WAY TO GO LEILA!!!

Leila Winther - our "Super Helper" - just graduated with her Master's Degree! We all celebrated her big accomplishment with an awesome night out! Now, Leila knew we were all going to party - she just thought it would be on the 17th of November. What she didn't know was her party was really when she got out of work Tuesday November 6th!



She also didn't know what her party was going to entail! Here is her face as she walked out of Gulf Coast Community College to see a Hummer Super Daddy limo (Thanks to 654-limo out of Destin, Florida) waiting for her and her friends!





This ride fit 28 people, we filled it up with 19 - so we'd have party room - and headed off to Destin with Leila's favorite alcoholic beverage at hand!


We had Leila's party and McGuires Irish Pub in their wine cellar.


Janet Marie with Florida Dream Weddings decorated the area for our group and Brenda with Creative Celebrations made her cake.

CONGRATULATIONS LEILA!!!!!!

More from Jackson Hole

Here is my second group of photos from Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Today we are going snowmobiling at Togwotee (sounds like Toga-tee)! Apparently it is the snowmobiling capital of the world - or at least that's what we were told! Here are some photos from yesterday though!

Yesterday we went looking for wild life! Living in Florida, it is not every day you take a road and then read a sign that says "Open Range." Unfortunately, the "Open Range" must be very big, all we saw were these 2 buffalo who graciously stood there by the road so we could snap their photo.








My friend Sharon at the arch of Elk antlers in the middle of town.

Wyoming here we come!

This winter, an awesome friend of mine gave me a week timeshare that I could use anywhere in the United States. Needless to say, I took my friends up on their offer and flew to Jackson Hole, Wyoming with my best bud. There happens to be internet access at the resort I'm at, so here are some of yesterdays photos! - I don't think the grizzly above was too happy about my kissing skills!




Grand Teton National Park is right outside the town of Jackson. The views are awesome! There are huge mountains behind us but by the afternoon when we took some photos the clouds were covering them.



Across the street from this photo is the Elk National Refuge. I think these are just deer, but maybe they are female Elk... I'm really not sure. I think they are female Elk. The town of Jackson has huge arches of Elk antlers in the center of town. A really cool fact is that Elk actually shed their antlers once a year, so no animal was hurt making the arches.



We actually saw buffalo on the side of the road. Here is my friend Sharon with some buffalo across the street. I asked her to go pet one, but I think she values her life.


This cabin is called the Cunningham Cabin and was built in the 1890's. It has a sod roof and is open for visitors year round.


Sharon and I hiked to the top of this rock. High elevation, mixed with two out of shape hikers from Florida, makes for a difficult hike! But we did it! My camera broke on a hike of Red Rock Canyon last April, my digital camera's display is now busted after this one. At least it takes photos still!


I think Sharon was more excited about reaching the top than I was!

Here is the road we were traveling on. No one around. It is really beautiful out here!


This is the Grand Teton. The Grand Teton is the biggest mountain in the range standing at 13,770 feet. The mountains were named by a French trapper who viewed them from the Idaho side of the range and called them tétons, French slang for "nipples" (presumably referring to the shape of the peaks).



Our first in 5 coyote's we saw during our drive out of town.

I guess the woodland animals are a bit excited about Christmas also!