Vacay

A couple weeks ago we went on a weekend getaway to Zion's National Park. I've lived in Utah for 4 years and Eric has lived here almost his entire life and the both of us had never been before. People apparently travel across the country to see Zion's so we thought we should go before we moved away.

Zion's had lots of different hikes to go on but we were limited on time so we stuck to Angels Landing.

There were little crevices to hide in on the hike we went on. I discovered this one :) The people behind us thought we were cool so then they copied me.

Eric had quite a bit of energy on the way up the mountain. He came across a falling tree and pushed it back up so people could walk on the trail without any problems. What a nice boy.

Pretty view huh?

That other view apparently wasn't good enough. We had to keep climbing the mountain and we made it to the very tip top! If you look closely you'll see a bus down there on the road. That's how high up we were. Look how tiny the road is!

In order to get to the very top you need to do a bit of rock climbing.

Luckily the chains were there to help us or I think Eric might have been a little too scared.

Once we got down from the mountain exhausted and about to collapse we came across this sign:

Good thing we started bright and early (at noon), brought plenty of water (2 bottles), and work out on a regular basis (every other month). I guess it's a good thing we didn't know what to expect or else we might have chickened out. What an accomplishment!

The day before Zion's we went to Kolob Canyons.

This picture didn't require a long and strenuous hike. All it took was a nice leisurely drive. Just our style!

We did start on a little trail but Eric made us turn back early. He wasn't in the mood for an adventure.

The good news is we did see a cactus with flowers, growing in a tree stump. How cool is that?!

Eric and I loved our little mini vacation. The mountains all ended up looking the same in the end but it was a great experience. Without this vacation we would have never learned just how much we like vacationing in an all inclusive resort. Thank you Zion's National Park!

New Addition!

My cousin Carin had her baby girl today so Eric and I were able to visit them at the hospital! Of course, I had to blog about it :)

This is Carin and her daughter Sarah. Sarah is one of the cutest newborns I've ever seen! She came out with a little pixie hair do.

I get in creative moods sometimes and make things. One day I made flower clips so I gave some to Sarah. She cried at first but I think she was eventually okay with it. It looked darn cute!

Congratulations Greenland family!

Round 2

Last semester one of my classes was assigned to write a complaint letter to a company we had a bad experience with. I was fully reimbursed with a promise for a future discount.

Just recently, Eric and I got a check from our old apartment complex. We moved out early so we could save more money, but the check ended up being over $125 less than we were expecting. I was pretty upset. I was venting to Eric when he didn't really want to hear it, so he told me to write a complaint letter while I was heated up.

The letter I wrote was a full page and pretty dang awesome if you ask me! I pulled out some legal terms from my old business law book and may have even threatened the apartment owners to take them to court, although I would never actually take it that far. I just wanted to see if anything would come from my letter. You miss 100% of the shots you don't take, after all.

As I was coming home from work last night Eric was sitting on the front porch and handed me an envelope. I opened it up and there was nothing but a check inside for $125. SUCCESS! (He opened it first because he didn't want me to be in a bad mood all night if there was no money)

Whoever said complaining doesn't get you anywhere was completely wrong. If I've learned one useful thing from my college education, it's that businesses don't want a bad reputation and are usually willing to reimburse you for a bad experience. So start complaining!!