Hometown Honeymoon Sept. 21st-30th, 2008

Sunday, Sept. 21st, we got up early and walked to the Tower out by the College in Blanding where we watched our First Sunrise together then read some of our favorite Scriptures to each other and explained why we picked them. Then we went back home (we have a little home in Blanding) and took a nap, went to Sacrement Meeting then back home to watch a movie. That evening/early afternoon, we drove to the Top of the Mountain to watch the sunset...It was very beautiful!! Mon. Sept. 22nd, On our way to Patio (there in Blanding) we stopped at the Fountain by the Visitors Center for a picture because the night before as we were coming home off the mountian, a song came on the radio called, "Hometown Honeymoon," by Alabama and in it, it says, "...we can't afford Niagra Falls, but there's a fountain by the old Town Hall..."

...Well, the Vistors Center isn't exactly Town Hall, but we decided that the song was definately fitting and is one of "our songs..." Once we got to Patio, we ordered lunch to go then stopped at "The Old Rock Bank" and had lunch by it...

Tues. Sept. 23rd, we drove to Moab, stopped at Wilson's Arch to hike around then went on to Moab...When we got there, we went Bowling then had dinner at Hogi Yogi before we went to a Mona Vie/TEAM meeting where I introduced Daniel to some of my friends...It was FUN!! :-)

Wed. 24th-We stayed at the cabin, Daniel made dinner-Stuffed Bells in the fire-They were REALLY good!! *Note: If you ever try Stuffed Bells in the fire, The Orange ones have the best flavor ;-) ...and 9 minutes in the coals= just right!

This is his "dinner is done" pose...He's such a silly goose!!...a cute one at that!! heehee

Thurs. 25th-We went 4wheeling on a trail called "Camp Jackson," up on Blue Mountain...since Daniel had never been 4wheeling before, I figured we'd "break him in!";-)

...This trail takes you to The Tunnel-which for those who don't know what Tunnel I'm talkin' about, it's a tunnel that goes through the mountain bringing water from Monticello to Blanding...it's part of my heritage. :-)

Friday the 26th-We stayed at the Cabin again...I guess you could say that Battleship is "Our Theme Game..." We played it twice that night, (we even played it over the phone in March just before he went into Basic Training!)...I beat him...Two 'n' 0! :-)

Sat. 27th- Our last night at the cabin, I made Hobbo Dinners...Daniel had never even heard of them!...He likes them now! :-) Here's my "dinner's done" pose...

Sunday the 28th- we went to church in Bluff with my family before we headed out-

and on the way to Grand Junction we stopped at the cabin to drop off a few things and saw a cute little chipmunk on the way...

Who says you can't have a little fun along the way??

LOL, this was our "fun along the way..." 68 miles from Grand Junction...

We enjoyed a beautiful sunset while Daniel changed the tire...

We stayed in the top right room (just under the "el" in Hotel) here at the Grand Vista Hotel!...It is a really nice place!...Since I won the Grand Prize at an Employee work retreat, we won a night in Grand Junction...which included: Dinner at Famous Daves, Breakfast and a night's stay at the Hotel!! It was Gr8!!

Since the Manti LDS Temple has always been one of my favorite Temples (it's where my family was Sealed together for Time and Eternity when I was 4 yrs old..) We stopped and got pictures...

We stopped in Orem to say "hi" to my Cousin Ruthie & Aunt Lu...

Sept. 30th, 8:30 am-"Goodbye" at the SLC Airport

After dropping Daniel off at the Airport, I spent a couple more days with my friend Michelle before heading back to Blanding...Daniel found an apartment a few weeks later and I moved out here (to Virginia), I arrived on the 23rd of October...two days after our 3 week anniversary of not seeing each other and three days after our 1 Month Anniversary...heehee AND four days earlier than he expected!! Yes, we missed each other-that's a given-but don't feel bad/sad for us, because no mater how long we are appart, for whatever reason, the time we have together will ALWAYS be longer!! ;-) ...That's part of the blessing of being together forever!;-)