We Moved

In April we put our condo up for sale. After about two weeks we decided that we didn't actually want to move, so we took the signs down. In June a girl knocked on our door and asked if we would be interested in selling our place. We told her how much we wanted and she said she would think about it. In July she came back with her offer and we moved out at the end of the month. We loved our condo and will miss living there, but know this is a good thing for us. Currently we are living in my Grandma's basement. It is a very good situation for all of us since we can save more money and she has someone around to make food, clean and be there if she needs anything. It is a great time to buy a house and we are excited to see where we end up, but we aren't in too big of a hurry. Let us know if you see a great deal somewhere in the Utah County area.

Salt Lake City

Ben and I decided to go on vacation again, but since we didn't have any time off and we had to be at church on Sunday we vacationed in Salt Lake City. We had a great time. We stayed at the Hotel Monaco, which was a great hotel. We didn't take this picture but it is exactly what our room looked like.


Ben has been promising to take me to The Melting Pot for almost 2 years, so he made true to his promise. I loved it, all of the food was so good. I don't know if I would ever go there again for the whole four course meal, but I would definitely do the cheese and dessert part again.
The next morning we went Antiquing which is a lot more fun than I thought it was going to be. Then we went to the Red Iguana which has the best Mexican food ever. After that we went and saw the movie UP. We had the best weekend. I think it was more relaxing than actually going out of town since you don't have to worry about catching flights or driving too long of a distance.

Our New Car!

Well it is an old car, but new to us. We are proud owners of this beautiful 1967 VW Bug. These pictures were taken about two months ago and it looks a lot better now. The wheels are black now instead of the lovely white with rust look.




Also the back bumper is replaced with a shiny newer one. Some guy paid Ben $20 for the old bumper. I will have Ben take new pictures so you can see what a gem she has turned into.

HAWAII

Ben and I went to Hawaii a month ago, and after much peer pressure I have decided to post some pictures.

We went to a Luau and had bought this nifty smoothie in a pineapple.

We met up with out friend Bob in Maui. He was nice enough to let us stay with his whole extended family for a night.


We hung out on some lava rock in Maui. There were turtles in the water, but you couldn't see them in the pictures we took.

We saw a lot of beautiful scenery, like this picture here.


Here we are at a Buddhist temple in the middle of a cemetery.


Hawaii was full of cool cars like these. Notice that the Bug has grass growing through it. Plus look forward to an exciting post in a couple of days about a new VW adventure.

At the PCC we saw some kids climbing a tree.

And were entertained by this guy.

Here is some more beautiful scenery.

But the best part was getting to see this cute little boy, oh and Stephanie and Thomas. We realized once we got home that this is the only picture we took of him while we were there, but you can check out Stephs blog for more cute pictures of him.

California Trip Continued

Even though it has been three weeks since we went to California, I thought I should do one more blog. On Friday night we went to the Observatory where I got to hang out with Albert Einstein.


On Saturday after the key flushing we went to the Getty Museum with my mom.






These were so cool. From a distance they looked like trees, but really it is a plant growing up through rusted rebar.

Does anyone know what type of plant this is? It has green flowers that look like leaves.

This is the coolest painting there. The pin that is going through the insect is an actual huge metal pin that holds the painting to the wall. You can go on a walkway over the painting and look down and see the pin sticking in the wall.

Trip to Hollywood

Ben and I happened to be in Hollywood the weekend of the Oscars.  We actually left Saturday afternoon, so we didn't get to be there for the Oscar madness.  We did get to walk around the day before and see some behind the scenes excitement.  




On Friday we went to see Jay Leno. His guests were not that amazing (Meredith Viera, Chris Isaac) but we had a great time. We got to sit in the third row and shake hands with Jay. If you happened to be watching, yes that was Ben you saw at the very beginning. For those of you who missed it come to our house and we will show you.

Turbo Toilet

Ben and I went LA last weekend for a little vacation. I am going to get around to blogging about it, but first I need to share something very exciting......I flushed my keys down the toilet. Yes you read that right, keys down the toilet. On Saturday morning we met up with my parents at this restaurant called Juniors. When it was time to leave I decided to go to the bathroom first. As I am heading into the stall I looked down and see my car keys poking out of my pocket just a little. I thought to myself "I should put those somewhere else." But then I decided there was no point since I was leaving in a second anyway. Usually I use my foot to flush public toilets, but for some reason this time I leaned forward and flushed it with my hand. Right when this turbo toilet started it extreme suction, my keys flew out of my pocket right into the cyclone. I threw my hand into the public toilet bowl to retrieve my keys, but it was too late. The toilet was way to intense for my slow reaction time. Gone were my car key, clicker to turn off my car alarm, house key and my electronic fob that clocks me in at work. I apparently made some sort of gasp, shout or scream when this happened because my mom who was in the next stall starting saying "Ashley, what's wrong?" I couldn't even respond. I was in shock. I just stared into the toilet bowl. Was this really the end of my keys? Were they not going to come back up? Do I just leave the stall? I finally walked out since my mom kept asking what had happened. Once I started telling her the story we both couldn't stop laughing. We walked out of the bathroom to inform my dad and Ben of my tragedy. But then I couldn't decide if it really was okay to leave the bathroom. I kept walking back in and just standing there, but then realizing there was nothing I could do. Because Ben is smart he had brought along his set of my car keys to California, the only problem was they were in the locked car. We had to call AAA to come and break into my car to get the keys. Ben called Honda and it is only a mere $150 to get new car keys! Everybody called me toilet girl at work last Monday when I had to explain why I couldn't clock in at work.

On the phone with AAA

Still on the phone with AAA

Waiting for AAA to arrive