25 Days to go!

I think it freaks me out looking at our blog because of that baby count down timer. Only 25 days to go. Yeah, that is crazy to me.

Alisa has been so full of energy and sweet. She really is amazing!

Here are some of the updated pics. We have missed a few weeks but the last one is current as of today.

May 31st

June 18th

June 28th

COMPLETE 2009 Twilight Concert Series lineup

Oh yeah! Here is the line up for the free Twilight series concerts every Thursday night in SLC this summer. I think I'm the most excited for Sonic Youth.

July 9 Bon Iver / Jenny Lewis

July 16 Black Keys / Human Highway

July 23 M. Ward / Land of Talk

July 30 Sonic Youth / Awesome Color

August 6 Q-Tip / B.o.B.

August 13 Toots and the Maytals / N.A.S.A.

August 20 Iron and Wine / Okkervil River

August 27 Robert Randolph and the Family Band / Black Joe Lewis

Just added some more pics from Escalante, Southern Utah

Hey every body. I have the first round (only 3) of pics from Escalante on my caseyhyer.com photo site.

There are many more come. I'll let you known when I put more up. Let me know if you would like any prints!

Casey.

Happy Birthday Casey!!

Casey turned 31 on May 20th and we had a fun time celebrating.

I know this is a week and a half late but one of the reasons I love Casey so much is that he is understanding and patient so I know he'll forgive me.

He got to party all day at work and after we headed down to American Fork Canyon with a few friends to go climbing. What other way would Casey want to spend his birthday?

I know this is where I'm supposed to list 31 reasons why I love Casey and why he is the best husband in the world but I think that would be a bit too long and too much.

But I will tell you a few reasons why Casey is an amazing person (everyone already knows these anyway).

1. He is one of the most friendly, approachable people I have ever met. He is just like his dad and grandpa in this way and it really is amazing to watch people immediately feel at ease around him. It is truly a gift that I wish I had.

2. You know the saying "heart of gold", well Casey is a true example of having a heart of gold. He really cares about people. He would do anything for not just me or his family but anyone. He is genuinely a really good person.

3. He is passionate about life. He has so many things he's into that there is not a dull moment with him. He can pretty much do anything and if he can't do it, he will learn fast. He is the go to guy to learn about his passions and he loves sharing what he knows with others. He is always learning new things and expanding his interests.

4. He makes life fun! Even if we are just sitting around I know I will be laughing at his goofiness.

5. And very last. . . I know he will make an amazing father. I am so excited to see him in the role of a dad. He takes such good care of me and is always kind, respectful, and fun loving. I know he is going to pass on all his wonderful qualities to baby Amelia.

Alright, 5 isn't too bad right? I love you Casey and I hope you had a great birthday!

May Update

It's been a long time since I've posted instead of Casey. I'm surprised I remember how to do it! Well, the last few months have gone by really fast, here's an update. . .

First, the belly shots:

I'm 32 weeks (2 months to go!) and growing bigger every day. I don't really notice it myself until I see a picture or catch my reflection in a mirror or a widow as I'm walking down the street. It always catches me off guard and I have to do a double take. Is that really me with the huge belly sticking out? weird. . . .

This is me a few weeks ago at 30 weeks.

This was taken today at 32 weeks.

Moving on to our "backyard". We (okay not me personally) tore everything up (deck, concrete, "rock garden", ivy, honeysuckle) and poured new stamped and colored concrete. We got a new grill, big ceramic pots and a few other touches. Casey is in the process of building a pergola. I wasn't thinking and didn't take a before picture and we're not quite ready for the after picture yet, that'll come soon. But Casey has had a lot of fun with the new grill so here's a photo of one of the dinners he made us:

Delicious!

Next up . . . Escalante! We went to Escalante over memorial weekend with my family. I love the dessert and it was an especially beautiful trip. The rain kept everything nice and cool and green. It was perfect.

The storms made the sky look amazing.

It also made the roads really muddy. This is us rallying in a mini van.

This is me barely squeezing through a slot canyon. A few more weeks and I'm sure I would have been stuck.

Doesn't Casey takes the best photos? I'll let him post the truly amazing ones later.

lower Calf Creek

Death Hallow

The steep hike down to Death Hollow. No one died, it was a miracle. Thanks Dave for keeping us calm and safe ;)

Casey getting excited at Devil's Garden. I tried to jump but didn't make it very high.

Alright, and to finish off this enormously long post, I wanted to throw up more photos of Costa Rica from last month. I'm on a roll and who knows the next time I'll post. It could be a while. But than again, I only have one more week of school left!!

We went to a sloth sanctuary and got to observe lots of baby sloths. I wish I had a permanent smile on my face all the time just like them.

Here Casey's just thinking about riding Salsa Brava, no big deal.

Casey, just being cool like usual

This was the sweet beach house we stayed in.

Caden & Mandy's wedding

Here are some highlights from Caden and Mandy's wedding.

Corey's other kid, the much more smiley Sienna.

My dad doing his thing.... chatting it up!

Aubs was pissed every time we tried to take a family photo

Mandy's brothers.

Aubs and her favorite toy, Tuck.

For those of you who don't know, Corey is the original bitter bear face guy.

It's been a while....

Its been two weeks since my little brother got married and I'm too busy to post any pics. I thought I would throw this one up of my sweet wife. I liked it too much to not play with it.

But it was a great wedding. It was good to dress up and go shake 800 hands of people I don't know. No but really, it was a good time and it was good to be around Mandy's fam a little bit.

Just got back from Costa Rica

Hey guys, we just got back from Costa Rica and had an awesome time! Alisa looked hot with her little belly and bikini! And really it was just inspiring and relaxing!

I have been posting more images to my photography blog. Go check them out!! Also let me know if you are interested in buying any. I have already had a much bigger response to them than I thought. And have sold quite a few. I have all of the images printed 20x30 and they look amazing. If you want to check them out let me know.

6 weeks of changing

These are weeks 17-22 of Alisa being prego. We've been photographing Alisa every week in the same spot in our house here in Salt Lake. Things have changed a little bit on the angle of the shot but it is amazing to watch Amelia (our baby) grow.

You can check the weekly photos out at my photo site www.caseyhyer.com/blog/

Its a girl!

We just went to get our ultra sound and found out that we are going to have a girl!!

She should pop in around July 23, and stay with us for about the next 18 years or so, so yeah.....

Fail Blog

I like to start my day with a little laugh. So every morning or afternoon I go to failblog.org and have myself a little chuckle. I hope you all like it.

17 weeks prego

17 weeks along and Alisa is doing great! I just thought I would throw these up for you all.

My wife is beautiful!

Sytematicly increase your strength for climbing

I've had a few people ask for our climbing workouts lately. They are a little bit geeky but check them out if you want.

http://nuclimbing.com/?page_id=30

Slowing down/NuClimbing

Hey guys, I know we haven't been posting a ton lately. We are a little more boring now that we are trying to hatch a kid. Poor Alisa has been sleeping roughly 14 hours a day. But She is showing a little bit and is cuter and sweeter than ever! In all honesty she has been twice as sweet than usually and every thing is great! She is going to be an amazing mom.

On a side note I have been revamping my guide book climbing site. I've got it updated with a Wordpress blog/site and I customized it.

Scott and I have been doing some crazy training for climbing and I'm going to devote a part of the site to training for climbing. I haven't put any of it up yet, but I'll post the workouts soon.