Home Sweet Home

I can't resist posting a fabulous photo shot by Matt! I loved our wedding photographer, but Matt captured some moments that move me. This one is included in that category. Gretchen, our amazing wedding singer (and Associate Pastor at our wonderful church) was singing The Luckiest for us. It was beautiful and memorable. I love how we're all turned to listen.












But....more wedding photos when Bob, the paid photographern coughs up the unwatermarked shots. Until then, we're going on a honeymoon!

Our little hotel in Banff had a deer that hung out between our cottage and car. We named her Daisy.













The newest Mr. & Mrs TP gal at the base of the Lake Louise hotel. The hotel is nestled against the mountains and is breathtaking.

































This shot cracks me up, most of the more formal places we pulled off the road to take photos were also being enjoyed by tour buses of Asian couples with very nice camera equipment. Here's a gaggle of them surrounding a car getting a shot.

















We had a dress-up night at the Chateau Lake Louise, and these are our fabulous shoes and pre-dinner beverages.






















A shot of the Ice Fields Parkway from the sunroof of our car.















More of the Ice Fields Parkway - every 5 miles the view would change completely. It was the most beautiful place I've ever been.
































Most of these lakes and streams feed into the Columbia river, or because we were at the continental divide head east to the Atlantic Ocean. At one point we were at a triple continental divide where water was flowing East, West and North to the Arctic.


















Midway up the Icefields Parkway, we stopped at the Columbia Glacier and did the tourist activity of taking lots of pictures and paying to be driven out on to the glacier for 20 minutes of pictures. I had to get a hat because it was cold.



































Jas thinks we should sent this picture to Toyota to show how cute their product is in a beautiful setting:

















I think the inside of the car is a more realistic view of life in a Toyota for 9 days. We're only half way through the trip here, and the bags of laundry do not outnumber us just yet.








More of the amazing scenery!























We did take a hike the day we were in Lake Louise and hiked to this little lake, and then up another million miles to the Tea House. It was only 1200 feet up in 1.5 km, but we started at over 5800 feet (a mile and then some) so it felt like climbing the Alps.














The views were worth the sweat, and for the first time a while we had cell service. This is me updating FaceBook. Because that's an important activity on your honeymoon.





























We had such a wonderful time, but golly is it good to be home.

I've started to work on the wedding albums, the honeymoon photo journal, finishing the thank you notes and oh yeah, packing to move into the new house.

I don't really think we will sleep fully until after Christmas, which by my calculation is only 15 minutes away.