We're done... until Fall...

So I haven't been doing any better at picture taking, but now that we've FINISHED FINALS we're working on packing our apartment to move, and pictures of a messy, disorganized apartment just aren't fun. We're planning on moving out on Friday, and spending time with 3 sets of grandparents for about 5 days after that... I'm pretty excited for our mini vacation/family reunion. Plus... my mom is coming next week! It'll be loads of fun... :)

Final Fun...

Parker and I have been busy these days, I just can't remember with what. We've spent time with family, prepared for the summer and moving, and studied for finals. This weekend we went to Mona to visit with family and work to build a chicken coop for my grandparents. We both got a little sunburned... me more than Parker, obviously. We had a fun time working together and then eating a delicious meal together. Parker sure can work hard. He was such a big help. :) We'll be finishing our finals, packing, cleaning, and moving out of our apartment this week... busy busy. Unfortunately I've been a slackerface and don't have any pictures, but hopefully I'll be better this week.

Life Goes On!

Parker and I have been busy as ever. We went to Jazz game with a group of people from Living Scriptures. I'd never been to a professional basketball game before, and it was lots of fun! Four days later Parker and I were on our way to Arizona, and stopped along the way to buy a car. We planned a trip to Arizona, but wanted to have a more gas efficient car for the trip. We were planning on buying a car for the summer and figured it was close enough. We'd heard about this dealer who specializes in Saturns, and long story short, we drove away with a Lazer Blue, 2006 Saturn Ion II, with 26,000 miles. It's a manual, so it's taking some getting used to, but we like it a lot! Arizona was a lot of fun too! We went to the Easter Pagent at the Mesa Temple, ate delicious food (Bahama Rama Mamas from Bahama Bucks are delicious!) watched conference, went to a dollar movie, and watched Bobby play Lacrosse. Now we're back at school trying to finish out the school year and prepare for the summer...

The drive was beautiful! It made me want to go to the Grand Canyon. :)

Parker had a birthday!

Parker is now 23 years old! This is a little late, (his birthday was the 24th, tuesday) but we've had a great time celebrating. I made a special breakfast that morning and then we went about our day (school stuff) then went to dinner with Gram and Papa that evening at a Japanese restaurant (where they make the food right in front of you and flip stuff around) then went over to our friends apartment where we watched a movie, and played games. They're great, and we were there for a while, so it was pretty late when we got home. I suddenly started to feel really sick, so I laid in bed while Parker opened his presents. He was pretty excited. :) The next day we went to dinner with Grandma Hilton at Macaroni Grill (delicious!). Thanks everyone for making Parker's birthday great! Enjoy the pics!

The video is Parker opening his present (it's a little long).

Living Scripture's Weekend

This past weekend we went to Vegas with living scriptures. Friday night we stayed in St. George, then drove the rest of the way to Vegas Saturday morning, stayed in the Luxor, then drove back to Provo on Sunday... We didn't get too many pics, but some highlights of the weekend include...

Eating free Cafe Rio because one was just opening... yum!

Swimming

Walking around the strip... I'd never seen the conservatory (I think that's what it's called...?) at Ceasar's Palace, but it was awesome!

Eating at the Cheesecake Factory

Running back to our hotel (from Ceasars palace to the Luxor) because we were late and running out of time to get to the show. It was crazy, but kinda fun, minus the super hot and sweaty feeling once we got there. :)

Seeing Criss Angel's Believe Cirque du Solei show (weird but entertaining... I don't really know what to say about that... Parker was very perplexed)

Getting stuck in the elevator at the Luxor (only for a few minutes, but it was scary none the less)

Getting to know more of Parker's coworkers... they're great!

We kinda just dumped all our stuff on the bed... but it was a cool room, the wall was slanted and we could see the Mandalay Bay outside our window...

Pi Day!

Happy late Pi day everyone! Pi day, (March 14th) was pretty much an excuse for me to bake a pie and celebrate! I've never "celebrated" it before, so this was a brand new experience, but it was kind of fun. I think it could be a fun tradition to start having a Pizza "pie" accompanied by a homebaked pie once a year just because...

I made a chocolate cream pie that turned out pretty tasty (except I thought the crust was a little too salty and the cream was a little too runny... I'll just have to practice) and was planning on having pot pies for dinner, but the conventience of buying a pizza at Costco was too tempting, so we opted for that. We had a fun evening celebrating our little Pi holiday... even if Parker hadn't ever heard of it and thought it was a little rediculous. :)