An eventful weekend

On Friday night we got a invited to go camping with AJ's friend Richie and his wife Lori. They live in Salt Lake so in the past we didn't get to see them very much, but now that we live closer it's a little easier. We met at Crystal Springs (close to Tremonton) where they have hot springs and a campground. It was the first time being there for all of us, and we didn't realize the campground was so...civilized. It's basically a field mowed flat. There's like one tree per campsite with a table and a fire/trough looking thing. And it's all right next to the pools. Hehe. I recommend it if you are the type who needs bathrooms and showers while camping. The pools were really cool. There was one big pool, a couple hot tubs, and a water slide. It feels sooo great, but it's mineral water so you have to wash it off when you're done, and their showers were COLD! What's the point of getting all warmed up if you're just going to freeze afterward?

They had lockers, but no locks on the lockers...and when we were done changing, AJ informed us that someone had stolen his wallet right out of his jeans. Great. We were pretty mad that anyone would do something that low. What compels someone to do something so selfish? Luckily AJ doesn't carry around cash, but we blocked our credit cards, and it's gonna be a pain to get all new IDs and replace our credit cards. Lame. There were a few groups of boy scouts up there, so it was either them or some other local person. I didn't have cash either, so the rest of the weekend's activities depended on if people took checks.

The camping part was pretty fun. We roasted hot dogs and had s'mores. I forgot to bring the stakes for our tent (whoops) but everything worked out. We love our tent <3 I borrowed a sleeping bag and it didn't hold heat well at all, so I was cold all night. Oh yeah, this campground also has a railroad track running right by it. Trains woke us up a few times in the night, and I was sure the train was 2 feet from our tent, but too tired to care. Haha. All in all, it was fun. Except for the whole stolen wallet thing.

The next day I went with my buddy Blaire from work and met Crystal (a guy we work with's wife) at a bead store called Beadles. Cute huh? Anyway, I've been feeling like a crafty mama lately, minus the mom part, and I want to make some jewelry. Crystal is a genius and works part time there, so she helped us find what we needed to make everything right. Blaire and I already have "Top Model" nights (we just watch America's Next Top Model on Wednesdays) and now we're going to add making jewelry to that night. Blaire's place doesn't have a lot of room, and Crystal's in the process of moving, so we're gonna do it at our place. Yay! I hope Crystal bring her lil 5 month old chubby Logan. SO cute. I've already made a few things, but I'll have to wait until after Mother's Day to show them off *wink*

Then our neighbors invited us to go to Salt Lake with them to a huge Swap Meet. They are the nicest people. They are Mexican, and the guy (Juan) doesn't speak English too well, but he knows enough to talk to AJ about cars and make jokes. He grills tacos for him all the time. Rosa is his fiance. She's really sweet. She has a 9 year old, Jacquie, and just found out she's pregnant with twins! It's crazy because she's had a hard time with pregnancies in the past, and she's been super sick the first few months of this one.

It's fun to try and catch words and phrases in Spanish that I actually understand. 4 years of taking Spanish didn't exactly make me a pro. At the swap meet there were tons of Latino folk, and they sold fun nuts and fruit and stuff. AJ looked at lots of tools they had there. He ended up getting a Coleman lantern for $10 (we had to beg the guy to take a check) and he got a framed picture of a Mustang the same year as his, but a fast-back. I think he's cute that he's decorating the garage :)



After the swap meet we ate at this tiny Mexican grocery store that makes reeeeally good tacos, etc. I got Gorditas. Oh man, probably my new favorite. It's nice to have friends that direct us to the best stuff. It's also nice when Juan tells those evil munchkins next door to quit cutting my flowers off. I want to show pictures of them, but I'm ashamed of how sad they look after those kids get to them. They even sat there and dug up a few of them and threw them all over the grass!!! Oh they make me so mad sometimes. There's dirt all over our front porch. So Juan asks them and of course their like, no, it was my brother! Whatever. Liars.

Okay, that was a super long post, so I apologize. I'll try to post more often! Starting now!