Our trip home to Utah!

Just a quick note...it is late so this might not all come out the right way!!

So I came to the conclusion after this trip home that I am not a picture taker. I did not take one picture on our trip. I know its sad but we still had a great time. I will add some web pictures to go along with the story to make it more interesting.

Scott had not been home for about a year and the trip he took the year before was for our wedding. That was not a real trip. He didn't really spend any time with family or do what he loves, snowboarding. Well this time he got to do all that and more!!


Our fun vacation started off a little rough. Since Scott married into the Stone family he also married into the life of stand-by. For all of you who don't know what stand-by entails, let me explain. You go to the airport with a ticket that says "stand-by", which mine as well say "if you are lucky you just might get a seat. If you do get that lucky seat it might just be away from your partner or sitting next to the stinky bathrooms!". Don't get me wrong stand-by is VERY cheap and has been a blessing in our lives but I just didn't want you to think that we just magically get a free ticket to anywhere and off we go!! I wish! We then wait where everyone who has a real ticket is getting on the plane and then if there are seats left we get them! I do have to say though that the first flight out we got FIRST CLASS! That was a first for Scotty. What did we do in first class you may ask........SLEEP! We were so exhausted that we didn't even eat there food. I know it is a shame.

So our journey started on Friday night after the Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood concert, which was fun! Although I think Scott and I are getting a little old. We got there late and left early because it was too loud. We got home that night around 11 pm and packed our bags until 12:30ish. Around 1 we fell asleep only to wake up one hour later. We left our house at 2:15 am to drive to Jacksonville to get on our 6:30 am flight. We gratefully got on and made it to Houston. Once we got to Houston we thought we were in the clear to get on our next flight, seeing that there were 15 seats open and only 10 stand-bys. Well to our surprise there was a weight restriction and they only allowed 5 extra people on. We were numbers 7 and 8. We then went and got some breakfast and waited for the next flight. We thought for sure we weren't getting on this plane because now there were only 6 seats open and 15 stand-bys. Those are not good odds for us! Well Miraculously we did!! YEAH! Off to Utah we went. It was a bumpy flight. I have to say that I was looking for the barf bag. Luckily I didn't have to use it...FEW! It was so good to be in Utah though. The mountains, the snow, family and friends were so nice to see.
Here are some og the things we did while we were there.......



*The first night it SNOWED! Everyone in UT is really sick of snow but but we miss the changing seasons. That doesn't really happen in wonderful Florida.

*We got to have the whole family over at Scott's parent's new house for Sunday dinner and birthday fun. We celebrated Nate, Scott, and Cary's birthdays. We had so much fun playing a DVD game of Deal or No Deal. I have to say that if any of you want to have a friend that has a million dollars put me on that show. I one a million dollars the first time when I played by myself and the first time I was on a team with Mr. Scotty and we won 300 thousand. Not too bad. But I wanted to switch cases and in the other case was 1 million. I believe I am gifted!!

*Scott went snowboarding by himself one of the days and then went with his nephew Kanyon the second time. I offered to go the first time but he gets stressed worrying about leaving people behind. He just wanted to go up alone. He was supposed to go up for half day but text me half way through and wanted to stay all day. He had a great time. He also said that he enjoyed the time he got to spend with Kanyon. Although he froze to death both times he loved it. We say we miss the snow but that doesn't mean we are prepared for the cold that goes along with it.

*I spent the day with my sister Crystal who is expecting her second boy. We organized Tyson's room so that all of his toys would fit nicely with the new crib. He is not excited for a little baby to goober all over his toys. We found that out when Amy brought her 7 month old baby Jack over while Tyson was there. Jack was so interested in him but he wanted nothing to do with him. He is prepared to be a big brother....ah I don't think so!

*Pat, Scott and I went to the temple the day before we left. It was so nice to drive not even a block from his parent's house to get there. We can't even imagine that back here. Our closest temple is about 4 hours. The drive gives us good family time though.

*We went to dinner with our friends the Silva's and played Scott's favorite game...Rock Band. He now thinks he is the worlds best drummer...although he was saved twice by Kaile....those who understand rock bank will understand that.

*Of course we ate A LOT! We had to eat at all of our favorite restaurants. We have maybe 3 places we eat here. It was weird going to a city where every corner had some type of restaurant. Plus a LDS church!! HA HA! Just had to throw that one in there. We got to eat at Cafe Rio, La Caille(that isn't one we eat at often...even though it is delicious), Cafe Trang and Training Table. The only place we missed out on was Sushi Express. We will get there next time.

*We spent some time at Nate's to see his lovely basement, his little girl and wonderful wife who is also expecting! We are so excited for them. After we left there I felt inspired to knock down our walls and re due our whole house. When we get to that we will be calling you Nate!

* My family and Scott's parents went up to eat at La Caille the night before we left. It was a lot of fun. Even more fun that we didn't have to pay!! It is wonderful being related to my mother. Tyson came up dressed in a cute little suite with a tie. It was darling.

It was just so nice to be in Utah again with Scotty. We had never been there together as a married couple. Because of that it kind of felt like we were a newly married couple. We are very excited to come back for good but it still is going to be awhile. We love it there but know with out a doubt that this is where we need to be right now.