Thursday, August 13, 2009

Mormons, Mountains & Ministry

Last weekend, after a ridiculous flight, we spent a few days in Utah. Cody was invited to speak at a youth event for groups from Utah & Idaho. We were so blessed to see many students begin a relationship with Christ in an area that is not our usual "bible belt" event. We spent the days riding all around Salt Lake City & taking in all the sights. The weather was beautiful!!
The Capital Building
We went to Kennecott Canyon Copper Mine which is 2-3/4 miles across & 3/4 of a mile deep & can be seen by space shuttle astronauts when the pass over the US. The trucks look tiny but, obviously, the tires are huge.
The actual copper canyon
We couldn't go to Salt Lake & not visit the Mormon Temple. It was very interesting & impressive. We saw I don't know like 15 weddings at 1:30 on a Friday afternoon. Below is one of the beautiful gardens at the temple.

We never seem to choose the right shoes. It always seems that we go for a ride & then end up taking some crazy walk or hike. This trip was no exception. Rainbows & Havaianas come to the rescue!!
The view was worth it!
Antelope Island State Park was beautiful. We drove around for hours taking in the amazing scenery. I love the sunflower...
One of the many bison we saw at Antelope Island...
Yep, never seen that before...

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

A day off...

I'm taking the day off. Cody has been so busy putting his fall schedule together & I've been busy raising 4 children (that aren't mine) & running a household (also not mine) so we both decided to take today off. What to do, what to do? Looks like we are going to Ikea, for the first time, & then hanging by the pool, oh yeah! I can't wait to download all our beautiful pics from our last trip. We had a great time ministering to students from Idaho & Utah & saw many begin a relationship with the Savior! They were hungry for truth & it was such an honor to be the ones to share it. Have a happy day! :)