Spontaneous!

This is not a word that I typically...well...ever...use to describe myself, but this past week I went on a spur of the moment trip to St. George! I was at work on Monday and Linds texted me and said they were driving to St. George and when could I join them? I thought about it, and I had a few days off in a row during the week, so I asked how long they were staying. I ended up being able to switch a Saturday shift for Wednesday, and after work, I flew up to Las Vegas and Mom, Linds, Daner and Campbell came to pick me up! It was so much fun being able to hang out with them for a couple of days! I felt bad leaving Andy at home to fend for himself, but he did fine and I had a blast! We made super cute aprons, went to this awesome park and watched Daner climb a rock wall that was about 20 feet all by himself, we went swimming, we ate at Brick Oven and the Pizza Factory, we watched movies, played Skip-Bo and Domino's, and hung out and enjoyed each others company (I am well aware that I look really chubby in the apron picture, but in my defense, I had a hoodie on underneath). I always love so much spending time with family, and it was even more fun because I hadn't been expecting it even a little bit! I flew back on Saturday, so it was a short trip, but completely amazing anyway! Thanks for the invite, guys! Hope to do it again soon!

A Weekend of Food, Fun, & Frivolity

Apparently spring time is the time of year to visit Arizona--I like it! We heart having visitors! This past weekend, the Zo's came down to visit! It was truly a fat weekend, and it was FAT-tastic! They drove straight through on Thursday after Zo got off of work, so they got to our house at 3:00 in the morning. Needless to say, we slept in a bit, and Friday we went to the much-awaited Chompie's for lunch and came back to a feast of Japanese candy that Jen Buddy brought down for a house-warming gift! So, so tasty. Andy loves his Japanese candy, and Jen found an Asian store in SLC and cleaned them out, I think! Our coffee table was COVERED in Japanese candy. Awesome.

It's fun to try that stuff out--some of it is so weird, and some is so yummy! The Zo's brought down season one of "Justified", and we spent a great deal of our weekend eating and watching that show. We miss watching shows with them! On Saturday, we smoked us some ribs! Andy and our friend Mike wanted to take advantage of having a smoking guru in town, so he taught them how to make some tasty, tasty ribs. We had a feast! Zo and I had a bean-off (my bean recipe is from Nancy--thanks, Mom!), and Zo made his secret recipe. I can't take full credit. We had our friends Erin & Spencer, Mike & Lindsay, and their girls Tessa and Hadley over to partake of the feast! They loved Zo's towel shorts and still talk about them!

We finished up season 1 of Justified on Saturday night. The Zo's had to leave on Sunday, but we were able to squeeze in a quick game of Dominion and Easter baskets. It wasn't long enough, but we are so happy that we were able to have a fat weekend with the Zo's! We love you buddies! Come again soon!