Spring Break Recap and Everything Else..

So I wish I was still in Cali with nice warm weather :), but no I'm stuck in the snow..


Saturday morning Mom and Dad picked up Jess and I and we drove down to SLC to hang out until we flew out. Mom and I went to the Scrapbook Expo in Sandy. I try to go with Mom every year because we always have a blast :) I love spending quality time with her. Jess and Dad just messed around town while we were scrap shopping. It was finally time to fly out to Cali. The flight wasnt even full so the Flight Attendant said we could sit anywhere, Jess and I made sure there was an empty seat between us so we could lay our legs out :)

The flight wasnt bad at all, Jess and I just watched short TV series that was showing on the airplane. When we reached Cali we were headed down the escalator and standing at the bottom was Aaron, Nate and Grandma. Jess and I saw all of them and started waiting, but they didnt even see us until cousin Nate started waiting. Grandma still didnt see us until we were almost right in front of her. She was staring at some other girls going down the stairs ha haa :). Cousin Nate made a sign for sissy and I and Grandma had some random guy take a picture of all of us when we got there.

Sunday night Aunt Barbie cooked the BEST meal ever!! I got the recipe from her because it was so delicious. I told mom to make it sometime soon :) So I'll share with everyone because i enjoyed it very much. We had steak with it, but you can use it on anything Aunt Barbie said.

• 1/2 tsp garlic powder


• 2 tsp dry mustard
  
• 2 tbsp oil


• 2 tbsp brown sugar


• 2/3 cup soy sauce


• 4 tbsp water


• 1 tsp ginger

Marinate meat for up to 24 hours. Good on pork and beef roast, chicken, pork chops and ribs.


At dinner Nanny and Uncle Darell came over. It was nice to visit with them and see them. Jess and I havent seen them since Hawaii trip in 2006.
Aaron and Nate took Jess and I shopping at the Galleria Mall on Sunday before dinner and bowling. Wow!! that mall is huge :) I'm pretty sure Jess was drooling haa jk.

Sunday night Jess and I went bowling with cousin Aaron and some of his friends. They are very nice. We didnt get a picture with everyone because we were so busy bowling, but Jess and I did get a picture of our attractive shoes. :) Aaron beat Jess and I both in bowling, but he used to be on a league so we said it didnt count. ha ha but we all had fun that is all that matters.

Monday we went shopping with Grandma and wore her out ha ha. Then Tuesday all of us cousins went and got pictures taken with Grandma. She said we look just like her :) We sat on the couch display so I could get a picture and share with mom and dad when we got back home.
The rest of Tuesday we went shopping with Aunt Barbie and Grandma at a few more malls outside of Charmichael.
Wednesday day Jess, Aunt Barbie and I went to Grandma's and layed by the pool to finally catch some sun :) It was so nice to have sun again. I wish we still had some here. Wednesday night we went to watch Aaron's 8th grade girls basketball team that he coaches. They won the first game in the playoffs and had the next game Thursday night.
Thursday Jess and I flew out and we were so sad that we were leaving our cousins and the warm weather. Grandma called us Friday rubbed it in our face that it was high 80s and said we need to come back. Guess Jess and I picked the wrong weekend to go to there.
When mom and dad picked us up from the airport we went out to dinner at The Old Spaghetti Factory.. Oh my goodness!! It was so delicious. You get so much to eat with your meal. Mom and I got the Chicken Parmesan and Dad and Sissy got Spaghetti with huge meatballs. We also got a salad or soup, a drink, huge loafs of bread, and ice cream included in our meal!! The ice cream was definitely my favorite part :)

Friday and Saturday Jess and I hung out with mom and did some more shopping. The Unique Boutique craft fair is open so we went there and ran some other errands with mom. Saturday Jess went and saw Kate and baby Krew. She said he is just adorable :)






Saturday night Jess and I took a little road trip to Rexburg so I could see Angela and Erica and Jess could see Missy. It was so good to see everyone, Jacoby is such a cutie and i loved holding him ha i didnt want to give him back to Missy. After hanging out for a little bit Jess, Miss, Ang and I met at the Cocoa Bean Cafe, holy cow this place rocks :) We all enjoyed eating our cupcakes.

Saturday night my good friend Whitney Fowler texted me and she is ENGAGED!!! She sounds so so happy. It was nice to see her when she was here for Jay Dee's Farewell a month ago. Congratulations Whit and Trent :)