Holy cow. What a
month July has been! Devin and I have been going nonstop and it has been so
much fun. On the Fourth of July we went
to Idaho Falls with Devin’s family. We
left and stopped at Wendy’s and ate. I
had a barbeque chicken salad and it was delicious! So good! I highly recommend
it. Devin had couple hamburgers. I swear to you he is still growing! After Wendy’s, we went to the hotel and it
was GORGEOUS! It was so pretty! We were so lucky because the hotel that we
stayed at (HILTON GARDEN INN) their back property that ran along the canal
taped off just for the guests staying there. We had great seats to see the
fireworks. Before the fireworks we went
to Bear World. Have you ever been
there?! Holy tolito. It. Was.
Awesome. I wanted to cuddle with every
animal there. Oh they were so darn cute! We went back to Idaho Falls and ate at
Jakers. Their steak was incredible. The juiciest steak I have ever eaten.
(besides Devin’s of course!) The
fireworks were great. They were so
bright and fun and we really enjoyed the time we spent with Devin’s Family.
A week after the Fourth (9-13) we went to Denver to see
Devin’s mission companion and his wife.
Devin and Kyle spent 5 months together in their mission. They were robbed together, shot at together,
had a knife to them together. You name
it – it happened. So we figured it was
only appropriate that they spend their “2 year anniversary” together. Make sense, right? We thought so. J We drove to Rock Springs, WY on
Wednesday. That hotel was the scariest
thing I have ever stayed in. 5:30 in the
morning Devin could have sworn that someone was in our room. So he got out of bed and couldn’t see anyone. He followed the noise and led him right to
the window. He swung the blinds open and
some guy was just staring at him. He
closed those blinds so dang fast! Ugh I was so scared haha I had NO idea what
the heck was going on.. I was so ready to go and chew someone at the front desk
out for having someone outside our window, at 5:30 doing remodeling.. but I
couldn’t. Devin and I had failed to miss
the sign that said “please excuse the workers, we are remodeling our hotel” or
something like that. Needless to say we
didn’t really sleep that well that first night.
We drove the rest of the way to Denver and boy was it long! We stopped
in Loveland and did a little shopping and then went right to Kyle and Ashley’s
apartment. We hung out and Ashley made a
Chicken Parmesan dish for dinner. It was
fabulous. Friday we went to the Denver
Bronco’s football stadium. The Sports
Authority field in the Mile High Stadium.
He LOVED IT! It was so great to see him walk around the stadium in
awe. He would love to tell anyone about
it. So if you have questions, he’s the
one to ask! J We ate at KFC and then went to the ZOO! Again,
I wanted to cuddle with everything that I saw! The only downside to that day
was that it was so blasted hot outside.
Walking around the park was a little too hot for me, but they were so
pretty and so much fun to look at. I
absolutely loved it. We went back to the
apartment and immediately left to go eat at Qdoba – it’s a Mexican restaurant
and its was also, very delicious. We
watched the Colorado Rockies beat the Minnesota Twins at the Cores field. Saturday we went to Mt. Evans. It’s 14,258 feet about sea-level. I was seriously crapping my pants the entire
drive up, and the entire drive down. It
was so nice to see Kyle and Ashley that weekend and be able to have an
enjoyable time together.
These two pictures were taken at the Bronco Stadium -- Devin's favorite part!
The 24th was so much fun too! We went to Juanito
Bandito in Bear Lake.. seriously! The funniest thing ever invented. I love him.
His Spanish accent and his stretchy – pants. Best thing ever. We went to Evanston WY that night and stayed
in this great hotel. Derik, Devin and I
got to swim in the pool, just the three of us.
It was great! The next morning we woke up and drove to Park City – we
went moose hunting through the Uintah’s.
I’m pretty sure I saw one. I’m
positive! We got to Park City and went
shopping at the outlets. We then went on
the Gondola. HOLY CRAP! Scariest thing ever.
I cried. Like I seriously got
mascara on Devin’s shorts because I was so scared. I mean we thought we were at
the top of the mountain, there was a huge sign that said WOW! (making you think
that you were at the top) but NOPE! Drop off into a ginormous canyon. I bawled.
But I made it down okay so I guess I’m alright. We went to the hotel which was gorgeous! Dev
and I had our room and the bed was so comfy! I have never slept in a bed that
comfy. I slept til 8! Anyways, after we
went to the hotel, I went up yet another lift.
We went to the Alpine Slide which was a blast! I had never been before
so it was a little scary at first, but again, I lived J We had pizza from
Maxwell’s pizza that was right underneath our hotel room and then Dev and I went
swimming. It was an indoor/outdoor pool
and we had the whole outdoor part to ourselves.
It was beautiful to swim under the stars in a heated pool! Over all we
had a great month of July!
