Hike The Y

Before we left Utah we wanted to say goodbye to the Utah Valley right. We hiked the "Y" the week before we said farewell to Provo. The "Y" is a concrete block letter Y that is on the mountain next to BYU Campus. Here's what Wikipedia had to say:

At 8520 feet (2597 m), Y Mountain is located directly east of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. The Slide Canyon/Y Mountain Trail leads to a large block Y located 1.2 miles (1.9 km) from a parking area at the mountain's base. The Y was built over a hundred years ago as the insignia for BYU. For years the trail to the Y has been one of the most hiked trails in Utah Valley and provides a beautiful view of Provo, Orem, the rest of the many cities in Utah Valley and Utah Lake (the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi). The trail is also regularly used by hikers, bikers, paragliders and hunters to access the backcountry in the Slide Canyon area.

The large white Y on the side of the mountain has become the nationally recognized insignia for BYU and the reason why BYU is often called "the Y". It is made of concrete and is 380 feet high and 130 feet wide (116 by 40 m). No other college in the United States has a larger symbol, in fact, the Y is even larger than the letters in the "Hollywood sign" in California.

You can see the Y in the background on the Mountain - This is BYU campus.

Here's the Y from far away. The dots on the Y are people.

Here is where the trail begins. I'm quite optimistic at this point.

I am sitting on the Y. I honestly thought I was going to die on my way up here. Ryan almost made me turn around and go back, but as stubborn as I am, I was going to make it, or die trying. At this point, I am quite releived I didn't die.

I'm so tired, I almost fell asleep on the bumpy, rocky hard surface of the Y.

Horray, we made it! The Y is behind us.

This was an easy hike for Ryan. (Ya, you don't have an extra 25+ pounds on ya!)

View from the top! It was worth it. (Even thought I almost died!)

The New Texans on the Block

Howdy y'all. Ok, I have yet to hear anybody who talks like that. But yes we are in Houston. I flew out here last Thursday and had a long, but boring flight (the best kind). I did have a new book to read, Breaking Dawn, for those who know the Twilight Saga it's the last book and I'm loving it. Ryan drove to Denver Colorado on Thursday and spent Friday with Auntie Kim and Juliana. He was happy to spend some time with them and see the city. Our friend Nick flew in to Denver on Saturday morning to drive back with Ryan. We are so grateful that he was willing to drive back the 19 hour trip. Thanks Nick!!!

So we're here now. We're living with Lesley and Scott Larson while we plan the next step in our future. They have graciously opened their home to us and we are so grateful for their hospitality. We've had fun playing with them and sure we have more fun in the future.

We've really enjoyed watching the Olympics - especially swimming for me. I miss swimming...

Our stuff just arrived here today and Ryan and a guy from the ward moved it into the storage unit...while it was pooring rain. I guess we should get used to those crazy freak storms that last half an hour.

Gehringer Family Unite!

A rare opportunity to see... ENJOY!

Baby Shower Power!

Sarah and Ryan went back to California to enjoy time with family and friends. While they were there they had two baby showers. We are very grateful for all the things that we/baby Kearns got that will help us out in a few months. We had so much fun and hope you all did too.

Here are photos from the Kearns baby shower.

Here are photos from the Gehringer/Martinez baby shower

Thanks to everyone who came. Love you all!

Sarah, Ryan and Baby K

Call Us!

This is a cool feature that Ryan found. Type in your number here and it will call us. So you don't have to pay for long distance. Click the "Call Me" box then type in your number and click Call, your phone will ring and it will say something like, Grand Central is Connecting you...then you'll hear the phone start to ring and that means that our phone is ringing. It's pretty cool. Try it out!

June 2008

Hello Hello! Let's see what's been going on this month. Ryan flew to Houston to meet with a firm. It was so hard to be home alone for a whole week! I watched almost 2 movies a day and cleaned the apartment. (not fun, but necessary). The firm Ryan met with required way too many hours and didn't seem very family friendly. I'm glad he's home.

Ryan had his first Father's day. (And happy Father's Day to all you daddy's out there). I can't remember what we did, but I know he used the "It's father's day, I don't have to do the dishes" a couple times.

I'm getting fat! Well, that's what I feel like. Yes I'm getting bigger, but still not huge thankfully. Our little one is quite the active fella. I think he's practicing swimming for the olympics already. (He must be doing flip turns or something in there!) He started kicking my ribs, which is not enjoyable and he literally jumps on the bed. When I sleep on my side I can feel him push my tummy where the bed is, and then I feel him (usually under my ribs) on the other side. My friend Rose told me her baby did that too, but I didn't really get it until now. And no, we still don't have a name picked out for baby Kearns.

Our friends Darren and Brittany had their baby, Jefferson this month. He is very cute and they have been a big source when we have baby/pregnancy/delivery questions. Thanks friends!

That's it for now. Update you later!

Sarah's Birthday!

(Just so you all know, I posted 4 new posts so make sure you scroll down to see them all!)

Sarah's 24! (oh my, I feel old). Sarah went home for her birthday. She had a great time, although the weather was very hot and she missed her hubby. (Ryan stayed in Utah to study for the Bar). She spent a lot of time going through old school papers and old clothes. She had a mother-daughter shopping trip for maternity clothes and spent a lot of time with Lesley and Ian. She saw a lot of her friends and family at the Gehringer BBQ. And of course, she ate at In-N-Out, Togos (twice) and Los Ponchos (twice). You just can't visit Cali without those. Here are some pictures.

I got to meet and hold my sweet baby niece, Shelby for the first time! She is gorgeous!

Graduation!

Well, it had to happen eventually... WE GRADUATED! Check out this clip...

Yup, it's true. Here are some photos of that wonderful event!

We're free....

Ryan, Alissa, Nick, Sarah

Ryuta, Sarah, Ryan, Somer

Grandpa, Sarah, Ryan, Lynn

Dad K, Sarah, Ryan, Mom K

Mom G, Ryan, Sarah, Dad G

This is the Provo Tabernacle, where we graduated. What a beautiful building!

Sarah and Davy

Tim, Julia, Sarah, Ryan, Aiden

Waiting outside the Tabernacle

Commencement, it was freezing!

My crazy brother, but I love this picture!

And that's graduation!

Ultrasound

Here is baby boy Kearns!

The Kearns Name Will Live On

Alrighty, as most of you know, we went to the Doctors today and had our ultrasound. We are proud parents of a baby boy! He is healthy and is actually big for his age. (Which makes me happy, because I'm still little). We're working on names. Here is what we have so far:

Andrew Nicholas Kealii Kearns
Jacob Andrew Kealii Kearns
I liked Andrew Conrad Kealii Kearns (My great great grandfather, but Ryan vetoed it).

So, probably Andrew or Jacob. We have printouts of the ultrasound that we'll scan in to show. Horray!