part II, as promised (home-life/yosemite)

later that night.........(yes....still in the living room..)
this was basically my honeymoon, plus some. organizing, cleaning...

tyler is an expert at gang signs and intimidation.....did i mention there are birds involved? 3 of them.

our tent?

driving to yo-sum-ight. to camp in hodgon meadows.

vernal falls (one of three falls we payed homage to) just keep on following those stone steps and you have a new definition of "stair master." i can't think of a more powerful place to spend with my new husband.

bundled all week. yeah, i did wear that plaid thing the whole time. jealous?

the ahwahnee: woodsy castle of the mountain king, we had a fancy lunch....luckily there was no dress code.

el capitan: monolith of dreams. i've been to yosemite every summer of my entire life.... this place feels like home. this is also where tyler and i first admitted to loving each other, last summer; tidbit. we'll be back in july with my whole crazy-wonderful family.

mirror lake trail? philosophizing, speculating, whatnot. happy to be together.

teddy conked, driving out of the magic valley. he came with my parents and visited us for the last day we were there

tenaya creek: the greenest water. we were sweaters on/peeling layers off pretty much the whole time. maintaining homeostasis was a challenge for us.
lookin' a little rough: vernal falls behind us. it was a gray day and we were hit with steel-gray mist exploding from the falls. the person who took this pic did not speak english. we pretended like we didnt either.

tyler stretches after a hike. whistle whistle.

my handsome chef. he cooked lots of eggs on our new stove. it was fun to christen all of our new camping stuff...i'm sure it'll be with our family for the decades to come.

the great yosemite falls. fast fact: tallest waterfall in north america. she thunders and the shadows from the water's spray dance upon the regal granite face. ty and i wandered around the lower portion of the falls. yosemite is so close to home, i feel blessed to have spent some of my life within this rocky earthen temple.

bridalveil: dreamy rainbow halo spray invigorate!- no, this isn't the "mist trail" of yosemite but we were soaked. we had teddy and the pathway was a mini-river shrouded in misty cloud. the rainbow was nearly a solid, tangible object, it was so vibrant. tyler, teddy, and i stood in the center of the rainbow's halo and laughed in the waterfall's rain.

benevolence: the wisdom found in ancient, living things. merced grove. tyler talking to this wise, giant soul.

trying to stay warm in our mansion tent. seriously, it has a porch. we played cards in here at night. i think maybe he was telling me, "no. mas. video," which, to non-spanish speakers, can be translated roughly as, "STOP. just stop taking pictures of me." :)

good times, yosemite....more to come.

all of these blogger pictures are provided by my phone. what i will do when the digital camera gets uploaded? ? tyler and i also partake in manual photography, so the pictures from the diana camera go without the internet airing-out as well....but trust me, they're good. :)