3 yr Anniversary trip and Chris's Birthday

For lack of funds from getting a new house and then pouring in thousands to fix it up we decided to do a little bit smaller of a Anniversary trip this year:) We both were able to get some time off and debated whether we should stay and work on our house or go to Zions, Yellowstone or Arches. Arches won and I am so glad that we went. We took off early in the morning and then just kinda winged it.. Found a hotel right next to the park for pretty cheap. It was so fun not really having a plan and just going!

Here we are at the Delicate Arch. AWESOME!!! See those tiny people under there.. Ya that is us :) It was so amazing...

I was suprised at how easy this hike really was.. It was only 3 miles.. Which after the day before when we hiked about 8 and 1/2 miles 3 seemed like nothing...

Alright.. So 8 miles might not sound to bad to most people but for me that was a long hike.. And the sign even said it was a difficult trail so lets just say that I am a pretty hard core hiker.

The double O arch was awesome... I don't understand how on earth it stays up but pretty amazing if you ask me!

We hiked off the trail a little ways and found this really pretty look out. It is kinda crazy how you feel like you in totally in this desert but if you get up high you can see snowy mountains in the back ground..

Here is Chris being a brave guy... I had no idea that there was such a huge drop off behind him when I took this picture or else i would have been freaking out!

While we were out there it was Chris's 26th birthday! I feel kinda bad that we hardly ever get to do much for his birthday since it is 2 days before our anniversary... Atleast we are doing something fun I guess.. I don't think that he minds:) This year to celebrate on our way home we ate at Rodizios and it was delicious...

These pictures are from the first day we got there.. By the time we had made it there and had gotten into the park it was about sunset time so we went to the Windows since it is the easiest walk to get there... The sunset was so pretty and it made the Arches look even cooler..

Here is Chris jumping in the arch.. It looks like he is like jumping so high!

This was the only time I wore a jacket.. The wind was a little chilly that night..

Check out my sweet new shoes... We made it to our hotel that first night and we getting ready to just go and walk around for a bit and we then realized we didn't pack my hicking shoes!!! Hello that is all we came out here to do is hike! So we went into town and the first shop we went into had some cool ones and they were half off! So it worked out perfectly! Fastest shoe shopping I have ever done.. Chris said that it was only fitting that we got something for me cause we always seem to manage to get something cool for me on his birthday:) So happy birthday to me I guess...

It was such a fun trip... Even if it wasn't very big.. It was so great to have him all to myself and not have to share with school work or house work.