I'd like to start off with an amusing picture of a man I'll refer to as Dumbledore. We were on our way to my birthday dinner at Panera Bread when we saw Dumbledore in the distance. From a distance, it seemed he really was Dumbledore, long beard especially. As he neared our car, we noticed he did have a beard, but the majority of it turned out to be his open, hairy chest. Gross. Magic.Gone.
Dinner was lovely. I branched out and got a turkey bacon avocado sandwich and some chicken lime orzo soup. I usually enjoy a ham and swiss on rye. It was delicious and I didn't even overstuff myself! A rare occasion for Panera. After dinner, we went to the fair to see Meredith march in the band show. Oh, how I miss band!! You can call me a band geek, I don't care. This show made me miss my saxophone and miss performing.
Saturday was the fair parade in the morning. Seth, Noah and I sat right on the curb and those people just kept throwing candy at us! I was like "can't you see how big of a pile they already have?! THEY NEED NO MORE CANDY!" Nevertheless, we took home quite the stash of cheap candy.
Ohhhhh Sunday, what a great day! One of the main purposes of this trip was to surprise two of my high schools friends, Nathaniel and Taylor, who just returned home from serving two year missions in South America. It was a tough secret to keep because both had been asking if I was coming back to Ohio before starting school...and I lied shamelessly multiple times. My brother ruined the surprise for Taylor and told him I was coming but I got Nathaniel good! On Tuesday, Nathaniel and I went to Cedar Point to ride the roller coasters we haven't ridden in two years.
The Tucker grandparents came and spent a few days with us!
We have a garden this year! There's all sorts of delicious veggies growing and I went and picked the first of the tomatoes.
On Thursday I returned back to the west! Here's a glimpse of my homeland.
Friday afternoon I was going to head back to Rexburg and then I thought "why am I going back to Rexburg when I don't have to work until Monday?!" So I extended my Utah stay for a few days and crashed at my Peru roommate, Noelle's, place in Riverton. Our Peru brother, Aleksi, just returned to America a few weeks ago and we had ourselves a little reunion. It was great to see him again and the only thing that could have made it better would be to have had Breet there with us! And Liz and Miguel would be icing on the cake, but they're still in Peru so it was slightly impossible for them to be there.
Inside joke with this picture. We aren't totally crazy.
On Saturday we went to the Brigham City temple open house with a bunch of the YSA from Noelle's ward. I hadn't been to a temple open house since the Nauvoo, IL temple was dedicated so it was a treat! And I even ran into an old neighbor who is now serving as a Sister missionary in the area.
It was a great trip. The perfect amount of relaxation and craziness. And I didn't even mention how the airline lost my luggage and I ended spending $100 on new clothes that Delta ended up paying for.
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