the rocks

stephanie rock climbing near lucky peak

Last year I started learning how to rock climb with Johnpaul. It has been one of my favorite things ever. You see, I have wanted to learn to rock climb forever. Last year for my birthday Johnpaul bought me a rock climbing harness and we started climbing last spring. I am still learning, but I do have a lot of fun with it.

Last weekend was the perfect weekend to go. It was warm, but not too warm when we went up around 10:00. Johnpaul's friend from work, Christy, went with us. It was fun to have another person around to talk to and with one of us not on the rock or belaying, there was someone to take pictures. This was our first weekend out rock climbing since the weather warmed up. It was awesome. I was so tired after we got done that I slept really well that night.

Living in Boise makes it so awesome to go because it is only five minutes down the road from our house. If we were feeling really ambitious we could maybe bike there. I mean, I know we can bike there, but with all the gear it may be a bit of a stretch.

homecoming

stephanie and tracey at lucky peak

So. I know this post is a little late, but we had such a great time, that I still just have to put it on there. Last week, Tracey was home and we had a great time. I took a day off of school and we just hung out. We went to almost every store I can think of...which is funny because neither of us are really shoppers, but it was awesome.

On Thursday we celebrated Mother's Day with my mom. We were waiting until Tracey was home so that we can all celebrate together. We bought my mom a little grill for Mother's Day and we made some really good shish kabobs on it. I made some with marinated tofu and Tracey made some with chicken. We both used pineapple, red onions, mushrooms, yellow and orange peppers, and asparagus. They were delicious. It was so fun. Ryan, Tracey,Johnpaul, mom and I all had a really nice evening.

We also went to Roaring Springs on its opening weekend. It was really fun and pretty warm. We only went on one ride and hung out in the river, but it was nice to see that summer is almost here. I can't wait for the warm weather and freedom that summer brings. I can almost taste it. One more week!