A Few Things

It has been awhile mostly I have been exhausted and stressed so I haven't made the time to post so now it is time to play catch-up. Two weekends ago Jonny and I went to see Harry Potter in IMAX 3D. It was pretty awesome, I didn't think it would be much better than regular 3D but it really was. The theater we went to was right across from the Real Salt Lake stadium and when we got out the game was just starting so following along with my doing fun things in Utah we decided to go. It was really fun. We walked up and asked for their cheapest tickets which put us behind one of the goals but on the 5th row so it was pretty cool.

We were in the section with all the crazy fans, there was a band playing pretty much the whole time and organized chants. I was surprised how vulgar the fans were pretty much every cheer had some amount of swearing. I guess I'm just mostly used to BYU fans but I still think they are worse than most other fans. I was also shocked when the opposing goalie was on our side the fans kept throwing crate paper at him.
Had no idea that would be allow but I guess it is. Unfortunately we lost but we still had fun, now I can cross pro soccer game off my list.

Then on Tuesday Aaron and Elena came and stayed for a few days. (Sorry I didn't take pictures here.) It was so good to see them! I have missed them a ton and now they are headed to Boston so it was nice to get to see them for a few days. We played games of course good old Bang! and BuzzWord. Elena and I took a two hour walk and got sent on a detour that put us on a shadeless street for awhile which resulted in a nice sunburn for me. While they were here my car semi-died again, luckily it was on my day off and not when I was trying to get to work. Luckily/Unluckily it was my AC doing something weird to a belt so as long as I don't turn my AC on I can drive but the AC is very pricey to repair so now I am driving AC-less and trying to decide where to go from there.

Then on Saturday one of our best friends from home, Megan, got married to we went out to her reception in Draper. It was in her new in-law's backyard and it was very pretty and of course she was beautiful!

So that is what we have been up to the past few weeks.

Katy Perry

On Monday Jonny and I went to the Katy Perry concert. I randomly decided to buy tickets one night after watching several of her music videos. Also, I decided since craziness at work makes it so I can't really take a vacation this summer I would do some fun stuff in Utah, like this concert. It was so much fun! We had a great time it was quite a show. It was such a different atmosphere than any other concert I have been to. So here are some pictures.

She had so many different outfits!

These lights were awesome.

The screen the birds are on is her dress.

She went out over the audience on a cotton candy cloud.

Her Hershey Kiss outfit for California Girls.

Whipped cream gun.

And a video of our cotton candy. Yes, I had to take a video of cotton candy.

So many people had these light sticks it was cool to have the whole place lighting up. Definitely worth it. I love her songs they are so fun and she was great live.

Spanish Fork Rodeo

This weekend Jonny and I went to the Spanish Fork Rodeo. I had never been to a rodeo and my friend had told me this one was awesome so we decided to check it out. It did not disappoint. Jonny had been in California for two weeks so I picked him up from the airport in the afternoon and then in the evening we headed down to Spanish Fork. Before the rodeo started we checked out the vendor booths and the car show and then headed over to the arena for the show. (You can't tell from the picture but I also wore cowboy boots. Yes Karleigh, they were your boots and that is your hat and your shirt.)

It was so cool. I honestly don't know how these guys stay on the bucking broncos and the bulls. All I know is it does not look comfortable. There was only one guy who really got thrown up in the air and made you cringe as he hit the ground but he seemed fine.

One of my favorites was the Mutton Busters: little kids riding on sheep. It was so funny all these kids probably 8 and under holding onto the sheep as they go running around. One kid rode it backwards and was just hanging on with all his might. Unfortunately I missed getting video on the best Mutton Busters. I did get some good steer roping video thought. I have no idea how the guys rope steer so quickly, the are out of the chute and done in about seven seconds, it is crazy. I was also amazed by the trick riders. I got video of this too but I think it is too big for blogger. It was pretty crazy though. Still the highlight had to be the bull riding, those guys are crazy. It was totally worth it and lived up to my rodeo expectations.

Across the Country and Back in a Day

Last weekend Jonny and I were trying to think of something to do to enjoy the weather. We went out to Strawberry Day in Pleasant Grove and walked around for a bit. The we decided to take a quick trip across the country.

We hit D.C. first.

Next we headed to Philadelphia to check out where the Liberty Bell used to hang.

Then we headed to South Dakota.

We also stopped in NY to play some laser tag in the subway but I didn't get a picture. All this and we still had a chance to make it back to Provo to watch Water for Elephants. There is also a small chance that we took all these pictures at Trafalga in Lehi while mini golfing.

Also a side note Karleigh left for California for the rest of the summer so we helped her finish moving her stuff into the storage unit and then got some burgers at JCW's (those of you in Utah County should try it out! Great food I recommend the Hickory Bacon Cheeseburger.)

I'm sad she left and I'm going to miss her for the next few months. I took a picture because Jonny and Karleigh were kind of twins and I thought it was funny.

Les Mis

For Christmas Jonny's parents gave us tickets to see Les Mis in Salt Lake. This weekend the show finally arrived! We were so excited. Jonny has seen the show many times but this was my first time. I loved it. It was amazing and the cast was great. It makes me want to go see more shows. Jonny also loved it and said he was impressed by the cast. The theater was smaller than other ones he had been to but it was still nice. I was familiar with many of the songs and had a general idea of the story but it was so great to have it all come together. It is such a powerful story and the music is fantastic.

Karleigh came over and did my hair and helped me get all ready.

The night wouldn't have been over without a little adventure. We thought the adventure of the night would have been having to wander around to find somewhere to make change for parking (not easy at 11 pm). However, the real adventure was driving along the freeway when all of a sudden we hear a flapping sound and hooray! our tire is FLAT! So we got to pull over and Jonny got to fix the flat tire in his nice new suit. But we got it taken care of and made it home safely (at 2am) and still had a great night.

Anniversary

Last Thursday was mine and Jonny's 7th anniversary. We decided to try somewhere different for dinner. So we went to Joe's Crab Shack. The food was good and we had fun trying something different.

We were a little over dressed for Joe's but that is okay. We thought it was funny to wear the bibs with our nice dress clothes and I got to see Jonny in his awesome new suit!

Here is the anniversary present I got for Jonny. I'm pretty much the best gift giver EVER!

(just kidding it was just parked in the parking lot and we thought it was cool.)

I'm so lucky to have such an amazing boyfriend. I love him!

Bon Jovi!

A few months ago Jonny and I bought tickets to the Bon Jovi concert (birthday presents to one another) and the day finally arrived! We went and saw him perform at Energy Solutions Arena in Salt Lake on Tuesday.

Getting ready to leave.

Waiting to get in.

We were far away but we had a straight on shot so it worked.

Jonny got some really good shots. He also got an awesome video of Livin' on a Prayer but it is too big to put on here.

It was an strange mix of people. There were a lot of women there who were in there mid to late 40s who were dressing like they were 19 again and were seriously rocking out. It was definitely "interesting." The concert was amazing, totally worth the wait. It lived up to my expectations. We had such a good time. I couldn't stop singing the whole way home.

Three Day Weekend

I realize that the three day weekend was a week ago but at least I'm getting around to it now. It was a pretty good three day weekend. Saturday was the first BYU game, they played Washington at home. It had been in the 70s-80s all week and then just in time for the game it got up to 95ish, so it was insanely hot. It was an interesting game which ended in a win so that was nice. We of course did face paint and blue hair.

Then on Monday Jonny and I went to Lagoon. His parents gave him the trip as a birthday present. We started the day at Lagoon-A-Beach, the water park. Unfortunately it was only like 70 so we were a little on the cold side.

Why it couldn't have been 70 for the game and 90 for the water park I don't know. The cooler weather was nice for the rest of the day though. It wasn't very crowded so we were able to go on everything and never had to wait too long. We went on the Sky Coaster which was awesome. It is the ride below. Where you are pulled way up high and then you are released and go flying.

That was pretty much our weekend. Lots of fun and not long enough.

Golfing and Family

On Friday Jonny and I wanted to go on a date. Our original plan was to go see A-Team at the dollar theater but it was sold out by the time we got there so we had to change our plans. Our next idea was mini-golf, when we got there we changed our minds again and headed out to the driving range. We have been a few times and it is always fun. I'm not very good but I started getting better. I even tried it in heels, that didn't last long.

Jonny was a great coach and he always does well.

We actually went out to the driving range again on Saturday. It was fun until we woke up this morning sore. I just never use golfing muscles so they are complaining today! Then today, Sunday, we went to dinner at my cousins house. My aunt and cousin were visiting from San Diego and staying with my cousin in Springville so we had a cousin dinner.

It was fun catching up with cousins we haven't seen in years. Karleigh, David and Brittany were making fun of Jonny and I. They ate outside at the "kid's table" and Jonny and I were inside with the adults. David said he kept waiting for me to come out and say, "ok kids it is time to go." Then when we were leaving Karleigh and David had walked out to the car and Jonny and I were still on the porch saying goodbye and talking a little longer. When we get in the car to go Karleigh points out that we really are like the parents because we took forever to leave when the kids were ready to go. I had to laugh because it was true.