Monday, August 23, 2010

Family and Friends

I invited my brothers et al to my house for the 24th of July parade and lunch. Well- at least we all made it for lunch- and a stroll around temple square. Just trying to do my part to keep the family connected....


























I finally made it out to see Anya play some v-ball. A tournament. Break block and serve...










A View From the Top

Mostly pictures I took at the top of my hikes this summer. Beautiful is a poor word to describe the scenery. And...I will say I am upset with Blogspot because as of this summer all my pictures look dull when I post them- not the same quality as on my computer or print outs. So I promise the real pictures look much better AND the real thing is of course better than it all.









Lake Catherine




View along Red Pine trail.











This day ended up being a 7 hour hike...

Red Pine Lake



Random shelter up by Devil's Castle in the saddle.






Fossils! Sea fossils on the top of the peak! Crazy. All the things I would miss if it wasn't for Chris. I have learned a lot from hiking with him.













Tetons and Yellowstone


Toward the beginning of the summer Emily and I sat down and made a few plans. This is the result of one of them...



Old Faithful....



The crowd watching Old Faithful



Tetons (ummm...ps- this isn't in order )


More Tetons



More Tetons




Yet more Tetons





And again the Tetons- when you fall in love with something you tend to take a lot of pictures...




Elk- and I am not really zooming in-at all.


My favorite picture of the crazy pair. Thank you for being so great Miss Utt



THE falls












Self Portrait of Emily. Careful of giving your camera for Emily to hold if you ever have to use the bathroom. You never know what you will get. I remember a picture of the rail, the bench, Emily, and a few more things.



Lions and Tigers and Bears! Okay maybe just bears.

Just barely enough room for the two of us =) thank you Anya for the use of your tent. I do plan on buying my own- soon.



Buffalo bones










We weren't walking too far away from this guy. He was HUGE.



At the Lodge- the desk was perfect for Emily. I imagine her out hiking all day and coming home to study at this great desk.





HOT. Bubble bubble bubble.







It looks serene...



Emily jumping into my picture. It would have been so dull without her. She made the shot!














Here is our ode to Idaho- we had to stop on our way to appreciate the largest potato ever.