November 17, 2011 (12pm)

Hiking Franz Josef Glacier. It took us half a day to hike the glacier behind us.

 Blue blue blue. You really can't see it in the photos, but where it was coldest the ice was bright blue and quite breathtaking.Cracks and caves that change with the rain and the shifts weekly.

We really weren't 'ice-climbing' but there were a few cheezy attempts.

 Jim is fighting like mad to protect the glacier from disappearing to the hole in the ozone layer, or something like that. There really is a hole above us right now in NZ, and the sun-screen crazy lady I always am is officially over the top. cant help it. 

November 11, 2011

Us being newlyweds - day after the wedding

Us and my awesome manicure. Who gets married like that?

TSS Earnshaw Steamboat - heading to a sheep farm.

Old Spice and his dog, showing us around the farm.

 

Aftershave anyone? 

November 13, 2011 (10:20am)

Be afraid... but do it anyway.

Karawau Bridge - Worlds First Bungy

November 10, 2011 (7pm)

some photos of just me... these were bridal shots taken in SLC.

Soon to come, some of J and I together, waiting on the photographer.

   

 

November 10, 20111 (8:00am)

Woke up on wedding day... to sunSHINE. hours more and I will be Cramer.

November 9, 2011 (2:30pm)

Marriage Certificate filed... Queenstown, NZ

The wedding venue... Stoneridge Estate

November 8, 2011 (4:12PM)

We have just landed in Sydney, and it's the first time either of us has literally skipped an entire day of life. I'm pretty sure I have slept through a day, wasted one away completely, and I'm most positive many of the bad ones I have skipped mentally. But we crossed the international date line last night, therefore officially skipping the existence of November 7th, 2011 all together.
We leave for Brisbane, au in moments and then to Christchurch, then to Queenstown. Our 15 hour flight was... wait for it - magical, as our chairs turned into beds and we got an entire nights sleep. take THAT jet lag!

Traveling VAustralia was like dreaming of The Jettson Era.

 Somewhere over the Pacific Ocean

November, 6, 2011 (11:00PM)

Jim being Jim - Self Portrait... waiting for our flight to Sydney

Guns & Camo & Bears, Oh My.

September 2011

Anyone who's already heard my version of Jim's bear hunt, knows I always preface it with the following...

Grizzly Bears in Alaska are so prevalent right now that they're endangering the overall existence of caribou & moose. So much so, that several days before the hunt they were told they could buy a tag for a second bear for just pennies compared to what it usually costs.

So if you see these photos and think something like, 'that poor beautiful bear' try to think of the poor beautiful caribou. At least - that's what works for me :)

8 Feet Tall

Freezing cold, rain, wind, cots to sleep on, dehydrated army food, no toilets, no showers, miles of hiking... 8 full days of it.  I am not understanding how on earth this equals fun.

I do however, thinks it's very fun to have a man that enjoys it!

They flipped a coin and Mark got the first bear they saw... 8 1/2 Feet!  

Pretty Impressive!

I thought a nice hide rug in the corner of the loft would be nice, but Jim had other plans.

We will soon have a giant 8 foot, roaring bear standing over us. 

And Bo and I will both have nightmares.