^^ Much better title than "Fall Break '14" right? :)
Seriously, god bless those of you who go deer hunting
because without you, we wouldn’t have had two days off for fall break. (Shout
out to Trev’s uncle Jason, aunt Trish, and cousin Amanda who all got deer this
past weekend.) The week leading up to fall break was busy so when we finally
loaded up the car and drove out of the parking lot Friday afternoon, I breathed
a huge sigh of relief. Sometimes, a girl just needs to get away with her
husband (and her brother-in-law… talk about a cock-block ;)) and leave
responsibilities, jobs, internships and patient stories at home.
On Friday, October 17th, we drove up to Salt Lake
City, checked into our hotel, and went to Trevor’s favorite band’s final
concert. Now, most of you know I’m a country music kind of gal, but I’ll listen
to pretty much anything. Anberlin has some great tunes and lyrics, and I’ve
been listening to them with Trev since we started dating 2.5 years ago. I’ve
never been to a rock concert, but I’m glad that Anberlin took my rock virginity
card. I was a little nervous to go to the show because I didn’t want to get
killed in mosh pit. The reason why I like country concerts is you can sit in a
chair or stand in front of your chair safely. You don’t have to worry about
getting pushed around or caught in a sweaty claustrophobic hell unless you’re
in the pit. Anberlin (I’ve been since told) had a really mild concert compared to some other rock bands like A Day to Remember. When
they first took the stage, a bunch of dumb ass boys started jumping around and
moshing, pushing me near tears. Trev was standing behind me and made sure thqat
nothing was going to happen to me. I’ve never been so grateful for such a large
husband. The moshing only happened two more times throughout the show. I was
however in white guy hell for the whole show; I’ve never seen so many men jump
around, flail their arms, fist pump, or nod their heads to the beat. Yes, my
husband and brother-in-law are included in this white guy hell. Trevor sang
(yelled) his heart out to every song while I took pictures and sang along to
the songs that I knew. Anberlin played for a solid two hours. Stephen Christian’s
vocals were solid and the band played their hearts out. By the time the show
was done, my ears were ringing and my feet hurt. I also smelled like a peach,
covered in so much salty, smelly sweat (half my own, some of it Trev’s, the
rest was everybody elses :O)… Nasty. We happily walked away from The Complex
with our Anberlin final tour shirts. Adios, Anberlin. Thanks for giving my
husband 12 years of music.
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| Anberlin concert//and Stephen Christian liked my Instagram photo of the concert. :)) |
Saturday October 18th we slept in as much as we
could, and then got ready to head to Lagoon’s Frightmares. Cam, Trev, and I had
never been to Frightmares before, and we all love Lagoon. No, it’s not as cool
as Disneyland or Six Flags, but for Utah it does its job. We got to Lagoon at about 3 p.m., and I couldn’t
believe how crowded it was. Turns out that all of the colleges and most of the
high schools in Utah had fall break at the same time (again, thank you deer
hunt) so families, teens, and college students like ourselves flocked to the
one amusement park in Utah. The lines for the rides were long, but Trevor kept
saying, “Remember, these aren’t as bad as the Disneyland ride lines!” And he
was right – it wasn’t hot and miserable yet it wasn’t too cold, and the lines
moved fairly quickly. We hit almost all of the big rides and were able to go
into one of the Frightmares haunted houses. We munched on Dip-n-Dots, got wet
on Rattlesnake Rapids (not our smartest idea since we stayed so late into the
night), and the boys ate overpriced dinners. Lagoon did a nice job with the
Halloween decorations, and it wasn’t until later that we saw the spooks,
zombies, and vampires start walking around. We were standing in line for the
Frightmares’ haunted house, and somehow a creepy ass girl vampire managed to
come up behind me and screamed in my face when I turned around. I nearly shat
my pants, while Cameron and Trev laughed. Thanks, boys. By the time we got back to the
hotel room that night, our feet were double aching and we were exhausted. Note:
Trevor and I are so excited for “Cannibal,” the new HUGE extreme ride that’s
coming to Lagoon next summer. Cam’s afraid of heights, wiener.
Sunday we checked out of our hotel (have I ever told you how
much I freaking LOVE staying at hotels? Really, I truly do), wandered around
the Gateway Mall, and met up with the boys’ cousin Colton and his girlfriend
Tiffani at a Texas Roadhouse in Taylorsville. Nothing perks me up more than a
prime rib for lunch, nom om om. The food and company was great, and the
conversation was even better. It’s nice to catch up with family members that we
don’t see near enough. Colton and Tiffani aren’t engaged yet, but it’s only a
matter of time; any chance we get to spend time with Tiffani helps us in
getting to know her better, since she will be apart of the family. Instead of
going to the Hogle Zoo like planned after Texas Roadhouse, Cam,Trev, and I
ventured down to Lehi to see my family and spend the night with them. My
brother Trevor took us out skeet shooting and showed us around his job at
Wasatch Wing and Clay in Cedar Fort. My brother might not be going to school,
but he has a $28,000 a year paying job working with guns, pheasants and people,
and being outside. What more does a boy want? Cam kept saying, “Dude, you have
a sweet job!” It was nice to see my brother so passionate about something
because he struggled through school and never was really passionate about
anything except for his animals. We shot at flying orange disks for over two
hours before we headed home to hang out with Mom, Dad, and Tedo. Sunday dinner
with the family was my mom’s crockpot lasagna (yum) and then we parked
ourselves on the couch to watch the Broncos destroy the 49ers on Sunday Night
Football. Kaepernick, you suck.
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| Shooting - god bless 'Murrica and the second ammendment. |
Monday we convinced Tedo to come to the zoo with us since he
didn’t have school and it would get him out of working in the yard. After
almost ten years of living in our house, my parents are finally finishing up
the front yard, and the amount of work still left to do is daunting. It’ll look
soooo good when my dad is done with it, compared to the dirt and weeds it has
been for years. Cameron, Trevor, and I have all been to the San Diego Zoo, so I
think we were expecting the Hogle Zoo to be to that size expectation… but it’s
not. The zoo only took us two hours to go through, and the exhibits and animals
were less than stellar. But we had fun being together and taking silly pictures.
Cameron, like Trevor, is great with kids and I’m excited for him to be an uncle
someday. We ate lunch at JCW’s and then spent a couple of hours at home playing
Legos and playing with Sasha the German Shepard before we had to head back to
Cedar City for Cameron to work on Tuesday. We never quite have enough time to
spend with my family. The next time Trev and I will see my family is
Christmastime.
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| Hogle Zoo // Sasha the German Shepard (bottom row, second picture left side) |
Although Tuesday was mine and Trev’s official last day of
fall break, I spent it working in the copy center while Trev sat at home and
worked on homework. Unfortunately, one can only avoid real life and
responsibilities for so long. I loved being able to spend so much quality time with husband dear though. This semester we haven't done a lot of that other than our weekly date night because of our busy schedules. Being an adult sucks sometimes, and we can’t wait
for Thanksgiving break.
Side rant: So, The Walking Dead started two weeks ago, and
ohhhh myyyyy goshhhhh it’s already so intense and gross and AHHHHHHH. We
watched the second episode that we recorded on Sunday Tuesday night, and we
were both dying. Three things so far about the season: poor Bob; Daryl and
Carol forever; and we think Rick is a secret psycho maniac. The end. (:
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| #TheWalkingDeadSunday #walkersunday (Like our Walking Dead shirts? Me too.) |
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| Carol & Daryl forever, people. This hug killed me. |
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