Engagement Pictures!!!

Rob and I just got the CD of 206 engagement pictures back from last Saturday's shoot. SO fun to do, and look at! We feel like a bunch of goofs, but are happy how a lot turned out.

Please ignore the blinding blond hair--I went in for a few highlights the day before, and the girl must have thought I said I wanted to look like a HEADlight...sigh! Oh well, it's not as bright anymore, and--thanks to these ever so timely pictures--my posterity will always think of me as a platinum blond ;)

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Trip to Washington!

I realize it's almost been a month since I last updated this! Oops! Time flies when you're having fun I guess :) I took a trip to the Vancouver, Washington/Portland, Oregon area at the end of September to see where Rob grew up. Beautiful place! It was just a short two day trip, but a lot of fun, and I had a field day trying to photograph it all! Rob also hooked me up with a Dentist friend of his who repaired a chipped filling. Sweet!

Multnomah FallsLook Closely! A lady offered to take a few pictures of us up on the bridge. Can you see us??
There we are!Lots of people offered to take our pictures--this is my favorite from the day :)And another awesome spot we found while troopsing around Oregon!
October has been my month of injuries! Rob and I went Mountain Biking at the Canyons one Saturday (Park City). A picture is worth a 1000 words so I'll summarize it this way:

Before Biking:

Me After Biking:Apparently you shouldn't use your hip as a brake! My 6 inch souveneir of the trip.
The day we got back Washington, my friend picked us up, then had me borrow her car so Rob and I could drive across the city to pick up MY car. As we were caravaning back to our houses, some random cones placed on a turn in the freeway forced Rob to merge into the other lane...where a group of oblivious and laughing teenagers were not paying a bit of attention to him. BOth of them came to a stop to avoid hitting each other, causing me to come to a complete stop behind them.

Unforunately, the lady whipping around the curve behind me didn't catch on to the change, allowing my car to stop her (instead of her breaks). Just a slight fender bender, but according to the chiropractic X-rays, It curved my spine a little. Yikes! Doesn't hurt too bad, but going in about twice a week to get it worked on.....still waiting for my free massage! My sessions have been canceled so far due to the woman being exposed to Swine Flu (!!!)
I've been recovering well from everything though, so no worries! The Bruises are gone, and scrapes nearly healed.

Other than that, we've been having a great time! Saturdays are our favorite, as we get the whole day to take some little adventure. Two of those adventures have been down to Provo, and it's been fun to show Rob my old college stomping grounds! We also have done some sessions in both the Portland & Draper temples--both of them AMAZINGLY gorgeous inside!!!

And what's a camera, without a few candid shots? :)

Brad Paisley & Mountain Splendor!

All Summer, I'd heard about the Brad Paisley/Dierks Bentley concert tour. It was coming to Phoenix!.....but in October, after I'd moved. It was at the Delaware State Fair!......but the day AFTER I was there. When I moved to Utah, I saw it would soon be playing here! And guess who got us tickets to go? We had a great time singing along to the songs & hiding under blankets when it started to rain! It was fun to see Rob laugh at the funny Brad Paisley songs he'd never heard (if you're not familiar with the guy--you tube a few of his songs. He's got quite the sense of humor, poking fun at our society!). The music also gave Rob the itch to go Country Dancing, causing him to spontaneously twirl me a few times, and declare music like that gives him the desires to move clear out to the middle of no where, and bail hay! :)Earlier that day, we tried to catch a tour at the Mt. Timp caves, but opted out of waiting in line for 3 hours. Instead we drove a little further for some great pictures, and exploring-the-woods adventures! I LOVE being out in nature. A fellow teacher this week said Utah "feeds her soul"--and I'd have to agree. This place is beautiful!!

We crossed a fallen tree to get to the other side of a creek, only to find that there was about a 20 foot climb up a 75 degree angled mountain side. Rob opted to shimmy up another fallen tree, while I got on all fours and pulled myself up the side, using roots, and a random rock or two! After trompsing through the woods for a good 15 minutes, Rob had the great idea to just take our shoes off and cross the creek (instead of go wayyyyyyyyy back and slide down the mountain wall, then cross the tree). It was a great idea!! Well......until we stuck our feet in the water! I thought Bear Lake was 10x's colder, but Rob thought it was nearly ice water and couldn't get out of it fast enough! All in all, it was an awesome day--lots of beautiful scenery, great music, and fantstic company! :)