Wow! So much has happened the last week and a half! But first things first :) Happy Birthday to me! On the 17th I turned the great age of 22! To celebrate Alex drove me down to St.George Utah where we enjoyed a wonderful afternoon in the St. George Temple, an exciting dinner at a Japanese Steakhouse (you know where they cook in front of you) and best of all, Little Mermaid! If you have never been to Tuacahn, I highly recommend it! It is an outdoor theater up against the most beautiful red rock canyon. They have the most wonderful productions and this year they did Disney's Little Mermaid! The music was incredible, the acting fantastic! They flooded the stage with a water wall, skated across the water and made this performance truly memorable! Alex got great seats and it was a grand time had by all!
Our next adventure was the Stucki Family Reunion! My Mom's side of the family is very big and so full of fun! We were at a place called Baker Ranch in the middle of nowhere. Okay so really it was about an hour outside of Soda Springs Idaho. We enjoyed painting shirts, motorcycle rides, four wheeling, eating lots of delicious food and spending time catching up with family! We did have the scare of our lives though. On Sunday morning around 4 or 5 am we were woken up with one of the biggest thunder storms I have ever heard. Lightening was everywhere and our cabin shook with every thunder clash! I was very scared, but Alex kept me safe! We found out the next morning that the storm had started a wild fire just on the other side of the mountain and we were kept from harms way. We left Idaho around 2 o'clock and started out for our next journey!
The drive seemed to last forever but we finally made it into Vancouver Washington at midnight! We slept like a baby that night and enjoyed spending time with Alex's family for the next three days. On Monday we spent the day at the Oregon coast. It was cold (as usual) but full of fun! We hiked around an area and played around on the beach. We ate a picnic lunch and enjoyed a bike ride through the little town of Cannon Beach. On Tuesday we went to a family activity area. They had paddle boats and I saw a Salamander for the first time. We played a game of horseshoes against Daniel and Mark, we won by one ringer! Way to go Alex! Tuesday night I also saw a blueberry bush for the first time and enjoyed picking 13 pounds of blueberries with Alex's Mom! She taught me all the tricks of the trade to getting the biggest and sweetest blueberries! We picked another 15 pounds to take home to my mom and eat on the drive the next morning. Mark got a haircut and Alex and his Dad worked on changing the oil. We said goodbye and drove to Boise for a shorts night sleep and then home to Provo!
It was truly an amazing week and I am so grateful to be blessed with such wonderful family, on both sides! Thank you to all who made this wonderful week possible (subs for work, mom, dad, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins!). Now we are back to the real world, school starts tomorrow! I'm sure we'll have a new post soon!
Oh yeah! How could I forget :) My best friend Amber got engaged! Her and Adam will be married in the Oakland Temple on 11/11/11 at 11:00am! Alex and I are looking forward to go out to California to celebrate this wonderful event with them!
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