last thursday we woke up and wanted to do something fun while cody has some free time. we decided to take jentri on her first trip to the hogle zoo. well just before we took the exit i started saying that i haven't really been anywhere since our honeymoon. we always said we were going to drive down to st. george for a weekend so i could show cody where i lived and stuff down there, but we just haven't had time. i was saying that we just need to go on a fun little road trip. cody said, "well lets go then." i started laughing. he was serious. within two minutes we decided to go. all we had were the clothes we were wearing. i had a pick for my hair in the car and that was it. he got over in the lane in slc with the sign that says "las vegas" and we were on our way! we were both laughing so hard we were crying. we first went to st. george and i showed him around a little. i took him and jentri up on dixie rock and showed him where i used to live etc. we had to make a stop at walmart for each of us a cheap shirt the next day and a few other supplies. we spent the night in mesquite for $24.99 and had $4.99 prime rib for dinner (with all the old people gamblers...ha ha). friday we woke up and decided to hit the hoover dam...cody had never been there. we drove through overton, nv then around lake mead over to the hoover. after the hoover we were off to vegas to hit the strip. it was 104 degrees...so HOT! we ended our night in st. george with a dinner at the famous in in-n-out burger...i had never had it...yum! by the end of the trip my hair was a complete wreck...i have curly hair and a really short cut... i didn't have a straightener or anything (ha ha ha)! jentri seemed to enjoy our trip. she was such a good lil' peanut the whole time! our little adventure was maybe one of the most spontaneous/crazy/random things cody and i have ever done. cody and i are usually the type that writes lists of all the things we need to pack for each day and it takes us an entire day to get everything ready. but it was kind of nice to just skip the packing part and go on a fun adventure...that is what making memories is all about.
we're really doing it!
cody & jentri at dixie rock
mesquite
happy little girly
jentri was terrified of this
rock climbing in sandles
hoover dam
vegas...so hot
we have not had much family time lately because we have been so busy with everything and cody has been working a lot. he was gone to oklahoma for three days over the weekend...so we thought we would have a fun FHE last night. we started a fire in the back yard and i made tin foil fajitas (i thought i would experiment a little) to cook over the fire...you should try them, we loved them! we then got icecream, got in the hot tub and watched a movie. it was so nice to spend some time together! jentri loved the hot tub too!
