Jackson Hole

As some of you may know, I went to Jackson Hole with some friends, for my birthday. 

And it was one of the most incredible vacations I've ever had.

We went on numerous hikes, bike rides, runs and 4-wheeler rides with the Grand Tetons as our view. It was truly magical. We went to Yellowstone National Park, they had a surprise birthday party for me and my favorite part, we were able to climb a mountain. 

This is a moose we saw on one of our hikes. 

Lilly & I

Our view from the top, on a hike we went on one day. 

Lilly and her family were so gracious to let us stay in their house for 10 days. 

The entire group. (Evan, Lilly, Me, Shari, Pedro)

The Grand Tetons

"Old Faithful"

The group in front of "Old Faithful" 

Prismatic Springs at Yellowstone

"Mudpots" (Bubbling holes of mud: approx. 216 degrees)

Boiling waterfall at Yellowstone

Below is the largest prismatic spring in the world. (Reaches about 350 degrees)

You can see it from space. Google "The Grand Prismatic Spring"

Buffalo were so close to the road. 

This is my surprise birthday they gave me on my birthday. 

Before my birthday dinner. 

Th dessert for my birthday, "The Grand Teton Tiramisu"

A snow-melt waterfall on our hike up Mt. Moran

 

The last pass up to the summit of Mt. Moran (Elev. 12,605)

We were so tired by the end of the climb, but we were still loving on each other. 

NEWS FLASH!!!!

Check it out . . .

Brett's Skate Park @ Lion's Park was voted one of the

Top Ten Most Beautiful Skate Parks 

IN THE WORLD!!!!

Your family are not the only ones who knows it's great.

You can read more about the park here

JACKSON HOLE

Birthday Trip to Jackson Hole. These are just some pictures from the first two days. 

These pictures do NOT do it justice, but I just thought I would share. Love you all. 

 Buffalo in a field. 

San Francisco

Thank you Brett & Kelsey for a FABULOUS time in San Francisco.

Y'all planned such great things and we had the most fun ever.

One of our most favorite things was the Oyster Farm.  Brett & Kelsey prepared a

picnic and we drove to an Oyster Farm and ate raw oysters and we

grilled oysters.  It was the most fun experience 

and the oysters was scrumptious.  

This is us at the Oyster Farm!

 We went to the the Academy of Arts & Sciences.

This is Bethany & I sitting in the "Papa Bear Chair".

And of course, the famous Golden Gate Bridge and Golden Gate Park.

And a great surprise for Randy was:

On Father's Day, Brett & Kelsey took us to Golden Gate Fields

for the horse races.  Randy loved it!

That was soooooo sweet!

Kelsey prepared a delicious dinner for us.  Thank you Kelsey!

It was so good and you even brought us "It's It's" for dessert.  

They were almost as good as your delicious meal.

There were MANY highlights of the trip, but another special highlight was

our "ALCATRAZ" night tour.  It was very interesting.  Randy was especially excited

because he has always been fascinated with Alcatraz and the history of the prison.

OVERALL, our entire trip was amazing!

Thank you Brett & Kelsey for being such a great

host & hostess and tour guide and

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING CHILDREN THAT YOU BOTH ARE.

WE ARE BLESSED!

Love Dad, Mom, Bethany & Nonna

Mother's Day Cuteness

Bethany gave me a very pretty necklace and a beautiful personalized card for Mother's Day. Then she threw in this little "personalized carry-all surprise". I just had to post a picture of it since it was so cute!

Creative Streak

Last Saturday Dad cleaned the deck from all of the pollen. Everything looked so nice and refreshed. He even got creative and made this for me as a planter. Didn't he do good. Thank you honey for my lovely surprise.

It was a good day.

"Love isn't buying someone flowers or chocolate or a card, Love is God becoming flesh and dying on the cross for His creation."

I read this quote yesterday and it really encouraged me. Not because it was Valentine's Day but becaue of the truth that it holds. I think so often we take the love of God for granted but thank the Lord, His mercies are new every morning. I hope you all had a good Valentine's Day and I hope you are challenged and encouraged to strive to love the Father more every day. Like Mom mentioned in her post . . . Not only is Dad a wonderful husband to my mom, He never ever never forgets me on Valentine's Day even when I live an hour away. Below is a few pics from my day. One of my surprises from Dad - O'Henry's Coffee "Valentine's Blend". He knows me too well.

This was the highlight of my night last night. What a better way to spend Valentine's Day than with the Alabama Basketball Team?? I mean, we lost to Florida, but we still had a great time.

I Am Blessed!

As always, my Valentine always treats me to

"The 14 Days of Valentines"

which is a tradition that he created

JUST FOR ME!!

I am so thankful for my husband and

I make sure I tell God EVERY DAY

how thankful I am for the gift that he as given me.

Not because he buys my presents,

but because he is a

godly man and a godly father,

and his life is

an amazing example of godliness.

Randy

"God blessed me the day that I married you"

I love you!

Love,

Your Valentine

Guess Who . . .

. . . is being inducted into Eta Sigma Delta

Honor Society for the C.H.E.S.

that's right - BETHANY!!!!

Congratulations - we are very proud of you.!!

Just to brighten your day!

Quesadilla noche al Jones casa. (Translation: Quesadilla night at the Jones house.)

QUESADILLA NIGHT

I made dinner for mom & dad tonight.

Hasta Manana

IN OTHER NEWS...

I MADE THE PRESDIENTS' LIST.

YES, WITH A 4.15 GPA.

I promise we're not dead.

I thought I would post something since it's been a while since anyone has put anything on here.

This post is especially for Brett since I know how much

he loves the place I am about to talk about.

Yesterday I went to church with Mom & Dad and afterwards we had lunch at....

It was so good. We wish you could have been here to enjoy it with us.

Especially....the peanut butter pie. It was heavenly.

Alabama Theatre

The Alabama Theatre does a tradiiton every year called "The Holiday Film Series".

They open the theatre up and play old and new christmas movies the entire month of December.

It is so much fun to go to. So me & a few friends from church

went on Saturday night & saw "White Christmas"

It was so much fun, this place is so beautiful.

One of my favorite things about their Christmas movie series is the man playing

the old organ at the beginning. Everyone sings Christmas carols together.

This was our view. (pic below)

This chandelier is one of the prettiest things in the theatre.

Me & some of the girls in the group.

Funny/awkward story: This man(whom looks like Santa Claus) sat behind us during

the movie. I wanted to get my picture with him the entire time but kept chickening out.

After the movie was over, we walked into the lobby and saw him sitting in this chair.

We just jumped to the conclusion that he was obviously the santa for the Alabama Theatre.

So considering the circumstances at this point...I ran over, jumped in his lap and started chatting

with him. I asked why he didn't have a line of people waiting to sit on

his lap. Turns out, he WASN'T the Santa for the Alabama Theatre. He was just a nice old

man who happened to look like Santa. He was only sitting in the chair while he

waited on his wife and daughter to use the restroom. Let's just say everyone

got a good laugh out of the situation. He was a good sport though. And his wife and daughter thought it was quite hilarious when they saw what had happened.

I hope you are all having a great holiday season.

Jones Family Christmas

Click here to view the Jones Family Christmas

Merry Christmas,

Randy, Cathi, Brett, Kelsey, & Bethany

Christmas Baking

Three of my friends have a birthday this month so last night we went out

to eat to celebrate all of them. I finally make CAKEPOPS.

They turned out great & were so yummy.

I also did some holiday baking this week.

Homemade Gingerbread: BEFORE

AFTER

This tree was my favorite.