I Wish I Were An Oscar Meyer Weiner....

Ha....we saw the weiner mobile in Zion's, I had to get my picture with it!

Spring Break

Hey all. Just a quick post about our week. Thursday we made our annual trip to Zions during Spring Break. It was a quick trip and much needed. We arrived Thursday day and checked in to our Suite around 3 PM. We had a beautiful view from our balcony(pic above is balcony view), a couple of big flat screens, walking distance to shops and the park, and a heated pool and hot tub. It was pretty nice.

We spent the first day checking out all the little shops in town. Lisa bought some beads for jewelry (which she already "misplaced"), I bought the biggest thing of beef jerky I've ever seen, and then we ate at a little place called "Blondies". It was a house were the front parlor was turned into a small diner and the family lived in the other part of the house. I ordered the Elk Burger and Lisa the Philly cheese steak and ate our meal on their front porch. Their teenage daughter acted as our waitress and the food was excellent. You always find the best food at the little Mom N Pop places.

The next day we hiked a trail called Angels Landing. It was straight up and took a couple of hours to get to the top. the views were amazing, and was well worth the effort. We packed a lunch and had a little picnic on the way. My only complaint were the group of New Age hippies behind us. I was hoping they smoked enough weed that they might try and fly their "free spririts" off one of the cliffs... but good stuff never happens to me. I know, I know, that's awful for me to say. Please send all your hatemail to idontcare@yahoo.com.

We had a blast, and have come to the conclusion that it's best to take trips during the middle of the week because when you get home you still have the weekend to recoup (we got home Friday). We've already planned a week long trip in the summer to Moab, Zions, Bryce, Grand Canyon, and Canyon Lands for the summer. All are welcome to join, but so you know we don't really have a game plan when we go on vacation, we just wing it.

Siblings: Do you guys remember buying Cactus Candy when we went to Zions as a family, or am I just crazy? I've looked for the stuff both times but could never find it.

A Week of Celebration

Bryce is the one to usually blog with his sense of humor and witty stories; so I figured it’s my turn to blog; this week is one of celebration!

Tuesday, Bryce and I celebrated our 3 year wedding anniversary. We had a romantic evening at Madeline’s Steakhouse & Grill. It was excellent, I’d highly recommend to everyone. We had steak with endless snow crab, and I tried lobster for my 1st time; it was amazing. I think we ate about four pounds of crab each, it was that good. I can’t believe I’ve been missing out on seafood all these years, I guess I’ll need to catch up and eat more! For dessert I made chocolate covered strawberries, the same kind that I did for Valentine’s Day.

Wednesday night we went to see the Grizzlies play, we lost. It was nothing like Buffalo Sabres Hockey that’s for sure. There was an attempt of a fight, a punch was thrown and the ref broke it up. Come On! Watching a fight is one of the main points of hockey, too bad they were all a bunch of girls and didn’t fight. I think the REAL salt lake team was more entertaining; they tried to fight or pretend to fall and then sit there and cry like babies. Overall, it was a fun date night out.

And then there’s today, it’s my Birthday. I’m now an official member of the quarter century club. Can’t believe I’ve made it to be this far, just kidding it’s not old Yet. I was able to sleep in until 2PM, get breakfast/lunch in bed. Bryce made scrumptious Texas Toast (I call’um snake eyes….a piece of bread with the middle cut out and eggs cooked in them), cut up fresh mango’s, kiwi, pineapple, and my favorite yogurt with cottage cheese. It was delicious. Thanks sweety. I’ve also been spoiled with a new MP3 player (I don’t like ipods anymore) clothes, candy, and Bryce’s cooking dinner tonight. Today’s the one day of the year that I can still lay around in my pajamas till 5PM and not feel guilty about it. Happy Birthday to Me!



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