Sneak peak from Peru

I just got back from my two week adventure in Peru today. I will post again and explain what we did and what we saw but here is a quick snapshot of where I was the last two weeks.

Downtown Lima, Peru at the start of the trip

Livin' large in the Amazon jungle

Fair trade weavers in Chinchero, Peru

The city of Machu Picchu in the background and I'm about to climb the mountain behind it-Huayna Picchu

Fall Break/Birthday celebration: Jackson Hole, Wyoming

Yao and I actually had some time off from work and school and decided to take a short trip to Jackson Hole, WY as kind of a pre-birthday celebration. Yao turns 38! on Thursday (10/21) so we lived it up in Jackson for three days. Here are the highlights:

First things first, Yao had to connect to the internet as soon as we checked in to our cabin

window shopping in Jackson-no we didn't buy it

(it's a fur jock strap in case you can't tell)

arch o' antlers

Yao ordered frog legs and duck for his birthday dinner at Rendezvous Bistro in Jackson

Arriving at Yellowstone National Park-south entrance

(this picture wouldn't upload right side up so use your imagination)

turn your head to the left, it's Old faithful erupting!

Old Faithful in the background

Grand Teton National Park

Yao and I overlooking Jenny Lake in Grand Teton National Park

Labor Day weekend 2010

Yao needed an extension to his desk b/c he was taking over mine. So we went to IKEA Monday and got him another table top and drawer system. And I got to organize our files. Aaaahhhh!

We stopped at a couple fruit/veggie stands on our way up to Brigham City for a nice Saturday drive on the scooter. We bought fresh peaches, tomatoes, zucchini, jalapeno peppers for Yao, corn, and potatoes. We grilled the veggies with some fish for Sunday lunch/dinner, it was so good!

Emilie turns 31!

My birthday was last Friday and this is my new outfit from Yao (he got me a gift card and I picked out the outfit) and the purse is from Auntie Sarah. Sarah always sends me money for my birthday and it's my tradition to buy myself a new purse with the money. So thank you Aunt Sarah and Yao and Mom (lots of fun new school clothes & a new haircut tomorrow that I'll post later) and the Nelsons, Davis', and Graham for their birthday song renditions. Turning 31 wasn't as fun as turning 30 but how do you top skydiving?

Yao's latest creation

This is what Yao made himself for breakfast this morning: cheerios with orange juice and that's an egg on top. Warmed it all up in the microwave for a couple minutes to cook the egg and ate it! This is maybe THE strangest combination I have seen him eat since he moved here. He did admit that it didn't tast good but that it was good nutritionally so he sacrificed the flavor. Can anyone top that?

Chinese group fun

Yao's group of friends at work got together for a BBQ at Brighton ski resort Saturday night. There were 5 or 6 families and a couple single guys who had served mission in Taiwan. But several other American spouses so the group was a little more diversified than some of the other groups Yao associates with. Mom came too (we had all stayed down in Provo the night before so I could run the Provo River half marathon that morning) and we all had tons of fun. Here are some of the highlights.

Yao put himself in charge of the BBQ (lamb kebobs)

Yao and I at the BBQ

inside the cabin

group picture

one of the guys LOVES to take family pictures, which is why we have pictures at all of yesterdays get together

Boise getaway

We just got back from our three day getaway to Boise and we actually had a lot of fun. They were having the Basque festival this last weekend, which only happens every five years, so that was interesting. We tried some new cuisine. I ran 18 miles along the Boise river on their Greenbelt path Saturday morning and then we floated the river that afternoon. I could definitely live in Boise for all of their running paths, I loved it! And we tried three restaurants Guy Fieri had been and our vote went to Pizzalchik. Sounds weird but it was really good, homemade pizza, chicken and salads. We recommend it and we recommend floating the river.

before we began our river journey

Yao working hard while I worked on my tan

Yao relaxing for .5 seconds

our trip down the river

music in the square downtown during lunch

restaurant in Meridian where Guy Fieri visited-good salmon

Basque festival, Yao tries the solomo sandwich from another Guy Fieri favorite

rice jambalaya thing cooking in a huge pan

eating the rice jambalaya thing in the Basque market