My sissy's having a girl!!!

My sister is having a baby girl and I am so flippin excited!!! This will be the first grand child for the Cook family and I can hardly contain the amount of happiness that it brings me every time I remember Alli is pregnant! I can't wait for this mini Alstin (Alli-Justin) to be born. She is going to be beautiful and if Justin has anything to say about it her favorite store to shop at as she grows older will be Deseret Industries! It will be phenomenal! Epic!

I CAN'T WAIT!

Black Bear 2010

Last weekend was our 2nd annual Black Bear cabin trip in Valecito Lakes, Colorado (close to Durango). This trip was such a blast. It's sad to think that it's already over, we had such an amazing time but it was such a different cabin experience from last year. Last year was all about fly fishing and four wheeling. This year was all about mountain biking and zip lining! We went with a bunch of our friends, total there was about 12 people at the cabin with still plenty of space! I just love all of the people that came with us, they were a blast to hang out with all weekend!

This is the cabin from the front with the wooden carved Black Bear to let you know you have arrived!

This was our group that came this year to the cabin!

Steve posing with his amazing new mountain bike.

These guys were crazy! They went on a 21 mile bike ride through some of the back country of Durango. As you can see here they were pretty wiped out by the end of it!

Steve Humble, Steve Murray and John Heiner during the 21 mile ride.

Husband posing by the bear skull.

Beginning of the trail.

The zip lining was so much fun this year! We had 2 engineers on this trip with us and Steve Humble brought all of the stuff needed to make a zip line. It was so much fun I can't believe it actually worked! As the days went on and people got more and more comfortable with the zip line they got closer and closer to the pond that you were supposed to go over. A few people got wet and if you see pictures of the pond below you can tell it looks super gross and why anybody would want to get wet in it is beyond me. But they did, and they loved it!

Ben was the first to try out the zip line.

View of the back of the cabin and pond scum lake!

Steve and I as we watch them set up the zip line.

Steve chopping down that pesky tree that was in the way of the zip line wire.

John hacking off the branches of the tree to set up the wire.

Husband getting off the zip line, It was pretty high off the ground!

Me zipping over pond scum lake.

Probably the coolest shot of the trip. Dave looks awesome here!

So this was our trip! It was amazing and beautiful and I would love it if we could continue this fun vacation tradition every Labor day weekend to come!

Belated Utah trip!

Jessica and I at the top of a waterfall!

Our Utah trip this summer was so much fun! We had such a great time with friends and family, it made us miss home very much.

Some of the highlights from this trip is just spending time with our families. We really do miss them and enjoyed the time we had with them. My personal favorites were all off the outdoor activities we had the opportunity to do. Repelling, mountain biking and hiking. Below are a bunch of pictures from the trip in random order. I wish I would have got more of the families. Next time!

Some of my friends!!!

Besties. (I miss them).

Repelling down a waterfall

Some of Steve's friends from high school. It was so much fun to see them and meet some of them for the first time.

My talented husband, holding the camera and taking pictures while riding.

This was a beautiful trail with an amazing view overlooking Park City.

I loved everything about this ride (except the crashing part).

Steve took lots of pictures of me riding. He was so proud!

I miss the City of Park.

The only picture I got of any family! They look good don't they! And we just found out they are pregnant!!! I'm going to be an Auntie for the first time on my side of the family! So excited right now!

We did so much on this trip, but not quite all we could have done. I was there for a little over a week and it was not enough time. We need to make a trip back soon!

The end.