Hello all! The month of February has been very good to us. We had the opportunity to go to Utah for Valentine's Day weekend to be with my cousin as she went through the temple for the first time, and to see my Aunt & Uncle get sealed to each other. My parents and Grandmommy drove up from California so we go to see them, too! It had been a while. This past Valentine's Day was the two-year anniversary of when we first met...I know, I know, it's cute. Anyway, we went to Roxberry in Highland, UT to get some smoothies because I am trying...TRYING to not eat too much ice cream. =P We went and saw Taken 3 with my parents afterwards. Let me just say, I don't know why people don't start warning one another that taking things from Liam Neeson does not end well for anyone involved...
......just don't do it.
We drove back on Sunday and then had Monday off for President's Day. That night we stayed over at Austin's family's house in Idaho Falls. We went to go eat at Costa Vida with his sisters...when we realized it was the anniversary of our first date. We drove in his mom's Subaru, ate at Costa Vida, ordered the same thing, and he was even wearing the same jacket! We did not plan that I promise.
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| Our accidental 1st date reenactment. |
We had some car adventures later on that week. By adventures I mean wanting to punch our car in the face, and not so much having of the fun. While I was trying to leave for lunch on Thursday from work I could NOT steer my car at all. Luckily Austin was in Idaho Falls already at his internship so he came and rescued me. We were able to get it to a mechanic where they told us our steering pump(...?) was fried because there was a leak. So they kindly put more steering fluid in it and I was able to get back to work and home. The next day was a different story. I started to drive to work in the morning and I had a bad feeling about it because it was really difficult to steer again. So we took it into the mechanic and they said they wouldn't be able to look at it until at least 11....so no work for me (yay!) After a while we heard from the mechanic and he said it would cost $600+ to repair. Now, for those of you not familiar with my car, it is a piece of crap. Excuse my French. We decided it wouldn't be worth it to repair since we planned on getting rid of it within the next month anyway. Lucky for us, Austin's parents had a brilliant plan. We managed to get our difficult car to Pocatello where they met us at a Subaru dealership. They were looking to get a different car for his mom so we were able to trade for one of their older ones (although it's the newest car I've driven!) So we were lucky enough to get a 2011 Subaru Legacy and it actually runs! It's a miracle. The even better part is that we now have the car that we drove on our first date, yeah that's also cute.
| Our little whitey (nickname pending...as you can tell) |
Our first big adventure with the new car was when we took it on a day trip to SLC to see the Jazz v. Spurs game. I don't care to talk about how the game ended (except to let that annoying Jazz fan that was sitting right next to us know this: AT LEAST OUR TEAM IS IN THE PLAYOFFS. HAVE FUN WATCHING THEM FROM YOUR COUCH!). Anyway, we got there early so I could (hopefully) meet some of the players. I got to meet Manu Ginobili, Patty Mills, Tiago Splitter, Marco Belinelli, and Boris Diaw....and get their autographs. Surprisingly, I got way more star struck than I had thought that I would. Patty Mills came to sign his autograph for me and he looked up at me and said, "Hey, how are you doing?" in his Australian accent. Now it's very possible that I just imagined this, but I was the only person he talked to so...we're practically best friends now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patty_Mills
We watched the game, bought an extremely over-priced hot dog, and had a great time on our short trip. We were driving back really late that night when we saw this:
http://www.amsmeteors.org/2015/02/satellite-re-entry-over-western-usa/
...and we pulled off to try and get a better look. We couldn't, obviously, but WOW. It was awesome to see. We were back to work/school/internship the next day. Austin has his last week at his KIDK internship this week. That will be one internship checked off of the list and one step closer to graduation! We have also made a pretty big decision, at least the biggest we've made since we've been married, I guess. We are moving to Oklahoma! Just for the summer. We had a really difficult time deciding where we should go for the summer, but in the end, we felt the best about Oklahoma. Austin is going to sell pest control with a company that he knows the owner of from his mission. We'll be in the same areas he was in which will be super exciting! More than anything, it will be really nice to try something new, which is our main purpose in going. We will leave shortly after Austin's semester ends in April. We are super excited for the future and for more adventures! Happy February! =)
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| Our soon-to-be home for the next few months! |
