The post we couldn't come up with a title for

Has anyone else noticed that blogger has changed? I think there are a few glitches too. It keeps underlining random words in my posts. So please just ignore that. Moving on... Guess where we went today! Here are some hints.....

Yep! We went to the Tulip Festival at Thanksgiving Point! It was super pretty, but very hot outside! So we recommend that if you go, bring a couple of water bottles.

The beautiful grass and flowers must have inspired us because we came home and worked on our lawn and garden for the rest of the day. Technically the apartment managers are supposed to take care of the lawn, but I guess they have been busy because the grass was getting super high-so we decided to take matters into our own hands. Our lawn looks great now and the garden has been tilled and is ready to go! We will start planting soon! And on a random note, look what we found in the shed while we were searching for the lawn mower!

We were like, "What the random ridiculously old car!!!!!!" But pretty neat at the same time.

Productivity

My latest craft project is finished! I turned this:




Into this:



Which meant that we could stop this:



And start this:


Yay for being productive and crafty!

Happy Easter!

A Day of Adventure!

Late Sunday night Jon and I decided that we should spend our day off in Salt Lake City, just for the heck of it. So Monday morning we drove to the UTA Trax Station in Sandy and took the trax up to Salt Lake. We started out with the new City Creek Center right across the street from Temple Square. We were really impressed with how big the new mall was, and enjoyed the pretty scenery surrounding the shops.






(This roof opens and closes to let in the fresh air and help cut back on heating and cooling costs)

A little creek runs all the way through the mall. I guess that's why they called it the City CREEK Center. Ha ha.









The Mall was so big! We got a little lost.

But we found lots of interesting things in our wanderings, like this:



And this:




When our tummies started to rumble we made our way to the food court--which was PACKED!!! But we decided to brave it and ordered delicious lunches from Chick-fil-a. We got EXTREMELY lucky and happened to find an empty table to eat at. As we were finishing up, a mall employee came over and asked if we were done. We decided that we were, and she picked up our trays and threw away the garbage for us! My, aren't they rushing everyone in and out?

After lunch we came to the conclusion that we were tired of the crowds, and made our way toward the gateway mall. I may have almost gotten us hit by a trax train on the way, but we eventually made it there safe and sound. And let me tell you, the Gateway mall was EMPTY. I'm afraid the City Creek Center stole all their business!

So then we met up with our friends Mo and Maria and went to Applebees and then back to the City Creek Center where we saw the coolest thing ever! The big fountain at the City Creek Center was actually designed and made by the same people that designed and made the Bellagio fountain in Las Vegas! And this one is ever cooler because it has fire! See for yourselves:





I wish you could hear the music better because it went along with the show, but oh well. You get the idea. Pretty neat, huh? I also took a few more night pictures:










Then we ran across the street to Temple Square because you can't spend a day in Salt Lake City without seeing the beautiful temple!






After that it was back to riding the trax to Sandy, and then driving home. We were tired from all the walking we did, but it was a great adventure!

Sorry if I post too many pictures. I'm a photographer. I get trigger happy with the camera. It's how I document my life.

Conference Weekend

This week has been very busy! I have been trying to perfect my bread making skills, unfortunately making a big mess and burning myself in the process:







But at least I have had more success in my baking!!!!



Unlike we have been having with fishing....

(Jon caught a stick)

But we still love fishing and go whenever we can!!

This past weekend was great! We got to listen to a living Prophet and apostles speak to us in general conference! I watched the Saturday morning session by myself because Jon had to work but then he joined me for the second session. Later that night he went up to Riverton to attend the priesthood session with his dad and brothers so I spent the evening having a girls night with my mom and two of my sisters! We made adorable holiday decorations, ate delicious KFC, and played with two of my nephews, Kannon and Britian. I wish I had a picture to show you of that night, but I forgot my camera. :(

For the Sunday morning session, Jon and I went to my parents house for our traditional "feast" breakfast that we have during every Sunday morning conference session. It was delicious and I contributed by making half of the cinnamon rolls myself! We all ate out in the Living room so we could watch conference on the tv.



Jon was such a good uncle and helped keep Britian entertained during the session by reading a book to him about Jesus:



I think Britian really enjoyed it!


Afterwards, Jon and I traveled up the road to Riverton where we joined his family for a Lunch/Dinner feast of their own! After the delicious turkey meal, we watched the last session of conference, and played a game of Settlers of Catan with Jon's brother, Scott.

Then Jon and I decided to take a walk around the neighborhood, despite the threatening clouds overhead, to search for signs of Spring. This is what we found:






















We founds signs of a beautiful spring everywhere, and even caught a glimpse of the Easter Bunny:




Happy Spring, Everyone!