Dylan and I had the opportunity to go to LA 2 weekends ago with our good friends Mike and Alyssa. Mike served his mission in LA and wanted to go back and visit some members and also just take a vacation. So we borrowed Mikes parents new Ford Escape and took off Thursday night. We stayed at my aunts house Thurs night in St. George, then woke up Friday morning and headed for Cali. It was nice to split up the drive by stayin in St. George. Thanks Rob and Mary! :) We had such a fun vacation! It was nice to get away before school started and especially since Dylan and I don't have jobs at the current moment.. We actually had time to leave!! Thanks to Alyssa for using her benefits at the Marriot, we got a nice suite for a great price!
We went downtown on Friday and walked along the stars of fame road. Then we went to this awesome restaurant the Elephant Bar for dinner. We were all so impressed with the prices and quality of the food here. If you ever pass by one of these restaurants and have somewhat of an appetite, go inside!!
Saturday we all went to Six Flags theme park for the day! It was a lot of fun. I realized that I am growing up and can't handle and those crazy roller coasters like I used to. I really got jerked around on those rides.. there was actually one ride where I blacked out for a minute. I found out that other people did also during the same place in the ride so I wasn't as concerned. :) But the theme park was great! We rode on some of the coolest roller coasters ever! AND we were smart enough to pack pb &j's in the car for lunch.. good thing! Lunch at the park was a whopping ten bucks a person!!!
Sunday, Dylan and I went to the beach while Alyssa and Mike went to visit some members and people he knew from his mission. We had a fun time at the beach.. we walked around downtown, got some lunch, and we both got some good sun! We met up with Mike and Alyssa later that day and went out for Mexican at a really good place right next to Santa Monica Beach. We had such a fun vacation.. I will post more pics when I get them from Alyssa! (Our camera is not working very well right now) :(
Since we both have the time off, we decided that now would be the perfect time to make a trip down to Arizona to check out the graduate program @ ASU. It was AWESOME! Everything just fell into place and went so smoothly over the weekend. We went to an orientation thing on Friday that my dad sneaked us into.. :) Dylan got the chance to meet with the chair over the applied psychology program. We spent quite a bit of time talking with him about the program. He told Dylan that he would have no problem getting into the program for this January, and that he will most likely get a Research Assistant position. FREE GRAD SCHOOL?!!? Yes. That is such good news. :) He told Dyl that he looks forward to having him in the program and to keep in touch.
So right now Dylan is going to finish up his last 16 credit hours and prepare for the GRE so he can take that next month and get his application all ready. He probably wont be finding a new job because he will be so busy with all of this! That's okay.. I got a job working for the Energy Solutions Arena selling Jazz tickets so we will be fine for the next few months.
Here is a pic of Dylan testing out one of the projects at the Applied Psychology Program at ASU. A research project having to do with texting and driving. so cool!
We spent a good amount of time at my dads pool. The dogs LOVED Dylan. They seriously would not leave him alone.. So they swam with us most of the time. :)
Grandma and Grandpa Roberts dancing at my cousin Britneys wedding reception a few weeks ago. ;)
Dylan and I dancing
Grandpa and I. Love this pic.
Us dancing :)
My hero. I love my Grandpa Roberts so much. I have always had a special connection with him and we've been especially close the last five years. I have some great memories with him, he has touched my life in so many ways. He played the clarinet at our wedding dinner. It's what he does best :) We always promised each other that he would make it long enough to play his clarinet at my wedding, and I promised him that I would invite him to play. He sure did. Most beautiful piece ever. Here it is
Well School has started this week and we are both getting busy. I hope to keep up with blogging though, because I really love it! Since I am not a full time student I will most likely have time! Thanks for reading- hope I didn't bore you!! :)
