6 Year Anniversary

For our real anniversary, we decided it would be nice to go to the Mount Timpanogos Temple (where we were married) to complete some family sealings. It was so nice to be able to drive only 15 minutes to the temple. We planned on going more during our vacation, but time just slipped away.

We have two "classic" shots of us in this post.

After the temple, we enjoyed a perfect hike up Dry Creek Canyon in Alpine. We hiked (instead of snowshoeing) because Utah has decided not to make snow the last couple of weeks and all the mountains are pretty barren. Towards the top, however, there was a decent amount of snow.

Bryan overlooking Dry Creek Canyon.

Drinking the clear mountain water. Just kidding!

Dry Creek takes you up to a waterfall, but we were unable to get pictures because the rocks were slippery and I sure didn't want to hike out of the canyon all wet! Here is our other "classic" picture at the end of the hike. It started snowing!

I am grateful for Bryan. He is a wonderful person and husband. We have been together for 6 years, 3 of which have been apart. We are more than excited to start our adventures together next year when he graduates from optometry school and the army settles us somewhere together. We don't have any exact dates or plans, but we sure look forward to 2012! Thank you for the wonderful 6 years Bryan! I love you more than words can express.

ICE!

For our anniversary, we went to the Gaylord Texan Resort located in Dallas with our friends the Fugere's. The Gaylord is the Dallas Cowboys official hotel and has a gigantic atrium with restaurants, a river walk, the Alamo, desert life, and a quarry. It brings all of Texas in one place. Every winter, the Gaylord puts on an ICE show to bring a little winter wonderland

to our state. This year's theme was Shrek the Halls.

The hotel was decorated beautifully with Christmas trees, reindeer, gingerbread houses, train stations and railroads, and Santa Clause.

Shrek the Halls is hosted at the convention center in a tent that keeps the place 9 degrees Fahrenheit. We were given these awesome blue coats which ended up being lifesavers- we are not used to cold weather down here. My hands were numb by the end of the show.

This outhouse is all made of ICE! The hotel brings in a group of men from China that carve the ice blocks into these creative structures. We wanted to sit on this toilet in Shrek's outhouse and get our picture taken. Silly kids.

Bryan and I with Shrek.

Tammy, Paul and Carmella (asleep in Tammy's jacket)

There was a slide at the end. Bryan and I thought we wouldn't be allowed to go down it because we had our cowboy boots on, but when we got to the top of the line nobody said anything to us.
At the end of the show, they had a nativity scene. I was overfilled with joy when I saw it. These days, you rarely see Christ in Christmas or any mention of the reason for celebrating this joyous season. It was a beautiful way to end a fun event.