CITY!!!!

We, like everyone else, have been up to the usual, work, play, sleep, repeat. Due to weather we haven't gotten to go to the City of Rocks as much as Corey would like but we get out as much as we can. Here's how our last week of climbing has gone....

Monday last week we went down to Derkies and worked on Black thing, a pumpy, very over hung 11c. Corey lead and I followed making it all the way to the top taking breaks at each bolt because I am clearly not strong enough to make it the whole way in one shot just yet. The movement is fun and I can see why it is a popular route down there.

Then on thursday we invited my friend Laura and Tim to come with us for a very casual evening of climbing. They went and we all had a great time, or at least I did, I love seeing and spending time with friends. Laura I love you and hope you two had fun and that we'll get to do something again soon.

Friday Jeff, Pauline, and David came down from Nampa to tour CSI and then we all headed out to escape to the City of Rocks for the weekend. When we got there at 8 o'clock the first thing that we did was try and make it to the top of Little Time before dark, needless to say we forgot the head lamps (we had 1 tikka and 1 firefly) and only made it to the second pitch before the sun was gone and we all got to repel in the dark with the firefly as the landing light.

Sometime early Saturday morning Craig finally made it to us in one piece and slept in the back of his car. That morning we got up, snacked breakfast and headed out to Elephant rock to try Rye Crisp (Wheat Thin was busy).

From there we headed out to the back side of Window Rock, because we hadn't been there yet, and found some beautiful crack lines that were not to be passed up. This is one that we found that wasn't it the book. The start was a pain because there isn't much to hold on to, but it was really fun and a variety of techniques had to be used to get it.

The view from the top was amazing!!! It is always the best reward. In this picture you can see most of the upper City with Parking Lot rock in the near background, Bath in mid-background, and the Twin Sisters in the far distance.

Corey and my adopted husband, Craig even got to climb together this weekend. Most of the time one is belaying while the other is climbing but there were enough of us this trip that they finally got to see each other while on the rock. So one lead one route while one lead another side by side. Craig even climbed over to Corey's route to steal a piece of trad off of his harness, go figure.

The weekend was absolutely perfect. We even got a night climb in on Saturday night before we went to bed. It was very cool.

Going Green?

With gas prices soaring I have been considering "going green". It has become very tempting to start riding my horses to run all my errands in town. I think the local police would love it!! I have also thought of starting my own lawn mowing and fertilizing business. My only fall back is that I have no where in town to keep my horses. I still need to research any laws restricting me to turn to this alternative means of transportation. I think this is one way of "going green" that I can actually afford.

Enjoying the week of summer

Here in Twin Falls we had a small teaser of wonderful weather! It was wonderful and warm as it should be this time of year. The warmth only lasted for a week or two and is now back to what feels like March. Every year the weather gets stranger and stranger. I guess it is one of the signs of what is to come. Strange to think of it that way. Well, here are a couple of photos of us enjoying the small spell of warmth. We are bouldering a lot down at derkies. Roping up has seemed a hassle so we just throw out the pads and chill.

Jentri's first time on this project was in the night with a headlamp! She put it down without any trouble. The next day she decided to second it so she could see it. I took the photo opportunity.

After all of her hard work it was time for a nap in the hot sun. I tease her for being a lizard!

Craig came into town for the weekend and him, Tolman, and I worked on this new derkies project. As far as we know it has yet to see an accent.

And of course misty came too!

There are no photos of me because I'm the only one who picks up the camera. I also enjoy taking photos a lot. Hopefully our next post will show a bit of me?

The BIG Swing!!!

So Last weekend Craig came down from Boise and he and Corey decided they wanted to take on the small task of making a BIG swing.

This is a far away view. If you have the eyes of an eagle you might be able to actually see the rope that is hanging from the top where the RED pad is on top of the rocks to the little bitty person (Craig) that is in the cave.


This is the view from inside of the cave looking out. If you look carefully you can see the rope attached to the wall off to the right. They rigged it up so that it wouldn't swing out while they weren't on it.



This is a video of Corey playing on his new swing. I apologize for the fact that it's side ways. I haven't quite taught Corey and Craig that when you use a camera to take video you can't tip it on it's side the long way to try and fit it all in because the film turns out like this. So what have we learned students??? When video taping adventures hold the camera horizontal cause I can't turn the TV on its side. What else did we learn? That really BIG Swings are a WHOLE LOT OF FUN!!!!!!!!!!

Getting to know us

How long have you been together? 10 months

Who eats more? Corey definitely eats more, especially sugar!

Who said I love you first? Corey did. He gave me a Hersey kiss when we went to city last summer with a ribbon that said I love you on it, and I still have it.

Who is taller? In chacos Corey's taller I fit right under his shoulders when we hug.

Who does laundry? Jentri, Corey's too scared he'll mess it up. He really does know how to do it I think he's just afraid that he'll fold it wrong.

Who does dishes? 50/50 split

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? If you're looking at it from the foot of the bed currently Corey does but that's just because it's closest to the door and Jentri feels safer that way. It also makes it easier for him to catch most of the glass when rocks come through the bedroom window.

Who pays the bills? Jentri, Corey just spends the money and paying all our bills is definitely a juggling act so we leave it up to Jentri, she's good at it.

Who mows the lawn? What lawn? We haven't owned grass in years.

Who cooks dinner? Corey, he has a very exotic style but at least he does it because I don't like to.

Who drives when you are together? 9 times out of 10 it's Corey in Ellie Mae, my car usually gets left home but occasionally he lets me drive.

Who is more stubborn? It depends on what it is.

Who sings better? Duh, do you really have to ask.

Who is smarter? We haven't figured that one out yet. In somethings Corey's smarter and in other things Jentri's smarter.

Who is the first to admit they are wrong? It depends on who's wrong.

Who's parent's do you see the most? Umm, we'll get back to you on that one. We can't decide right now, we think it's the same.

Who kissed who first? Jentri, Corey tried to kiss me once and I shot him down, after that he said I would have to kiss him first.

Who proposed? Corey did in the Salt Lake Temple sealing room on September 19th, 2007.

Who is more sensitive? Jentri, Corey just doesn't show it.

Who has more friends? Corey, and he somehow keeps tabs on all of them. I'm so jealous

Who has more siblings? Jentri duh! Come on over I'll introduce you to my entourage.

Who wears the pants? Jentri, Corey wears shorts.

Who asked who out first? Corey, both times.

How long have you been married? Two months, 11 days, 9 hours, 30 minutes and counting

Whose the weird one? Most days I think it's Corey but some days I give him a run for his money and we're proud to be weird.