Pioneer Weekend

We had a fabulous long weekend, so I thought I'd blog about it. It all started Thursday night when we went to the Orem Owlz baseball game with some of my siblings. Unfortunately I didn't have my camera with me, so I didn't get any pics of it. I had never been to one of their games, so it was a lot of fun. There also weren't too many people, so we had great seats. After the game we headed over to Dan's brothers' house where we enjoyed some cheesecake with he and his wife. We then stayed up chatting til really late. We are usually in bed by 11:00, so this 2 am night wasn't something we were used to- I haven't done that since I was single! haha

The next day we slept in and eventually made our way up to Lagoon! I love going to Lagoon, it always reminds me of my childhood. Our old bishop gave us great discount passes, so we figured we'd use them. I thought the place would be packed, considering it was a holiday, but it really wasn't packed at all. We hardly waited in any lines- the only long line was for the log flume ride where you get wet and since it was hot, it made sense the line was a long one! We rode all the rides and my sister Noelle and her bf Jared came with us. And since Dan and Jared both get sick on spinning rides, Noelle and I would go on them together while the guys sat on the sidelines. I have never gotten sick on a ride- it must be something great in our genes. The whole day Dan really wanted to play all of the games, but I didn't want to end up carrying stuffed animals around the park the whole time. So before we left to go home, we had about $15 in cash that I told Dan he could use on games. He won a few small animals and then Dan played the game where you try to get the baseball into the big jug, apparently it's pretty hard to do, but he did it and we won a huge stuffed animal! I was so proud of him! He was only the 9th person all day that had won that game- and the girl there said that is a lot of winners for one day. I love having a husband who is good at all of those games- you have no idea how many stuffed animals he has won for me out of games like that. When we have children, they will have plenty of toys waiting for them! That night we came home exhausted, but had a great time!Here we are waiting for the ride Wicked! I look really red, I didn't get sunburned, but it was really hot!

And here is the stuffed animal Dan won for me. It really is huge!

Saturday morning I had to get up at 6:30 am to be at BYU for a test at 7:30 am. It's called the Praxis and it's a test all teachers are required to take to certify. They basically test you on all subjects. It's hard to study for, because you have no idea what will be thrown at you. I think I did pretty well, but I won't get my scores for a month. The only part I wasn't sure about was the social studies. Hopefully I was good at guessing! After the test I came home and took a 2 hour nap! We then went to see Harry Potter. Dan has been waiting to see it. I wasn't sure if I would like it, since I hadn't read the book, but I really liked it! It was probably my favorite HP movie yet. I think I liked it because there wasn't as much violence in this one. And they had cute little love stories going on.

We had a great weekend! And soon I will post photos of our new condo. We are finally all settled in. I just have to make sure it's clean before I take any photos!