Our First Summer adventure for 2008!

Dustin and I have decided we want to run away to the mountains and live like hippies for the rest of our lives. He told me I could only wear a bear skin bikini though and that may get kind of chilly ;). He sent me this picture of Raquel Welch and told me this is what I would have to wear...



If I looked like Raquel Welch I think I would be perfectly fine wearing something like that...

Anyway, our first adventure of the summer (we plan to have many more) was perfect! We decided to go to the Kern river and go white water rafting and then camp in the Sequoias for a couple of days. We drove up to Kern River Thursday evening and stayed in the lovely Motel 8 where Paige (Dustin's youngest sister) commented that it looked like one of those places in Horror films where someone gets murdered... we all agreed with her.



We woke up early that morning and headed off to the river to go white water rafting. It was SO hot! Definitely 100 degrees or hotter which made it really nice to get wet. It was amazing! Our guide was an awesome old man named Darby who is a retired school teacher that pretty much knows EVERYTHING there is to know about the river and the area around it. I felt like I was back in elementary school getting a history lesson.

We all did pretty well on the river especially with two strong men at the front of the raft. ;) Kathy fell out once when we hit a little bump (it was not so little) and then Curtis fell out when we had to do a high side against a giant bolder! It was pretty intense! But besides that we were pro!



We got to jump off some cliffs which was pretty sweet. Darby also let us get out of the raft and float down some rapids, this was probably my favorite part.



Here is Dustin's famous Michael Jordan shot...



I didn't really know that the camera was right there but here I am posing for the camera. What a dork!



After rafting we drove up to our camp site in the Sequoias, AMAZING! ... to be continued!

Rico Suave

Congratulations Travy!

Hi everyone!

I feel like it has been so long. I don't have much to write but I wanted to share a photo with you.

2 weeks ago my "brother" Travy got married. I call him my brother because I have known his since I was about 6 years old, he is Adam's best friend, and I love him! That counts as a brother right? Anyway, the wedding was beautiful and so much fun. It was up in San Juan Capistrano at this awesome place called El Adobe Capistrano. My parents and Josh and his wife Karen came from Colorado for the occasion. It was so fun to see them.

My favorite parts of the wedding were probably the food and the music (how shallow am I?). Our meal consisted of salsa and chips, salad with a lime vinagarette, and some of the best cheese enchiladas I have ever had.

Mama Pilk and Travy!

Being that Travis has the best music taste in the world the music he chose for the ceremony was so good. I asked him for the mix and he said he would post it on his website. If you have never been to this site you MUST go. It is http://www.indierockreviews.com/. He has a lot of free downloads and stuff on there too. Check it out!

Here is my new favorite picture of Dustin. I don't know if he was trying to hit on my old roommate Shardae or if he just thought he looked hot. You may have to click on the picture to get the full effect. :)