a break from Fall

Stephen and I spent most of Fall Break working and doing homework. We were able to go to St. George and stay at his parents house for a few days, which was a nice break from the cold weather in Salt Lake. We got into St. George on Wednesday night, ordered take-out and then hung out with Stephen's nieces and nephews who were also down for the weekend.

On Thursday we went on a quick hike right out side of St. George, it was beautiful!After the hike we played with our nieces and nephews at a park near to his parents' house. It a really awesome park, I'm sad I don't have any pictures. The jungle gym at the park was designed by a Danish company I think? Anyway, it was really modern and had a bunch of non-traditional jungle-gym toys. The kids loved it!

In March Stephen's parents got us tickets to see Aida at Tuachan just out side of St. George. Tuachan is an outdoor theatre where a lot of different musicals and plays take place. The amphitheatre is right next to the mountains so they use the mountains as part of the set. It was a great musical, we loved it. Stephen's dad had a $25 gift card for concessions, and serious, Stephen used it all on treats. He was so full after having nachos, popcorn, candied almonds, red vines, ice cream, and two Dr. peppers. They didn't allow any cameras during the play so i took a picture of the set before hand.
Friday Stephen and I drove to Las Vegas and spent the day doing some early Christmas shopping. We went to the outlets and then spent some time on the strip. After shopping we visited my dear friend Kelly Stika who lives in Vegas with her husband and son. It was so nice to see her! She made us pizza and showed us around her new house.

We made sure to take pictures of some of Vegas's best while we were in town.

Happy Birthday Stevo!

Stephen celebrated his 25th birthday on September 19th! We drove down to Provo Saturday morning for lunch with Stephen's dad. We went to Spark in the Wells Fargo building for the first time, and it was delicious! Afterwards Stephen and I went to the Provo Temple and then saw Stephen's two favorite football teams play, Florida State and BYU. It was fun for me, but Stephen wasn't too happy about the outcome of the game. (BYU got their butt's kicked.)


After the game we met Stephen's family at Pizzeria 712 for dinner, it is our favorite restaurant in the Provo/Orem area. It was so nice to see Stephen's family since we don't seem them as often now that we are busy with school.

Last year I took Stephen to the Melting Pot for his birthday, but this year, since we own a fondue pot, I decided to make him fondue and start a tradition. I made a traditional cheese fondue as an appetizer, steak and shrimp fondue for the main course, and we had homemade coconut cupcakes for desert.It was nice to celebrate Stephen's birthday with him as a married couple this year. He is the best friend and husband I could ever ask for. Happy birthday honey!