Letters to Lyla and Lottie

So since Todd and I don't work Fridays anymore, we've decided to do away with the whole "Friday night date night" and have "Friday, date DAY!". While admitting this reveals the nerd/freak in me, in lieu of the new date day I spent a good three hours last week researching different fun things we could do and made a list to check off when we do them...haha like I said, freak. I guess its my attempt not to go crazy here, where it seems like there is NOTHING ever to do (don't ask how I survived 18 years of it). So...this Friday we went to Zion National Park. Since we got married Todd always tells people, "my wife is from Southern Utah and she's never taken me to Zion". I decided to change that! I guess I just take advantage of things I've grown up around. Zion is such an amazing place, with plenty to do and see. We had a lot of fun and came home worn out! Here's some pics from our first date day adventure!

One of about a billion slick-redrock mt sides that surround everywhere you goZion Lodge...a random tree (still alive) w/ a huge hole in the middle of itThe SHUTTLE on the way to our hikeMy map-guide extraordinaire (his map navigation skills are amazing!)The start of our hike to Emerald Pools The view the entire way was amazing! Like I said...amazingWe saw a few signs of life...this squirrel, two deer (1 buck), and a few lizardsA side trail led to this red rock where erosion formed these random holes (at least I think that's what happened)...it looks almost like a bear clawI'm really not trying to show off my butt in this picture...haha I don't know why the crap I was sitting like that..but the rock is coolWe made it...! They call it the "Oasis in the desert" the lower pools are shadowed by this huge wall...you can't see but a very small water fall runs off it and fills the poolsThe pools. You can hardly seem them bc the wall darkens that area and makes it hard to photographA better shot? The sun is glistening off the waterfallI thought this wall was coolOn the way back...Todd mocking my picture taking needs...quite the pose huh?The start of The Narrows Soooo beautiful!After spending all day in the park hiking, we went to "Treasure of the Gods", the IMAX. I had seen it before but forgot how cool it was. Todd liked it a lot. In the gift shop before the movie started, Todd pretending to be Indiana Jones...what a nerd right?

So that's the end of our adventure in Zion. We saw a lot and enjoyed the time to appreciate nature at its finest...CHECK!