Fourth of July Traditions

I'm a big believer of traditions, especially when holidays are involved. Traditions include activities, food and of course, outfits. July is the best month to wear a lot of red, white and blue.

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Graduation Station!

April was the craziest month of all months so far this year! I graduated from LDSBC and the next weekend Tony graduated from BYU. I was able to borrow my graduation gown from a friend so I could hang on to it for some extra time to get pictures with Tony the weekend he graduated....

This Time We're In Provo, UT

The hardest part of going to a balloon launch is waking up early. I am not a morning person! 4th of July it was impossible for us to wake up but Saturday morning I was determined that we go so up we got!

Catching Up : Valentine's Day

We started out the evening by going to a candy party at Blickenstaff's in Provo. This is a very cool toy and candy store so if you are ever in Utah, come check it out!

Waterfalls & DI Shopping

I found some drafts, so this was forever ago that this happened but I needed to get it out of my drafts and posted.

Got to go to the famous Bridal Veil Falls in the morning which is in Provo. Met my mission companion Alisa there with her 3 kids. It was a short walk from the parking lot to the falls. You could play in the water but it was cold! and hike up along the right side over the rocks to get up closer but we stayed at the bottom this time. Maybe another time we will go up closer. 

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Playing with the Rhonna Designs app after a night at Rocky Mountain Raceway watching the drag races on a Saturday evening. 

Riding the Train

December 1st I went to ride the new Frontrunner train with other UTA employees, their families and bloggers. We could sign up to go either Saturday or Sunday but it worked out better to go on Saturday. Tony was watching his Boise State game so I went and had some 'me' time riding the train.

My ticket to ride!

 My waiting feet with my laptop bag. The train has free wifi! Totally awesome and I used it pretty much the entire time to tweet , Instagram , Facebook and play some Words with Friends.

My view of the mall and the mountains while I waited. It was colder than I thought, wish I had worn a hat and gloves!

The tracks

Looking down the tracks

 

People are documenting the train coming - everyone was excited! Esp. because the train came late..I think it was suppose to come at 2:57 but it arrived shortly after 3. Felt like it took forever!

Hooray!

Some scenery as we were riding

 Thanks again esp to Tauni Everett for setting this all up and dealing with everyone. Much appreciated! It was so much fun to ride the train with so many interesting people a week before it was open to the public :)

The Month of July

While garage sale-ing down in the Orem-Provo area, I saw this cool setup up on the grass of a place people go for healing inbetween the hospital and going back home. When I saw this I knew I wanted pictures with this mock " stonehenge". 

Just taken by Tony on my cell phone

Fun photo place

Celebrated my birthday by eating at Rodizio Grill at Trolley Square in SLC with Laura, Rocky & Riley. We had such a good time!

Later in the month we went to see Wicked in SLC! Tony got us tickets for my birthday and I was so excited to go! We barely found the location in time, about 5 minutes before the show started. We were up in the balcony but just a few rows from the front. I have a lot of friends who rave about this show. I liked it but at times, esp in the beginning, it was hard to understand the words that were being sang/said. Not sure if it was the actors or the mics or just my ears. The first half of the show felt longer than the second half, the second half went by SO fast! So so glad we finally got to see this. Possibly a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Who knows. Yay for doing new things!

Non-Stop Saturday!

This Saturday was def. one of the busiest we have had in awhile in Salt Lake City. Having a busy weekend out of town doesn't count in this case. 

First we started off our morning in Sandy at the REI Member sale.

LOVED this North Face jacket , so warm, fit okay but the sleeves were a bit short. Nono :( There was a rip in the top left shoulder material. Double Nono. 

Tony did buy these for reals. They creep me out.

Loved these shorts but they were coming apart at some of the seams :(

Loved that tent.

Loved the baby playpen for camping.

Those people got good stuff.

People grab what they want, then claim a spot on the grass to look over what they got and see if they still want it or not. It's a time to set up tents (Tony set one up but the frame was really bent!) , blow up air mattresses, try on shoes, etc. 

 

Loved this jacket but a) it wasn't North Face (it's on my 30 Things Before 30 list to own at least 1 North Face item) b) it was still $70 or $80. Blah. 

 

We went to IHOP for breakfast because I had a coupon for free food and we were both pretty hungry.

Tony got a crepe, hash browns and an egg.

I got an omlette - it was huge! and hashbrowns. 

Went with Tony to a grilling class at Orson Gygi in SLC. We couldnt pay rent online for some reason so we had gone to Smiths to get a money order and by then it was almost 1:30, the class was at 2 so I ended up going with Tony so he didnt have to drop me off at home.

Grilled meat as kabobs. Mmm

Grilled salsa. So good!

Then we went home and got the car because it was getting really windy and we went to Thanksgiving Point for the Scottish Festival & Games. I had free tickets on Facebook, thank goodness, we didnt spend long enough there to warrant having to buy $15/tickets (adults). It was so so windy out there that we stayed for an hour or so and then left.

A funny sign Tony saw 

 The girls' hair is blowing in the wind. It was really strong.

A lot of the tents had shut down/were being taken down even though I think the event was supposed to go until 10pm. We were going to buy a Navajo taco for dinner and they shut down before we got one!

Santa in a kilt.

 Plato's Closet was having a 1/2 off sale so I went and Tony patiently waited in the car for me. Loved this shirt but it was too big. Loved the jacket behind it - had birds all over it! But it was one size too small. Darn it. I did get a shirt, a skirt, some shoes and earrings w/necklace all for $15.

Ate at Red Corner China Diner for dinner. A review will be on my Food tab.

Went to our friend Jennifer's reception in Provo

So glad we went! We saw the Hadley's who now live in Utah and also Allison Nance and Leah Nance (who is now married. I wish we had gotten a picture with everyone. They were all in the Woodland 2nd ward a long time ago! The Hadley's, not quite as long ago ;-)

I love my skirt here but got in a rush to leave on time when Laura came to pick me up so I dont like the rest of what I'm wearing. I look like a scraggly muffin here. 

I do love Jennifer's dress though!

Went to Winco almost every day to take advantage of this sale.  A little high in the fat content but such a good price we couldnt pass it up. We bought 60 altogether.

The end! I think that was enough packed in to such a busy Saturday.