Our day away in Vernal

It was one of those things we had always wanted to do, a spontaneous trip.  We ended up going to Vernal for a little over 24 hours.  It was our first mini-moon since last October and it was splendid and much needed.  I just love spending time with Paul and I feel like it makes us come home more energized to spend time with sweet Lizzie.  We got to Vernal in the afternoon (May 18), checked into our hotel and then went to the Vernal Temple to do initiatories.  After that, we had a lovely dinner at Cafe Rio, then sat in the hot tub for a while and then went to the Drive In movie theatre.  That was such a delight!  We snuggled in the back of Paul's truck and watched The Hunger Games (not a big fan of the movie but I loved just being together in that way).

The next morning, we slept in late and then ate a yummy hotel breakfast.  After breakfast, we packed up and headed over to Dinosaur National Monument.  We saw a bunch of cool dinosaur bones and hiked around and then went for a 15-mile bike ride.  It was a wonderful ride and really made us sweat it out, which I loved!  Paul pushed me up some of the long hills on his bike.  Haha.  After the ride, we slowly meandered back home and ended the night with Sushi with Jared.  We had a blast and it was the perfect amount of time away.  We both wanted to grab Lizzie out of bed that night and snuggle her but we got to soon enough the next morning.  What a pleasure that was to unite with her again.  We love her and each other so much!