Oh Florida

Oh Florida....

Where palm trees line the streets.

Older women don't think there is an age limit to bikini's.

The ocean water is warmer then the air temperature.

You can easily mistake the soft white sand for sugar.

Ice cream shops dot the streets.

The air is a little bit muggy.

How can you not love that view? 

I'd pick the Gulf Coast over California any day.

Every Gulf Coast beach town I visit I absolutely LOVE.

Clearwater City Beach is now on my list. 

 My parents took the 10 hour drive down to Clearwater to meet us there, and keep me company during Aaron's conference classes[for only about a half day].

Besides with vacations it's always merrier with more[.... tried to word the more the merrier differently... not quite sure if that worked??]

We went on a dinner cruise in the Tampa/Clearwater bay with IFA. So pretty... I always question our decision to live in Utah, where it always snows, rains, and then snows some more. 

I guess then the beach wouldn't be paradise......

I decided I need to start learning non-alcoholic versions of drinks. Since there is always a bar and drinks at many things we attend for work.

We took a stab at a virgin strawberry daq.

Safe to saw they were delicious.

We both had 2[insert embarassed face emoji]

 Loved being with my parents.

They played our chauffer.

Paid for our meals.

Took us for ice cream.

Gave us advice for our Europe trip THIS WEEK.

And did all the activities we wanted to do.

 Like PARASAILING..... and mini golfing. 

We saw dolphins swimming under in the water while we were soaring in the air.

The top was so quiet and calm.

You could see for miles. 

Boats, jet skis, beaches and the ocean going on forever on the horizon. 

We also got beach cruisers and rode through all the beachy neighborhoods. 

Pretty sure we all drooled over the gorgeous homes with the beach as their backyard, literally. 

We ate yummy gelato. 

Still drooling over it. 

And had more virgin strawberry daqs. 

Had wings at BWW's. 

Watched football.

Basically had a B-L-A-S-T.

Thank you Clearwater, hope to be back soon. 

Decompressing

Our lives have been going non-stop in August. Finally in September, we had a week to just

D E C O M P R E S S

 We took a break from the Provo house, are continuing our loooooong break from the gym, and went down to good ol' H-town....

Aka Hurricane, Utah.

We went to Peach Days. Cutest little festival with tents set up everywhere, local vendors, contests all around the community center, or Aaron's old elementary school. Jake and Aaron gave Mary and I a tour around the school while reminiscing about recess, school lunch and backpacks.

 Promise he was excited about it.

Helping my in-laws clean up their First Aid First Peach Days Booth. So glad we were there to help, it would have taken them forever. Plus we got to see the fireworks and the weather was perfect.

In between helping out with Peach Days, we trekked up to Toquerville Falls. Although it's about a 30 minute drive on a rocky dirt road, and the water was fffffreeezing, we still had fun!

I wish the water was a bit deeper though so we could jump off the cliffs and into the water.

It was so funny to see another group of twentysomethings that looked like the only reason they were there was for the GoPro footage.... haha

 Charming Charlie's I <3 you!

I have absolutely fallen in love with Zion National Park, so I jump at any chance to go there. 

We headed up to tackle Angel's Landing with Jake, Mary, Spence and Lexi. 

I don't know if it was all the people, heights, or anxiety but I had a complete breakdown on the chain section of the hike. 

Like completely stopped in the middle of the sheer rock crying, while other hikers maneuvered around me. It was bad. So sweet Aaron(who has been on this hike hundreds of times, and could do it with his eyes closed) turned around with me and waited out Scout Landing until the rest of our group was done. 

 ^Before the breakdown

I think the older I get, the more of a wuss I am becoming. It's funny cause Aaron and I both brought up the fact I've done this hike before.

Maybe I was running on adrenaline before.

Maybe I was still trying to impress Aaron.

Maybe it was the fact I hadn't done it before.

Not sure what got me this time. But I plan to conquer it again one day!

 Work has been crazy busy. Poor Aaron has been pretty good putting up with me when I come home from work a complete stress ball almost every day. We went to visit Strangling Brother's Haunted Circus their opening night to make sure everything was running smoothly that my agency had planned.

 September's a bit early for Halloween activities for me, but we still had fun.

 Speaking of Halloween, it's never too early for candy corn. Bought the candy Saturday night, and it's already almost gone :/

 The mountains are killing it too!

 The leaves are just starting to change. The weather is still plenty warm, so we ventured up Neff's Canyon to enjoy these last few weeks of warmth!

Here's to another busy week! 

Up in the Mountains

Through our remodeling mess, we sure have missed hanging out with Jake and Mary. So last weekend we caught up with them and ventured up Millcreek Canyon.

We roasted dogs and mallows and stayed up too late.

I woke up early Sunday to prepare the lesson for our Sundayschool kiddos. Each week we teach I am surprised by how well behaved and interested they are(most of the time). We are starting to get to know the kids better and it's reminding me of the good friends I made with my teachers growing up.

Lexi- Spencer's girlfriend got a brand new camera lens and wanted to put it to use Sunday. So I drug Aaron up the canyon to take pictures. Most of 'em didn't turn out too great, a mixture of bad posing and Aaron not cooperating :/ so we may need to do a round two.

But in the meantime, a few turned out good, thanks Lexi!