So, we are back from vacation in Utah (which was wonderful, by the way), and I have recovered enough to post about it. We have reunited with the darling Stevie, whom I missed terribly the whole trip, but it seemed best to board him. The trip home wasn’t as great as I thought it would be, though it went amazingly well for the first time we drove with a trailer on the truck. 🙂

Jared and I did a night in Truth or Consequences, NM (seriously, that’s the name of the town!) after a late start Sunday afternoon.  Then Monday afternoon, Jared surprised me by stopping in front of a Bed and Breakfast in Moab. I thought we were just gonna stay in a cheap hotel, but instead we spent a lovely night in the Cali Cochitta inn. They also have FABULOUS breakfasts, by the way. I would highly recommend staying there for multiple reasons.

Then we did some hiking in Arches National Park. I LOVE that place. Maybe not quite as much as Bryce Canyon, but it’s definitely up there in “Most beautiful and orginal places in the world.” We started the morning hiking Delicate Arch, but I was unbelievably out of shape. Stupid headaches! The hike is well worth the end result. We also saw some of the other neat sites of the park, mostly from the car though.

Some sites we saw from a far:

Then Tuesday-Monday we were in Orem with our families. We were able to spend some time with my mom for her birthday, 25th anniversary of her 29th birthday!. We also did some four-wheeling with the Boothe clan in the Utah mountains. Despite a few mishaps, it was a beautiful drive. The wildflowers made me so happy! We also got to eat wonderful homemade dinners from both families and spend time with them. Sarah got us addicted to GuitarHero III for the Wii… now we really want it.

Some of the sites we saw ATV-ing:

One good looking guy!

The purple hills and sister-in-law, Sarah.

Can you believe how beautiful this is?

Okay, I will be done saturating y’all with pictures I think are awesome. All in all, it was a wonderful trip. Thanks to the Utah Boothes and Duncans for being so hospitable!

We are very happy to be reunited with our puppy too. It was so cute how excited he was to see us again. Jared and I were sitting down waiting, and they opened the door, and he saw us and came running so hard that the lady decided to let go of the leash and he jumped on my lap, gave me tons of kisses, then even jumped over to Jared and gave him a few before coming back to me. The people at the place absolutely adored him and said he was a sweetheart, along with being a handsome boy! (Like we didn’t know that already!)

He’s all of a sudden gotten a series of small bumps along his spine. We think it could be allergies, so I have been giving him small doses of Children’s Benadryl this weekend in hopes that it will help. If it doesn’t start looking better by tomorrow, I’m taking him to the vet.

That’s what’s up in our neck of the woods!