Virgin Islands {St. Thomas Magen's Beach}

After our day of fun in the major sun in St. John, we took a day to lay by the pool, relax, read, basically do whatever we wanted. I love those days just as much as the busier days. On our last full day on the island, we drove over to Magen's Beach. The pictures were amazing, and a lot of people suggested we go there. It was really pretty, but it was a cloudy day, and I guess the water was murkier than it usually is. 
There were a lot more people there than we saw basically anywhere else on the whole trip.

It was hard to get a decent picture with so many people there.

kari, laurann, cheryl, julie, me

laurann had the idea to come on this trip to celebrate her MBA completion. she missed graduation to fly to st. thomas so we did a quick photo shoot on the beach with her cap.

cheryl, kari, and julie did stand up paddle boards.

if you look closely, you can see all 3 of them standing up

all the cruisers left, and the beach got a lot quieter

It was pretty overcast that day which was probably good for all the sunburns. Even though it was a little crowded and overcast, I'm happy we decided to go to Magen's beach. It was a nice relaxing day on the beach.

We were all so sad this was the last full day. We spent the next morning packing up before heading to the pool. I left several hours before everyone else so I spent about an hour at the pool before going to the airport to leave. This vacation was exactly what I needed. Even though I had to leave the beautiful islands, my trip wasn't over yet. Next up...California.

Virgin Islands {St. John}

i've had really good intentions of finishing up my trip posts, but life/work has been kicking me in the booty lately. i still have a few posts to go before the trip posts are completely done.
everyone (like seriously everyone) said we had to go to trunk bay in st. john so we decided to take the ferry over. everyone was right. it was BEAUTIFUL! i've been pretty spoiled with my travels. i have been to some really pretty beaches. trunk bay is definitely on the list of prettiest places i have ever seen. if you are ever in the virgin islands, trunk bay on st. john is a must. now for the mega overload of pictures...

being on a docked boat makes me a little sicky so i took a bunch of pics while waiting to get on the ferry at the very last second

kari, julie, laurann, cheryl on the ferry

leaving st. thomas

kari, laurann, cheryl, me on the ferry

view of trunk bay from a lookout point

the clear water, the white sand...i can't get enough

leaving st. john after a gorgeous day on the beach, a pictureless lunch at a local spot, a little shopping

the sun hitting the water was amazing

i'm so happy we decided to go to st. john. it was a perfectly hot sunny day at the beach. the whole trip was great, but trunk bay was probably my favorite part of the trip. next up...our day at magen's beach.
PS. Kimberly is out of town so we'll be blogging the bach on Wednesday this week.

weekend recap

my weekend got off to an unexpected and unwelcomed early start when i started puking my guts up thursday evening...in the middle of an online class...thank you food poisoning. i wasn't exactly asleep at this early 8:50 hour, but I was done puking enough to actually get myself into my bed.

i called in sick on friday and rested a little, did some grocery shopping, and watched a girl movie.

i spent the day saturday halloween crafting my head off. pics to come on the other blog, but trust me, it's freaking cute stuff.

saturday night, anne, brianna, and i went to gardner village for dinner. so much fun. separate post to come.

sunday i attended the brigham city temple dedication in the morning, did a few more churchy things, baked a little, and caught up on a few things.

i love like really really love weekends. i wish they lasted a little longer. what did you do this weekend?

oh and yes, i STILL need to blog about vegas. i will...soon...promise

Boy Jobs

Orem friend Tiffany and I went to lunch the other day. We chit chatted and caught up on life and went back to work. Tiffany had a slight mishap and got a flat tire. Some situations just aren't ideal for 2 single girls. My first thought was sometimes you just need a dude. 2 dudes came to the rescue only they couldn't get the tire off. Who do you call when 2 dudes can't fix it? Luckily they finally got the tire off, put the spare on, and we were on our way. It's true. Sometimes you really do need a dude.