4 Month Anniversary

It's our 4-month Anniversary and we have more wedding photos. Yeah!

Thanksgiving in Utah

Not only was it Thanksgiving but it was a major family get together. We decided to celebrate my mom's birthday which was actually in August (something else took most people's attention from her birthday...sorry!). Garrett was happy with the turkey, corn puddin', chess cake, birthday cake, and of course football. You'll be happy to know VT and BYU both won.

You Know Its Fall When There Is Football!

Garrett and I went to our first football game together - Army vs. VMI. Located at West Point, NY made it an easy commute to see a Virginia team play. Fortunately it wasn't that competitive so when we cheered for VMI, I didn't fear for our safety. All in all we cheered for good plays and groaned for the sad plays. Two things I learned...1)VMI does not pass (total of 5 tries with 2 completions) and 2) cadets are required to go to games and do push-ups when Army scores. A pretty fun event over all.

At half time they brought out a 100-yard flag - so cool! That was the largest flag I've ever seen.

In the end Army won. Go Army!

Graveyards - What fun!

While in Vermont, we toured Ben & Jerry's. It was so much fun especially the Flavor Graveyard. Garrett thinks I'm weird for liking graveyards, but he liked this one too. :) These are some of out favorite headstones...

Vermont - Joseph Smith's Birthplace

On our way home from Vermont, we stopped by Joseph Smith's birthplace. I didn't realize that he was born in Vermont and then the family moved to New York. We arrived in time to watch the movie about his life.

It is so moving to remember what an amazing man he was and how the Lord blesses and loves us through so many great trials. I know that Joseph Smith was a Prophet and has restored the loving gospel so that we can live with our Heavenly Father and our family for eternity.

More Vermont

At the Cabot Cheese store they had this fun cow. I think it's made for children, but we're children at heart!

I'm mooing!

Happy cows are in VT.
This is why I thought it was made more for children or those under 4 ft.

The High Line

The High Line is a former railroad track in New York that was changed into a walking path recently. It's located in New York's Meat Packing District (more of a night club & cool restaurant area now) and fairly close to our church. Garrett & I took a Sunday stroll along it between General Conference Sessions, and it's beautiful!

Here's more cool info from their website (http://www.thehighline.org/):

The High Line was built in the 1930s, as part of a massive public-private infrastructure project called the West Side Improvement. It lifted freight traffic 30 feet in the air, removing dangerous trains from the streets of Manhattan's largest industrial district. No trains have run on the High Line since 1980. Friends of the High Line, a community-based non-profit group, formed in 1999 when the historic structure was under threat of demolition. Friends of the High Line works in partnership with the City of New York to preserve and maintain the structure as an elevated public park.

The project gained the City's support in 2002. The High Line south of 30th Street was donated to the City by CSX Transportation Inc. in 2005. The design team of landscape architects James Corner Field Operations, with architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro, created the High Line's public landscape with guidance from a diverse community of High Line supporters. Construction on the park began in 2006. The first section, from Gansevoort Street to 20th Street, is projected to open in June 2009.