1st Place!

Last Saturday, August 22, Trevor and I participated in the Jordanelle Triathlon with Dad Bradley. We made up a relay team with me doing the swim, my dad biking and Trevor running. Apparently we made a pretty dang good team...but we'll get to that in a minute. I'll start this post with the night before the triathlon because I just had to get these pictures of our nephew Thomas and Trevor on. I thought they were adorable. Thomas loved being a cowboy on Trevor shoulders....Trevor just liked the fact that he got a Bradley to wear a University of Utah hat (sorry James!).

Yee-haw!

Anyway, I thought they were cute pictures so I posted them. Now for the real reason for this post! The Jordanelle Triathlon! We lucked out and it was a beautiful day for a race...a little warm towards the end of Trevor's run but great for my swim at 9:00 am. Here are some pretty good pre-race pictures.

Go Team 682!

Our wonderful cheearleaders...Mom, Natalie and Kimberly

And then came my swim...on your mark....get set....

Go! Can you see me? I'm the one without the wetsuit...

I did it!

There Dad goes....

And here he comes back! Go Dad!

Trevor's turn

For the next three pictures, watch the man in the white shirt...Trevor is behind...

Trevor is catching up....

And now Trevor has passed!

Run Trevor, Run!

What a great team! We discovered after the race that we placed first in the co-ed relay division and 4th overall in the relay division. Honestly, we were shocked! We were just in it for the fun and then we won. We couldn't believe it. We'll have to do it again sometime.

Christmas Meadows and Amethyst Lake

Well, it was another great weekend of camping fun! Trevor and I were able to travel with Mom and Dad Hatch up to the Uinta Mountains to spend the weekend at the family cabin! Man, it was so beautiful up there, I wish I were creative and had wonderful words to express the beauties we encountered, but since I am not, these pictures will have to do.

Trevor and I left Thursday night after work and headed up. We arrived at about 8:30 and unpacked and went to bed. We woke up Friday morning, ate a hearty breakfast and packed our day-packs. Our plan was to hike to Amethyst Lake, a lake that is legendary in the Hatch family. So we headed to the Christmas Meadow Trailhead. This is the picture of us at the beginning of our hike. It was a beautiful morning! Those hoodies came off pretty quick though! We attacked the 6.5 mile hike up the mountain and were able to make it to our destination at about 11:00.

And this is beautiful Amethyst Lake!

Well, it was a beautiful place, but unfortunately, we were not able to stay very long...the mosquitoes were destined to overrun the place and you couldn't enjoy one minute of sitting still without getting swarmed by dozens of them. I have never seen so many mosquitoes in my entire life! We tried to get some good pictures by the lake, but as these pictures show, it was very difficult to get one without one of us swapping at a bug.













So instead of relaxing and enjoying a day at the Lake, we decided to just meander our way back down the trail and get some pictures of all the waterfalls and meadows we passed. So here are some of the wonders of nature we were able to enjoy:

After our adventures on Friday, we were able to spend the rest of the weekend relaxing with Dick and Jane, fishing, playing card games and just enjoying the beauties of the Unitas. They are probably the closet place to heaven on earth.

3 Years!!!

Happy Anniversary!!

We had our 3 year anniversary this week (June 30). Can you believe it? We took Wednesday off work and went to Heber for the night, then went to some hot springs up Spanish Fork Canyon. It was a great little trip, but too short, of course. It was all fun and games until Trevor was bit by a 5' long blow snake. Luckily he is ok...but it sure scared us!

This is the snake that bit Trevor....mean mister snake!

This is Trevor's bite. Ouch!

This is us in the hot spring. Oh cute!

We can't believe it's already been three years. It has been the greatest three years ever though! So many fun times and great adventures. We have been so blessed and still feel like newly weds.

Our New Addition

No...we are not expecting, but we have added to our family, our family of cars that is. Trevor has been working very hard at his Aunt's house helping her with tree trimming and other various yard jobs and as payment....she gave him her jeep! That's right, a 1980 CJ7. Oh man....there are going to be some fun times in this vehicle. Trevor was so excited to get it, I couldn't help but let him keep it. I felt like he was bringing home a baby bumble bee ( i just hope it doesn't sting him!) He instantly took off the hard top this afternoon and spent all night long riding around with the wind blowing through his hair, and messing mine up!

Here's Trevor and his parents riding up by the Dikes.

This is what it looks like with the top still on.

I'm sure we will be using this toy for some sweet camping trips.

Wasatch Back - Team Shaka Laka

Wow, it's been quite the weekend! Last weekend, Trevor and I participated in the Wasatch Back Relay race with many members of my family and then a few other friends. It was probably the most difficult thing I have ever done but also one of the funnest (yes, funnest) and most exciting things I have ever done. We were privileged enough to have the support of my brother James's company, hence we were Team Shaka Laka - pretty catchy huh? The race took us 30 hours and 4 mintues. ( just don't tell anyone the BYU cross country team did it in 20 hours.) Here are some awesome pictures of the torture:

C'mon Jenny! You can do it!

This picture of Natalie will probably be the the front cover of Runner's Magazine next month. Natalie pretty much flew down this hill.

This is Dad ringing the cowbell to cheer people on. If you look closely, you can see Trevor out the front window.

Trevor's ever dreaded hill......but he didn't walk!

Oh....the torture!

What a wonderful experience! I'm glad there's a whole year between races...oh yes, we have already signed up for next year. Those crazy runners!

So, I'm still trying to figure this whole blogging thing out...but I think I like the big pictures the best...you can see them better! Anyway, for out next camping trip we headed for the Stansbury Mountains....for those of you like me who don't know where those are, they are west of Tooele (yes, things do exist west of Tooele). Anyway, it was beautiful up there. We camped right next to a stream and the weather was perfect! While we were chilling by the fire, Trevor came up with a classic quote, I just had to put it on our blog! He said, "You never know until you Google it!". Oh man, what a world we live in! What would we do without Google!

Here is Trevor...he's only a little bit of a pyro...he really enjoyed playing with the fire.


Watching the fire burn.
These are some..ruins?...we found on the way. Trevor thought they were cool and wanted me to take a picture of him in front of them, so here it is!



Good morning Jenny!

Trevor and I have decided to go camping as much as possible this summer. Our adventures started with Bear Lake a couple weeks ago. We went with my family including, Chris, Maria and their two kids, James and Ann and their two kids, and Lisa and Lance and their little baby. It was a lot of fun despite the chilly weather and spotty rain.

Chilling by the fire.This is the log we got from Trevor's parents. It was the first of Trevor's Dad's log bears. Check out the marshmallow eyes!


There were a few brave souls at the beach including out little nephew Eric. Luckily Trevor was able to carry him out.
Here they are taking their one dunk before coming back out.

We spent the afternoon playing at the park...Here's Trevor being superman!