alpine loop

The snow was a little unexpected and the rain storms had taken most of the leaves, but we enjoyed the beautiful drive. Adios Fall, you had a good run and we're glad you could stay for as long as you did.

lake powell

Drive pictures

"Matt's Rock"

Matt remembers peeing on this rock off the side of the road when he was 3 years old.

Pictures of the Lake

Obstacle course

Tubing

Matt wakeboarding. He is so good at this kind of stuff.

Knee boarding pictures. I've never done it before and I am so glad I got up on my own.

Rainbow Bridge

Cliff jumping

We are so glad we had the chance to go to Lake Powell (Matt's happy place) with Matt's Family. Lake Powell is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been.

get into it!

We went up the road from Vivian park to a bonfire, so I took a picture of the road where Matt proposed to me on January 23, 2009 (picture it a night). The story of the proposal is the very first post of this blog, found here.

Today, Manti, Rach and I hiked the 8.4 mile hike (up and down) to Squaw Peak. There was a lot of singing, sweat, achey feet and a little dancing (referring to the title of this post). It was steeper than I remember, but the view is worth it. Matt is currently sacrificing himself for science (and for me) in Salt Lake. I love-a-love him so much!

billy and angie's wedding

We were excited to take a short trip to Northern California for Bill and Angie's wedding and went up a day early to visit San Francisco again. We pretty much did everything you can do in San Francisco during our last trip, so we had a special place in mind for this trip.  Matt drove the whole way there and the whole way back to Utah. He is the best.

The beautiful drive to San Francisco from Walnut Creek

We visited Golden Gate Park and we were amazed at how huge it was. I haven't seen Central Park in NY (someday) but I think this is what it would look like after visiting Golden Gate Park. With it's massive trees, lakes and rivers; it didn't seem like we were in a city.

We had to stop here...

to get here, a sandwich shop highlighted on the show Man vs. Food show...

to have the chance to eat this: the Kryptonite. Matt is holding only half of it in his huge hands and it was delicious.

Billy and Matt. The wedding was at a beautiful park near the bay and I am mad we didn't take a picture, it had an amazing view of the bay on the drive up. Matt did a great job with the best man toast.