Orem's Orchard

Like the Peninsula a few decades back, Salt Lake and Utah Valleys are rapidly filling with people and houses. Every time we are in Utah and drive I-15, Taylor remembers when the area was empty, full of fields and orchards and even rest stops (which aren't needed today!).




Orem still has one particular orchard, where we went yesterday with Leah (Sherry) Wright for a photo shoot -- Taylor's 5 year anniversary gift to me. Leah is extremely talented, with an eye for beauty and form. (She designed our wedding invitations more than five years ago, too!) The Sherrys are very close family friends, with kids all the same ages as the Ramptons. Leah and Anna are close in age, and their firstborn sons were born within days of each other. Matt, who has been my close friend since high school, also recently adopted, a beautiful baby girl that he and Jessica have named Sofia.

Leah and her husband Geoff are off tomorrow to Austria, Slovenia, and Croatia, so we may not get the full photo CD till she returns. But she was able last night to post a few of her favorite shots on her blog, so I "stole" them to post here too.