Haunted Moonlight Lift

One of my favorite traditions that Chad and I have been doing every year since we met is going on the Haunted Moonlight Lift up at Sundance. I was so bummed when we couldn't go last year because of bed rest, so I was determined that we weren't going to miss it this year. Chad's mom was so sweet to come over and babysit Duke while we went up the canyon. We froze our bums off, which was a harsh wake-up call that winter is just around the corner. We sipped our hot chocolate and enjoyed our date night alone... it was weird not having Duke with us considering it was our 3rd date alone with each other since he was born! It was such a fun date night with my lover!

{yay for blurry iphone pictures}

date night in the park

We spent our Friday date night at a park with my family listening to my mom play in her accordion trio. My sister Stephanie is in town from Idaho to attend a photography convention, so it was fun to have her there with us. We took advantage and had her snap a few photos of us :) Happy weekend!

night at the park

We live right across from a park, so we find ourselves taking the dogs a couple nights a week to play fetch. They absolutely love it.

 So do we.   

This past week I started gardening, and I can't seem to get enough. Growing up, every Saturday I had to help weed our yard, and I absolutely dreaded it. It's funny how things change. 

Our yard is coming along quite nicely :)

TGIF

Chad's work goes golfing Friday afternoons, but since it was stormy, he decided to come home instead. It turned out that I had the afternoon off as well. Since this rarely happens, adventure was calling our names. We jumped in the car and made our way to SLC.

We made it to American Fork and found ourselves at a complete stop due to traffic. Bad idea leaving right at rush hour. 4 cops and an ambulance squeezed through the shoulder of the road. That's definitely not a good sign. A few minutes later, we came up to the tragic accident. I couldn't help but peek out the window to see the damage. They had just pulled the man out of the smashed car and he was laying on the pavement about to be put on the stretcher. 

This hit me real hard. It's like life stopped for a moment. I don't know if that man survived or not, it would be a real miracle if he did (judging by the looks of the car). My heart aches not only for the man, but for his family as well. I can't even imagine the heartache they are going through. It made me realize that we can't take life for granted. Life can change in a split second and who knows what lies in our future. I am grateful for that little wake up call. 

On a brighter note, we enjoyed our little date night at City Creek. I tried convincing Chad to eat at Cheesecake Factory since we have a gift card, but the 50 minute wait didn't sound appealing to him. He convinced me into getting Chinese at the food court instead. Let's just say our stomachs were regretting that decision. I should've listened to my fortune cookie, "Fight for it. You will come out on top". Needless to say, it was a perfect night with my man. 

Sundance Film Festival

Chad and I went to the Sundance Film Festival on Wednesday night. We decided to go up a little early to eat at the Foundry Grill. Chad ordered a New York steak and I ordered Penne Pasta, it was pretty good, but it paid a pretty penny. At least we enjoyed the experience :)

We saw "A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night" directed by Lily Amirpour. It was very interesting, I have never seen a movie like that before. 

After the show, the director and crew came onto the stage. It was fun listening to the director and listening to how she came up with the movie.

It was such a great night with Chad. I'm the luckiest girl in the world to be married to such a sweetheart!

Park City

On Friday night, we went with the Duffy's up to Park City to do a little celebrity stalking. It was the opening night of the Sundance Film Festival. We stopped at a pizza restaurant for some dinner then headed to Main Street. 

It was insanely busy. It drove around for 20 minutes trying to find a parking spot. There was one parking lot that was open, but it was $20 to park, which is such a rip off, but we were seriously so desperate. We wandered up and down Main Street keeping our eyes peeled for celebrities. We had no luck.

 

As we were walking to our car, Tyler and Melissa spotted Roger Sterling from Mad Men. Chad and I have never seen it before, so we didn't recognize him. Everyone was too nervous to get their picture with him. For some reason, I have no fear going up to people, I figure I will never see them again so who cares. I dragged Melissa along with me. 

The guys waited up the street, they were too embarrassed (they ended up seeing Katie Couric!) Roger Sterling was talking with some friends, so we waited for 5 minutes until he started saying goodbye. I immediately went up to him. He was very friendly. It was hilarious because once we got a couple snapshots with him, everyone walking by instantly recognized him and floods of people just started swarming up to him. I'm glad we at least saw one celebrity. It made the adventure worth it!

Ice Castles

For our Friday night date, we went with the Duffy's up to Midway to see the famous ice castles that everyone has been talking about. 

Once we got into Midway, we stopped at a Mexican restaurant for dinner. They had an amazing salsa bar with many different salsas. Chad and I should've just ate that. It was so addicting that we were full by the time our food came out. Needless to say, we still at our enchiladas AND dessert afterwards (which we regretted later).

Chad and I have pretty good luck, mostly with random events. When we were walking to get in line for tickets at the ice castles, some random lady stopped Chad and said she had 4 extra tickets for us. What a generous lady! Tickets were $10/each, so we saved $40 altogether! That made up for our bill at the restaurant :)

The ice castles were incredible! There were waterfalls coming out of the icicles, color changing icicles, and tons of different variations of icicles. I would definitely recommend seeing them, it's amazing!

Halloween Moonlight Lift

Each Halloween, Chad and I have made a tradition of going to the Halloween Moonlight Lift at Sundance. Hot chocolate, cuddling and halloween decorations.... it doesn't get much better than that!

Big Springs

For our Friday night date, we decided to go hiking up Big Springs in Provo Canyon. We started the hike on the trail then eventually wandered off the trail and made our own path. That always makes hiking more adventurous. Bruno enjoyed playing fetch through the large weeds and drinking out of the river. I'm pretty sure I told Chad at least 20 times how much I love being up in the mountains. It's so peaceful and relaxing, it was a perfect night :)