P90X

SOOOO, we are now P90X people! Just this week and we are incredibly sore, but Robert is going to have biceps like Arnold...

...and I'll have the beach body of Courtney Love...just sayin! I'll keep you posted...all 2 blog viewers =)

The Wild West

**WARNING** 384 pictures were taken on this trip, we only posted 17...You're Welcome!!!

Lots of the stuff we did on our summer adventure out west...

Robert & I conquered Ensign's Peak! =)


We checked out Kennecott Copper Mine...

visited the Heritage Pioneer Park (or whatever it is called)

The Christus in the North Visitor's Center at Temple Square

the gardens at Temple Square are beautiful!








A cute couple took our picture in front of the Salt Lake Temple
What a fantastic structure! Definitely the highlight of Salt Lake for me

After Salt Lake City we drove the rental car to Jackson Hole, WY. This was an incredible drive...the mountains, snow still on the mountains. The beauty of the West is breath-taking!

We had to stop and play in the snow and check out the view...I was changing from flip flops to tennis shoes...haha!

We went to a few shops that night and ate at a delicious restaurant.
Robert had the Elk Chops while I enjoyed the Trout. Yummy!

The next morning was rainy and freezing cold. We were not prepared for the weather at all. I only packed a thin fleece jacket and Robert had a long-sleeve t-shirt, so we spent the early part of the morning finding rain gear and sweaters! We ventured out in the rain (during a short break in the weather) and went horseback riding. I have always wanted to go horseback riding out west... It was everything I had hoped for...well, except for wearing rain gear. But the sky cleared up and we rode up the mountain and had a perfect view of the valley and the Snake River below.

Next was Robert's big thing for the trip, White Water Rafting in the Snake River. Did I mention it was cold & rainy?? Yeah, about that...so the water was super high and moving too fast for me, but that was not enough to convince the ol' husband of the dangers...so off we went to conquer the river! Thankfully we had wet suits, fleece jackets, "splash gear" and booties to keep us cozy...As soon as I got on the river I was alert and ready to paddle this raft like a little viking and paddle we did! the rapids were very strong in some areas, but because of the high water some didn't exist. To spite the rain, ice, wind, thunder and freezing temperature we successfully conquered the river without even flipping (unlike some of our fellow rafters). I'm glad Robert insisted because that was a big highlight of our trip. (We only have hard copies of these pictures and are yet to scan them)

The following day we were off to Yellowstone where we saw tons of buffalo and mule dear, a few grizzly bears, big horn sheep and who knows what else...but no elk :( North Yellowstone was my favorite, the mountains and wildlife are just beautiful. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't want to live is those temperatures, but beyond beautiful for sure!

We couldn't believe how close we were able to get to the animals

We were clearly in their territory...

Old Faithful was a must see...once. Being the brat that I am, we waited entirely too long for nature to do it's thing...I was entirely too cold and hungry, which made the wait even more dreadful... I'M JUST SAYIN'!

We flew home Monday and we were so ready! This vacation was fabulous and we have sooo many wonderful memories, BUT there's no place quite like home! I've never seen Robert as happy as he was when we stepped off the plane at the Atlanta Airport and the humidity nearly knocked him over! We are definitely southern folks!

This was taken near the West Entrance of Yellowstone. It was the only sunset we saw during our entire vacation. We were so exhausted (lame), by the 8pm we were out cold! But what a beautiful sunset it was =)