Spring Break '09

I've decided that one thing I miss most about school is having Spring Break. :) I loved having a week off to just do nothing. To go somewhere and play, so that you could come back and focus for the few more weeks until school was out for summer.

Now, I do not have that luxury. I have to work, even when Brian is out of school. Which stinks because it's the only time I have to be with him. So this year we decided to take a long weekend and go down to St. George. I left work early on Thursday and we drove down.

On the drive down I read to Brian for 4 hours out of his Architecture Theory book. Wow, that was exciting. (Sense the tone.) But he was supposed to write a paper this week and hadn't read the material for it. So we read. It did make the drive go by surprisingly fast though.

We got to St. George in time to have dinner with my sister and brother-in-law and her friend. We then just sat around and chatted and of course had ice cream for dessert.

On Friday, the boys went for a bike ride in the morning, and my sister Nat had to work. So I stayed home and relaxed and did my cross-stitch until they got done around 1. Then we met at Frostop for lunch with our brother Phil. (Some of you might remember that this is my family's favorite place to eat in St. George and we always try to go there.)

After lunch, Nat and I decided to go layout by the pool at my grandparent's condo. We ended up laying out in their backyard, but only for a few minutes before the sprinklers came on! Nat laid out there a lot longer than I did. I'm just not patient enough to tan. I also don't tan. I just chatted with my grandma until we decided to go home.

The boys were napping and decided to go on another quick ride before dinner. For dinner, Phil, my cousin Curtis, his wife Karli, and their daughter Brynlee, all came over to Nat's house. We had pizza and played poker. Never mind that Nat, Adam, and Brian had never played before, and I had only played maybe a handful of times, (with Oreo's). My cousin Curtis had a set of chips to play with and they taught us Texas Hold'em. We had a good time though I thought I was going to lose for a while and be the first one out. I came to find out that Brian was giving me chips without anyone looking so that I could stay in. :) That's what good husband's do.

Finally I hit it big. I won a really big pot with a full house and these are my winnings. I also kicked my brother-in-law out of the game with that hand. :( Sorry Adam.



This is how Brian looked most of the game. He pretended that he just didn't know what he was doing, but I think he's just a really good bluffer. He's got that innocent baby face that fools people.

This is Brynlee. She's about 16 months and one of the cutest little girls I know. She's been the sweetest baby since birth, never really crying or being fussy. Always content and happy and a good sleeper. Even this night when it was getting late and she was tired, she would fuss for a minute and then be fine.

On Saturday the boys again went for a ride and Nat and I, with our cousin Miranda, went shopping! We were going to go to Vegas, but decided the drive wasn't worth it. (Our cousins had gone the day before and it took 2 1/2 hours one way.) We also didn't have tons of money to spend so we opted to just go to the outlets. I like the outlets better anyway. :)

I ended up find a cute shirt on clearance, flip flops for 30% off, a cute clutch for $10, and a purse for 50% off. It was a great shopping day.

After shopping we decided to treat ourselves to pedicures, since Miranda had never had one before. We happened to drive past this place that was having a special on pedicures so we walked right in.

I have gotten pedicures before, but never splurged to get anything fancy on my toes. I decided to try it and I have to say, it makes it even better. My toes just feel prettier with the little jewel and design on them. :)

(Top left - Miranda, Top right - Nat, Bottom - Me)

After pedicures we went home and watched 27 dresses. Well, I watched it, Nat watched most of it, and Miranda had a good nap. :)

Then the boys got home and we all went to Winger's for dinner and met up with Miranda's boyfriend Tristan.

(From left to right: Tristan, Miranda, Me, Brian, Nat, Adam)

After dinner we went back to Nat & Adam's and played Hand & Foot. I don't know what it is about our family, we just really liked card games. After staying up past midnight the two nights before, we were pretty tired and went to bed early.

Sunday we went to church with Nat & Adam and then left to come home. I got to sleep for part of the drive, but woke up to completely different weather. What a bummer!

I was so happy we got to go have this short little vacation though. Brian needed it too, to relieve some of the stress from school. He figured that in total, they rode about 50 miles in two days, two rides per day. They were pretty exhausted and sore by the second night.

Now it's back to the grindstone, but we only have a few more weeks until Summer!