Spontaneous Roadtrip

Thursday was my last day nannying! So I decided to take the weekend off and take a spontaneous roadtrip. To Idaho! 

My bestie of seven years is currently studying at BYU-I so I decided to visit her. I haven't been enjoying church out there in Spanish Fork and I didn't have any plans for the weekend so why not? Plus I was leaving back for VA on Tuesday and needed to have a last hurrah. 

I got there in Rexburg around 1. Sage took me to this delicious soda place and then we kind of wandered around campus. 

They have really cool gardens there with chemically blue ponds. The only thing I think would improve them is if they had koi in them. But they'd probably die from all the blue. :)

They also had really cool orchards. Probably my favorite place on the entire campus. I someday want an orchard with tons of fruit trees. Is that to big of a wish?

Sage is minoring in photography and somehow manages to take cool pics on her crappy phone camera. 

But seriously look at this orchard. I want one so bad. They're just such a serene setting. 

Campus also had a cool greenhouse with all kinds of random plants.

It also had a little garden shop.  Although I don't see how much access college students would have to garden space to even plant a garden.

After all that wandering we ate some delicious legit Mexican food for dinner and then went to a play. It was called On The Verge. It was a really funny play that made me want to travel again. Stupid play. But in all honesty I love plays. They make me feel cultured. Is that weird? 

More pictures from the orchard.

First selfie of the trip.

Messing around with pictures. Seriously so much fun. 

Saturday was another fun eventful day. In the morning I played minecraft with my nerdy siblings. Then we went on another walk of adventures. 

The orchard again. I promise I didn't spend all my time there. That's just where I took the most pictures. 

Like my buns?

Sage is especially good at the candid pics. I wish I was. But I'm not. 

They also have these cool murals randomly placed around the town that make for cool pics.

Even if it's a mural about shredded nutrition.

My favorite was this love mural. We tried being artsy with it. I don't know if it turned out quite right though. 

For lunch we had pbj. As I'm sure you know that's not the most filling so when dinner came around I was pretty freaking excited. And guess what it was?

Teriyaki! I think I've posted about my love for teriyaki before. If I haven't I want you to know that it is probably one of my favorite west coaster foods in the world! The east has tried to replicate but they just can't. It's nasty compared to my scrumptious west coast version. 

And this chick new that and took me to a place that served it. She's an angel.

Anyway after that festive dinner we went to the cheapo movie theater and watched Beauty and the Beast. That was my third time watching it in theaters but I love it so whatevs. And Sage had never seen it so I had to take her. A question I have though is why don't we have those cheapo theaters in VA? It's ridiculous having to pay $13 to watch a movie. $4 is much more reasonable. And maybe they do have them in VA I just haven't found one yet. 

That was Saturday. Sunday I went to the singles ward. May I just say that was the funnest ward I've been to in a long time. If I ever go live on my own I think a student ward is the way to go. Fo sho man.

That evening there was a thunder storm and the sunset happening at the same time so we went and watched it. We went with one of her roomies and some of their FHE group. It was a really cool thing to watch.

Plus we had the temple behind us. 

Afterwards we went to a thing called Stadium Sing. It was really amazing. We sung hymns underneath the stadium and it was really cool how the songs resonated underneath the bleachers. 

Anyway that was pretty much Sunday. The weekend was really a blur of hanging out with Sage, meeting her roomies, and her FHE bros, and just feeling incredibly busy. I'm probably forgetting some of the stuff we did but you know when you just do so much and have so much fun you can't really remember it all? That's what happened. 

Monday I went to a music theory class with Sage. I was a little bored but it was interesting to see what a college class was like. I mean it was music theory. Then I went back to her apartment and packed. By the time I was done it was pouring down rain so I picked up Sage from her remaining classes and then we went to the taco truck again and ate that delicious Mexican food. After lunch I drove back the long four hours to Utah. I took a pit stop in Orem and had dinner with my cousins Rob and Jenica and that was a ton of fun. Especially since I haven't really been able to hang out with them since I came out to Utah. 

Tuesday I headed back home to good ol' VA. My aunt Lucinda was kind enough to drive me to the airport in the morning. And after that I spent the whole day flying. My favorite. I had a layover in Vegas. Dude that airport rips you off more than any other airport I've been to. I mean $9 for a salad is a little ridiculous if you ask me. And that was one of the cheapest things I could find. I made some discoveries on my adventures though.

Nevada is a desert waist land with a random lake in the middle.

You can find a cool rainbows at sunset.

And Tennessee is a seriously beautiful state. My goodness is was gorgeous. And it was fun hearing all my fellow plane passengers have southern accents. 

Anyway I finally got home at 11:30 p.m. and had my lovely family pick me up. Well a majority of them. I came home to Jane sleeping like I princess. I don't know why she sleeps so delicately considering her personality is anything but. 

I woke up earlier than I would've liked to get her out of bed and she was sooooo happy to see me. 

I mean look at that face. All day afterward she was my little shadow. Hugging me and telling me she loved me. Downside is that she wanted me to do everything for her. "Warley I poo." and other such fun activities. 

I also got to eat at my favorite pho place with the two little boys, mom, and the babe. He really likes limes. 

I also got to see my little Howell. I opened his crate and was so excited to see me. He was whining in joy and licking me and just moving all over the place in excitement. It made me happy that he missed me. It reminds me that he actually is intelligent. (The other dog is Axel. We're dog sitting. They're the same breed so it's hard to tell them apart sometime.) 

Pretty much my first day was being surrounded by my overly loving siblings. Joan-Claire said I looked like an old lady with my highlights in my hair. But that was really the only negative thing that was said.  It's been fun! 

Today has been slightly similar but I'm not quite as popular. Today I've spent unpacking and then re-packing. 'Cause guys! We leave for Spain tomorrow! I'm seriously so excited! But wish us luck because we have some seriously long flights ahead of us. With a baby. Anyway I probably won't blog till after our adventures. So you gotta wait almost two weeks but don't worry you're going to love it. Till next time!