It finally feels like summer!

So today it finally got up to 80 degrees which was super exciting considering it has only been in the 60s at the most and we still had snow a couple of weeks ago. Although it is starting to get a little cloudy now it is still a nice temperature. I had a nice relaxing weekend. Blake and I finally got to have a normal date night on a Friday! We went to the Olive Garden and then went and saw Robin Hood which ended up being really good! Blake and I were also both off on Sunday (finally) so that was nice as well. Our ward is so much smaller now that so my people have moved out but in a way I kind of like it better because you are able to get to know people better. Other than that this weekend was pretty boring. On Friday I continued one of my projects as the Museum and interviewed the Director and I learned a lot about the collections and the history of the Museum which was really interesting. Other than that I am pretty boring....hah.

Movies

Although I worked all weekend I forgot to mention that Blake and I along with our friends Neil and Kilee saw Iron Man 2 late Saturday night. The storyline wasn't as good as the first one but it was still really fun and entertaining...the movie theater we were in though was really, really loud and it blasted my ears in some of the the intense action scenes. Roger Ebert gave it a B and I usually agree with what he has to say about movies and I give it about the same rating. The movie I am really excited to see is Robin Hood. It stars Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett so it has to be good...well hopefully.

Rain, Rain Go Away!

Yeah so it is almost halfway through May but it is still rainy and cold : ( I'm so ready for summer to finally come to Provo! This last weekend was so long! I had to work everyday including Mother's Day so I basically felt like I never left JCPenneys. However, my internship at the Museum is going well...I have been doing more research on the objects that I am going to include in the exhibit case and I have found out some pretty cool stuff...especially about the little cylinder seals from Mesopotamia which are around 3,000 years old! I really like the future idea of working at a museum and I'm pretty positive that is what I want to do for my graduate studies. Oh yeah a Winco opened near Lindon and I am so excited to have a cheaper grocery store that has a much bigger variety...I went shopping last night and was so psyched! I guess that's when you know you are married when you get excited about a grocery store opening...haha.

I wish I could figure out how to do the slideshow on here!

Zion National Park and Grand Canyon!

     So this weekend we were finally able to get away and go down to Zion for some camping and hiking. The weather was perfect for hiking during the day and we had a great time. We hiked Angel's Landing which was a blast since it had been forever since I have been down there and Blake had never been. The hike was a lot more intense than I remembered. I forgot that for a mile of the hike you have a 1,000 foot drop on one side or both sides with a trail only three to four feet wide (or less) and you have to hold onto to chains or you risk falling to your death. However, we made it to the top which gives you an awesome view of the canyon below. I was so proud of Blake because he has a little fear of heights but he did great and made it to the top! However, it was a little nerve racking on the way down since we found out at the summit that someone died last week on the trail but we completed the hike without any problems. We also did a couple other trails that Saturday...we went on the Watchmen Trail, the Riverside Walk, and the Weeping Rock Trail (about 10-12 miles altogether). I'm still a little sore after all that hiking but it was worth it.
     On Sunday we decided to go down to the Grand Canyon since neither of us have been. We had to take a little bit of a detour because the North Rim was closed due to snow so we had to go around the canyon to the South Rim. The view was amazing but it was really cold and it was snowing off and on while we were there (but we a little over 7,000 ft so we should have expected it). I wish we could have gone on a hike into the canyon but we were both a little tired and the weather was great for hiking so we started heading back. We stayed the night near Lake Powell which was another site I had never seen. Southern Utah and Northern Arizona have such amazing scenery it was great to finally see more of it. I wish we had longer to poke around but its good to be home too. My internship at the Museum is going great and I'm working on some cool projects including an Ancient Near Eastern exhibit case so it will be fun to get back to that this week. We are so blessed to be able to do so many amazing things!