Memorial Day Memories

Not only did we have Monday off from school for Memorial day this weekend but we had Tuesday off as well! Initially I wanted to take full advantage of such a long weekend and escape Rexburg for a few days. My top choice was to go visit Jay and Rachel and the kids in Washington but plane tickets were a little out of my price range so, stuck in Rexburg, I vowed not to waste my long sunny weekend lying around indoors watching movies and doing homework.

Friday: To start of our weekend of fun, Taron took me mini golfing.




Saturday: We wanted to hike all day Saturday with Amy and Tim so we did some research to find out the best places. Turns out most places to hike are at least an hour away so we decided on one of the closest, Mesa Falls, because we heard there was about a four mile hike between the upper and lower waterfalls. We ended up being very disappointed on the hiking aspect. But we did enjoy eating our lunches by the waterfalls! Some other weekend we will venture out farther from Rexburg and do some real hiking!



Since "hiking" didn't take as long as we expected we stopped in a tiny town called Ashton on our way home to check out some of the flea markets that Amy was excited about. It ended up being a success! Taron found this really nice shirt from Hollister for only two dollars and a puzzle for fifty cents! Amy and Tim also found a few prizes themselves. After purchasing our treasures at the flea market we stopped by this old fashioned soda fountain/pizza place and got ourselves some ice cream. We all thought it was a fun place but I think I enjoyed it the most- reminiscing of my days as a soda jerk. I found myself watching the girls as they prepared all the ice cream treats, comparing to how we made them at home. I sure did love that job! =) So our day ended up being completely opposite of the long day of hiking we had planned, but it still was a lot of fun!

Monday: On Memorial day Todd and Kristen invited us to go Kayaking at Egin lake. We ended up not renting the kayaks and just played in the water and roasted hot dogs/smores. It wasn't the sunniest day of our weekend but since the water didn't go past your waist throughout the whole lake thankfully the water wasn't cold at all, just the wind was when you were outside the water. It was a really fun lake to play in but I did not like the little sand crab things that were in the water! Creeped me out-I always thought they were going to go in my shorts.






And Tuesday we went and did baptisms at the temple and helped Amy and Tim move into their new apartment. It was a beautiful sunny day! Plus we got free pizza and a crock pot for helping them out! =)

All in all I think it was a very successful weekend!

21 Birthday!

I had a very happy birthday on Friday! My day started off with a wonderful surprise from Taron. I've been looking for a cheap/used bike for a while so guess what was sitting in my living room early in the morning!?! Turns out he snuck it in three in the morning! Thank you my handsome man! Walking to work the sun was shining and there was no wind! The first time in weeks! And for the next couple of hours my phone was busy with all kinds of phone calls and text messages from all my friends and family. Thanks everyone for remembering my birthday!

For dinner we went out to the Mongolian Grill. But the day wasn't over yet! Next stop, surprise birthday party! Apparently I wasn't the easiest to throw a surprise birthday party for because Taron was supposed to take me to dinner while my friends decorated and got everything ready. But I fought Taron all week till he agreed to let me bring Liz and Vanessa along. I mean what good is a birthday if I can't spend it with all my friends? Little did I know I was messing up all their plans. =) But they pulled it off in the end. I was surprised! My party was drinking theme (since I turned 21.)Liz made me a cake shaped like a margarita glass and Vanessa mixed "margaritas" for us all night while we turned phase ten into a "drinking game."



Every semester Liz, Vanessa, and I build a fort. Its tradition. So we decided that my birthday would be a fun time to do it this semester. I have to say this was hands down our coolest fort so far thanks to Brent and Taron! Good job boys! I woke up in the morning in our fort with Vanessa squishing me telling me I had two minutes to get on shoes and a coat. I was then kidnapped to a little bagel shop for breakfast. I have the best friends! Thanks guys for my happy birthday!

I also think it is also appropriate to add to this post that I just recently received my first credit card! I thought it was about time I started to try and build up my credit a little bit. Taron was embarrassed but I made him take a picture of me making my first purchase with my very first credit card. So I got a new credit card and turned 21 this month...I think I just might be growing up. =)

I also want to wish mom a Happy Mothers Day! I am such a lucky girl to be blessed to have you as a mom, I love you!