Thursday, August 18, 2011

Glacier, Montana.... and Canada, Eh?

About a week ago my family and I went on an amazing trip to Glacier, Montana and Waterton, Canada!! It is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been!! We did lots of hiking, fishing and saw some beautiful sights!!
This was our first stop; Goat Lick :) Not entirely sure why... I didn't see any goats!!
This was a short little hike off the road; yet it was probably one of our favorite spots!
The fall was so Beautiful; and it's one of the only falls of it's kind!
I would probably say all the hike's were my favorite. I really liked the hike- Virginia Falls and Mary Falls.
You hiked along a river and saw about four hikes until you got to the top; one of the largest Falls.
More Falls along Virginia and Mary Falls!! They are all so gorgeous!!
After hiking, we tried out our luck in fishing... not so good- but it gave me good fly fishing practice!
But we did have a cute deer come out to us and become our friend!!
We made it to CANADA!! Mine and my sisters first visit there! :)
Canada is gorgeous and Waterton is the cutest city ever!
This is our hike to Avalanche Lake! The entire hike was like
you were in an enchanted forest! At the end we had a little fun
doing some jumping shots!!
Apikuni Falls!! Where my parents went on a nice little adventure and
doubled the length of their hike!
I miss our little cabin we stayed at and the beautiful scenery and the cute
Alpacas that lived on the ranch!

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Wo Ai Nimen!!!

This summer I had one of the best weeks ever!! I had to chance to spend a week with two of the cutest girls from China!! I felt like I had gone back home :)
Tina and Cindy came with about 40 other students from a school in Beijing! 
We packed our week full of activities!! We took them to try mini golf!!
We went to the Ogden Rodeo, which was a blast!! Cindy takes horse riding lessons and is in love with horses!
We took them up the canyon to our cabin; I love seeing how excited they get over things we see everyday!
They loved getting to sit and relax; something Chinese students
don't get to experience very often!
One of their favorite things they did while in America was roast
hot dogs and marshmallows!! :)
We used the HUGE marshmallows as well and made a pretty big mess :)
Tina Loved everyone :) She especially loved Kathy and got
excited every time she came over!!


We went to the Paris Ice Caves; which was a blast... but FREEZING! :)
We obviously didn't dress well enough for it!!
This was probably my favorite moment of the entire week!!
We went to Bloomington Lake, which is FREEZING cold, and has
a fun rope swing! Brian and I told Tina if she went in we would. so she jumped
up grabbed a hold of the rope and went right in!!



Which meant I had to go in... it was definitely worth it!
Cindy had no intentions of going in, but decided
she didn't want to miss out on the fun! :)

We went to Lagoon with all the students and Michelle came with too
it was a blast! It was fun to see them experience for the first time after
I had been there soo many times!!
Me Tina and her best friend Kristal!


Soaking wet after Rattle Snake Rapids!! They Loved the wet rides!!

In Line for the Rocket!!


Out at the Great Salt Lake; They were in Love with the Sunset!!
Cindy's Birthday was the week after she left; so we decided to
throw her a birthday party!!
The next morning they asked if they could have cake and ice cream for breakfast :)

I Love these girls SO MUCH; this was such a great experience and I hope to see them again someday!!