Aladdin at the Tuacahn

So far since we have been living in St. George we have had 2 sets of visitors. 

1st was Alan and Lisa (and family) came over labor day weekend... weird that we didn't take any pictures. But we had a great time. Playing in the pool, great food, bowling, and we hiked a little hike in Zions.

2nd was Ash and Jason. We went to the TUACAHN production of Aladdin!!!!

It was fantastic. I love it. The weather was perfect. We will for sure be going back. 

It was such a good time. We were so glad they made the trip.

Oh, and yes I had my picture taken with the genie and jasmine... we were walked to the car and saw the huge line to get out of the parking lot... and went back to the theater for a pit stop. They were almost done with their line of people and I hopped in at the end and took advantage of the photo opt. LOL.

Want to hang in St. George.... 

Stop in and say hello!!!

We are now out of our hotel and into our own little apartment. 

I was worried that we would have to get rid of some of our furniture... but it all fits. Yeah.

We've been living here a week as of today, so far so good.

Together Again.... picnic

Picnic was June 10th... at timp park. 

Little fact... Cruz and I got engaged there exactly 4 years ago on June 8th. We always go to timp park the night marking that anniversary. We normally take a picture. We tried to that night as well... we even brought our camera... but we forgot one important thing. The SD card for the camera. oops. (Here was a post on our 1 yr. anniversary of our engagement... including proposal story.) Ok... back to this post...

Lexy planned a little picnic.

It was fantastic to see some of these faces, who we don't get to see often enough.

We had a yummy dinner, however... I didn't get the camera out until most of it was gone.

Seriously everything was very tasty. Camie stole the show with her super easy steak fries. I need the recipe. She told us more than once, but I have to write those things down. :) I will have to get it from her. 

 We got a little cold, it was still cool in the mountains once the sun went down.

 Joel brought this yummy bowl of goodness.

Ash brought heavenly raspberries and strawberries filled with cheesecake. I could have ate the whole plate. Remember when I said all the food was good... well, it was.

That pic of Ash, Lex and Camie is too funny... almost looks family portrait like. ;)

Joel ate that flower. He said it tasted sweet. :) I guess if I am hungry and have nothing to eat I will eat my day lilies in the back yard. lol. Joel told us all about the plants.  

I was super glad this guy could make it. I have sure missed him while he has been working in St. George. Wondering why he is there? If you haven't heard already we are going to be moving there. (I have kept it kinda quite... just because everyone at work doesn't know. But the big boss, and my boss know... so I figured it was ok to post it. I will post more about it later.)

Thanks Lex for planning this picnic. 

I loved it. 

It was great to see everyone.

I know it will be less often that we see each other since we are all kinda going different directions.

I know that is just part of life.

Change is good, but sometimes it is a bit sad.

We used to hang with these people at least once a week in the singles ward.

Often times we had many of activities that brought us together way more often than that.
But we are all kinda doing different things...
all good things, life often just takes us different directions and changes. Which is good too.
I would never want to do the same thing FOREVER.
I need change... I'd go bonkers without it.
It is a welcomed part of life.

It was fun to gather with our friends again. I hope we do it again sometime!

Good times.

Good friends.

Good laughs. 

and... Good night!

weekend shoping

the last two weekends we ended up at a mall.

we had fun both times.

First we went to City Creek...

 We'd been wanting to stop by City Creek for a while, and finally made some time for it. If you haven't gone, it is a must. I honestly felt like we were on a vacation, and not in little ol' Utah. The atmosphere was busy, fun and I loved the combo of the outdoor feeling, mixed with the mall feeling. The landscaping was so pretty, and the shops were fantastic. We looked at the shops and grabbed some dinner at the eatery. I went to this place called Big Sal's; it's a salad bar place, and it was perfect, and exactly what I wanted. Cruz went to a Greek place called Mykons; he got souvlaki which was grilled chicken skewers with a salad... oh, man was that chicken good. I had to get me a skewer. ;) Joel... he went with something he knew he liked... chick-fil-a. We then gathered at a table, ate, relaxed and just enjoyed the busy atmosphere. We need to go back, it was a great place!!

The following weekend we were with lex, and randomly decided to check out riverwoods. Not that we haven't been there before... but it sounded good. There was actually more people hanging around than I've seen in a long time. I was loving there strings of lights. They've really spruced the place up. We just looked around, and took pics. Good times! Oh, and we got some yummy candles from Bath and Body Works... they had a great sale for 2 candles only $20. We are loving this sent right now!! It is seriously yummy. It makes me excited for warm summer nights.

Black and White Party 2012 { MLK Day }

This was the invite for our little Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration.

 Cruz was a huge help in getting everything set up and ready to go. I love to have a party, but he kind of gets stuck doing some of the grunt work. Thanks Love.

Our little gathering. Such a fun group... lots of laughing.

Cruz and I tried to get everything we could in a black or white serving bowl. 

 The food included: black bean soup, baked chicken with white creamy sauce, cilantro rice, strawberry spinach salad, black and white corn chips with white queso, and homemade oreos... all fabulous. 

 Everything was so yummy, and we got very full.

The table worked out perfect, I had just enough dishes for the group. The food looked pretty and tasted good too.

 Mustaches and milk. 

2012's black and white party was festive, and fancy... two of my favorite things.