surprise weekend getaway

a few months ago we planned a trip to san fran for the first weekend in november, but it ended up not working out and we couldn't go.  i was so sad that i almost cried because i love san francisco and i love our family who lives there even more.

the weekend we were supposed to go came, and on that thursday dawson sent me an email with this schedule attached to it.  i was equally as excited for a vacay as i was impressed by his microsoft excel skills.  and he definitely deserves an award or gold star or something for being so amazing and planning a whole weekend out.

we made it to st george and easily filled up all of our "open" time with the following:

• going to the st george temple.  i've never been to that temple before and it was beautiful.  i almost made us too late for our session but i think god knew we needed some uplifting and we made it with about 3 seconds to spare.
• stopping by swig to get diabetes.  discovered the swig man is dawson in cartoon form.  i got a sugar cookie and immediate got a cavity.  dawson got a dirty dr pepper and if you can believe it that ^ was a SMALL
• going to the movie "ender's game".  dawson really liked it but i was a disappointed.  i've read the book no less than 10 times in my life and i just felt like they left too much out.  oh and we almost got in a brawl with a mom who was there with her two kids.  she tried to fight us for being in their seats when we didn't even know it was assigned seats, duh.  i was embarrassed for her.
• being very daring and eating breakfast burritos at a sketchy mexican place.  being very glad that neither of us ended up with violent diarrhea.

then into las vegas we went to bask in the 75 degree weather.  there isn't a lot for boring married folk to do in sin city, but dawson put up with a few hours of shopping and then we devoured a greasy cheesy pizza.

and then the best part of the day, the beatles love show at the mirage!  i love the beatles and have always wanted to see the show.  i laughed, i cried, i sang along (but not as loud and obnoxiously as the drunk girl sitting behind us did), and loved every second of it.

we finished the night off with some classic bellagio water fountain dancing and being amazed at all the crazy people you see on the strip.  some of the most entertaining people watching EVER.  then because my love knows me so well, we stopped for some nielsens frozen custard on the way home. 10,000 calories, mmmmmmm.

it might not seem like too thrilling of a weekend to most people, but for me it was absolutely perfect.  what can i say, i'm easy to please.  dawson knows the keys to my heart (warm weather and good food).

and no i didn't forget that there was one more day on dawson's weekend agenda!  but that deserves a post of it's own (plus i'm really sick of typing).  stay tuned!