Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Fall Is Here

I am sitting here drinking a Pumpkin Spice Latte from Starbucks to celebrate one of my favorite days of the year - the first day of fall! I can't believe it's here already! What happened to summer? Seriously?

We have been super busy this past summer doing lots of projects and traveling about. It's been a very fun, but very fast summer. I can't believe that I didn't even blog once in August.

Anyway, here is a recap of all the events I missed telling you about:

I ran/walked a 5K! I convinced my Mom into doing the Wasatch Woman Love your Body 10K/5K race with me. Signing up for a 5K and actually finishing it feels like such an accomplishment. I didn't do as well as I had hoped because I didn't train very much. But next year when I do the 10K I will be ready.


Right after the 5K, we went to Las Vegas on vacation. We wanted to get away somewhere fun before the end of summer. Will someone remind me that it's way too hot to visit Vegas in the summer next time? Thank goodness for pools and air conditioning.

One of the highlights of the trip for me was eating at Serendipity 3 at Caesars Palace. Serendipity 3 is a restaurant from New York City that is known for their outrageously divine Frrrozen Hot Chocolate. See the amazing concoction below. It was the best drink/dessert I have ever had. Also, I posted a picture of the bacon cheese burger and waffle fries I ordered too. The food was amazing!

ser.en.dip.i.ty (n) The art of making happy discoveries, or finding the unexpectedly pleasant by chance or sagacity.


Another highlight was visiting the Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay. It was pretty incredible. One room looks like a you are standing in the middle of a ship wreck and you are pretty much surrounded by glass. We also got to pet/touch sting rays, which was pretty cool.


Last highlight of our trip was a visit to The Cupcakery (because of course I have to visit at least one cupcake shop per city). This place was very cute and the cupcakes were delicious and unique!


Last, but definitely not least, we celebrated our 8th Wedding Anniversary. This year our trip to Vegas was our gift to each other. We had a wonderful year, probably the best one yet, and I look forward to many more years together.
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Well, that is all of the things we have been up to lately. I promise to be a better blogger now that fall is here. Happy Fall!

3 comments:

Kiersten Allred said...

Seriously, where did summer go? Oh wait, I was wishing for it to go fast since I was fat and miserable :) Way to go on the 5k! See you in a couple of weeks!

Traci said...

Sounds like a fun and busy summer. Good for you doing a 5k. The frozen hot chocolate sounds and looks delicious!! It is sad that summer is over. Just means we get to start planning for next summer right? Happy 8th anniversary!

Marisa Jean said...

You forgot to mention your exciting bowling excursion and knee.

That hot chocolate looks like I could have a serendipitous (it's a word in my dictionary) moment when and if I ever get to try it. It looks delicous!

Happy anniversary and way to go on the 5K! :)Next time get a picture of you and your mom together so we can see!