Utah's Beach

Yesterday, we decided to take a small day trip. I've been wanting to do something exciting before school started, but since Brody is strongly adverse to driving, I had to find a place to go that wasn't too far from our house. He finally agreed to take me to Antelope Island. I've always wanted to go there for some reason. It just sounded intriguing and I've lived in Utah for 5 years now and still haven't gone to the Great Salt Lake so yesterday was finally the day!


Even though the island is named Antelope, it is famous for its herd of buffalo. I stood by this nice buffalo statue at the visitor center hoping to real life buffaloes. (or I was reminded they are called bison)Later we were lucky enough to see these. We got pretty close but a park ranger made sure we weren't too close. I guess the buffalo are very aggressive at times.


We spent the day hiking and visiting the beach. We hiked through a lot rocks to see some amazing views. It was a super windy and hot day. Antelope Island is definitely a wasteland, but it is the closest we get to a beach in Utah. I figured since I can't visit a real beach I should at least visit the huge salty body of water that we have hear.

Sadly, my least favorite part of the trip was actually the beach and the Great Salt Lake. The beach was full of painful rocks and we had to walk across it forever to get to the water and then the lake is ridiculously salty. It left this gross residue all over your body from being in it. I even attempted to float in it. Unfortunately, I was not successful!

The 'not so beautiful' beach

P.S. I was sad that I never saw an antelope!

Devestation

So I am wasting my life away since it's my last week before I enter the big world of grad school and will probably have no more free time. I decided to get caught up on all my old shows. So against my better judgment, I was convinced that I must watch that last few episodes of the Hills. I have wasted the last 4 years of my life watching Laguna Beach and the Hills (I took a break last year bc I couldn't handle the ridiculousness of the show anymore) But this season I have been intrigued by the fact that Brody and Kristin were kinda a couple so I just had to watch I guess.

Well much to my disbelief they devastated me if their final episode! It's not real! I mean I always knew there was no way that all that drama and meeting up for serious talks at cutesy cafes could not possibly be real, but I wanted to believe that at least some of the story lines were partly true. Take for example, Brody and Kristin. Now I must believe that Brody and I do not have a celebrity couple like us!! (To make matters worse they all went to Costa Rica and stayed in the exact town that we did on our honeymoon...oh the similarities) And even if the drama was all scripted while they were there, I do know that they were actually in Santa Teresa bc I recognized the streets and restaurants.

So that is my desperate rambling for the day! I am sad that Brody and Kristin were completely fake. I guess I'll have to move on with my real life with the real Brody. Definitely not as glamorous :(

New chapter in our lives

Life has been crazy lately. I am wrapping up my job at United Way of Utah County, Brody graduated and craziest of all we moved!! We are now Salt Lake County residents, no longer stuck in the confines of Utah County. So far, I haven't figured out why so many Utahans hate Utah County but are ok with Salt Lake. I guess we have better shopping and probably more restaurants (though I haven't tried any of them yet) but I guess I will get back to you on why Salt Lake is better after I figure it out.

One thing for sure is that our apt is a hundred times better. Gone are the days of cave dwelling. After 2 years of living in an apt with no major outside facing windows, I am delighted to report that we have windows on every side of our home and they let in a ton of light. I do not have to turn on the lights at noon anymore!!! We love our duplex. We have a backyard, bigger kitchen, 2 bedrooms and tons of fun upgrades. You must all come visit soon!

Not decorated yet...it's a work in progress

Brody's graduation was fun. His parents came down for the convocation on Friday morning and then we all went to lunch at Chef's Table. It was fun to celebrate in style. The food was amazing.

Afterwards we began the dreaded move! It took us basically all weekend and was miserably hot. But we are finally done and now only have cosmetic things left to do. I need some throw pillows, curtains and a few other things.

Next week I start orientation and then school. I am not really looking forward to the commute, but I will enjoy being back at my favorite University.

Good bye to Provo, but not to campus!

1 whole year!

It's amazing that one year ago (more now cause I'm slow to update the blog) that I married my husband here!

That day ended up perfect and I came home with a pretty good prize! Being married to him really has been the best :)

Love Brody's face in this one!

K enough of the mushy. For our anniversary we decided to go to Snowbird. It is one of our favorite ski resorts in the winter, but we never had been there in the summer. We also just had a month of traveling so we didn't think a big trip was appropriate.

First, we ate at an Indian Restaurant on our way. It was yummy. I tried to take a picture, but the waiter who took it, took a horrible picture! We stayed in a quaint room at the Inn of Snowbird. We had a fireplace and a cute kitchen. It was nice to get away from the heat and spend a day in the mountains.



We also got a pass to participate in all the activities that they have there. We went on the alpine slide, ziplinging (nothing compared to Costa Rica ziplinging), the tram and hiked a bit and some easy rock climbing walls. It was a fun day!

Afterwords, we went to the Jordan River Temple (I wish we could have gone to the DC temple, but they are all special and beautiful) We had an amazing experience there. We definitely felt loved and so happy that we had chosen each other!