Atlanta, GA

We went to downtown Atlanta and saw the new "World of Coke" museum and the Olympic Fountain. The fountains were fun because -as you can see- there were so many little kids playing in it...including my husband!

This Dam Place

Tim, Aubrey, Allison (Aubrey's friend), and I went to see this really old dam in a river that emptys into the Chattahoochie. It is so huge and pretty, but it was a really humid hike.

Puppy Chow

I am a volunteer dog walker here in Atlanta. I like it, but sometimes it gets tough. I walked one dog who just decided she didn't want to walk anymore, so she just sat down in the middle of the road...for about 30 minutes! She was too big to carry very far, so I got her out of the street and took turns pushing her, pulling her, and carrying her home. It was really a bad experience. I've stopped walking big dogs.
This time I walked a very ugly, hyper medium-sized dog. She is good around humans, but hates big dogs. When I got back from the walk, I had to put her outside in a cage, but the other dogs out there made her mad. Baily (the dog) growled and barked at this other dog, so as I pulled her leash, she bit my leg! It swelled up so huge. This is my leg two days later. Maybe I should stick to the little puppies.

Nauvoo!

The whole Larsen family travelled to Nauvoo for cousin Sarah's wedding. It was a LOT of driving (30 hours in 4 days), but it was awesome! Sarah and Nick had a beautiful wedding and I enjoyed seeing all of the sites.

The beautiful new temple!
Looks like an engagement picutre, right? Well, I just thought the flowers were pretty
The Red Brick Store. A lot of significant things happened upstairs here. Unfortunately, the Reorganized church-or Community of Christ- ownes it now.
Me being a pioneer cook with a brick oven

See, I'm not so far from home

On our way to Charleston, we found a town called St. George, South Carolina. It was one of the most ghetto cities, but had a nice sign...and friendly people.

Georgia So Far...

On the train, The General, at Marietta Square
"The Big Chicken" is a landmark around here.

Charleston, South Carolina

Tim and I drove up to Charleston, South Carolina one weekend. We had a blast looking at old antebellum houses and the bay, but the best part was Kayaking! We rented a two seater kayak and went around this bird preservation island in it. At one point I saw a grey fin out of the water and I freaked out because I thought it was a shark, but turns out it was a dolphin! We saw about 8 wild dolphins swimming so close to us! Unfortunately, I didn't take my camera because I didn't want to drop it in the water, but it was amazing!

Cross Country Road Trip

I think this is Missouri??
St. Louis
Tim in a train
Me at the Carnton Plantation in Franklin, TN.

This house was a hospital in the Battle of Franklin in the Civil War.

It is the house in "Widow of the South" the new book.

Me at the Lotz House in Franklin, TN

The Lotz house was in the middle of the bloodiest one day battle in the Civil War.

(In case you don't know, my maiden name is Lotz)

Blogging

I'm going to try this blogging thing out. I know it's boring because we don't have any kids or anything, but at least you'll be able to see pictures of our life!