Exercising with Anthony

This gets it's own post because we have done a few things together this month and I need to document them. Anthony has lost quite a bit of weight and he has been more willing to hike and run with me. I love it!

One Saturday we snowshoed over six miles together. We went from Tibble Fork up the American Fork Canyon to Silver Lake Flat. There was so much snow. It was gorgeous but also pretty hard work. There has been so much snow this winter.

 Black and white and color

It was a gorgeous Saturday with so much snow.

 I love when there is still snow on the big fir trees.

 Moki always on my heels.

 We tried to take the trail instead of the road on the way down but that was a crazy idea. There was so much snow. We fell a few times and were like ten feet above the river we are supposed to be next to. We got back on the road as soon as we could.

 Utah really is a beautiful place.

Then on a Monday evening we ran/walked on the Provo River Trail down by the lake. It was a nice night and Moki needed some exercise.

We also went to Bryce Canyon with Amber. We did that all in one day. That was a long Saturday. I have wanted to go in the winter. It did not disappoint. That red rock with snow was two thumbs up!

 Unfortunately all the lower trails into the canyon were closed. They have had so much snowfall that the trail isn't cleared. I was really bummed but we ended up getting in a lot of walking on the rim so it worked out ok.

 Anthony is also being so adventurous because he is trying to make my adventure wall in the living room. We will see if that happens:)

It really was so pretty and a fun day minus all the driving.

February

I always have a slow down in posts at the beginning of the year. This year has started off awesome!!!! I have played really really hard every weekend and it has left me exhausted. Monday comes and I have wished for another day in my weekend every single week. I love playing hard.

Basketball season ended right before my birthday and I had to document that I was leaving school in the daylight and at 3:30 . . . . . . so HAPPY!!!!

 More Saturday hikes up Rock Canyon

 The snow this winter has been amazing!!!!!!!!!!!

On Valentines day my students decorated my door. So cute!

I was able to hike up Slate Canyon after work in the daylight when basketball ended!

 Another day Moki and I went up Slate Canyon and caught the most beautiful sunset on the way down.

I watched Sam's kids one Friday and I took them swimming. Audrey looked adorable.

 She is getting so big and is seriously so fun right now.

 Jana, Erica, Michelle and I hot tubbed for my birthday. That was way fun but I don't even have a picture.

I have also been playing city league basketball but i don't have any pictures of that either.

Knock on wood the school year has been going reat and I am really enjoying my classes that I have second semester. February was good to me.

January 2019

January has been so good to me. I got back from Nepal jet lagged and wiped out. I needed two weeks to get back on a normal sleep schedule. That was crazy. But we have gotten so much snow and I have had the best weekends since returning from Nepal.

January 12th Amber and I headed up to the Alpine Loop to hike with our spikes. Little did we know we should have brought our snowshoes. The snow was more fresh than we were expecting and it made for a hard and annoying hiking day. We went up on the Alpine Loop road for a little more than 2 miles and then turned around and headed home. Moki didn't find the snow as annoying as us. She loved it.

January 19th we went back up to the Alpine Loop. This time with our snowshoes. There was so much snow. We hiked to the top of the road and wore ourselves out.

 Unlike previous years snowmobilers had not yet come through and smashed down all the snow. We were shocked at how much more snow there was a week later.

 My watch said we hiked 4.5 miles to get to the top. That is more than normal but we were weaving all over the road because there was so much snow.

It was a long hike and I was sweating like crazy. I was glad I had extra clothes to change into for the way down.

Cameras really don't do it justice.

 We worked hard. At the end we had gone 8.79 miles in exactly 4 hours.

 It was a gorgeous day and I am so glad we got out.

 I got home and ran errands and then went to the UVU game with friends. I was so EXHAUSTED. I could not believe how tired my body was.

Monday was Human Rights Day and so I had a sleepover with Andrew Sunday night. He woke me up way too early but we had a fun day. We made breakfast, ran errands, snowshoed and swam. he wore me out!!!!! The snowshoeing with him was the highlight. Hannah came with us. We snowshoed up Rock Canyon and then rode sleds down. It was soooooooo fun!!!! He loved the sledding part.

 Moki was beyond excited to be out in the snow.

Andrew did a great job. I forget how hard hiking is especially for little kids. He got tired fast but he was in good spirits.

 Hannah makes any adventure fun!

Then Andrew was done and I had to piggy back him for a second because we wanted to go higher up. He said he weighs 60lbs. That is heavy on your back in the snow!

 Moki was as crazy as ever. She was having a blast!

 Then we got to sled down and it was the best. Why have I never done that before?

 I sure love this boy and his excitement for life.

 He makes any day with him so fun.

He is so old now and so handsome. After we got back to the car we went back to my house and made grill cheese sandwiches. YUM! I could have taken a nap but instead we put on our suits and headed to the Rec center to get a little swimming in. We played hard for an hour and then headed back to Andrews house. It was a busy day that left me tired. I got home and went straight to a basketball game with no subs. It was actually a lot of fun but I was tired.

January 26th Amber and I spent Saturday morning hiking up Rock Canyon. We went to the campground. The trail is well used so we were able to hike in our microspikes. We hiked so fast and got a great workout. We hiked 6.5 miles and averaged 24 minute miles.

My dog

I live for these Saturdays out in the sun enjoying beautiful Utah.

 

 There was so much snow at the campground. The most I have ever seen. It was crazy.

 After I took the best two hour nap I have had in a long time. It was amazing.