Valentine's Weekend

Nathan and I decided last year that we would always switch off planning Valentine's and Anniversary each year. Last year he had Valentine's so I took it this year! I thought a lot about how this was our last Valentine's day without babies and I wanted to do something that would be hard to do next year. So I decided to plan a little weekend trip! I didn't want to go far since Nathan had to be back to work on Monday and I didn't want to spend the whole weekend driving. I also needed to go somewhere warm. Like.. bad. So I decided on Cedar City. I had never been there before this past summer when we visited Amanda and Brad there for the 4th of July. They were only there for a few weeks and I am glad we visited because we fell in love with that cute little town and I am so glad we went there this weekend! 

I wanted to completely surprise Nathan so I packed up all our stuff and hid it in the trunk before he got off work. Then we just got on the road and started driving. It was so funny to watch him try to figure it out. We stopped for dinner in Provo and I finally spilled the beans. He was so excited! He works so hard and he really deserved a weekend away. He is very good at relaxing.

 We loved our hotel room! Besides the bedspread, it was so cute. Big and clean. I was worried because I had gotten such a good deal, but it was great. We ate lots of Nutella that night (it's a vacation tradition) and watched Independence Day. Seriously, we did. It was on TV and we started watching it as a joke and 2 hours later we were celebrating Will Smith's victory!

The next day we slept through the free hotel breakfast and headed to iHop before exploring Main Street. It is so adorable!!! So many cute little antique, handmade, and vintage shops. We spent forever just exploring and playing around. And maybe buying a few presents for ourselves. The weather was GORGEOUS. Sun shining, not a cloud in the sky, 60 degrees. We walked around with no coats and could not be happier.

Then we got ice cream at the old-fashioned ice cream and candy shop. It was so cute I wanted to cry. The workers probably thought I was a weirdo.

Then we went out on a nice, long drive with the windows down. (THE WINDOWS DOWN!! AHHH!) Nathan and I are weird in how much we love going on drives. It was refreshing to drive around Cedar City because there was so many new areas to explore. When you have lived in down town Salt Lake forever, you run out of places to explore. This was wonderful. And we finally got to play with our camera again. When we bought it this summer, we took so many pictures! When life started up again in the Fall, we have started slacking big time. It was fun to experiment again. Even if we are incredibly amateur. We don't mind :)

I was so content to just stand outside in the sun. It felt like medicine.

We wanted little lady to be in on the action. She was on the trip too! (Believe me, I felt her in my ribs).

 We went back to the Hotel so Nathan could do a little "homework" and I could take a nap. We headed to Chili's for our fancy dinner. Guys, Chili's is my favorite place in the world. I don't even know why I love it so much. We went back to the hotel for dessert and endlesss hour of Friends watching while Nathan ate the rest of his hot wings appetizer in bed. Gross.

We headed back Sunday morning and got back to Salt Lake in the afternoon. It was gloomy and cold and looked like this.

We were sad.

But it was a wonderful weekend! Such a great break from real life. We got to enjoy the sunshine and just be together. We talked about how fun it is to just do nothing together. I hope that never changes. So glad to be married to my best friend! Happy Valentine's day sweetie!