second attempt. We all squished to the back of the boat so the front tip would flip over backwards! The water was freezing but it was worth it! You can check out the fun club blog for more fun action shots!

Camping and more fun!

We camped outside of Moab and the next morning we went for a short hike and did some repelling with M.jay's gear!

Here is M.jay leading me to my death! What a great brother!

Nate and Seth.

You can actually see our camp site in this picture (just to the left of Nate). We camped right on the river. There were no trees though so it was pretty hot but most everyone had fun jumping in the river to cool off.

Nate doing a fancy trick before diving in!

And David catching a Frisbee!

And of course there had to be a seed spitting contest...!

Five years old!

Last weekend we got to go to little Hans's birthday party. He is five years old now and that means he can do everything a five year old can do... you know run faster, jump higher, throw further... the usual stuff! He could even race Eric on his bike down the sidewalk!

Here are all the spectators!

I also wanted to wish Andrea a Happy birthday!

And a late birthday to Alex! Crazy kid.

Allred Family Reunion

Two years in a row, now that's a record! :)

First I wanted to recap a little on last years reunion. It was held in Cedar City. We went skeet shooting, played around the world ping pong, ate some good food, played a lot of games, looked at old pictures and just hung out! Here is a slide show to see it all and a highlight of what happened that year.

(Emily's) Allred Family Reunion 2007 Highlight

While we were all skeet shooting much to our surprise (and at the same time not surprising at all) Grandma Mary stood up and said "isn't it my turn?!" I know she just had another birthday but if you think this lady is getting old you better think again! It was great! :)

This years reunion was just as great! This time it was held in Mesa. Thanks to Jen and Nate we got to go boating. We also got to ride the four wheelers, BBQ, play a few paintball games and some got to go golfing. It was a busy weekend and so much fun being around the family! Here is another slide show of all the great times we had and another highlight.

(Emily's) Allred Family Reunion 2007 Highlight

So this years highlight was definitely when Doug and Caroline rode on the tube at the lake and totally biffed it (we all did but theirs was the best)! I wasn't actually on the boat when it happened but I could hear Doug hit the water from the shore! That had to of hurt. Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of this event, but it was fun watching the video Mike took.

Birthdays for Four Generations

Four generations of women all born in the month of May! Grandma, Mom, Tammy and Elyse. Just wanted to wish you all a (late) Happy Birthday!!!

A few more birthdays in May...

Happy Birthday Danielle!

Happy Birthday M.Jay!