Woolacombe (Southwest Coast)

We went down to the south coast of England, a place called Woolacombe, on holiday with a couple other families. We had such a fun time. This is all of us ready to go in. The ocean's pretty cold here, so it was lucky we had these wetsuits on! We loved it.

We also played miniture golf, went swimming, and played games. It was nice to get away and have fun.

Our New Car!!

This is our new car that we just got...well, new to us. We're excited to have our own car and pretty soon our own place!

Eating out with friends.....

Going out to eat with friends was always fun!!! There are too many frineds we will miss and all the fun nights out with. Jamie and Catherine joined us on a few Olive Garden dinners!! We love that place.

Rachel's trip to St. George without Chad

Rachel went to St. George with a couple of my brothers and thier families during the two weeks that I was in England without her. It was her last chance to sun tanned. She went to Zions National Park and other historic church sites. She said she had fun with all the nieces and nephews!

Fishing for the 1st time

This was our first experience fishing together. We went to a little pond just south of Payson that my brother, Dave, had told us about. Rachel was pretty good at fishing- she even caught more than me!! 3 fish to 2. I claim that I kept going for a big fish that was in the water. On a side note, I was bare foot and walking to a different location on the pond. I found a spot, stopped and cast my line out. Next thing I felt was something on my foot, so I shook it and saw a water snake land in the pond.....ahhh, I hate snakes!

Antelope Island

We heard of Antelope Island from a couple people and finally decided to go see it. It was the strangest feeling floating in the Great Salt Lake!! You really had to just trust the water would hold you up. Beware not to get any in your eye- it stings, trust me! There were no rinse places close by, so I just used a towel to help me. We had fun floating in the water. Next we decided to check out the Ranch that was on the island and went horse back riding! Rach has gone before, but it was my first time. They were well trained horses that you could speed up or slow down whenever you wanted and they never got out of control. We'd love to do it again.

Biking up Provo Canyon

Just another thing we wanted to enjoy before leaving. It's nice getting sun tanned before leaving to rainy England. :)

Hiking Stewart Falls

We've hiked Stewart Falls a few times, but wanted to do it one last time before coming to England. We dragged our friends, Mike and Jess and their baby Cooper, along for the ride.

Yee Haw!!!

My brother and sister-in-law had a big 40th birthday party for themselves. Rach and I were invited to come along and join in the party!! There was dinner and a show with a sherrif and robbers- it was great fun. We rode up in a wagon pulled by horses and once arriving to our destination we could lasso a iron cow, brand dates into wood and play horseshoes. It was a night of fun and we're glad we were able to celebrate it with them!