Okay back to the update. Justin was out of town doing a job and was gone from Wednesday to Monday (2nd year in a row without him here for my b-day :( sad huh?) He thought it was a great idea for us to go and have fun. So since my sister & her family was going to be in Moab, I thought it would be well worth the 3 1/2 hr. drive to hang out with them since we don't usually see them 2 times in a month! I invited Tara to go with us since Justin was gone. She said she was up for anything!! Sunday morning (after we cleaned the house...) we headed to Moab. We ended up not going the "normal" way. We went the scenic route, and based on the amount of time we were in the car on the way home, it was no different in time, and it was really pretty. When we got down there we checked into the hotel, let the girls swim and then we all went out to dinner. If you're ever in Moab, I recommend the Moab Brewery. The food was great and it was well priced. After dinner, we went back to the hotel and got ready for bed. I was going to call Justin and let him know our plan, but I decided to wait until morning since he didn't have good reception anyway. The next morning we got up & ate and I called Justin's phone, he answered singing "happy birthday". He had gotten done early and got home @ 2:00 am! Then we all headed to do the Delicate Arch Hike. Thank the Lord for the cloud cover on my birthday...that was present enough! When we started the hike it was 96 degrees at the end of the hike it was 104! I'm glad we went when we did! For a minute, Tara Janine & I thought we were dying, and then we see this womanhiking with a backpack that was probably as heavy as she was. Right then & there we decided to STOP complaining! So if you don't recognize a woman in the slideshow, just know, she was our motivation! We had so much fun together. Tara & I figured out that the last time either of us had been to Arches was in 8th grade for Outdoor Ed....like 17 years ago! Wow, saying 17 years ago makes me feel REALLY OLD! After our hike we went our seperate ways. The Moses Family headed to their reunion and we headed home to meet Justin for dinner. On our way, we stopped in Green River and bought melons....mmmm! Overall I had a stupendous birthday! Thank you to everyone who helped make it awesome! And thank you Justin for buying the software for your wife who decided to be an airhead and DELETE all of the pictures that she had taken. Yes, you read it right...I DELETED ALL OF THE 188 PICTURES I TOOK IN ARCHES!!! But thanks to technology and my sweet hubber, they were recovered for me to put on the blog!! Thank you Justin! :) Enjoy the arches slideshow (above)
Here are a couple pictures of Justin's weekend.(It's actually his best friend Jon in the pic...I'm sure someone got a picture of him!)
Justin had to go to the hospital on my birthday...while working, a grinder he was using kicked back and sliced his arm. He thought he might have broken it, thank heaven he didn't, he does have ligament damage though. Not fun! So there's the wrap up of our weekend! I'll try to be better at posting at least once a week!
