THE THOMSENS: UINTAHS AND MIRROR LAKE

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

UINTAHS AND MIRROR LAKE

The past couple of weekends we have spent up in the Uintahs. We had to get up there as many times as we could before they close it for the winter. It is one of our favorite places to go.. obviously. The most recent time being up there, my parents and my cute neice presley met us up there for tinfoil dinners. It was freezing, so we were creative when it came to keeping her warm.. as you will notice in the pictures.

Here is one of our ingenious ways of keeping her warm. Grandpas warm fleece blanket and baseball cap. This picture was so cute, I couldn't resist putting it up. Presley was so excited when we caught our one and only fish this trip, and she was completely intrigued with the fire. She was a good sport even though it was freezing and she had to use the scary potties.:)

Here is Presley and Grandpa with the only fish we caught this trip. I know, it's a lunker.

Presley with Grammy and Papa Cochran right before we ate our yummy tinfoil dinners.

The weekend before we were much more successul with our fishing. We were lucky to go up with Jeffs dad, Leo, our cute nephew Carson. This is one of the fish that Carson caught. We kept "uncle Jeff" busy getting all of our fish off our hooks for us. Cars and I both agree that those fish are way too slimy and icky to touch. We leave it to Jeff, and he is definatly a pro now.

This would have to be close to record size as far as fish go. This one was a fatty, I couldn't even fit my hands around it. It fought and tugged the whole way in. And yes, believe it, I am actually holding and touching a real live slippery gross sticky gooey fish. As you can see I'm absolutly disgusted by the look on my face. aka "Hurry and take the picture so we can throw this thing back in the water." Baby steps is what I keep telling myself. One day I just might take my own fish off my hook.

This was Jeff's biggest of the trip. We seemed to reel in some decent sized ones this trip. It was lots of fun.

Here are the boys, aren't they cute. It was fun to have Carson and grandpa along. Carson would get so excited everytime he had one on. That's what made it so much fun. He's quite the fisherman. Thanks for the fun day guys!

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Bryce Canyon

Jeff took me to Bryce Canyon for the first time in May. I loved it there. This was actally the second stop in the destination. We first were in Zions, where we hiked Angels Landing. Jeff had done it before, but I hadn't. Its two and a half miles up. The first two are just normal switchbacks and hiking, but the last half mile scared the pants right off me. You basically hold on to a chain and its cliff drop offs on both sides. I still can't believe I did it, but would do it again in a heartbeat. It was so much fun. We camped over night in Zions, and ate at this place called Blondie's. If you are ever there, you have to stop. She cooks it right out of her house. Literal home cooking, but it was awesome. Then next day we headed to Bryce. This picure is of us on the Navajo trail. It was one of the most amazing places I have ever seen, and Jeff and i picked up a new favorite quote there. "it's a hell of a place to lose a cow" It was a good little weekend getaway, and now we are National Park season pass holders, so we are planning to go a few more times this summer.

Engagement Pics

Jeff and I were engaged September 9, 2007. His family had rented out my uncles cabins in Wayne County. We were headed down for the weekend, and I had no clue that Jeff was planning on proposing that weekend. He had been there with me and my family before, and we had scoped out some pretty sweet places. One of our favorite spots is called pride rock, because it looks like the rock on the Lion King. The second day we were there, Jeff randomly grabbed me to go for a four wheeler ride. He seemed kind of nervous, and before I knew it, we were flying up the dirt road. He was driving super fast, the kind of fast where your cheecks are flapping in the wind. He was acting nervous and was fast with his words. We ended up at Pride Rock that has a 360 overlook, its got a really amazing view. He was showing me this geo cache box that he and his brother had found earlier that day. As I was reading what his brother wrote in the little notebook from the geo cache box, when he asked me to give him the notebook. I continued to rummage through all the crap in the geo cache box. He then handed the notebook back and told me to read what he wrote. In scrambled handwriting it read, "Will you Marry Me". I turned around and he was on his knees, yes both knees, shaking with a ring in his hand. I was completely shocked. He then proceeded with shaking hands and voice to ask me if i would marry him. So I said yes, he gave me a dozen roses that his family had strategically placed up there, and that was it. Two months later exactly to the date, we were married.

Our Wedding

Jeff and I were married on November 9th. It was a perfect 65 degrees on our wedding day. Everything turned out perfect. We were married in the Salt Lake Temple at 9:40 in the morning. We then headed to a lunchean in Saratoga Springs, and also a reception that night. It was a long and tiring day, but everything turned out absolutly perfect. The line was a million miles long at our wedding, but ended perfectly at 8:30just as we had hoped. As we headed out from the reception, Jeff realized he forgot shoes besides the ones that he wore with his tux. So before we headed up to midway to stay at the Zermatt, we found one of the few places open (Target), and picked him up a new pair of boots. We referred to them as his "moon boots". It was quite the adventure, and something we still laugh about.