April Fools!!

So I love April Fool's Day! For the past few years I have become quite the prankster, but I have to be careful because what goes around, comes around. Last year, I called Dallin up at work and told him I was pregnant, which was news that he was shocked about, and kind of panicking with because at the time we were living with his parents, and I didn't have set hours at work. In other words, we were completely not ready for a baby. So, I let him panic for about 30 mins, then I texted him April Fools! hehe It was kind of mean, I feel bad about it now....

So for this year, i had to go about it from a totally different aspect because I knew he wouldn't believe a word I said that day. So I had to plan out an action that would completely surprise him. So I master mined a few great ideas, but I finally picked the perfect one... Here it goes.

So every day my sweet husband sits down with a mountain dew in one hand and his sunflower seeds in the other and watches some baseball and basketball games on tv. So I thought, I should definitely do something to this daily ritual of his. So when I got home from work I poured out some of his sunflower seeds and replaced them with some pinto beans (which are about the same size as a seed and close enough to the spotted coloring.) The prank being when he grabbed a handful of seeds and tossed them in his mouth, bam! April Fools! Now I had to wait, and wait, and wait. Because when Dal got home after his clinicals he wanted to take me to the movies. We went and saw Hop, which was so funny and a great movie, by the way. But it resulted in him not doing his ritual that night.

But! While we watched conference today he got out his mountain dew and his seeds. Yes, my plan will prevail! (although it was the day after) Dal threw a handful of seeds in his mouth and pow he realized there were beans in his seeds. I wasn't really paying attention to him, because conference was on, but I noticed that he started picking out all of the beans and he didn't say anything to me!

Hum.... what was going through his head?
Well, I asked him what was wrong and Dal honestly thought that the seed company had screwed up and put beans in his sunflower seeds! I played a long for a while, "Oh ya, we should call the company and make them replace your bag" etc. I was about to burst with laughter, I couldn't handle it anymore, so I caved, "April Fools!!" He couldn't believe it! I got him so good, I achieved the element of surprise. Once again, I did it. He was completely shocked so I know he is gonna get me back someday for all of this....but I just can't resist.

 April Fools!!

Spring Break! (March 8-10)

The Flamingo Gardens at Flamingo hotel.

So for the past 6 months I haven't seen Dal very much because of weird class, clincal and work hours. For example, one weekend he woke up at 4:15am and left for his clinical in Payson, (which is a little over an hour away) he then got home at 4:15pm, showered and ate real quick, and left at 4:40pm for work, which he didn't get home at all from! He drove straight from getting off work at 4:30am to his clinical at Payson at 5:30am and then finally home at 5:30 that night. In the mean time, I was at work both days, and home alone that night. Although this is not how our exact schedule goes every week, it does suit it pretty closely. And, it also means that when Dal's spring break at school finally came around, it meant that we needed a break from work and school, and that we needed to spend some good ole quality time together!!
So where better to spend that time, then one of our favorite places to visit... Vegas! So we got a few days off work, packed up our bags and left for Vegas. A much needed vacation and together time. We stayed in the Imperial Palace, which is not very well known and not one of the main hotels, but we got it for $25 a night so we weren't complaining. It was a fun hotel with a great location; it is right in the middle of the strip so we could walk to lots of things without Too many blisters. However, one of our favorite things to do there is walk the strip holding hands and see the billions of things there, so we are bound to get blisters no matter what.

While there we went to the Flamingo gardens at the Flamingo hotel, which was so beautiful. There were white and black swans, flamingos, gigantic fish and best of all they had turtles!!

I guess that one's name is Amy.

 Later that day we went to the Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay.

Some random big fish, which we thought was cool that he is in the tank, ALIVE, with all those sharks.

Ooo scary!! The tank was under us, over us, all around us and there were probably about 30 sharks in it. It was really cool!

Petting the sting rays. I was completely afraid it was going to bite me or something! ha pretty ridiculous I know, but aren't these things poisonous, and they are letting us pet them?? Well Dallin loved this whole idea, he got to pet some pretty awesome creatures and also get some good laughs as the many children around me were practically diving in to pet the sting rays, and I was squirming to even get near the water. Needless to say, I touched 2 sting rays and also some crab-like ray! Pretty neat experience.

More Turtles!! The sign said they are about 300 lbs. Funny story, Dal let me watch them for about 20 minutes and during that time they went from being friends, to lovers, to fighters. We watched them dancing together and then the one bit the other right on the neck! It held on for a few minutes as the other one that was bitten struggled to get away. It was kind of funny and sad at the same time. But it was a once in a life time thing for Dal and I to see a 300 lbs turtle bite another turtle.

 We spent every morning at the pool, which was so relaxing, and the weather was warm and hot! Which was Absolutely Wonderful!

Lady Gaga!!! I wish! At our hotel there were a lot of Dealertainers. (They deal at the tables dressed up like a celebrity and every night they put on a singing show) Dal and I sat and listened to them while eating ice cream. We saw Lady Gaga, Tina Turner, Bret Michaels, Michael Buble, and Pink perform. They looked and sang just like the celebrities, it was so fun to enjoy that together!

One of the nights we cuddled and watched/listened to a few of the Bellagio water shows, Very Romantic!!

A very happy couple, the result of a wonderful 2 day getaway with the one you love!!