Girls Weekend in St. George

This past weekend I was able to go to St. George with the girls on my mom's side of the family. Its been an unwritten rule that you have to be married to go on the trip, so I can finally go! I wasn't able to go on the last trip because I was still in school, but now that I've graduated nothing was going to keep me away! There were 17 of us who went down for the weekend! My aunt Leslie was in charge of finding/booking the rental house this year...and WOW it was a beauty!! The house we stayed in could sleep 25+ people! The house had an amazing pool, hot tub, water slide, and basketball court!

Our first day in St. George we ate at the 25 Main Cafe. I had their fettuccine and it was delish! We did some shopping at the outlets and the we went to the house to get settled in. For dinner that night the group split up and went to different restaurants. After dinner my aunt Leslie thought it would be fun if we went to The Narrows. By the time we arrived to The Narrows the sun had already set and it was getting pretty dark. No one was planning on going to The Narrows, so we were not prepared! I was wearing flip flops, my mom was wearing sandals, and my aunt Diane was wearing wedge heels! A couple of us were able to use our phone as flashlights, but when the came to the section where you basically had to suck-in and walk sideways...I was done. The sky was darkening even more and being in between rocks that close was claustrophobic! My mom and I decided to turn back. I scraped my knee on one of the rocks, scratched my wedding ring, and got thorns in my shoe haha! Even though a lot of us didn't finish, it was still a crazy experience! Below is how narrow the canyon gets!

After out little hiking adventure we decided to stop and get some ice cream before we headed back to the house to enjoy the hot tub! A couple of days before our trip we got an email from the owner of the house saying that the next door neighbor is 'crazy.' He said that he suggests people to be out of the pool by 10pm, but if we are quiet we could stay in the pool/hot tub longer. About 8 of us got into the hot tub around 9:45pm (there were about 6 other women outside just talking on the lawn chairs.) Around 10:30 my mom and I went into the house to shower off. After we went inside the crazy lady came outside onto her balcony, which overlooks the pool/hot tub and started filming the group! A couple of minutes later the rest of the group decided to come in as well. I wasn't outside for this part...but apparently as the rest of the group was coming inside the CRAZY lady yelled "That's right, go inside! Nobody wants you here!" She went on to say that we were renting the house illegally, that 4 other families around us didn't want us there, to go home to our daddies "you teenie boopers", and she said she was going to make our vacation miserable. My great aunt called the crazy lady 'princess' and the crazy lady then called my 70 year old great aunt the B word!! She also said that she had called the police and that they were on the way to our house. 

When the other girls came inside and told us what was going on, my mom and I were in disbelief! The girls sitting outside on the lawn chairs could hardly hear us, so I don't know how in the world we were making too much noise for the crazy lady to stand! And honestly...it was 10:45pm on a FRIDAY night! Who knew a group of mothers and grandmothers could make so much noise? I was the second youngest on the trip and I'm 23! The police did end up coming to the house and I couldn't resist taking a photo, secretively of course . 

The police officers said that when they get a noise complaint they don't even consider it unless they can hear noise down the street...they couldn't even hear anything when they were outside our house! The police officer said that its a $500 fine if we were taken to court and found guilty of making too much noise (? I don't know all of the legal terms haha). The group explained to the officers how the crazy lady was the one making the noise and that she was threatening to ruin our vacation and how she called my great aunt a horrible name. The police told us that St. George City doesn't have a curfew, just that there can't be any unreasonable noise and any unreasonable time. The officers told us that they didn't think anything was going on and one of the officers even said we could go back outside if we wanted to. They told us to not let this lady ruin our vacation. The officers then went back over to the crazy lady's house to let her know that she couldn't mess with us, and if she did, there would be consequences. At first we were all angry, but then we laughed about the situation until 3am! My cousin Nicole even wrote her a nice letter (we didn't actually give this to her)....

The next morning we went out to breakfast at Kneaders and then went back to the house to play in the pool. As soon as we starting to play outside the crazy lady turned on her central vacuum and ran it for the 3-4 hours we were outside at the pool. The humming sound was a little annoying, but I'm sure it had to be more annoying for her! We just laughed and continued to have a good time! After our pool time we all decided to get ready for dinner. After I showered, I went back outside to sit and read a magazine by the pool. I was the ONLY one outside making NO noise when she turned on this horrendous awful music through her outdoor speakers! I just ignored her. After about 15 minutes she went out onto her balcony and said, "This is my FAVORITE song, I'm going to play it again!" She turned the music back to the first awful song (all the songs were awful, but the first song was the worst). I just laughed at her. This lady is ridiculous! That night we went out to dinner at Red Robin before we went to Tuacahn to see Hairspray.

 Before the play my mom and I were walking around when we witnessed the cutest proposal! Out of no where a flash mob started dancing to the song "I Think I Want To Marry You." The flash mob continued and at the very end of the song a guy proposed to his girlfriend! She had no idea that he family was all around her and that they got everything on video. It was adorable! My friends Desiree and Laura also happened to be going to Hairspray that night, so I was able to see them for a little bit! 

I had never seen the play or movie Hairspray before Tuacahn! I loved it! The acting was great, I was laughing throughout the while thing, it was a beautiful night, and to top it off I got to sit next to my mama :) After the play we went back to the house and just talked until 3:30am again! We wanted to go out into the hot tub...but we didn't want to provoke the crazy lady even more. The next morning a few of us sat by the pool  and talked...after about 30 minutes the crazy lady turned on her vacuum AGAIN! We all just started clapping and laughing. This lady is wacko! As we all left the house for good we honked our horns as we drove away to give her some farewell noise. We ate breakfast at The Egg & I, before we all headed our separate ways. Our car ride was always a good time with my Mom, Aunt Cindy, Aunt Mary, Chris, and Julie. They make me laugh so hard :) I wish the vacation could've been longer, I really enjoy spending time with my family, especially my mom!! I look forward to next year!!!!

The CRAZY lady's house!!

Maybe we'll have to stay in the same house next year :)

Long time, no blogging

I haven't blogged in forever! Our summer has been a bittersweet one. Here is a recap.

I blogged previously about some of our hardships, including my Grandma Saunders' passing, the stress over the lump in my leg, ad stress over money.My cat also disappeared too :( I'm still struggling with the passing of my Grandma. She was such an incredible woman, whom I deeply miss. I've never had anyone close to me pass away before her, so I'm still trying to cope. Petey has been amazing through all of this! I'm so lucky to have him!

During the summer Petey worked at Lowe's and I continued to work at Lee's. Lowe's kept cutting Petey's hours because of low sales. There were some weeks where he was only scheduled 15 or less hours. He picked up every shift he possibly could and we somehow managed to survive! I'm still at Lee's but I've started to look for another job. I'm a college graduate and I want a job that reflects that. I worked extremely hard for my degree and I hope that I'll be able to find a job that better suits what I want to do with my life.

We did many fun things during the summer, like going to Disneyland (!!!), attending several Salt Lake Bee's games, went to plenty of movies, spent some time at my Great Grandpa's cabin, I finally got to walk at my graduation/commencement! We went to Lava Hot Springs with my mom's extended family, Petey's older brother Brian got married, went to The Living Planet Aquarium, spent a lot of time with family, hiked to Stewart Falls, had many lazy days, my little brother moved away to college,  we celebrated our one year anniversary, Petey had his 24th birthday, and we were able to go to Payson Onion Days (which I love)!!! Here are some pictures of our summer:

(How do you smart bloggers get your pictures all cute and organized? 

As you can tell I don't know what I'm doing! I need lessons haha)

I now 'officially' feel like a grad!

Love you Grammy!

 

Happy One Year Love!

Great Grandpa's Cabin

Salt Lake Bee's Game

Brian and Megan's Wedding

Happy Birthday Husband!! 

The Living Planet Aquarium 

Bridal Shower for my girl Sady!

Willow Park Zoo

Hike to Stewart Falls

Stewart Falls

Payson Onion Days!

Now that Utah State has started up again I won't be seeing much of the husband (boo!) I kind of wish I could be in school so at least we could do homework at the same time! Instead he does homework, and I'm bored haha.Tomorrow is the Utah State vs. University of Utah football game, which should be intense. Go U.S.U.!! I'm going to try and blog more regularly. Hopefully the blog gets more exciting ;) Until next time....