Valentines Day 2009

So, for Valentines Day this year, Rob... didn't plan anything... So this is how we came about our activities this year. Friday the 13th, we took our Sugar Gliders up to Cabelas with a mutual friend to buy a gun. (On or way in Rob saw a sign about breakfast buffets there so he said "Hey, maybe that's what we'll do for breakfast tomorrow!!") Roscoe (our friend) bought a Glock .40, only he hasn't been shooting very much.. So later that day Roscoe, Brandon, (Robs friend from HS that just so happens to teach concealed carry/personal defense classes) Rob & I went out by Tooele to go shooting. It was SO much fun.. I definitely have missed shooting!!! On our way home, Roscoe got a call from his manager at XanGo asking for his last count on Monster Truck tickets for the Saturday showing. He asked us if we wanted in so, of course, us with no plans... ended up with 2 tickets to Will Call for the Monster Truck show. I, was not so happy. If it had been on any other day I would have been ecstatic, but I just couldn't see how that was going to be a romantic way for us to spend our first Valentines Day. Fast forward to Saturday morning... I meet Rob at his house and we didn't make it in time to breakfast. We met our friend Tiffany at Rice King in Provo for lunch (YUM!) then went to Macey's to get some Valentines for my nephews. We stopped by my sisters house for a few minutes to play with the kids before we headed up to SLC . I was FRANTICALLY trying to find a card or some paper or SOMETHING to give to Rob. Thankfully, Aubrey saved my life and gave me a sheet or red card stock paper and some heart stickers. I folded it in half and stuck it in between my shirt and undershirt in order to sneak it out of the house (pathetic, I know..) Before we went to the truck show we stopped at the Sugar Glider Shop in Midvale to get some food for the babies. While he ran in, I got out the card to try to finish writing it. I was ALMOST finished and he SNUCK UP ON ME!!! He scared me SO bad and then I was upset cause I can NEVER surprise him with anything.. not even a CARD!! I was upset for a little bit at the truck show but as soon as the motocross riders came out I was happy again. :)

We watched those trucks do some AWESOME things...

Afterwards we decided to go get ice cream and/or food. We ended up at Jimmy Johns (it used to be a ice cream place). We were waiting for Brandon and his girl on the corner to figure out where we could go when all of the sudden we hear a TRAX Train horn and then a "CRASH!!!" Rob and I turned just in time to see the TRAX Train ram into the side of a Ford Explorer. The car was trying to make a U-Turn, and tried to make it on a red light. It (obviously) didnt make it. We saw a guy and a girl gather up some stuff from the car and take off down the road before the cops came. The driver stayed at with the car and then all the police and fire engine and everyone showed up. It was pretty crazt. Afterwards we went to The Pie to get some pizza. It was a pretty crazy night but ended up being really fun!

Since I cant ever surprise Rob, I snuck into his house Sunday morning and set up a (late) Valentines Day surprise! All in all, it was a fun couple of days!

For my birthday in November Rob surprised me and took me to my favorite Chinese restaurant in Provo. I absolutely LOVE the food there and the owners are amazing!! One of my favorite things there is the Egg Drop Soup.. :)(You should try going there, its called Rice King.. the food is great and its pretty cheap!) Rob invited some of our mutual friends to eat with us and surprised me with a Tres Leches cake from a mexican store.. it was yummy and really pretty!!!Afterwards we went to Kimball and Aubrey's house and spent a little time there and watched a movie. It wasnt a hige eventful birthday but it was a fun calm way to spend my birthday!!

For Thanksgving 08, we went to Kansas to see Rob's family. We were able to spend about a week with them. We flew from Salt Lake to Denver the 25th and drove from Denver to Witchita, KS... I'm afraid I wasnt a very good traveling partner for most of the way. I usually get pretty car sick so I loaded up on dramamine and ended up sleeping most of the way there while Rob went crazy on the very flat road. It was fun getting to know them. We went to a restaurant called Cheddar's (SO good!) a couple times and got ice cream at Freddy's... We went fishing (not a very good turnout), played Murder in the dark (pretty close to every night) and ate some delicious food!! Rob and I were able to go to the Kansas Air Museum for a few hours. It was really fun to watch his reaction... haha. My grandpa used to be a pilot so it was fun for both of us to walk around and read about everything. Robs mom is from AZ, and knows my dads cousin Robert. Robs grandma knows my great aunt as well and only lives a few minutes away from her. (Go figure) Somebody always knows someone from my family!! Rob has 2 sisters and 2 brothers, Emily ( married to Ryan & living in Albuquerque) Nathan, Aaron and Sarah. We really enjoyed going there, and are planning on going again in a couple weeks. We are so excited to go!!! (This time we'll actually take some real pictures.. :) )