Musings of a Redhead

Thursday, October 16, 2008

utah day 4: blessing day!

Finally the reason for our trip--Asher's Blessing! We decided to bless Asher in Utah because we have so much family there and the family that doesn't live there, can get to Utah much easier than NC. Jared's Uncle Scott and Aunt Angelle were gracious enough to let us have the blessing in their home. Sadly, it was a rainy, cloudy, cold day, so we didn't get to take pictures outside. Hence, we didn't get great pictures. In fact, I am going to squeeze Asher back into his blessing outfit and take some pictures of him.

Family Picture

I'm sad this was the best picture of us with Asher. I wish we had taken the time to get a better one.

Asher was cuddled by lots of family.

Asher and his Great-Grandma Carla from Minnesota.

Four Generations-- My dad, my dad's mom, Asher and me

Asher and Great-Grandpa George

Asher and Great-Grandma Teddy

Another four generations-- Grandma Teddy, Grandpa George, Asher, me, my mom

Asher with Aunt "Jello" (Jared's Aunt Angelle)

Asher gets a smooch from Grandma Sue

Asher was being wiggly with Aunt Lauren

And very chill with Aunt Hilary

We were also lucky to have some of my wonderful college friends come!

Rachel is married to Jared's cousin and had her baby Caden the same day as Asher. In fact, they were born just 40 minutes apart! Rachel and Spencer surprised everyone and drove from Colorado for the weekend!

Of course we had to get the boys to pose for some photos.

Asher got more cuddles from 'Auntie' Jennifer and 'Auntie' Liz

All in all, it was a lovely day! Thank you to everyone who came!!!

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

utah day 3: sue's wedding

Friday night, my beautiful mother-in-law, Sue, exchanged vows with her handsome Mike. It was a fun and casual wedding at a park in Provo Canyon. We are so happy for these two and were so glad that we got to share in their special day!

These are just a few pics I snapped of the occasion:

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

utah day 3: american fork canyon

After the copper mine, we headed south to Provo, picked up Hilary at BYU and grabbed some delish grub at Cafe Rio. Mmm mmm good! Man, I love that stuff. Anyway... they we went back North to American Fork Canyon where we met Jared and the kids. The plan was to hike up to Timpanogus Cave, but we ended up not having enough time AND there were no tickets left. So we just hiked part way up and then came back down. What a gorgeous time to be in the Utah mountains! Get ready for a whole lotta photos!

The reason we were on a time limit was that Jared's mom was getting married that night in Provo canyon. We were already in American Fork canyon so we drove the Alpine Loop into Provo Canyon. It was gorgeous! The rest of the photos are from stopping on the side of the road at various points along the way. If you want to see more, click on any of the photos and it will take you to my picassa album.

Monday, October 13, 2008

utah day 3: copper mine

Next up on our West side drive of Salt Lake valley, we went up to the Kennecott Copper Mine. I hadn't been there since I was kid. Man, it is huge! The photos do not due it justice--it must be experienced.

I couldn't resist zooming in on the pretty leaves on the unmined part of the mountain.

Now I will try to give some perspective to just how huge this mine is.
These are the trucks that carry the mined material up and down the mine. This is a zoomed in photo.

And here is an even closer view of one of the trucks.

This is one of the tires that goes on those trucks

They are 12 1/2 feet high and weigh over 10,000 pounds!
Here is Edna standing next to it.

Crazy, huh?! Those trucks are HUGE!!! And yet, they appear to be specks when looking down into the mine.

And you can't even see the bottom of the mine. It's kinda mind blowing.

utah day 3: great salt lake

Friday morning Asher and I headed off with my parents and Lauren to show Cousin Edna the Great Salt Lake. I had actually never been to this spot. It was pretty far West on I-80.