Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Build Belize 2012

Here are a few pics of our Build Belize team 2012! We had a small but dedicated group and accomplished our goals for furthering our international development in Belize this summer. We hope you'll join us next year!
The Build Belize Team 2012 hangs out with the Jose Chan family is Succotz Village.


Here we are in the village of Succotz again! Our sign project from last year is still in good condition and the villagers continue to be grateful to have street names. Having street names has helped tourism to pick up in Succotz as tourists come into town before visiting Xunantunich. It's exciting to see projects we worked with the villagers on continue to benefit the village. 3 cheers for sustainable projects!

Little Juliana is a year older and as cute as when we last saw her! It's so great to visit our Belizian friends.

Love Living with Grandpa!


We have lived with Grandpa Ricks for 4 1/5 years now and we truly love the experience. We know his personality pretty well by now and as he ages and the Alzheimer's progresses, we sometimes chuckle at some of the quirks. Grandpa likes to have his shed locked at night and apparently the lock went missing. We found this twig in it's place one morning. Hee, hee...

Power Hour Climb

 
We love to rock climb! Sometimes we do what we call a "Power Hour" just to get out and get on the rock! We may not have an entire day or even an afternoon to dedicate to climbing, but it's important to us to do things we love, even when we're pressed for time. The solution is to get stuff we need to get done and then play hard, even for just a little time. It's so refreshing to do what you love!
                                     

Kyle scales the wall like a champ!

My mom and dad came with us for this little outing. I love that they are adventurous and love to spend time with us, too!


Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Snowy Day in March?!

We flew to SLC from a trip to AZ to find our car covered in 6 inches of snow! 
It's a snowy March day in Utah! 

Spring or Winter? You never know in Utah!

Puerto Rico










Ready to ride! We are getting all geared up to take the zipline through the Puerto Rican canopy!

Kyle, showing his zipping skills!


High atop one of the platforms.

Everything is bigger in the jungle! Can you tell the size of this centipede! Wow!


Sisters! We stopped at a little shop for souvenirs, a spectacular view and some refreshing coconut water, fresh from a chopped young coconut! My fav!!



Waterfalls!

We found several stunning waterfalls along our drive through the rainforest. This one was my favorite. The height was astounding and the angle was beautiful with many little riverlets of water running across the black stone. With the sun catching the water just right, it was lit up like shimmering diamonds. 


I was excited to get so close to an iguana in the wild! I expected it to run off, but I just kept scooting closer and closer. Cute little green guy!

If pallet wood suites your palette, then head to Puerto Rico for some fantastic pallet-wood grilled BBQ! The BBQ joints all use pallet wood to cook over - crazy! I'll pass on the pallet wood, thank you!




We love this place!


Oh yeah! We got our use out of our annual US National Park's Pass in Puerto Rico!

This lawn was absolutely gorgeous! It was acres and acres of manicured lawn with grand, 
old stone structures dotting the landscape. 

My hot Baby!


Craft Store fun

This is the kind of thing that Kyle does for fun when we go to the craft store together. He cracks me up!!

Zion's and Kendra's Ironman

In May, our friend, Kendra Gofredo, raced in the Ironman in St. George and invited us to watch and cheer her on. We stopped in Zion's National Park on the way to her race and hiked Angel's Landing. It was harrowing and had gorgeous views from the top! 

At the top of our hike

Looking out over Zion's

After the hike I waded into the stream. It was cold but refreshing!



It was a beautiful day in Zion's!

We made it in time to watch Kendra run the last few miles of her marathon. These athletes are remarkable! So tough!!

Here she comes!

Coming into the finish line!


Here we are after her race. What a treat to see her compete!