Happy Anniversary

Today we celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary!

We can't believe it has already been eight years since we were sealed for time and all eternity in the Salt Lake LDS temple......I guess it is true that "time flies when you are having FUN!" We normally try and take some kind of trip for our anniversary - before kids this had included the Bahamas, Europe, Caribbean cruises and an East Coast road trip. Now with a kid/kids in the mix - we have settled for more local things (Park City last year, Yellowstone this year) with kid/kids in tow. We have decided for our 10th anniversary our "trip" will NOT INCLUDE KIDS...and we will go somewhere for us ;)

For our anniversary dinner this year Dustin got reservations at Tiburon Grill in Sandy - the food was EXCELLENT! Thankfully Grandpa Gray was more than willing to watch Zach so we could enjoy an "adult" dinner. Some shots of us enjoying dinner (Jen eating Fillet Mignon and Dustin eating Elk):

Of course Dustin always sends Jen flowers to work on our anniversary. This year Dustin mixed things up a bit and designed his own arrangement - with the main goal of having a new type of vase.

He also had a balloon and chocolates delivered. When the main lobby at work called Jen to inform her a delivery was made the lady said Dustin covered all the bases - Flowers, balloon AND chocolates!

It is true the longer you are married the less important "gifts" become.....you just realize you would rather spent time with each other....

Family trip to Yellowstone

Road Trip!!!!

 

Jen and I have been talking about taking Zach to Yellowstone for a few months.. We figured we would hit the park at the end of the season to avoid the large crowds and hopefully see some cool animals along the way!  :-)

 

 

Our first stop on the way to Yellowstone was at Bear World near Rexburg

Zach loved this bear statue.. he kept saying "ROAR"

 

This goat kept following Dustin around trying to eat his shoelaces. Funny!

 

Jen and Zach found a nice deer to pet in the park.. yes a deer!

Dustin and Zach had a blast on the carnival rides

Yes there were a lot of bears there too of course. Over 40 in fact!

When we arrived in Yellowstone it was like a different world.. It was snowing!

The truck was freezing cold.. but that didn't phase us, we were ready to drive through Yellowstone!

Our first animal encounter in the park.. only 10m into the trip!

Too bad Zach was already out.. too many warm blankets and cuddly stuff I guess ;-)

Jen and I saw lots of cool things while Zach slept.. 

We even saw a Coyote!

Dustin and Zach next to some cool steaming pools

Time for some mid trip refreshment.. window ice!!!   hah hah

Zach and Jen next to Old Faithful

Zach playing in the snow

Ice crystals on some weeds.. with hot pools behind.

Our first view of the Tetons.. Pretty amazing.. but lots of clouds covering the peaks

Another cool view of the Tetons

Zach and Jen were having fun chasing Daddy around

 

We looked everywhere for a Moose and finally saw one in Jackson Hole where we stopped for lunch! And we were able to pet this one too!  :-)



 

The full set of pictures we took on our trip through Yellowstone are now online!

Check them out at: http://graywaves.smugmug.com/2009/October

Fall festivties

It is that time of year again....FALL! One of our favorite parts of Fall is the changing of the leaves, the slightly cooler air, and of course Cornbelly's!

Cornbelly's is the Fall festival that is put on at Thanksgiving Point by our house. They have lots of activities for kids, a corn maze, haunted corn maze (at night), pig races, hay rides, pumpkin blasters, yummy food...we could go on and on. We hit it up this afternoon with Zach and Jody in tow. It was a bit chilly and the weather kept looking like it was going to rain on us - but we still enjoyed ourselves. We enjoyed ourselves so much that when we finally decided to leave (not because we had done everything, just because the weather was looking even scarier) we had been there for THREE HOURS!

Some highlights:

We had such a great time!