Memorial Day

This past week was pretty interesting. We got asked to talk on Sunday and were totally fine with it.....then the very next day we found out Nic had the following Monday off. (memorial day) DANGET! We really really really want to go home to Boise and see our families. So we called our bishop to see if we could speak the following Sunday....but he couldn't find anyone to cover for us so we had to stay here in Pocatello. So Sunday rolled around and we're both still totally bummed about not going to Boise and having to stay here. Our talks went really good for the both of us and then we went on to teach our Primary class (aka...crazy can I show you my twirl 5 year olds) So we took a nap woke up and realized....why didn't we drive to Boise right after church? awwww. We got so caught up in not being able to go home that we totally spaced all the other possibilities. So our usual sunday activities occured and then it was midnight. We hadn't decided what we were going to do together for our day off....so I got this wild and crazy idea that we should just pack up and go. to Boise. just go. We would get there around 3 in the morn'n and just spend the day with our families and drive home that evening......Nic finally brought me to my senses that this wasn't the greatest idea...(our other options being go to SLC and do fun stuff there or go to Idaho Falls and do fun stuff there) So after deciding to go to IF we planned what we were going to do. After deciding what we were going to do on Memorial Day we went to Walmart and got the movie "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" totally enjoyed that and went to sleep......here is what we did on our wonderful day off!

By the way...we just LOVED LOVED LOVED our day off together. what. a. BLAST! We truly cherish every moment together considering the 3 or so hours we get to see each other each day....

This is how we started our day....totally excited! Reason 1: day off together

Reason 2: day off together

First we went to Red Robin to eat...sorry no picture. But! Next we went to the Zoo and enjoyed it to the fullest. It was fun to watch this lady feed the penguins....the fish smelt real bad, but fun to watch them eat!


Here is one of my favorite pictures! The Flamingos! I don't recall ever seeing a flamingo in real life other then this experience, soo....i was thrilled to get my picture with them.




Here is the awesome lion picture Nic got for me... :D I kept trying to get a good shot but he would never look at me! Thanks honey! Oh, and something weird was before we got up to the lion cage there was a sign that had a picture of a rhino on it...but obviously there was not rhinos! So, I was hoping later on to see one, but we never did.





Do you like his wings? I think this said Turkey Vulture or something like that. Thanks honey for tak'n such a hilarious picture....such a good sport when it comes to my picture taking! hahaha.


Say hello to the ugly and VERY CRAZY monkey....I was seriously shocked by what I saw! This monkey (can't believe we got a picture of him!) was jumping around the cage like crazy, making the weirdest noise and his jumps were probably 6-8 feet apart! It was crazy. There was this little kid was freak'n out with excitement because of how wild this monkey was! It was a wonderful and exciting part to our day at the zoo...





I'll finish with this one for our zoo adventure! On to Target!


Nic and I went to target to finish up some shopp'n we needed to do. We had some gift cards that were gifts from our wedding so we happily enjoyed spending them. Nic is such a goober because the plan was we were going to get some things we needed and then we both would get something we wanted. Well I picked a black belt (cause I need and have never had one) and Nic kept saying oh my pick is the cooling racks (yea whatever) and I needed a pair of shorts cause I'm growing out of all my past summer stuff and so I just wanted one pair. So it was either the shorts or the belt...but Nic made me get both. REALLY! he did. He got the cooling racks. or in a sense he got nothing. Rude! So we finished our shopping and headed to the....DISC GOLF COURSE! holla! But wait....


Since the temple was so close by the course I wanted to stop a take a picture us by it. Cute huh?

This is an awesome picture. haha. I threw my disc into the stream and Nic was all like, "I'll get it" (he did say something better than that but its short and easy and I can't remember) So Nic starts taking off his shoes and I say to myself..."I can get my own disc! Its not deep whatsoever!" So I start hurrying to beat Nic cause he didnt' want me to get it, I almost fall in cause of the mud and then I got it! HA! Nic was like, "Meg! I was gonna get it" but then I continued to tell him that I had to get it to prove I was an intense and for real disc golfer. Then I told him to snap a picture! So now for all of you who have been wondering...I'm offically a disc golfer. Not great. But getting better.



This is Nic doing his super hot walk! Hope you like it...



We only played a few holes of golf....but we ended up sitting by the river and enjoying each others company. WE LOVE BEING TOGETHER! its so fun. We ended our day by grill'n fajitas with our friends. Such a fun Memorial Day, hope yours was too!