Anniversary + Girls Weekend

Ahh it's happening again! I'm getting backed up with my posts. I have four folders of assorted pictures on my desktop all waiting to be blogged. I betta get started. On April 11th, the Colorado fam drove down to Utah for our long awaited girls trip! Aka a relaxing weekend doing fun lady things with no children. It. Was. Amazing. And much needed for this girl {insert raised hand emoji} who's been moming solo for quite some months now. But before I get into the girls weekend, I want to document mine and Jason's fourth wedding anniversary! Jason flew into Salt Lake from Huntsville that same evening. I had just enough time to spruce myself up, drop my dad and Emmett off at my Syddall grandparents, and head over to the airport to pick up my hot date. Jason and I were alllll smiles when we saw each other for the first time in weeks.

We had dinner at R&R BBQ downtown and headed back to the condo for some pictures and snuggle time while the rest of the ladies were out seeing a play. Kind of a fun fact, Jason and I have celebrated every single anniversary in Salt Lake City. Even our engagement and wedding reception were in Salt Lake! This will likely be the last time, however, since we will soon be living on the opposite side of the country :,)

^^ We spent our second anniversary in an airbnb apartment across the street from that cathedral in the background.

^^ Where we celebrated our anniversary last year.

^^ My face when I realized that most of our selfies were turning out blurry because I still don't know how to set my camera settings. That should really be a goal of mine this year. Anyways, the view of downtown from nineteen stories up is  b r e a t h t a k i n g.

I love my guy! And am more obsessed with him now than I was four years ago - as it should be! I'm so so sooo happy we got to be together on our day. Before it got to be too late, Jason took the car and swung by West Valley to pick up Emmett and then headed over to Eagle Mountain to spend the remainder of the weekend with Austin... and Scarlett, Ellis, Kody, Debi, Tierra, Cortlen, Evan, Blaire, Chaenonalae, and Adelaide.

Now for the girls weekend! We were spoiled and got to stay in the nicest downtown condo {right across the street from the building I used to work in} for free. Shout out to my dad and his work perks! Here's a peek.

THOSE VIEWS THOUGH.

Emmett got to check out the digs before being dropped off for the weekend. He approved.

As soon as the boys and babies left, our girls trip began! We shopped, ate lunch at Blue Lemon, napped, watched movies, got pedicures, shopped, made burgers at grandma Goldsberry's, stayed up waaaaay too late chatting most nights, dined out at the cheesecake factory, shopped, made a pit stop at Britta's to see the new couch & husbands & babes, had a late dinner at Costa Vida, indulged in some cheesecake and crumbl cookies, shopped, told some of our most embarrassing stories, wore face masks, played card games, and we shopped! In Jason's mind it was a sleepover and a glorified shopping trip... which is kind of true haha. But hey, I'm pretty proud of my bargain finds that weekend. I got myself some $9 jeans and a couple of $1 shirts. That's almost unheard of!

City Creek mall was right below us which made shopping oh so convenient.

We bumped into my Aunt Robyn and her husband John one day as we were walking to lunch. They live in Colorado and were visiting Salt Lake for some crazy event. We just so happened to be crossing the same street at the same time. Seriously, WHAT ARE THE ODDS??? If we had left even a minute or two later we would have missed them. It was fun running into them so randomly and catching up for a bit!

^^ My old stomping grounds. Hi Alma! You can see the reflection of the condo in the left corner.

I LOVE THESE WOMEN and I'm grateful for this time we got to spend together. It makes me so happy knowing that I have them in my life for good. I sure hope there will be more girls trips in the future! We just gotta plan around new babies and nursing and work schedules... ugh.

Meanwhile, Jason was killin' the mr. mom gig. I was actually really nervous for him to watch Emmett for an entire weekend. Especially since he hasn't spent much time around, well, a baby lately. I also hadn't stopped nursing Emmett before the trip {& I was definitely feeling it!}, so I wasn't quite sure how our boy would handle it. Turns out Emmett was sooooo good for his daddy. He ate great and slept great. He had very few tantrums and napped basically every time Jason put him in the car. I was relieved when I heard that! Now the question is how do I get Emmett to behave like that for me?????????????

Jason drove back with us and spent a couple of days in Colorado before heading back to Alabama. I'm not a fan of long drives, but I actually really love taking road trips with him. It gives us so much time to talk about whatever and snuggling up on his arm while he drives is one of my favorite things ever. Emmett was SO GOOD on the drive back. He slept for three hours and was happy and chill for the majority of the trip. I swear Jason has magical dad powers or something because Emmett did not do that on our way to Utah.

Best weekend with the best people. I'm honestly so sad it's over!