Any takers?

We inherited this swingset with our house but won't be having much use for it for a while. Anyone want to buy it off us?

A Willis Summer (Part III)

A continuation of some summer happenings...

JULY

We took a road trip to Mesquite/Vegas over the 4th of July weekend to see Rancid at the House of Blues (because I don't have a problem with spoiling Greg :) We didn't take a bunch of pics-actually, the only ones we have are still on our phones so we'll take care of that later. It was a blast and we got to see a billion fireworks on the 4th so I was happy. I did however miss the infamous Kaysville 4th of July parade which I will somehow drag Greg to someday (he's not the parade type). All you Kaysvillians know what he's missing though, so help me out! The campaign for the Kaysville parade 2009 begins now! As long as it doesn't become lame after what happened this year...

When we got home we found that some of our baby frogs had perished in the heat :( So we decided it was time to release them back into the wild. Greg was a little sad as you will note in the first picture.

July 12th meant it was time for a second tri.

Echo Triathlon 07.12.08

This is the face of pre-race determination. Or that of freezing cold.

Finishing the swim...

Finishing on the bike...

[note the strategy of removing the shoes for a faster transition]

Refueling before the run...

And the finish.

Echo was a fun race and we got to see some friends from our old ward. Greg ended up with a good 'ol cramp in his calf though after riding a different/smaller bike (his new one hadn't arrived yet). Thanks Leigh (Greg's brother) for letting him borrow it though!


We finally fired up Greg's motorcycle and did a little off-roading.

(Wendy on 4-wheeler and Greg on motorcycle).

We didn't get any great action shots other than Wendy conquering a mountain (aka boulder) and Greg inspecting a small animal skull but we weren't afraid to get some air (I think I scared Greg, truth be told).

And now it's August. We still can't believe it either!

Check out the wedding slideshow!

I was looking over recent blog posts and realized that I have yet to post a single wedding photo. Oops! We are actually meeting with our photographer tonight to (finally) get the rest of our pics and figure out our album. So-check out the slide show below and there's more to come!

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A Willis Summer (Part II)

Summer highlights continued...

MAY

Once back to reality, we (here meaning Greg and our Willis dad) removed (chopped, pulled, dragged) some nasty bushes that donned the front and back of our house. You can see one still standing on the right side of the front yard.

Good work Greg! I'll just stand here and take pictures :)

JUNE

Then we got a wild idea to catch some tadpoles at the Weber River Parkway in Riverdale. First, you need a net. A wire hanger and old nylon should do!

Greg and Christie making the contraption.

Our nephew Ethan (Willis) showing off the finished product.

We also like to go for walks at the Parkway. Sometimes Greg loses his shoe in the mucky pond :)

Other times he finds a yucky hat.

Then there was rockclimbing with friends from work (Wendy's first time ever).

Greg is near the top.

I was a natural (according to Greg's boss) and I loved it.

The first Triathlon of the season: Cache Valley (06.21)

Swim...

Bike...

Run...

And that's how it's done. Greg set a PR at this race--10 minutes faster than his best time last year. Awesome!

To be continued again...

A Willis Summer (Part I)

A few highlights of my first Willis summer (aka what we’ve been up to as of late)…

APRIL

We’ll start back in April with a few honeymoon pics:

We did a little shopping. Here is Greg modeling the argyle ensemble. No, the matching shirt and socks didn’t come in a package together; we just have an eye for style :)

We went for a hike at Zion National Park.

Weeping Rock (please excuse the bulky jacket tied around the waist)

Looking up Hidden Canyon Trail.

Hidden Canyon wasn’t so hidden after all.

The only pictures we took from our day trip to Vegas were at the Temple. Probably a good idea.

The St. George Temple

Benja became our favorite place to eat, possibly ever. (This was our first attempt at using the timer on my camera. Not too shabby Greg!) We love us some good Thai food!

In fact, we loved it so much we ate there twice while in St. George. This is us being really excited to eat there again. Sidenote: we had the same waiter both times, it was pretty funny. Another sidenote: both pictures are from the second time we went there just to clarify. We didn't wear the same clothes all week :)

To be continued...

Jade

Last week, Greg's #2 main babe (Jada Pinkett Willis aka Jade) went to kitty heaven.

(Jade's 1st time at our new house.)

Greg adopted her from his good friend Scott Renberg and, if you recall this post, he loved her only slightly less than me.

(Wendy & Jade)

She got in some kind of accident (no one knows for sure what happened) that resulted in her tail getting pretty messed up (for lack of better words). The real problem was that the break was really close to her hips and it started to affect her walking ability. The sores that resulted were getting really bad as well. She couldn't even lift her tail.

We didn't get a chance to say goodbye as she has been living at Ma & Pa Willis' as of late (long story short-she scratched up our new bed and I was ticked) and we didn't find out she had been "sent to kitty heaven" until after the fact.

(Jade causing mischief...)

The cute part of the whole story is that Greg was reading "Answers to Gospel Questions" by President Joseph Fielding Smith last night and he reminded me that Jade will be raised in the resurrection and we can take care of her then. How cute is he?