Our what we thought very easy itinerary turned into quite a trip to get to ATL. We went from Portland to Salt Lake to Las Vegas to Atlanta. During our unexpected layover in Las Vegas we took a few pics of the strip and did a lot of people watching. Our time there was short lived, but we managed to have a little bit of fun there at 11pm at night!
My first and last time at hitting the slots in Vegas!!
Steen and I at Stone Mountain. This was located right outside of Atlanta. This mountain is the world's largest piece of exposed granite. Three figures of the Confederate States of America are carved there: Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, and Jefferson Davis.
The BIG DAY! Andrew (my brother) and Keali Nell were married in the ATL Temple on Saturday the 29th. The weather barely held out for the pictures outside of the temple, but it did and we were lucky! After the temple we headed over to a restaurant called Sage and that is where they held the reception. They reserved the entire restaurant and we had a delicious 5 course meal. The bride and groom looked very happy and now they are off honeymooning in Mexico!!
Steen & I in front of the temple.
On Sunday after church we decided to go to Kennesaw Mountain in Marietta, GA. This Civil War Battlefield Park was the place where the Unions and Confederates fought for roughly two weeks. A little over 5,300 soldiers were killed in the battle. The Atlanta Campaign started here. We found this place very interesting. The terrain would have been very hard to fight a battle on. We hiked around a little bit and were able to enjoy the peacefulness of the outdoors together.
On our way out of the park we drove through historic Marietta and saw this crazy KFC building.
On the way home from ATL we had an overnight layover in Mesa. We were able to visit our friends, Jared and Julie Bates. We stayed up very late talking to them and we were up very early in the morning so that we could do a little sight seeing before we had to be at the airport. We stopped by the Mesa temple and took a few pics and enjoyed the landscape that is so different from what we are used to in the Northwest. The temple grounds were beautiful and full of chirping birds and lots of palms and cacti. I am glad that we were able to see the temple.
We had a wonderful and wild time running around 5 airports, crazily trying to see everything and everyone in Atlanta, and we had a fun and almost sleepless stop in Arizona. The kids did great with the different grandparents while we were gone and we are so happy to be home --finally!!
8 comments:
Wow, sounds like a great trip. And no kids, I bet that was nice. You gotta love trips where you run around like crazy like chickens with their heads cut off. But it's all fun in the end. Glad you had fun!! You look so cute in your pics!
Wow it looks like you had a lot of fun. I grew up really near to where she's from but it was a different stake. I lived in marrietta and powder springs. How cool that you got to see it!! Was it totally weird being without kids for so long?
Yup, it's always hard leaving the kids, but it's also great to just be with your hubby! I left Megan for 8 days last summer when we went to Boston & Maine. It's hard, but fun! Marrietta was fun and full of gorgeous homes! That's neat that you lived there Jenny!
I know it was weird for you to see all that cactus, but I just love it! It made my eyes tear to see the beautiful temple where I have so many great memories...
You look great in the sun (even at 6 in the am)
Tessie
Hey Jensen fam! I just found your blog and am so excited to read about your house and all of your adventures since you left Moscow! I'm glad to see things are going so well for you. This trip looks like so much fun! I wish we were ambitious enough to plan longer layovers and enjoy the areas in between... Might just have to try that next time!
Fun trip. The Bride and Groom are beautiful! Love the KFC building.
Hi Katie! It's Bobbie Jo from Steen's work. Steen showed me your blog just the other day and I really enjoy it! I harrassed him because he hadn't shown me earlier. :) I made my own blog here too, but I don't know what I'll post about... I don't have adorable kids like you to talk about all the time. But maybe I'll come up with something! Keep up the good work, I love seeing the kids and the Jensen family life! :)
Wow! Looks like a great trip! It sounds like you were very busy! I sent you some pix of our trip to Hawaii. We did some sightseeing, but lots of beach sitting, too! :) I'm coming down in 2 weekends- April 19th and 20th! Hope to see you then!
Janet
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