Maize

In our marriage contract (which doesn't really exist, but we like to talk about it like it does), there is a line that reads that the wife, Julie, shall hereby be allowed two times a year when she shall be allowed to go away with wife's best friend, Megan, on a girl's only, no boys allowed road trip of fun. Nathan was warned about this long before we were married and knew they would continue on long past when we have children, don't feel bad for him every time I leave like my mom does (It might make me feel bad).
Last weekend was said road trip weekend. This time we let Amy bum a ride up to Provo with us to visit her best friend. We set off on our adventure early(ish) Friday morning.

Our first stop was in Beaver at the Cheese Factory for a picnic lunch of tuna sandwiches, (our favorite) made by my sweet husband, and ice cream. They had the best flavors there we have ever witnessed. It was amazing and made the choice oh so hard. While we were there we made some old lady's day when a stranger asked us for a lick of our ice cream. I don't share ice cream with friends let alone strangers.

Next we dropped Amy off in Provo and Megan and I went to the Mt. Timpanogas Temple to do a session. Now that we are both endowed we like to go see a new temple every time we go on one of our road trips. Traffic was insane. No wonder Utah people are crazy. The traffic has made them this way. (No offense to any family or friends who may reside in said place.) The Temple was beautiful but we were both exhausted. We went to an amazing Chinese restaurant and then went to bed...at like 9:00 our time. We are old ladies.

We stayed with Aunt Claudia. We love staying with her. She is the best! She was helping Brock make the most amazing Halloween costume ever and made us Apple Pancake for breakfast. To top it all off she suggested we go to a different cornmaze than our traditional one at Thanksgiving Point and even gave us a coupon. I know, you wish your aunt was as cool.
This Corn Maze was awesome. The corn was taller, the path was better and more clear and it was less crowded. We even managed to decipher where we were on the map and circumnavigate two of the hint posts (hence why 7 and 8 do not have pictures). We took Amy and Jessie with us and had a blast.

The BEST part though was the giant pumpkin drop. This even was definately thought up by boys. Basically you drop pumpkins from a crane onto various objects ie. a car, a pool, computer equipment. Some of there pumpkins weighed over 1,000 lbs. It was pretty impressive and way fun to watch. We stayed much longer than planned because it was so cool. Sorry I was too lazy to turn the videos..deal with it or don't watch them or even better watch them backwards. Watching the smashed bits come back together is far more entertaining.

We dropped Jessie off at her dorm and ate a delicious J-Dawg, also part of the tradition.
Then it was off to Salt Lake to stay with the Dittos. We watched Captain America. I have a new favorite superhero.

The next morning we went to Music and the Spoken work in the Tabernacle on Temple Square. This was the first time for Amy and Megan. I miss singing in a choir that can really perform. Thanks you Chaparral for providing me with that opportunity. There is nothing like singing in an amazingly talented group.

We drove a little ways and decided to just pull off and go to church. We managed to pick a Tongan ward. It was kind of awesome and a very cultural experience. We wore those headsets during the meeting and has it translated to us. It made me really appreciate the Spanish speakers in our stake. Headsets are not the best way to listen to the meeting. You get everything in time delay and they don't always translate the jokes so you are constantly wondering what was so funny.