trip to utah

ok, so i got back from my trip to utah last night. trevor and i had a good time out west, but i'm glad to be done w/ flying for the time being! he did really well on the plane, but it's still stressful w/ having to hold him the entire time when all he wants to do is get on the floor and crawl around and get into things. thankfully, he slept on the plane both ways, which was a nice surprise.

we spent the first few days down in provo. we visited byu and some friends in the area. i got my hair highlighted, so i'm blonde again, happy day! i got to eat at a few of the restaurants i'd been missing - brick oven and stan's especially. i was sad to find out stan's was sold about a year ago, but at least the food is still the same, so it wasn't a disappointment. we stayed w/ one of jon's old roommates and his wife while we were there. jon's funny, he likes to brag that he hooked them up. he basically just went up to each of them and asked if there was anyone in the complex they liked, then told them they should go out. . . they ended up getting married almost exactly 1 year after us. it was like, a week before our anniversary. funny part is they started dating before we did. . . oh well, we're crazy though, most people don't decide to get married when they've only known each other for 2 weeks. . .

anyways, trevor and i drove up to ogden on friday afternoon and spent the rest of our time up there. we stayed w/ jon's best friend, kyle, and his wife maggie. saturday was my birthday. i went over to my cousin's house between conference sessions and went out to lunch w/ my brother. he didn't have any money, so i ended up having to pay, but whatever. he'd never had cold stone, so we went there after we ate. sunday i had tickets to conference, so i went w/ kyle and maggie. after the session was over, we went down to south jordan to visit kyle's family. they've kinda adopted jon, he even calls them mom and dad! :) yeah, so they enjoyed playing w/ trevor, and i had fun seeing them all again. kyle's brother, devon (devin?) is 16 now. apparently he's quite the ladies' man! i can see why though, and when i told jon, his response was that he wasn't surprised. anyways, devon was playing the sims 2 and had built the houses for the characters in the twilight series. i was surprised to find out he'd read those books, but he liked them alot. i just didn't think they were really a GUY thing, you know? oh well, whatever works, right? so after that, kyle, maggie, and i went to my dad's for dinner. he made poffertjes (i have NO idea if i spelled that right, it's dutch) for my birthday. they're basically these tiny little pancakes that are only about 1 1/2 inches across, but they're SO good. you eat them w/ butter and powered sugar instead of regular syrup. then on monday i went to breakfast w/ my dad at village inn (it wasn't as wonderful as i remembered, so now i'm ok w/ the fact that they don't have them in south carolina) and spent a couple hours at his place. i had dinner at olive garden w/ kami, an old roommate of mine, and watched movies w/ kyle and maggie. on sunday night we watched the seeker, which was REALLY good. i wouldn't have chosen it, but i ended up really liking it. then on monday night, maggie and i watched sydney white while kyle was at work. tuesday i packed up all our stuff and we flew back to maryland.

so here i am, w/ 1 week left of my vacation. i have rehearsal tonight, as well as thursday and friday nights, then my show is on saturday and sunday. monday night we're all going out to dinner to celebrate my and my mom's birthdays. tuesday i'll be driving home w/ trevor. i'm gonna have to spend some time today remembering my dances for this show. i realized last night that i hadn't thought about it at all while i was in utah, and i'm having trouble remembering all of them. oops. . . i'm also planning to go to the library. i have a bunch of books to return, and i'd like to get some new ones. when i get home, i'm gonna have to join the library there. i can't believe i haven't done it yet! i guess i just kept forgetting. oh well. anyways, i should go get trevor some lunch and get the both of us dressed for the day. i'll write more later, probably once i get home again.