Climbing High..

This year for Valentine's Day, we gave each other ideas on what to get each other. I know how lame that sounds and that we have to give each other ideas since we have been married for 3 and 1/2 years we must know what the other person likes right??? Well we do know each other pretty darn well but when it comes to gifts we usually end up asking each other for ideas and then work from that. Don't ask me why we do this we just do. We do surprises here and there but..we usually figure it out before we can surprise each other. 

Anyway back to what this post is really about...

I got a list from Adam which included for me to plan a creative date. So as part of my gift I printed out a little gift certificate for us to go to this place:

and do indoor rock climbing. Adam loves the outdoors and since it's hard to do real rock climbing in February I decided this was the best I could do. Well the place is in Ogden and we live about and hour and a half away from there. Everyone asked why are you going clear up there and the answer is that I wanted it to feel like we were actually going somewhere rather than just around the corner. It was a little get-a-way of sorts. It was such a nice drive down and when we arrived we got harnessed up and was given a quick tutorial on what to do and we were on our own. It was a pretty small place only about 2000 square feet. Big enough for our needs. We had a great time and we both decided we are VERY out of shape. We stayed about an hour and that was plenty. There were a lot of little kids so I was constantly watching making sure I wasn't going to run into them. I was kind of jealous of them since they seemed to just fly up the walls. I don't think I saw one adult go more than 20 feet up the wall just way to hard. I found that there holds were not that great. There were a lot of them but they seemed to be just for looks. They were hard to grab on to and some you couldn't even grab because of the shape and size which I found to be a reason why it was hard to climb very high. If I were to rate the place I would give it a 4. I don't think I would ever go there again just in the fact that is so far from us but it was a fun and different and we both enjoyed it. It was great exercise as well and I am sure we will feel the pains of it all tomorrow. Oh and the cost..it was 10 dollars a person and then if you want to rent climbing shoes those are 4 dollars. Total it was 24 dollars. We were able to snap a few pics of both of us looking very athletic climbing the walls but don't be fooled we are both far from it. Overall a great experience and one that I would do again just not there.

Wordless Wednesday

Orange Sky...

Yesterday morning I woke up to Nala whining about 7:30AM wanting to be let out and when I opened my tired eyes I noticed that the light streaming through our blinds was orange and since that is not normally the color streaming though, I got out of bed to investigate and this is what I found.. it was breath taking. I had never seen the whole sky so orange with a hint of red before. I stood there for a moment knowing that soon this would pass. I knew that I would not have time to get my good camera so I took this with my phone. Thank you precious Nala for waking me up to witness this miraculous sight. I got back in bed and when I looked at the window before I dozed off to sleep again it was gone. I wished I could have frozen time so that Adam could have witnessed this sight with me. The world is an amazing place and seeing this only amplifies that. Each day is such a gift!

His Wrath...

This is what happens when Jett decides he wants to take his wrath out on my shoe....

A Monster Can Be Sweet To...

I usually portray Jett as being a little monster and it's not that I mean too it's just most of the time he is usually destroying something or being out of control hyper but....last night I had a very sweet moment that come every now and then and since I usually forget to write them down I promised myself that I would write this one down. 

We were getting ready for bed and I was kind of propped up in bed just chilling talking to Adam. 

Jett once settled down from a hyper spurt climbed on the bed and crawled up and laid by be and I was wearing a short sleeve shirt, he began licking my arm and when he does he always closes his eyes like its a calming thing for him. As he was licking my arm softly the licks got fewer and fewer and I realized he was falling asleep. He stopped licking me and was just sleeping on my arm. When he realized he wasn't licking my arm anymore he woke up and restarted licking my arm almost immediately falling back asleep. He laid there for a few minutes with a small lick here and there just making sure I was still there. He fell back asleep and laid there for awhile fast asleep. It almost seemed as though my arm was like a pacifier for him calming him down and relaxing him to the point of sleep. Although this seems like a weird thing especially for those who don't have pets or dogs but it was such a sweet thing. He needed me for comfort just like I need him for comfort sometimes. I sometimes forget he is just a baby in aspects of his age since he is just a crazy boy but when he settles down and becomes vulnerable he is like a little baby. I love those moments of bonding and being there when he needs his Momma. I love being a mother to Nala and Jett. I find that I bond with both of them in such different ways and give them love in different ways as well. They make up my world and even if they aren't able to speak with words and tell me how much they need or love me they do in there actions and that speaks even louder.