7-11, Our Teton Experience

Do you ever find when times get stressful that you stop and wonder, "when's the last time I took a breath??" That happens to me.... a lot.  Here, in the Tetons, I could breathe.  It was so relaxing, so therapeutic and such a sensory delight.   One of my favorite lines to use during a headshot session to get my client to relax and forget about the stage fright of being in front of the camera is "close your eyes and imagine your happy place.  Now, where'd you go?"  Well, my answer would unequivocally be "the Tetons."   Just take a look at all of the fun we had.....

Ranger Em

I love the campsite we had in the park.  Look at all of those trees!  Here, Sven is cooking dinner.  In the mornings, we'd get up early, bundle up and go outside and read with our cups of coffee.  I sat at that picnic table and culled through hundreds of pictures in preparation for this blog.  My favorite memory from this campsite is when I looked up from the computer and a deer was walking by in front of me.  She stopped and looked at me with those big doe eyes and I, in turn, was mesmerized.  Yes, we see Pinery deer everyday in our yard, but this was different, this was wild.  

Look at cowgirl Em!  She handled her own horse during our horseback riding adventure.  She's a true natural.

Success! I think Sven stopped thinking about work for a bit! 

Three rookies who had a really great time!  (A comedy could have been based on my riding experience.  My horse kept going 'off-road' to take me through the trees.  We had some close encounters!)

Swimming in Jackson Lake.  Brrr..... yet so crisp and beautiful.

We are missing a family member, but we didn't miss the opportunity to take a family photo of those present.  We're not all dressed up and ready for a family portrait, but it's a happy memory to call upon nonetheless.

This may have been the best picnic spot ever.  Just take a look at those mountains and the  barns of the homesteads of Mormon row in the background.  It sort of felt like a Huck Finn scene (minus the river, lol....).

A closer view of that barn and Em in the corral wishing she had a horse to ride.

Ringing the bell of an era gone by.