Breakfast at Ruth's Diner

This morning Corey and I both slept through breakfast at the Heritage Center and Corey didn't have class until 11:50 so we decided we wanted to go out for breakfast because we were starving. We finally decided on this cute diner up Emigration Canyon about 10 min away called Ruth's Diner. Neither of us had been there but I had heard that the food was really good, so we decided to try it out :) It is SUPER cute!! The diner is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year. It originally started as a trolley car that Ruth bought and had placed in Emigration Canyon right off the road. It's recently been remodeled and has a really pretty back patio. Corey and I sat in the shade next to these really cute planter boxes. There are heaters outside so that you can eat out there at night and strung lights across the patio with a stage for live performances. It was really REALLY cute! AND on top of that the food was Amazing!! Corey got a breakfast burrito with the most amazing pico de gallo I've EVER tasted! The tomatoes were super fresh and his burrito was awesome. I go the banana walnut french toast which was also really yummy and thick, it wasn't wimpy french toast, this was the real thing :) and there were walnut and banana slices on the top :) The biscuits they gave before ordering were amazing also! They're HUGE and SO SO good! :) They also have a homemade jam at each table for the biscuits :) it was SO yummy! Corey and I both loved it and are planning on going back for dinner sometime to experience the patio at night. 

Control 4 work party at Wheeler Historic Farm

For the Control 4 work party on August 13th, Dad, Cami, Jeremy, Lexi, Ariana, Ayden and I went to the Wheeler Historic Farm for food and fun. They had blow up bounce houses and activities. Dad and Lexi did the running one where you try to place a velcro pad as close to the end of the blow up thing while being strapped into this bungee cord pulling you back to the other side of the thing. It was pretty entertaining to watch actually haha, Lexi was running and totally lost her footing and flew backwards and landed onto her back, it was hilarious and her face was priceless. Dad flew back and fell onto Lexi's side of the thing a couple times. It was really funny.

Jeremy and I did the fighting one where you have these sticks with huge pads on both ends and while you're standing on pedestals you have to try to knock the other person off theirs without falling off your own. I totally won... we actually tied, but I knocked him off 3 times before he knocked me off. It was really fun :) haha. Jeremy was less violent than I was expecting but it was fun. Dad was on the same thing with his coworker before Jeremy and I got there and apparently he fell and then rolled completely off of the blow up base and had this nice grass stain on his shoulder. I laughed :P

Then we all went and looked at the animals. Ayden was really excited and ran up to the fence to see this horse and it totally turned and sneezed right in Ayden's face. You could see the spray all around his body and all of us were like 3 feet away and burst out laughing. We were half expecting Ayden to turn around and start crying but he was just really nonchalant about it and I don't even remember what he said but he was totally fine and didn't acknowledge that it sneezed on him. Which TOTALLY made it FUNNIER! I was laughing so hard that I was in tears (I'm laughing now still thinking about it) and Jeremy and Lexi were about at the same point I was. It was hilarious :)

Dirtbiking with Dad at 5 mile pass :)

Ever since Corey bought his dirtbike, he's been teaching me to ride :) We've gone out a couple times, once with Lynn, once together, and we just went with my Dad :)
Dad has been dirtbiking since he was like 13 and when Corey and I started riding together we've been wanting him to go out with us to the desert to play. Our first attempt was a fail because we had to work on Corey's dirtbike and in the meantime a monsoon of rain decided to hit Lehi and Saratoga Springs right before we left.... So we decided to postpone our trip because no one was in the mood to get super soaked, muddy, and slide all over the place. But Dad was able to do wheelies on Corey's WR450F for like 10 minutes up and down his road, it was totally cool, I was impressed.

The next attempt to go to 5 mile pass on August 6th was very successful :) We got all of the bikes loaded and played for a couple hours in the dirt :) In my opinion this ride was Awesome! I was able to get used to standing up in the whoops and handling the bike. We went all over the place, to the ant hills, along various paths with little and big hills, and around farmer brown's field (which was way bumpier than expected). I was able to be confident in going down hills for the first time! :) yay for back breaks and encouraging riding buddies :) I normally follow Corey up and down hills in about the same path he takes because I know he knows what he's doing and picks the best path. I really really enjoy riding, it's something I've always wanted to do since I was a little kid watching Dad and I'm glad that I have the opportunity to go out an play on the dirt with Corey. Dad and Corey both had fun too and were able to go fast and wait a little for me, but they were patient and I kept up fairly well so we all had fun :) Corey let me ride his bike for a while and I couldn't believe how much more stable a bike with power is and I couldn't hardly tell the weight difference. It was really fun and overall a great ride :)

Pug Sitting

The last couple of days I was asked to Pug-sit for one of my co-workers. Corey came to visit me and we had a lot of fun with the 3 Pugs: Booger, Dusty, and Dude. Booger and Dude LOVE to play tug of war, they are vicious :P Corey grabbed the rope and they went crazy. Booger and Dude get into it hard core, haha, they growl and bite ferociously, as ferocious as a Pug goes, but you have to watch your fingers or you'll get snapped by their little mouths. haha. They're hillarious, they get winded really fast because they can't breathe well, so the tug of war doesn't last very long but it's definitely fun :)