Friday, August 10, 2007

Alaskan Adventure

Tim's grandma and grandpa took their whole family on a cruise to Alaska for Grandma Larsen's 80th birthday. The weather was a little cold, but we all had a great time!Here is our boat. There was a lot to do on it including shuffle board and heated pools, but I think everyone will agree that eating was what we spent most of our time doing.
These are my glacier and waterfall pictures. This is the Mendenhall glacier in Juneau. Tim, Scott, Aubrey, and I went on a hike around the mountain to get a better view of the mountain and we saw a ton of beautiful waterfalls! It was pretty cool.
These are pictures from our train ride in Skagway. We rode on the White Pass & Yukon Railway and even passed the border to get into Canada!

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

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.




Sunday, July 8, 2007

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.