hey baby let's go to vegas!

during my adventures in utah, holly and jeremy went to vegas and i decided to join! we road tripped it with las vegas tunes, delectable snacks, and high school musical..haha. good times.

we induldged in a place called yogurt land(so good), stayed at the trump hotel, enjoyed some H&M, walked the strip, walked the mall at caesars palace, ate some IN-N-OUT, and relaxed.

i will never drive down the strip again without some sort of vegas-oriented song. some songs we listened to were, (but not limited to): "viva las vegas", "pokerface", "waking up in vegas" and "let's go to vegas". it completely heightened the experience.

utah happenings

so..it's been a while. this i know. BUT here i am to update the world on our recent happenings.

sometime in october when i was wallowing in self pity over the move, i purchased a plane ticket to see my family for a month and a half. november seventeenth came around and i ventured--without husband--to utah. i then proceeded to participate in activities such as:

..new moon premiere (which i've now seen three times and have come to the conclusion it won't be like twilight where i just keep going back to see it. it's TOO long and TOO emotional. but i did indeed enjoy it the three times i did see it..haha)..

..spent time with christopher's family..

..thanksgiving dinner with my family..

..VEGAS with holly and jeremy's family..

..panda at least five times, rubio's once and indulged in IN-N-OUT(i found a new love for this place--i now understand the hype after eating a burger "animal style")..

..spent much needed time with my dearest alix..

..finally got to see miss sarah beth and her hubs after SIX months(way too long)..

..shopped a little..

..read a few books (wuthering heights, the host--again, the rescuer)..

..wrote a little(got 25,000 of the 50,00 words i wanted done because my computer broke. that was a good day)..

..had lots of sisterly and motherly bonding time..

..and missed ryan way to much to ever spend more than a couple days away from him ever again..

i will post pictures for each event in a different post with a little more detail if i can remember.

nashville baby!

this is a long overdue post..but nevertheless needs to be documented. when we went to tennessee for tom's wedding we did a little exploring in nashville with ryan's parents. we passed by the grand ole opry, enjoyed the largest mall i've ever seen, and walked the streets downtown while passing bars full of cowboys and girls singin' and playin' their guitars/dancing on bars. it was quite eventful and HOT(in both senses of the word).

doing what we do best.

his best friend's wedding

ryan's best friend, tom, got married last weekend..yay tom! they were sealed in nashville, tennessee temple. so we made the eight hour drive with ryan's parents to show some support.

Congrats you guys!

weekend in jackson

my parents invited ryan and i to spend some time with them in jackson hole, wy this past weekend. they had made a fun little trip up there with my aunt charlene and uncle russ. so on saturday afternoon we drove up and met up for some lunch at the cadillac grill. we had some delicious burgers and then headed over to the teton national park. the mountains were so gorgeous. animals roamed free and a moose walked within like 20 feet of us..pretty sweet. we then went back to their condo, watched a couple movies and played some games. it was just really nice to get away for a day. thanks for letting us join in:)

june and there was still snow in the mountains

memorial day weekend in CALIFORNIA

this past weekend weston and whitni went home to CA for a camping trip and invited us. it really was so much fun and SO nice to get out of rexburg..completey worth the 13 hour drive!

all the things we did in no paticular order:

..camped in santa cruz with whitni's family..

..spent a half day in san francisco..

*went to peir 39/the wharf (saw the infamous seals, alcatraz from across the way and ate delicious mini doughnuts)

*drove down lombard street

*drove across the golden gate bridge(and back)

*ate at boudin's (best sour dough bread bowls ever)

..went on a mile a half hike through the redwoods..

..licked banana slugs...yes you heard me correctly (apparently a mangrum family tradition that's been going on for years. every time they go on this hike they lick banana slugs. it apparently makes your tongue numb. and yes i did it. i guess i give into peer pressure when it's persisant)..

..the guys went to see the new terminator(and liked it, but not that much)..

..spent a couple days at seacliff beach(and got NO sun..how? i don't know!)..

..ate at a taco truck in turlock (i was feelin sketchy about it, but again..i give into peer pressure and it was really GOOD)

..went to the boardwalk and went on a couple rides-"fireball" and "giant dipper"(85 year old rollercoaster)..

..had a nice bbq with weston's family on memorial day..

thank you mangrums for letting us tag along..we had a lot of fun!