22 Days of Summer

This is the second summer that Steve and I have been dating. The first summer he took Organic Chemistry and I worked full time. Summer O Chem is one of the top classes that is failed at SUU which meant Steve was either studying or in class. He ended up passing with an A- and a B+ (because he is brilliant) but that took a lot of work and little time with his girlfriend.

Well this summer is turning out to be about the same. In the month of May I had a surgery and Steve had his Annual Training so he was gone Monday thru Friday... leaving little time for us to have any exciting summer adventures.

We went up north over memorial day and when we got back, we had just about 22 days to do whatever we wanted. I did work most of the days but we had lots of fun trying to enjoy our last days in Cedar City.

We were of course planning our wedding and a move in this short amount of time. I decided that I needed to get in shape for our wedding so working out became apart of our (well my) daily routine. I was no were near in the shape I wanted to be for our wedding but these two little programs did make a lot of difference....

First, I did Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred.

Now this work out is great but it is not for the weak or uncommitted. I was lucky enough to have a goal of the wedding and Steve who is a big motivator and doesnt take quitters! On days when I was a little too tired (or sore) I would turn to my other Biggest Loser favorite, Bob.

If you enjoy yoga than you MUST get The Biggest Loser Weight Loss Yoga workout. It is my all time favorite and you really will see results within days!

I also went running whenever I worked a morning shift so I would come home sweaty and gross, do one of my work outs, and then we would go swimming! Steve lived next to the Best Western in Cedar City so we would go and jump in their pool almost nightly. It was so much fun and relaxing.

We also tried to go to as many of our favorite restaurants as we could. Our all time favorite was 3B's. Its a great little Tex Mex that a sweet Native American man runs all by himself next to the Little Caesars in Cedar City. If you are ever in Cedar, you must go!

One night we decided to go to my favorite hamburger place in Cedar called Brads Food Hut (another must if you go to Cedar). We came up with the nice idea to go down to Cedar Lake and have a little picnic with our food. It was so much fun and such a beautiful night

Beautiful Cedar Lake

 

Brads Food Hut. Yummy yummy!
 

We are so hot right now.

We also had some great times with friends who we will miss dearly. One of Steve besties deployed at the beginning of the month but for the couple of nights we all had free we had a good time hanging out. We will miss Mickey and Amanda so much and cant wait for them to come visit. :)

We went out one night with our friends Kasen and Beth. Beth and I both work at hotels and Kasen is doing summer school AND working full time. With our busy schedules it was hard to find time to get together. We finally decided to get together at my favorite place (not!) Applebees one night after work. It was so fun to talk and catch up. They are great friends and will be missed!

We had a couple of fun days hanging out with our good friends Daniel and Megan. They have been such awesome friends to us and I miss them already!

Daniel, Megan, me and Steve

We had a Rock Band party one night. SO much fun!

We also spent LOTS of time with my little sister Dana and her husband Brandon. They were so great to us! We watched lots of movies and lots of lame episodes of the Bachelorette (which I miss watching with her) We had lots of meals together, most of which we remembered to turn off the oven after we were done cooking :). We just had lots of fun. I miss the Savages so much already! Dana was my biggest support in Cedar and I cant thank her enough for all she has done for me the last year and a half.

Well that was our short/wonderful summer! We then packed up our car, got married, and moved to Tennessee (which will all be covered in later blog posts). This is without a doubt the best summer of my life! We are loving Tennessee and I am looking forward to the next two weeks of vacation before Steve starts medical school and I never see him again.