surprise weekend

Top: ASOS
Pants: F21
(I am OBSESSED with these active wear pants!)
Sunglasses: Free People
Shoes: C/O Shoe Carnival

Trevor and I had these grand plans to spend the first start of his fall break hiking and camping in Zion's National Park. But thanks to our wonderful Government, who can't agree on anything, all National Parks were shut down. Boo. It is extra annoying because the last two years Trevor has had way too much school work to be able to actually do anything for his fall break, and when he finally feels he can our plans get spoiled.

But Trevor's dad called asking us if we were still planning on coming down south because he wanted to do a surprise 50th birthday lunch for Trevor's mom, so with Provo experiencing a cold front, we figured, why not? So on Friday we were off to spend a quick weekend in St. George with Trevor's family.

We arrived pretty early in St. George and Trevor's parents had to attend a wedding so I called up my best friend Jamie to see what they were up to. Can I just say, if your best friend is going to move away from your hometown, have her move to your husband's hometown. It has worked out beautifully for me :) We met up with Jamie and her husband for a little double date. We hung out at their house and played with their adorable and crazy little dog Gus, and followed up with some pizza. At one point that night Jamie and I ended up in her bedroom just talking like old times. Chatting with Jamie just brings me back to my childhood. We reminisced on middle school and high school and shared stories all night. When it comes to Jamie and I, we never miss a beat.

Saturday morning I was feeling sorry for myself that our Zion hiking plans fell through, so Trevor and I went out to the State park Snow Canyon and went exploring. It was stunning! There really is nothing like the red rocks of southern Utah. Just beautiful. We explored some underground caves called lava tubes. We had to crawl straight down them, but it was fun to see what was down there and look at all the cool shaped rocks. After we crawled back out we played in some sand dunes. It was just the pick me up I needed to make up for not being able to hike and camp.

love these nikes from shoe carnival in orem :)

We came home, cleaned up, and headed out to Trevor's mom's surprise birthday lunch. She was totally surprised! It all worked out perfectly and the food was amazing! It was an Italian restaurant here in St. George and I went home stuffed. We later hit the movie Gravity. Can I just say that I loved this movie! My favorite 3D film by far, and such a nail biting plot. Love, love, loved! I have heard some people didn't like it so I will say I think it is one of those movies that will be VERY polarized. I absolutely loved it, but I could see how some people would hate it, haha. You just have to see it for yourself. It is so different from anything I have seen before!

Sunday morning we had the traditional big conference breakfast in our pajamas and headed back home. A pretty great weekend for one that was supposed to be ruined :)