Jackson Hole

I know! I know! I missed my monthly blog! My mom informed me that I need to update this so here we go. Other than school, homework, and sleep, my life is pretty much the same ol' boring thing. HOWEVER, one exciting thing did happen! This past weekend, my Grandma took me on a little vacation to Jackson Hole for my 20th birthday. I had never been before and HOLY COW! I am in love! It was SO beautiful there and I absolutely had an amazing weekend! Our weekend started with GGd driving up to Rexburg from Utah and whisking me away from classes around noon. Then, we gabbed a quick lunch and began our drive east to Jackson. Once we got into Jackson, we checked into our hotel and then headed downtown for some shopping and sightseeing. On our adventure, we can upon the old theater/playhouse and saw that they were performing "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" that night and so we bought tickets for that and the dinner before. Then, we went to waste some time walking around, window shopping, real shopping, looking at galleries and eating fudge :) When dinner came around, we headed to the salon where we got dinner and a show! The cast from "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers' served us our food before the show and they would sing periodically throughout dinner. Most of them were students on summer vacation from BYU and let me tell you, some cute cowboys! One of them even came over and serenaded me with a song! After dinner, we headed into the theater where we watched the performance and it was AMAZING!! It was such a good story, great music and hilarious!! Almost peed a few times! After the show, we walked back to the hotel where we relaxed and watched tv for the rest of the night. Saturday morning, we slept in (until 8 am!!!), had breakfast and then headed out to Grand Teton Village. We were going to go white water rafting, but grandma was having some issues with her pace maker since we got here, so we thought we would be safe and not risk spending the rest of the weekend in the hospital! So instead, we just enjoyed the beautiful scenery of Jackson. At Grand Teton Village, there was an antique show so, we walked around there for a while and I got to see all kinds of neat stuff! Grandma and I both were saying how much Dad would have loved it for pictures! There were all kinds of old things: wash boards, tubs, dinning ware, dynamite boxes, furniture galore! Then, we headed back to Jackson Hole and went to the Wort Hotel for lunch/dinner and a rest at the hotel where Grandma took a nap and I got some homework done. Then, we headed back to the town square for some more galleries and then to the movie theater where we saw Midnight in Paris (an okay movie, but not an $8 worth movie). Then, we headed back to the hotel for our routine 48 Mystery and other Murder tv shows. Tomorrow, we are heading back to Rexburg and then Grandma will head back home--definitely not looking forward to it! I LOVE it here!! I have had so much fun and it has been a great 'vacay' before the stress of finals next week. Thanks for the amazing birthday weekend and vacation Grandma!!!!! ((Pictures will come when I get back to the Burg tomorrow))
But hey, on the bright side--11 more days until I get to go home!! HOOORAY! I am so ready for some Iowa lovin'. I know most people have no idea how the cornfields and hog barns and manure smell of Iowa can be so great and sound so appealing but I love it and can not wait to spend a month back there!! I definitely need a break from the college life for a bit and just a chance to relax in the comfort of my home. It has been 7 months since I have been home and 7 months since I have seen my beautiful nieces and nephews! I have a feeling it is going to be a great reunion!!!
Well, I will try to be better at blogging when I get home and have more 'interesting' things to blog about--like the kiddos, trips to Nauvoo, hanging out with the gang and good old work at Eagle's Loft! Till next time... ")