well family and friends, i know that it has been a long time and i am sorry. between finals and getting out to california and settled out here i have not had time for much extra stuff but today is a good day to get another random number of picts up and out to you guys for your viewing enjoyment. so here is the random go of what has been going down in the past few weeks. as there is not specific order just read the captions and enjoy what is going down in my life. 

to start things out i will explain to you how wonderful the world of ice-cream is. i love it flat out. this morning i decided to do a little pancakes and though, " what would be better than to throw on a bit of ice cream" and yes it was as delicious as it looks. there is just something magical about eating some thing that is both super hot and cold at the same time. i.e. hot fudge sundays, and apple pie a la mode. maybe it is just the fact that it has ice cream in it but i will tell you that pancakes and ice-cream w/ maple syrup or strawberry jam are sooooooo double awesome. 
this picture is of our vacation to st george and buckskin canyon. which was so awesome. the first day we got there we played at the sugar loaf and it was raining so hard. (not your typical st george) but it was awesome. we did the little slot canyon/ crack in the rock and then some sardines. this is when we had finished our game and were all soaking wet. 
this is when we first got to the sugar loaf
here is the next night as we were making our way to buckskin canyon we went thorough arizona. and for a number of people it was their fist time in the state so we got out of the car to celebrate. 
while at lovely st george we went to the lava caves and threw our own rave party. yep glow sticks galore. on the way out we were so bright that we didn't even need a flash light to see where we were going. it was truly an experience to remember. 
we found a stone dragon and took if for a ride at snow canyon
this is in another little cave thing. we had a cool photo shoot and the found a really echoee spot and did some Buddhist monk chanting. that was way cool.
here are some real life pictographs. i have always wanted to see some of these all my life and now that i have i can check it off of my list of things that i want to do. wahoo.
this was another cool spot that we found next to the pictographs.
on our way out we went in search of a ghost town and this is all we found. nothing except for a multicolored mountain. the mountain was awesome but definitely no ghosts. 
some coyote fell into the canyon and some of the girls found it quite attractive. 
in the canyon.
another photo of the same spot.
an idea of what it was like. it still does not quite do it justice at the supreme majesty of the canyon but. . . 
a biker in san fran. there were a bunch of sweet cars there. this guy had his music hoppin. 

on the way back we had a blue viper pass us going about 120-130 weaving in and out of everyone. it was super impressive and awesome looking. and then we saw a yellow lambo as we were getting off the freeway but he wasn't opening it up like the viper was but it was still such a hot car.  
cool bread
more cool bread
even more cool bread . it was fun to see this stuff in san fran.
i sorry it is sideways but while i was out selling i found this light that was being eaten by a tree. i though you would also like to enjoy.
this was a flash back to the mission. some guy w/ a little a little ice-cream tray. ohhh that brings back memories. 
this one if for klinton and kirstin
our first weekend i was there we went to the byu rugby game. we were down the whole time but were able to pull it out in the end. definilty not the favorite we were able to pull it out in the end after being down the whole game. super fun and ya we stormed the field and hugged people we didn't know, that is what life is all about. 
so the night before i left mel and i had a summers worth of fun. pulling a whole bunch of capers. like switching out the max's pops for the kix and saran-wrapping the entry way off. ( ya we got the parents good on both accounts (dad said mom let off a good scream)). also a little something that i taught melo--but that she has been sworn to secrecy of. if you want to i can teach you but only in person. so ask me next time i see you.
here is my toe after i broked it. it is still being dumb but is slowly healing
here is when we got free choclate milk after coming home form skiing. that was really cool. 
aftermath of the festival of colors. ya i was right in the middle. it was huge. 
on our way out from the colors festival
some of the aftermath of when they threw all the colors.
before it started. the effigy they would burn.
a snow man i built up at snow bird. ( one of the hardest parts of leaving was not being able to finish off the season.)

and that is all i have for now.  life is going good for me in california. we had our first few super hot days but i have been thought worse. i just will trust in my faith bottle of spf 50 sunscreen.   k awesome i am out. 

any questions or if you looking for a friendly hi don't hesitate to call. i may not answer but ill get back to you.

keep dancing/rocking out 1987 style. 

so i got some picts to work

riding of into the valley of the goblins
dane standing on a turtles head

in the slot canyon
a quick jerkey break before we start down little wildhorse

ya this hole was awesome. i fit my whole self in the hole

k well this weekend was awesome. i fulfilled a life's dream and got to go to goblin valley. i have always wanted to do it and it was worth every bit of want to go. i totally did live up to the expectations. i only have some of the photos and i don't have time tonight for much of a post like usual so i will just get a few for you guys. we also did some slot canyons and played around in the san rafael swell which was mega fun. also i forget how impressive the desert night sky is w/ out light for miles on end where we were the only people for a really long distance. it is truly awesome in the purest sense of the word. defiantly enough to blow you mind. also a lot of the picts we took in the valley are on a different camera so you will have to wait but i will get you guys a super good post someday soon when i have more time.

so here are some quick random posts of the recent and late advancements of my life. i don't know how to control the order after i upload this picts so you guys are going to get a random sample of kind of everything over the next two posts but you guys should be somewhat familar w/ the way i post. i am for quantity and not as much quality so it may be a bit messy but i am at least getting the info and the picts out ta all y'all. these first few are a bit graphic going back to the leg chop so those faint of stomach can jump the fist few with my permission/blessing.  nararations will go on right under the photos so you can kind of know what is going on.

ty wanted to see a pict of my leg all healed up so here it is. 100% better. just a weird line w/ dots around it.
these ones needed to be cropped a bit and were not put on w/ the rest but they were requested for as well so here they are. Here it is right after it was stitched up and before they put the wrapping paper on (don't open 'till christmas).
here it is after it was cleaned up by the people at snow bird. they were nice to send me to alta view.
k i think the grossness is over now it is time for fun. here is where we got our old man with the silly string. look at mel's bicep. keep doing those curls. such definition. 
this was before we pouched uvu campus. yep you don't need to brush and floss all your teeth, just the ones you want to keep. 
here is steph. she is super awesome but is also sideways. that is ok we will still keep her.
and a few of matilda. she was super fun.
this is the picture of aaron that come up when ever he calls me up. it is like "i want to talk to yoU!"
i think babies would learn how to swim in about a day if we had them do it. walking is a lot harder. they are constantly in a position to swim.
here a couple of pict of when grandma took us out for chinese on dad's b-day. happy birthday dad and thanks grandma. i told weston to stick the chopsticks in his mouth like a walrus and this is what i got. he is awesome.
yep. good food.
i dont remember what garret was eating but i sure it was scrumptious. 
this was a picture of my open closet through the eyes of my ipod. i think mel took it but i am not sure. i am sure however that it is a neat perspective on my closet. i thought you all would like to enjoy.
i never knew how to do these puzzles where you have  one space and you have to align the blocks in order to make a pict but i worked on it over christmas break w/ this child's toy and got the system down pretty good.  this is the final product.
hey
the temple lights when we went up. that was super fun and a good christmas concert.
the jazz game w/ the cousins family. if you look closely the bear is doing a hand stand on a really high latter. we have the greatest mascots here in utah by far.
i was using my flotation powers to put the christmas lights on the trees.
we were going for the "o pensador" or however you say the name of that statue out in france of the guy thinking effect.
for some reason this boy like weird things like getting stuffed in the mail box. what a champ.

so this will be the second of two quick posts and since i don't really know what is up with computers we are going to leave the font as blue and underlined because i don't know what is making it do that. also i don't know how to fix the order of the picts and this is how they were loaded so i will just narrate as we go down the order but this will be the second time you are going to hear this so enough talk lets go.

this one just looked really funny. we were on the freeway and the horse was jumping out of the car. well i thought it looked funny at least. 

here is one for us to all remember my little b. this was taken the night before he went into the MTC. he is rockin it out in NC. such a cool kid. 
max's interesting food selection keeps getting more interesting. here he was making salt water
here he was trying it.
and he decided he really liked it so he went back for more. but this time w/ a greater salt concentration. he kept on going for a bit and would have drank all the salt if we had not stopped him.
just a pict of me up skiingeating up at snowbird
birds eye view of the table
so funny story w/ this picture. when i hurt my leg the lady at the coffee stand offered me a hot chocolate and i told here nicely that i wasn't quite in the mood for one of those with my leg bleeding and all. so i went back there and talked to her and she gave me a hot chocolate and it was awesome. tons of good cream on top. yumm. she was surprised that i was skiing already and dan let her know that i was back a week later on one leg. she was supper cool and, as we all are, super grateful that i have made a full recovery.
so a sliver of dan's ski passed through his glove and went into his hand. that was pretty crazy.
this is the rock that cut my leg open. i was so surprised that we could find it.
here is where i jumped of from  and landed on the rock. kind of depressing that is was something so small.
looking down into AF canyon from the far side of snowbird.
i am making the snow.
max always grabs my head phones. he loves rocking out.
i don't look all that happy in this pict but it was probably the greatest tasting peanut butter sandwich i ever had.
this is that same sandwich and a miracle happened with this. i reached into my pocket to grab the sandwich and what do you know came out with it- -  A tootsie pop :) - -what a happy day. it was one of the best tasting lunches i have ever had.
here's Klint and the people working on there house. congratulations to the for the awesome job they are doing on it.

k well that is the end of the posts. hopefully i can get some more cool stories and picts for the next one. we are trying to do a road trip so i will keep you posted on what happens. 

p.s. we went to cory's cabin up in the uintas and were pulled on sleds all day behind snow machines but we forgot our cameras so no picts. sorry folks you will just have to use your imagination. good luck it was pretty much of the HoOk!