Hiking, outdoors, and other Oswell Fun!

Last weekend we hiked the "Y." I have been here for 2 and half years and had never done it so we did it! It was beautiful outside and I was sick of being inside so we took advantage of the weather and did the STEEP short hike. It was really fun and Evelyn really enjoyed it. She was in our front carrier facing out and she was kicking and smiling and every one we passed. After using the front carrier (Jeff was, not me) we decided we really need a hiking back pack. Any suggestions? (Kira, I know you have one, do you like it?) Anyway, poor Jeff was sweating so bad and his back was hurting carrying Evelyn, one of her pigtails was wet from Daddy's sweat!

Can you tell Evelyn loved the hike? We got up to the Y just in time for sunset! It was beautiful and a really nice night out. We enjoyed sitting at the top for awhile and enjoying the views. However, it was around 8:00 and that is Ev's bed time so we headed down shortly.

After the hike we went to Coldstone to cancel out the hike completely! Boy was it yummy though! Evelyn was sleeping :)

Well last week we had beautiful weather 75 and sunny! Perfect weather to enjoy the outdoors. So I would bring some toys out for Evelyn and we would sit outside and enjoy. Evelyn LOVES being outside she played on this blanket for 2-3 hours before she finally couldn't stay awake any longer! By the way, if you were wondering, YES Evelyn is wearing adorable Jellies! They go with every thing and are very practical and that is how I justified the purchase!

Evelyn's friend Linkin came over and they played together for a couple of hours as well! She loves having friends over. AND mommy LOVES having Linkin's mom over so we can chat and have some girl time. I need that...some mom's can do it 24/7 with out other girls, but I need to feel like a 23 year old some times and not a frumpy mom! :)

In other news the reason I have been behind in blogging is my car. I had to finally bite the bullet and registar my car in Utah which means my car had to pass emissions! My check engine light has literally been on for 3 years. My car has always ran fine, except on long car trips it struggles a little bit. But for the most part my 98' Honda with 190,000 miles on it, is a CHAMP. However, you can not pass emissions in Utah with the light on! So I take it to a mechanic and ask him to shut it off for me and see if I can go long enough without it coming back on that I could pass emissions. Well he shut it off and also informed me that I needed a new windshield to pass the safety test. Great, awesome, put it on my Tab.

So I went and got my windshield taken care of, which I was hoping insurance would cover but it didn't so that was kinda of expensive. Then my check engine light came back on... Great. I go back to the mechanic and he tells I have to get it fixed and it was 2 different things the catilac converter and something with the vtec. So he shuts my check engine light off one more time and told me to drive one more time and see if I could luck out since we really couldn't afford to fix it.

If you are hoping for a miracle, so was I. When the light came back on I was thinking, there was NO miracle. But I went back to the mechanic and the light said it was only my catilac converter this time NO vtec problem. MIRACLE? I think so! I got it fixed and finally passed emissions. YAY!

In other news we are trying to teach evelyn to clap and high five.