Of all the Beautiful places

Andrew and I recently enjoyed a fun vacation with the Crandalls at a beach house in South Carolina! It was just steps from the beach and so beautiful!  It was a great time, and we made a lot of memories. I'm lucky to have such great family all around me. Here are a few pictures....

Early morning flight crew! 

Andrew and I in beautiful Beaufort

Dan & Andrew leaving to jet ski in the ocean. Watch out for sharks!
 (The Crandall men have a phobia for sharks.)

The Crandall Women...and Dan lol

15 week side view! At Hunting beach. 

Crandall Family Amazing Race! Kristen did such a great job putting this together!

We are Crandalls! Sportin our new T's

Team Crandall Mania -we won!

and Team Alpha

We got Guatemalan sun dresses, to match our Guatemalan husbands!

The last day we went on a fun family kayaking trip in an ocean canal. Good thing Andrew was
 in my kayak, I don't know how far I would've gotten without him. lol

Our trip was a lot of fun, but I want to post about a little something else as well. :) See Andrew and I have been lucky enough to visit some beautiful places in this world. Some together, some seperately, and hopefully we get to see much more in this life! BUT.... Of all the beautiful places I have seen, nothing is more beautiful to me than this view. Right here......

Almost without fail every time I have been on a trip, no matter for how long, when I am flying the long flight (they're all long no matter what) back to Utah, and suddenly through the clouds I see these gorgeous giants, I realize I am home, and I get choked up. There are really some beautiful places out there, but for me, this is all I need. I love these Utah mountains, and I love Utah. I really feel like it's a special place, and I feel the spirit. I know I'm biased, call it what you want, but Utah really is so great. Even though I hate the snow, and the crappy smog at times, I love the cities, the roads, the dry air, the people, the mountains, and all the beautiful temples. I love that it's the head quarters of the LDS church of which I belong, so I'm surrounded by wonderful members. I'm just grateful to live in such a beautiful place, where there are so many opportunities. P.S What other airport can you find an advertisement for a free 2hr tour to this amazing place? I took a pic of the advertisement, but I deleted it somehow...