Japan

 

Here are just a few pictures of our many adventures in Japan. It was so much fun and the people were so kind and giving. It was one of the best experiences of my life. Kade and I can't wait 'til our next visit to our friends in Japan!

I love to travel!

Russia #2

Here are the pic's from the second half of our trip. More Russian food, here we are in St. Petersburg - Cathedral of Spilt Blood in St. Petersburg - This is the Temple of Kazan - These are water fountains and Peter the Great's Summer Palace, they are run strictly by gravity still today - More fountains at the Summer Palace the statues you see are pure gold - This is one of the 2 Da Vinci's at the Hermitage Museum, there are only 12 in the world so apparaently its a real treat to see one - Our boat cruise in Sweden - This is just a pretty building in Sweden - I love mentos and other countries have rad flavors!

Finally...RUSSIA

So everyone can get off my back now cuz here are some pic's from our trip to Russia, Denmark, and Sweden. This is just the first half of the trip, we took so many pic's so it was hard to narrow it down. I will make another post with the rest. Ok, now for some explinations. Starting top left to right... Russian "rubles", their $$$$ - The Christus in Copenhagen Denmark. It is the plaster model, the first Christus statue ever made!!! The church actually bought the rights for this exact statue, that's why you seen it in all the temple visitor centers. - Cathedral of St. Basil, I think this is like one of the 7 world wonders or something, I don't know I just know that it is really famous! - This is another building/cathedral on Red Square, this is also the place where we saw Lenin's actual body, it was kinda creepy. - Russian food, it was edible - This is me and another lady from our group with some kids from the school for deaf and blind we visited, it was awesome to be able to help them but it was hard to see - These next 2 pic's are from a monestary enclosure. The women have to wear scarves over their heads the entire time you are in the monestary. The tower in the first picture was built by Catherine the great in the 1500's and the building in the second pic was built in the 1400's! Crazy! - The sleeper train. Oh my, what an experience that was, let me just say I am glad I came home free of disease. Sorry to bore you with all these details. Needless to say it was an incredible experience.

America the Beautiful

Well, after traveling to so many different countries it really makes you appreciate the land of the free and the home of the brave. Our trips were awesome and we had some incredible experiences...but at the end of the day I am very proud (and grateful) to be an American. Things have been crazy since we have returned but I promise some pictures in the near future!

Bye bye St. George...Hello WORLD!

Well, as many of you know, Kade and I are leaving for our Russia trip tomorrow. I am way excited! So I just wanted to let you know that I probably won't have a new blog for like 2 weeks and thats why. When we get back from Russia we are home for a week and then we head to Japan, where Kade went on his mission. Needless to say we have a crazy summer planned, but it should be really fun! Goodbye everyone! I love you and I'll miss you!:)

Angels Landing

If you haven't ever hiked Angels Landing in Zion then you are missing out on an awesome experience! We hiked it a couple weeks ago with our good firneds Pascal and Suzanna and Matt and Ashley. The hike is very long and quite strenuous but once you get to the top and see those amazing mountains and canyons you realize that it was all worth it! I must say if you have a fear of heights at all, then this probably isn't the hike for you. While hiking the last leg of the trip there are just narrow strips of rock to walk on with like 1000' drop offs on either side. When we went we didn't bring enough water so while we were going up this last scary part I got really dehydrated and passed out. Luckily we got an area where they could lay me down and no one got hurt but Kade was a nervous wreck the entire rest of the hike.