Adventure #30: Park City

"The mountains are calling and I must go." - John Muir

April 26-28th, 2015

Jordan and I have a group of friends that we all refer to as "The Gang." The Gang consists of Jordan and I, Austin and Ashley, and Marcus and Lana. For the past two years we have done so many fun things together (like our trip to Colorado). Unfortunately, Jordan and I will be moving to Philly this summer, and Marcus and Lana will be moving to Omaha for a 6 month internship starting in May. We knew that April was going to be the last time we all could do something fun together (at least for the next couple of years). So we decided to go on a three day trip to Park City!

We stayed in a cute condo right near the main street in Park City. This trip was days after school ended, so we were all pretty tired out and needed the break. It was the perfect relaxing trip before we all had to get back to the real world. We ate tons of food, played games, watched movies, and we explored Park City. Here are a few pictures from our stroll in Park City:

Jordan did not think it was funny for me to cuddle with this bear...

But I gave him a cheesy smile and...

 He thought it was funny, too. haha  I'm glad I can always have so much fun with him.  :)

 My gal pals Lana and Ashley.

We also took a nice scenic drive through the surrounding areas. Everything was beautiful. We had a lot of fun checking out the super expensive houses, too. It was a short trip, but I'm so glad we could spend time together before we all headed our separate ways. I'm going to miss them so much! Thank goodness technology can keep us in touch!

Adventure #29: Fun Food and a Baby Shower

"Happiness is living a life having fun, friends, and freedom." - Lorrin L. Lee

April 11-18, 2015

I don't remember why, but 7-11 had a promotion where you could fill any container that fit in a 10" circle with any kind of Slurpee you wanted for just $1. Jordan and I happen to love Slurpees. In fact, before we started dating, our group of friends would go and get Slurpees almost weekly. And after Jordan and I did get together, we still would get Slurpees all the time. Needless to say, we couldn't resist...

It was a beautiful day and so we decided to walk to 7-11. We got quite a few weird looks from people as we were walking with our giant containers of Slurpee. The Slurpees were super good! Jordan and I were pretty warm from our walk, so we ended up drinking about half of our Slurpees once we got home. Ya, that was not the best idea we've ever had. Jordan and I spent the rest of the afternoon recovering from those Slurpees. haha  But it was totally worth it!!!

Just a few days later, we went to a Colombian restaurant in Taylorsville called Andinita's. We've been there a few times so that Jordan can get his fill of authentic Colombian cuisine. We knew we needed to go at least one more time before we moved cross-country. It started snowing on our drive up to Taylorsville, but it wasn't enough to stop us. I'm glad we went because that food really hit the spot! The soup, plantanos, meat, and juices are all sooooo good! If you ever get a chance to try Colombian food, do it!

As you can tell, Jordan was in heaven eating his Colombian food.  :)

The very next Saturday was my baby shower. My friends Lana and Ashley threw the shower for me and I am so grateful for everything they did. We played games, ate treats, and I had way too many gifts to open! People were so generous! It made me feel so special that people cared so much! I'm so grateful that my baby girl is going to have everything she needs and more because of how sweet my family and friends are. And it was so much fun to see lots of friends and family (some people I hadn't seen in years!). 

I seriously love my family! These are some of the family that came from my dad's side (my mom and I were having so much fun that we didn't get pictures of everybody):

Left to right: My Aunt Julie and my cousins Jen, Casey, and Danielle. These girls have always been so loving and so supportive. I am going to miss them so much when we move away.  :(

Below is all of the family that came from my mom's side:

Left to Right: Me, my grandmother, my mom, Great Aunt Linda, Aunt LaDawna, Aunt Karen, my cousin Gabrielle, my cousin Jackie and her daughter Ariana, and my Aunt Denise.

Lana had a rocking chair that she decorated with balloons for me to sit in. It was all so cute and so sweet.  :)

I almost forgot to talk about Jordan's reaction when I got home from the shower! My mom and I started to bring in gifts from the car so Jordan came out to help us. He was so surprised to see the whole car was full of gifts. He was even more surprised to see how much room those gifts took up when we put it all in our living room. lol  It was so funny to see Jordan's face. I knew all he could think about was how much room we were going to have when we move cross-country. But we would much rather have our baby girl spoiled and get rid of our junk than to not have enough for her. We felt very lucky and very blessed.

Adventure #28: College Grads

"You are graduating from college. That means that this is the first day of the last day of your life. No, that's wrong. This is the last day of the first day of school. Nope, that's worse. This is a day." - Andy Samberg

April 23-24, 2015

I'm warning you now, there are going to be a lot of pictures on this post. It took me a while to realize it, but I am just so proud of us for graduating college. That sounds so conceded, but I'm starting to understand what great accomplishment it is for us. It was even sweeter because we were able to share it and graduate together.

The first day of graduation was commencement which turned out to be a mixture of a few golden nuggets from the speakers and extreme boredom. Don't get me wrong, the speakers weren't bad or anything, but no one really talked about concepts that applied to college graduates.... which I thought was the whole point... but maybe I'm just picky. lol  For example, one of the main speakers spent the entire time talking about all the different things we could change to improve BYU, like focusing more on religion in non-religion classes and such. I would love to improve BYU, but seeing as we are never coming back to BYU, it just wasn't applicable. Honestly the best part of the day was just walking next to Jordan in our caps and gowns.  :)

Jordan always finds a way to make life more exciting. 

My dad, Ryan, and my mom were able to attend Commencement.

Thanks to my mom, we got some "glamour shots" in our caps and gowns. I'm so glad she was there to make us take extra pictures. I would be so sad if I didn't have all these pictures.

Jordan's first attempt at his "glamour shot"...

My man is just so cute.  :)

Jordan made sure that we did our pose.  :)

On our way to the car we walked through the Tanner Building which has every country's flag hanging up. So naturally we had to find the Colombian flag and take a picture!

And a video...

After Commencement, my family (parents and little brother) went to Salt Lake to meet up with Jordan's family (parents, brother, sister, aunts, uncles, and cousins). It was a lot of fun to have both of our families together again. And it was nice to eat a good meal after walking/standing for hours.

The second day of graduation was the convocation. Even though Jordan and I were graduating from different schools, we were able to get permission for Jordan to walk with me and my school (School of Education). It worked out very nicely because my school was significantly smaller and the convocation exercises didn't take too long. We heard that Jordan's school (School of Life Sciences) had tons of people and so it took a long time. 

The only downside to walking with my school was that it was at 8 in the morning so we were supposed to be there at 7 in the morning. Even though we lived across the street, we didn't show up until 7:30ish. I mean, how long does it take to pick up a name card and stand in line? Definitely not an hour, so that's why we figured 30 minutes was plenty of time (which it was). It felt like we were waiting forever for the convocation to start! 

I honestly don't remember any of the speakers. I remember the faculty sang a song and that we walked across a stage! haha It was really neat to have our names read consecutively. They even announced that he was my husband and announced his degree.

It really was a blast walking with my bestie. :)

We were blessed to have a lot of family there to support us that morning: Jordan's parents, little brother, Aunt, and Uncle. And then we had my parents, brothers, Grandmother (my mom's mom), Grandpa (my dad's dad), Uncle and two cousins. We were so grateful that so many people came to see us graduate. I love them all so much and I'm glad we got pictures with everyone who came.  :)

Jordan's family:

Our parents:

And my family:

I really wanted to get a picture in front of a BYU sign and my brothers and cousin were so nice to walk all the way to this sign so we could take a picture. :)

After convocation and pictures were finished, we all went to mine and Jordan's favorite place to celebrate: Macaroni Grill. It was great to have even more family together to eat and chat. And once again, my pregnant body was grateful for sitting and eating. :)

 From left to right: My grandmother, Jordan's parents, Spencer, my two uncles, James, my cousin Casey, Ryan, Jordan, me, and my Grandpa.