Camping with Reed

This weekends trip we attempted to go up to thousand springs valley by the Teton mountains, but due to a road being closed we were only able to get within a mile of the valley. So we found a nice remote campground and were able to witness the seasons first snow. Liz's brother Reed and his son Tyler were able to go with us, and no we did not buy a truck that is Reed's. Here are some pictures:

We got in a fight..

And I won! Well actually what happened was that Ryan was tickling me and I kneed him in the face.. It was an accident- Promise! Don't worry no broken teeth just a little bit of lip went missing.. he will be fine in no time. Lesson- do not tickle someone who doesn't like it.

This Weekends Getaway: Island Park

This weekend we went to Island Park with my grandparents and Joyce and Kay (my great aunt and uncle). We had a great time there, most of which was spent driving around on an old honda motorcycle. Here are some pics:

A New Obsession!

Okay, maybe not an obsession, but defiantly a new hobby. For the last two years I have been trying to get into a ceramics or a welding class. I just wanted to build things, and thought that I ought to take advantage of the great labs that the college has. This semester I was finally able to get into a class after almost begging the teacher to let a non-art major into his class.

Yesterday I searched the internet for ideas and found several that I really liked, and a few I thought I could reproduce. I really like modern art, and according to HGTV I am a modern antique art lover. Liz however likes classic art and decor. Sadly she thought most of the pots and art I looked at were too trendy.

Today we made our first pinched pot, and were supposed to bring a photo of something we wanted to simulate. I brought this one, but found out that it is a lot harder than I thought to make something not round. I'll post a finished product when it is completed.

Camping at Teardrop Lake

Isn't it beautiful?
Here are the tents 3 family tents (Ryan and I where the only ones without a bouncing baby in our tent), 1 boy tent (3 singles and 1 without a wife present) and 1 crazy kid slept under the stars.
Teardrop Lake is in Targee National Forest.
Our friend Rocky rented a canoe from the school. It was really cold, in the morning but it was worth it!

On a side note Ryan started this post but I finished it. So all the text comes from Liz. That's why it sound's more girly.. :)

Elizabeth

Just some Pictures. Enjoy.

Our Little Box

Ryan and I lived in a 2 bedroom 2 bathroom 900 sq foot apartment this summer and now we live in a 350 sq feet studio apartment. My family has been teasing me about how my parent's garage is 500 sq feet. So here is our box.





(Jeffrey see it's not made out of cardboard). We like it, it's cozy. I want to make curtain's for the closet because it is not very nice to look at and it has no doors.

Rest of the Trip Home

Some more pictures. Enjoy:



Liz's grandparents enjoying ice cream.



A view from Georgetown, CO. After going through a cool museum we shopped, and while granddad and I were waiting for our respective spouses to finish I took this picture of the mountain.



We got stuck in Hoback Jct. (almost to the Idaho border in WY) because of this mudslide. It burried the road in around four feet of mud, rocks, and even a few trees. We got through after the cleared some of it with a snow plow (I guess there are reasons to use one in the summer...) but then it rained again and they closed the road behind us. We were lucky to get through when we did.



Me after being stuck in a car for about 12 hours.

Trip Home Pitstop: Nauvoo

On the way home from Wisconsin to Idaho, we stopped in Nauvoo, IL to see some of the old historical sites. For those that are not LDS (Mormon), Nauvoo was one of the first cities that members of our church settled before they went to Utah in the 1840's. Here are some pictures:



This is the Nauvoo temple. It was originally built in the 1840's.



This is the old newspaper printing building. We learned how to use a printing press, and played with an antique press.




This is a reproduction (rebuilt from the foundation) of one of the old bakeries. They make excellent gingerbread cookies.

Nauvoo Continued

This is the Mansion House. I think that it was the largest house in Nauvoo at the time when it was built. It was used as a home, hotel, and meeting place.



Those of y'all that know me really well know that I love moss, so I had to get a picture of this original well. It's really cool that some things survived the years and are still in usable conditions.



This was a cool old pump rebuilt on an original well.




Another view of the Temple from a little cafe across the street.



This is a replica of a typical wagon that the pioneers would have used in their exodus from Nauvoo to Utah.



This is the Carthage Jail, were Joseph and Hyrum Smith were martyred.

Botanical Garden in Denver

On the way home we also stopped in Denver to see Liz's grandparents (mother's side). While there they asked where we wanted to site see, and I chose to visit the gardens. It was expensive, but well worth it. The first two are plants that I remember from the Philippines, and the last are just a few of the beautiful scenes found in the gardens.