TARANTULA!!

Jason and I went for a hike on Friday in Adams Canyon. (how could I avoid a canyon that bears my family name?) The hike was suppose to lead us to an amazing 40ft waterfall. Well, that's not the only thing that we ran into. About an hour into our hike I stumbled across this guy- right in the middle of our trail!



At first I was like, "Oh wow, that's a tarantula." Then it dawned on me that I was inches away from a gigantic spider that wasn't enclosed in a little glass container. This guy was in his natural habitat. That's when I screamed. Jason saved the day when he oh-so-bravely picked up a stick and gently coxed the spider onto it. He put him on a neighboring rock so I could safely walk past. (yeah...I'm a bit of a chicken when it comes to arachnids)

Thunderstorm

Jess and I drove to the top of Squaw Peak to get one last look at all of Provo. While we were up there the clouds rolled in and the wind picked up and we had an amazing view of a lightning storm over Provo. Jess got some awesome photos.

Cafe Rio-how will we live without you?

Jess and I went to Cafe Rio for the last time this week. While we were innocently enjoying our pork barbacoa salads it started raining on us while we were in the sunshine...a very weird occurance. We hurried to finish our salads and rushed to our car, but just as we were leaving we spotted this amazing rainbow over our favorite restaurant. :)

Chasing Rainbows

Jason and I went out for a walk and got caught in a rainstorm! Just when we were going to run back home, we spied this beautiful rainbow over the "Y" and began following it with childish enthusiasm.






The rainbow was so powerful that even the sidewalk picked up its reflection. Pretty soon the rainbow completely disappeared, the sun came out and the clouds began to part. The sky was beautiful.







The experience reminded us of our favorite skittles commercial:

Got a lot of livin' to do!

Rules: Anything you have done has to be in bold and/or underlined. How much have you done?


1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band (High School band count?? :) )
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a Praying Mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched an amazing lightning storm
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty (No fair! It was closed when I was there!)
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill...hehe
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied (debatable, but yes!)
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke (never again!)
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance (but not as the patient)
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud (if you're happy and you know it?)
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen (worst thanksgiving ever! haha, I was a sadly selfish teen!)
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma (all of the above!)
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check :(
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible (a book at a time!)
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee (too many times...)
100. Visited Italy

Phew! I’ve gotta lot of livin’ to do!
(So of course this song came to mind- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMXDOodv4t8)

Obsession

Whenever Aaron and Max come over, dinner is inevitably followed by 2-3 hours of playing old Nintendo games. And these are some serious games! They may just be playing super dodge ball (the game that Jason got for his 10th birthday) but they are still yelling and laughing hysterically and threatening each other like their lives depend on winning! Take a look at this secret footage I got of them.

(notice that outside it goes from being day to night and yet, they are still on the couch playing the exact same game...lol)

"All at once one day it's spring..." :)

Jason and I have been craving warm, spring weather like no one's business!! During the last two weeks (whenever it has warmed up to 50+) we've taken a hike in the canyon, rode our bikes along Provo river trail, and played tennis in the evening. On St. Patty's day we got blessed with some warm weather and took a stroll to Bridal Veil Falls. Jason wasn't as convinced as I was of how warm it was outside, so he made a studly-man cape out of our picnic blanket.

The falls are still completely frozen over (seems they haven't got the memo that it's time for spring) but we made the best of it and even found some patches of green to take a picture with. Yay for spring!

(We also found a long lost Adams family relative...Cousin It! See the resemblance??)