Way down South by the Chattahoochee...

My brother Jordan and his wife Lina live in Atlanta. However, in 3 weeks they are moving to Houston. Jordan has wanted me to come visit for some time now so he could show me around Atlanta and let me get a little taste of the "south". Knowing that they are soon leaving Atlanta for good, I decided it was time to make the trip. They planned a plethora of activities for me to do and they were all amazing, but here are a few of the highlights.

First off was an Atlanta Braves game. We drove directly from the airport to the field. Due to my flight itinerary, we were a little late, but it didn't really matter because the game had halted due to a rain delay. Talk about rain! It was coming down in bucket loads.

They had to completely cover the infield during the rainstorm... you can see the rain runoff past third base.


If you look closely, you can see that there is a couple of inches of rain built up in the dugout.


Lina and I in our ponchos


The game didn't resume again until after 10:30. Here are a few pictures of us at the game and of Chipper Jones. I got a picture of him batting both right and left handed. Notice the one picture I actually got the ball in the photo as it connected with the bat! I was rather proud of my photography skills...









I have two friends out in Atlanta who are working on their dissertations. I got to see them both! Both friends originate back in the Campus Plaza days. Mike joined us for lunch one day at Chick-a-fila. Chick-a-fila originated in Georgia and they were all over the place.



I saw Tim multiple days. One day I went with him to Emory campus and actually studied at the library. I got to ride the train (also known as Marta) and check out the public bus system. On Saturday however, Tim took us to the Chattahoochee River to do some cliff jumping. The water was freezing and I had to get over a little fear of making that initial jump, but it was amazing!

Here is a view of the river. Tim's roommate Sam came with us too!


Lina thought it would be funny to take a picture of me trying to get the courage to jump.


I finally did it!


Jordan swam to the other side


On our hike back to the car, we did some swinging on vines... it looks like Jordan is up to no good!


Here are some other highlights:

The CNN Center




Eating at the Varsity! Yes, you better believe those are desks were are sitting in...


We visited a confederate cemetary that had the graves of tons of confederate soldiers from the Civil War. Notice the confederate flag in the background.




...and Martin Luther Kings home and grave site!




I got to do so much more than I have put here, but I've included the highlights. I had a great trip!

What every girl needs...

I recently purchased a pair of red shoes. It is always fun and exciting to buy something new to wear, but I was shocked at how excited I was as I purchased this particular pair of shoes. My excitement didn't come from the fact that they were new, it didn't come from that fact that they were a cute style, but it was that they were RED. I decided that EVERY girl needs to own at least one pair of red shoes.

The first day I wore my new red shoes, I was in Salt Lake and I noticed a little girl walking in front of me. She had a cute little blue and white spring dress on... but she ALSO had on bright, shiny red shoes. She had a skip to her step and I realized that regardless of age, owning a pair of red shoes does something for any aged girl. I'm not even sure what that "something" is exactly, but it is good...



I guess there is a little bit of Dorthy in all of us...

Team Jensen... Family Bonding Time

I had the privilege of running the Provo Half Marathon Relay this morning with my brother. Team Jensen we like to call ourselves. I love to run. However, there is something extra cool about being able to share SOMETHING I love with SOMEONE I love. Earlier this year, we both ran in the Alpine School District Administrators 5K and were both able to place first... Joe for the boys and myself for the girls. At the meeting where we were given our award, we were referenced as "Team Jensen" and it stuck.

I ran the first leg at today's race, which was just shy of 6 1/2 miles and Joe ran the second leg. Aside from trying to stay warm from the wind and snow, the race went great. Our time was just over 1 hour and 37 minutes. We placed first in the co-ed relay division and we took third overall for the relays. It was a great race. I hope we can do it again next year.

Getting ready for the race to start



Trying to stay warm as I waited for Joe to finish



Joe pushing it into the finish line



After the race...



Here is a video of the pass-off exchange. I'm in the red shorts and Joe is in all black...