Geocaching

Lance and I wanted to go geocahcing but haven't gotten around to it until this month. We've made two attempts and both attempts we've come home with no loot. The first time we went Lance was soooo excited because this cache was inside a mine in the Unitas. Well we made our way up to the site and hiked around for 3 hours without finding anything. I was getting fairly frustrated, while Lance cracked jokes. He finally admitted that he might have written down the wrong coordinates, and he was right. We decided to call it a day. The next Saturday we came back to the same site, this time with the right coordinates. We hiked for four hours across some really rough terrain. We had a great time just trail blazing and praying that we wouldn't fall off the side of the mountain. Once we got to the site we found 8-10 inches of snow and realized we would never find the mine. Disappointed, we hiked down the mountain and made our way back to the car. Before getting back to the road we had to cross a stream, unfortunately we didn't have too many options so we scooted across this iced over log. It was a bit chilly on our buns. Although both times were unsuccessful we had a great time. Hopefully next time we will have more luck.

Field Botany

I took a block class this semester, InBio 235, and it has turned out to be my favorite class I've ever taken at BYU. Our class met 12 hours a week, spending most of that time outside looking at plants. Sounds pretty boring huh? The first day of class we just dove into the material and I was thinking the same thing you are right now, how boring. But it has been so much fun. We have learned about 240 woody plants found in North America. I am now cursed, everywhere we go I stare at the landscape and point out all the interesting plants to Lance. I'm not sure he thinks its as interesting as I do. And now all those weedy trees by our house that I paid no attention to before, drive me crazy. I just want to cut them down. Our class has gotten really close. On our last day of class and we decided to have a lunch together. One of the guys in our class is a big game hunter, so he grilled up some antelope kabobs for the whole class. Everyone else brought in cookies, chips, salad, drinks, or fruit. We had a great time. It's weird I've never been sad for a class to end, but I will miss this one.

Chuck-a-rama

While dad was in town we couldnt help but get a dinner out of him. Monday night we rounded up the troops (Grandpa, Grandma, Brandon and Ashley, Heather and baby Lester, Brooke, and Jessica and I). We had a great time, most of the jokes of the night were about the mullet that I am trying to grow. It is getting pretty ridiculous, Jessica named it and talks to it sometimes. I think we all ended up eating our weight in soft serve icecream, and I am pretty sure Grandpa got drunk on the apple beer.

Fishing Trip

Last weekend the Tolman boys got together for a much needed fishing break in WY. My Dad came out from St. Louis, and my Uncle and cousin acted as fishing guides for our trip. We ended up fishing all day Friday and Saturday and had a great time enjoying nature. After going 0-2 fishing in 2006 I broke the curse and caught a couple fish. It was a success on all accounts we had great weather, beautiful scenery, and we caught some fish. Here are some pictures from the adventure.

A Weekend Getaway

Well we were invited to spend the weekend at Lake Powell with our brother-in-law's family. We have never been to Lake Powell, so we had a great time experiencing the canyons and fun rock formations in the area. The Nelson's showed us a great time. My favorite moments were on the boat; we got to try out wakeboarding and I loved it. Lance's favorite moments were with a fishing pole. He was really missing Tommy on this trip. Overall it was exactly what we needed before a hectic week at school.