Awkward and Awesome Thursday

Awkward:

• Dances at BYU. Holy cow there was just so much to watch. First, the "chaperones" that looked like they were all of 12 years old wandering around with light wands waving them at people. Second the guy in the coonskin hat. He had some killer moves. He just danced around all by himself, at one point he stole some guys date to dance with and near the end of the night I'm pretty sure Chad found himself in a dance off with him. There was no beating Chad though, he was on fire.
• Speaking of fire... sitting down to use the potty only to have my bum catch on fire. Chad was nice enough to clean the toilets, just not nice enough to warn me he wasn't done. Sitting down in acid is no fun my friends, just in case you couldn't figure that one out on your own. 
• Stopping at a garage sale where they were selling crappy pallet furniture that they made and then let a 2 year old paint. They were trying to sell this craptastic "furniture" for hundreds of dollars. Nope, I don't need a coffee table with a hidden door painted like the rainbow for $200, no thanks.
• Rukia getting so excited to be at the tiny little dog park by us that she pooed all over herself. We let her run around for a hot second but then were too embarrassed by Miss Poo Butt to stay there. Don't even ask about the car ride home.

Awesome:

• BYU dances
• Coupons for ice cream. Eating said ice cream for breakfast.
• An extra hour of sunshine! Now I don't feel like I need to go to bed at 8pm.
• Chad's been able to sleep in all week!
• SUSHI.
• It was 82 degrees yesterday. 82. While super awesome, I am starting to get nervous that I will die in the crazy heat this summer, for reals.

Party in Provo

We decided to live it up BYU style once we got in to Provo Friday night. So the four of us put on some plaid and headed out to the Hoedown Preference! The last time I went to preference was seriously almost 10 years ago, and this was just as awesome as I remember.

We played some carnival games, piled in to the photobooth a few times, and let loose on the dance floor with a bunch of 18 year olds. It was awesome. If any of you have seen Chad's dancing skills you know it was a VERY good time. Those of you who remember the dancing from high school days... just know that the dancing has gotten even more wild and crazy :)

I forgot to take pictures of the pictures (classy no?) from when we were all in cowboy hats and mustaches, now that was a good look for us all. We finished the night off with some Magnum ice cream bars which were everything we wanted them to be.

Saturday morning Patrick made us a killer breakfast. Coconut crusted french toast anyone? SO good. Then we headed up to Salt Lake. We wandered around the new, beautiful mall. We spent most of our time oogling everything in Anthropologie. New life goal: be able to shop at this store.

Lunch consisted of delicious and huge sandwiches! We drank strange sparkling lemonades and orange juices and bought a few pieces of chocolate and caramels. Because if there's a Godiva anywhere close Chad and I will find it!

After lunch we headed back to the mall and crossed the street over to a modern art museum. It was freaky weird. Lots of TV's with strange images and weird voices talking to us. At one point Ashley pointed out Samara on one of the screens. But then Patrick led us to the karaoke room. He saved us from the creepy and we proceeded to spend hours singing karoake to our hearts content while Korean people danced on the screen to clearly different songs than we were singing. It was crazy, still slightly creepy, but outrageously fun.

Singing and Dancing to MmmBop

Chad's favorite thing is to dress up and go out, much of why he loves Las Vegas. So we all dressed up and headed out for dinner. Unfortunately we did not realize that all of the restaurants would close at 9, on a Saturday night. Where are we? St. George?! After a lot of failed attempts we finally found a great place where we feasted on Udon noodles and Sushi. Holy Goodness! It was delicious. Chad has been searching for good Udon noodles ever since Hawaii and we've both been searching for sushi since then as well. Mission accomplished. Too bad it's 3 1/2 hours away from us.

I just couldn't resist putting this picture up. 

Sunday morning Chad and I slept in while Ash and Pat went to church. We all had blizzards for breakfast, nachos for lunch, and played a crazy game, Munchkins, all afternoon. We finally managed to tear ourselves away and head back home. Crying the whole way. Ok, so we weren't crying, mostly because they'll be coming down to see us soon and party in Vegas :)

Woot Spring Break!

Awkward and Awesome Thursday

So apparently I had some funky setting so that only the privileged few could actually leave comments. Awkward. It has now, hopefully, been fixed so everyone can leave comments. Sooooo I am now expecting comments from everyone! No, but really, it has been fixed so if you would like to leave some comment love you now can. It's always appreciated ;) Plus that way I'll know if it's really fixed!

Awkward:

• While driving up to Provo last Friday we saw a lighthouse.... on the side of the freeway... in the middle of a desert. What the? I'm still confused over that one.
• Chad and I decided to wander around and take pictures at one of the new buildings on BYU's campus while Ash and Pat were at church. The sign said the section we wanted to go to was closed but that didn't stop us. What did stop us was the crazy alarms that I set off. Seriously, building wide crazy loud alarms sounding. I'm hoping we end up in the police beat section of the newspaper.
• On the drive home from Provo we got stuck behind some crazy California driver. He couldn't keep a consistent speed so we tried to pass him. All of a sudden he decided that he wanted to go 100 mph. Sweet. It was a fun game passing, then being passed. The strangest part was how he used his turn signals. He wouldn't use them to signal a lane change, that's ridiculous! Instead he would be driving in he left hand land and then turn on his Left signal. Where you going buddy? Or would be passing a semi and turn on his Right signal. As soon as he would pass the truck he would turn it off. Is there some sort of special way to use your turn signals in California that I am unaware of because this guy seemed nuts-o.
• Dancing in my office to Kelly Clarkson because I was sooooo bored, then getting caught by a patient dropping something off. Don't be jealous of these sweet moves. At least I wasn't singing.
• Pulling out an armful of charts (seriously about 40) only to find a GIANT black bug sitting on top only inches from my face. I did what any normal person would do. I screamed, threw the charts in the air and ran away (still screaming) flailing around a bit. Maybe a lot. There was a lot of jumping and waving. My manager though I had hurt myself. She hung up with the insurance company she was talking with and came running over only to find me laughing hysterically now. There were charts everywhere and one fat, black cricket (yup, just a cricket) hiding behind the filing cases laughing at me and my crazy.

Awesome:

• Spending the weekend in Provo with Ash and Pat! We are overly excited to have them close by.
• Getting a package from the parents! Including a new Jeffery Deaver book. woot. 50 more pages and I'm done. His books are the best!
• Monsoon Season! The rain and the storms are intense. The thunder and lightning are crazy! The roadways are turned into rivers and the thunder bounces around and rumbles for a long while. The weather has put on quite a show for us.
• Jury Duty. More spefically for the Dr. Jury duty for the Dr. = Happy Danielle at work.
• The new building on Dixie State's campus is awesome. It's super modern and has all these glass walls, balconies and all sorts of fun things. It's pretty impressive.

Blast from the Past

 

We had an awesome weekend visiting Ashley and Patrick in Provo. It was fun to go back and hang out at BYU for a couple days.

We played some killer ping pong games, ate out of vending machines, got free donuts at Krispie Kreme and played ridiculous games in the parking lot at night! Much to Chad's dismay there was no flashlight tag.

There was however a energy drinking competition. Chad was able to barely squeeze out the win. Whoever could finish their Monster the fastest without burping was the winner. Classy game, I know. Classy games for classy people. The best part was the couple sitting in the same area as us. I'm guessing we put on a pretty good show to keep them around as long as we did.

After an awesome Kneaders breakfast Saturday morning we went up the canyon and hiked around Bridal Veil Falls for a little while. My favorite part was the photo shoot that was happening. Someone was taking bridals in the falls. The poor girl was a cold, wet mess. It was fun to watch.

We were also able to squeeze in dinner with one of Chad's mission companions up in Salt Lake Saturday night. After a fun dinner we came back and continued the food fest with the Flynns :)

We had a great time and can't wait for our next weekend hangout!