May I just say, the past 2 weeks have been amazing! I told you I was going on vacation, but I didn't say where. I went to Idaho and Utah! :D And I loved every minute of it. Unfortunately, I was an idiot and didn't take a lot of pictures, but I can tell you about it.
LEWISTON
First, me and MK landed in SLC at 8:45pm, but didn't get our luggage until 11:15pm. Then we drove up to Lewiston where my brother-in law's parents live and we slept in, get this.... an air stream! Haha. It was hysterical and a lot more comfortable than we were thinking it was going to be. Monday morning we woke up and went to the Lewiston Fourth of July (held on the 5th) Parade. Loved it! Lewiston is this tiny little town outside of Logan, but they had a pretty good parade! Then after we got cleaned up and showered I gave MK the Logan Grand Tour which included meeting my wonderful friend Brittany. I love this girl! She's going to have twins soon and I am so excited for her and was so glad to see her! Later that day we went back to Lewiston and caught a little bit of the rodeo (awesome!) and then went on to Rexburg!
REXBURG
So, about a week before I went out West, I told my roommate Gibby that I had sent her a birthday package and that my sister would be bringing it by Monday night. She said OK, so when me and MK got to the Burg I grabbed a box from my sister's apartment and we headed over to my old apartment. I knocked on the door and when Gibby opened the door everyone looked shocked. It was amazing! I had actually surprised them! I was for sure thinking they would find out or at least figure out I was coming. But no! I definitely cried. We sat and chatted for a little bit and it felt so good to back.
During our time there we saw a bunch of my friends, went to a play, I gave MK an unofficial BYU-I tour, we went to the temple, went to Monkey Rock, made a stop by Craigo's, and just hung out in the small town. It was great to be able to share a small piece of my personal heaven with someone else who has only heard about it and to be able to show her how much I truly love that place. It was also great to see the people I love so much. Gibby, Kim, Chelsea, Robin, Rachel, Jared, Irina, Emma, Becca, Ana Banana, Jamie, Amanda, Jacob, Nathan, Kimball, Ryan, Waldo, Heidi, my sister, and her husband, Bradley. For those of you I did not get to see or list, I still love you and I'll be back soon! Thank you to you all for making my trip to Rexburg that much better.
PROVO
Party in P-town! OK, so not a huge party, but still a LOT of fun. We had to leave Rexburg earlier than planned, which ended up working out. So it was nice. MK just loved my grandma and Grandma loved MK! I love introducing my little British grandma to people because the woman is truly an amazing person with a huge heart. I love her so much and was so grateful that I got to see her.
When we reached Provo we realized we both needed the internet, badly. So Friday we went to the BYU Library where I unexpectedly saw my friend Matt (or Mattie) from back home. It was so great running into him! Later that night we met up with Nichole (love her!) and had frozen yogurt. I love seeing Nichole because we can always, without fail, talk for hours. Then on Saturday we went to Thanksgiving Point which I have tons of pictures of and will post soon. On Saturday we also went and saw "Eclipse" and I got to eat at the Mayan Adventure! What a neat place! I felt like I had watched into the old TV show "Legends of the Hidden Temple." It was crazy! Sunday we went to the local singles ward where again, completely random, saw the Snows (a family from my stake in GA)! They had just moved to UT and the Snow kids go to the singles ward. It was great seeing them too!
Monday we did laundry, packed, drove around in the mountains for a little bit, then headed up to SLC where we caught our flight very early the next morning. All in all, I am so glad i decided to go on this vacation. It was a much needed break that came at the right time. :)
Hopefully pictures of the parade and Thanksgiving Point will come soon. I need to catch up on loading my pictures.
Small little update: I leave for student teaching in less than a month! AGH! In a little while I'll be in Vegas student teaching. Oh my. I found out I'm teaching 7th and 8th grade. I am so excited! It will be such an exciting and new experience. I am definitely looking forward to it. :)
