Fall Break '09

In what has now become a tradition (because we did it last year and decided to go again this year) we headed down to St. George for a long weekend during Fall Break. We go so 1) I can see my sister Nat, and 2) Brian can go do some end of season mountain biking.

This year we had the chance to stop in Cedar City & see my friend Meg. She's one of my best friends from USU and we hadn't been to her new house. Her husband made us dinner but then couldn't be there because of work. Next time Kyle. :) But it was still fun to catch up with Meg and see her cute house.

This year, my cousin Marci stayed in town. She usually goes somewhere else every time I come down so I never get to see her. But I'm happy she stayed. We got a chance to all play together while the boys rode their bikes.

Marci, Nat & I decided to be crafty so Marci took us shopping for all the supplies and to find lots of other good deals. We went to the dollar store where I got some cute Christmas decorations, then Michael's for scrapbook paper, and then to Robert's for block letters, and then to a store call Krumpet's, which sells way cute decorations for cheap. I got WAY too much stuff, but because Marci is such a good deal-finder, I didn't spend as much as I usually would.

After spending most of the day Friday shopping we just relaxed when the guys got home and got some pizza. Then for some reason we were all really tired and went to bed early.

Saturday we decided to get up early and go to the garage sales around town. Nat and I hadn't done that before but Marci's a pro at it. :) So we had to try it. I wasn't planning on getting anything because I got so much the day before and because we didn't really bring a truck or anything to take stuff home. Boy was I wrong.

The second house we stopped at I ended up getting a bookshelf. It was $10 but I only paid $7. I was so proud of myself for haggling. I also ended up getting two books for $.75, because I had to have something to fill up my bookshelf. :) Luckily Brian wasn't too upset and he and Adam worked for 15 minutes to make sure it would fit in the trunk of our car. :)

After garage sale shopping, we worked on our crafts.

Here's Marci, our deal finder and craft instructor.

Here's Natalie, sanding her letters. She doesn't like sanding very much.

Here's me working diligently on mine.

And here's me and my cute sister Nat, so proud of ourselves for being crafty.

Here are my finished letters. Unfortunately, I've gone a little crazy packing so I've already packed them up, along with the other cute Halloween decorations, so I might not get them out again after we move but before Halloween. :)

Here are all of our finished letters. Nat did the other Boo! and Marci did the Fall. I think we did a good job.

Saturday night after the boys got home from riding we all went to dinner. Brian's cousin Jason had come down as well (sans his wife) so he came out with us.

From Left to Right: Jason, Matt, Marci, Adam, Nat, Me, Brian

I had so much fun with the girls and Brian had so much fun riding with the guys. I'm glad we've made this a tradition. But I was still sad to come home to rain and cold.