Anniversary Trip: Grand Teton & Jackson Hole, WY

For our anniversary weekend, we also went to Grand Teton National Park and spent the night in Jackson Hole, WY

David drooling over the sailboats.

We spent a night in Jackson Hole, WY

Our home for the night...

Jackson Hole has such a cute downtown.

Delicous Breakfast!

The second day,we rented a canoe and explored the breathtaking Jenny Lake. 

Beautiful Grand Tetons

Then we drove home on our actual anniversary. Since we didn't save the top of our wedding cake - well, we saved it one day and then ate it before leaving for our honeymoon - I decided to recreate it.

I made one layer of funfetti and one layer of strawberry cake and topped it with buttercream frosting.  I have to say that it was delicious and I think tasted much better than a 1 year old frozen cake!

We had a fabulous first year and I can't wait for many, many more!

Our Anniversary Trip: Yellowstone

This August 29th marked the first anniversary of our marriage. To celebrate a fabulous year as husband and wife, we spent a long weekend in Yellowstone, Grand Tetons National Park, and Jackson Hole,WY.

It was great to visit these places that I'd heard of since childhood.  One thing I love about living out west is the unlimited number of weekend trips, so many of which are a short 4 hour drive away - like this one.


Yellowstone National Park was beautiful. I'd love to go back again for some of the great hikes, but there is so much you can see just by driving through.

What they gave us at the entrance...

Got to love the imagery

Steam coming up from the earth.  A large portion of Yellowstone NP sits atop a caldera, or a cauldron-like volcanic feature usually formed by the collapse of land following a volcanic eruption. It's what makes Yellowstone so incredible, housing half of earth's geothermal features in this one place. 

At Artist's Point

Incredible

Ofcourse, we had to see Yellowstone's most famous geyser...
 Old Faithful

Literally boiling from the earth

Beautiful hydrothermal hot springs

And great wildlife too.

Yellowstone Lake

Cat Comes to Visit

My best friend/cousin/twin, Catherine, came to visit me in Utah for the first time this summer. We had a great time filling our days with hiking, shopping, laying out, eating, ect.  I tried really hard to convince her to move here, but think I have my work cut out for me due to her exciting life in NYC.


Here are some of our adventures...

At the Farmer's Market

At Temple Square

At our yummy breakfast at Silver Fork

View from Breakfast

Cat and Peyton's First Hike!

Laying by the pool in SLC

Alpine slide in Park City

Tennessee Football

David and I got the chance to travel back to Knoxville, TN for the Tennessee vs. Oregon football game.  We stayed with his parents in Oak Ridge and spent most of the weekend in Knoxville catching up with old friends.  A group of people from David's medical school class decided to make it a reunion so we were happy to be able to see so many friends in such a short amount of time.  For all of you med school friends who weren't able to make it this year, we've decided to make it a yearly reunion.  Manny's going to work on getting a group of tickets from the alumni office so hopefully we'll get to catch up annually for years to come.

David and I before the game.

Love, love, love the cowboy boots that he gave me for my birthday :)

Representing the UT Medical School Class of 2009

We also got to see Jace and Lori!

Hopefully we'll see them again soon as they are planning a ski trip for this winter.

Good Times

Incredible Neyland Stadium

Sad after TN's poor performance

David and I flew into Nashville, so on Sunday my parents and niece were able to meet us for lunch before taking us to the airport.  After some yummy southern food and visiting with the family, we flew back to Utah looking forward to next year's game/ reunion.

 

Mountain Adventures

We've spent a lot of our summer in the mountains.  They are so beautiful, it is just too hard to stay away.  Here are a few of our adventures...

Millcreek Canyon

Snowbird Resort

In Park City

And the most recent, Guardsmans Pass.  

The mountains are beautiful this fall.  The leaves are changing colors and the weather is so very enjoyable. 

David and Peyton