Utah Trip

This past weekend we randomly decided we wanted to go to Utah! Jonathan had been wanting to go visit his friend/old mission buddy Garret Hanselman, & I've been wanting to visit friends & family. Plus we just wanted to get a away for a bit, so did just that! Garret & his wife Ashley were so sweet to let us stay with them in their lovely home. Ashley is great & I'm so glad to have made another friend.
We got in late Friday night so I just went to bed & the boys stayed up talking & catching up. Then on Saturday we slept in & the four of us went to the gym (for seriously TWO hours!). It was the longest period of time I've ever spent working out, so I paced myself! But Garret & Jonathan had a good time working out together, they're both really into it, & in fact are doing a body building competition together at the end of March in Salt Lake so we'll get to see them again soon! I'm glad they were able to have the workout time together!
After the gym we did some grocery shopping & came back & made some good food. In the meantime Garret had mentioned how Ashley had lost her wedding band in the heating vents one time when she was cleaning, so Jonathan took it upon himself to find it! This is him in the crawlspace taking the vent/hose thing off:

He then dumped all of the junk in their into a bucket & low & behold:

Ashley's ring!! She was super excited!! 

After that adventure we decided to do a little double date action & did some indoor putt-putt. I lost of course (I'm awful!) but we had so much fun. We then came back to the house & us girls put our comfies on & we played some games. This is the boys spinning their rings to see who's can last longest ***I should mention that in the process Jonathan's ring landed literally a millimeter away from the very same vent that Ashley's ring fell down! Ironic!***

This is the boys being a little too close in my opinion ;)

Then as Ashley & I were about to call it a night another mission buddy of theirs came to visit. Now I don't consider Jonathan to be a small guy, in fact, next to a lot of guys he's a big guy, however from the picture below you'll see otherwise in this comparison!!

They stayed up past 4am just catching up. I'm glad Jonathan got to have some "dude time" since he doesn't get that too much with me & two sisters. 

On Sunday morning our friends Kat & Andrew invited us over for brunch where my other friends/old roommates Ali & Brit came over too. It was so great seeing them & catching up! I just wish we had more time!!

We then stopped by Natalie's apartment to see how grown up she is now! 

She was even being a good cook! She really is all grown up now!

Luckily I introduced Crew to my in laws & now Crew & Natalie hang out all the time! I'm so glad they're friends! This is the first time I got to see him since I was at his setting apart two years ago! So glad to have him back in the states :)

They're goof-balls! 

After seeing Natalie we started to make our way back to Boise, but we stopped by my Grampa's for a few hours (although I'm sad I didn't take any pictures!!), Austin was having his mission farewell party so we got to say goodbye/good luck to him as well as see everyone else that I love there! It's always great visiting my Grampa & Arlene, I just love them! 

Overall, it was a great trip!! Can't wait for less than 2 months to be there again!