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!

So over the weekend Blake and I celebrated our first anniversary by going up to South Jordan and eating at the Market Street Grill. The food was amazing! They have the freshest seafood I have ever had in Utah...I had some type of fish fillet (steelhead?) and Blake had this cajun fettuccine with shrimp and scallops. For dessert we had this amazing raspberry almond torte which had two layers of sponge cake on top and bottom, filled with pastry cream and fresh berries...soooo good! Blake got me a bouquet of pink and red roses and a card. He also got me an electric toothbrush...something I have wanted forever! (I know it sounds dorky). He is so sweet and spoils me too much. We had such a good time! I can't believe we have been married a year...time flies when you are having fun I guess...haha. The weather has been beautiful the last couple of days so I hope it stays that way for the rest of the week so our trip to Zion National Park will be enjoyable...I've been getting so psyched to camp and hike this weekend!

We will celebrate our first year wedding anniversary on Saturday, April 24th. This first year of marriage has gone by so quickly I can hardly believe it. Blake is such a wonderful man and I am so lucky to be married to him. I love him so much!

Winter Semester is Over!

Wow so I haven't been on here for forever like I predicted but I have been so busy the last month it has been hard to find time to sit down keep up on this blog. However, now the crazy semester of five history classes is over and I will have a couple of months to relax a little bit. I'll still be working at JCP and starting as an intern at the Museum of People and Cultures this coming Tuesday but I won't have that enormous reading and writing load that I've had the last couple of months. I'm really proud of myself that I still pulled out As and Bs this semester... some of my classes were really hard and they were all very demanding. Anyways now I am just getting excited to work at the museum and finally get a little bit of experience. The Curator of Education already has some projects lined up for me including some that have to do with Egypt so I'm getting pumped. It looks like my Ancient Near East emphasis is actually going to be of some use to me. Today though I am just relaxing and I might attempt to catch up on some cleaning...but we'll see about that.

New Blog

New Blog!
So I have been trying to find a way to keep in touch with family and friends other than using Facebook which drives me crazy! So although I have been resisting starting a blog, I think it is time to try it out and see how it goes. I thought I wouldn't start one until we had kids but hey there is some pretty exciting things going on right now in our lives and we definitely keep busy!