ZOO

Recently, I did something I hadn't done since I was maybe 2ish, so i'm told. And that is....I WENT TO THE ZOOOOOO. For someone who loves animals as much as I do, I thought it rediculous that i hadnt been to the zoo in over 20 years. So, after Lisa beating me at mario kart, which happens alot, I owed her a surprise date. So I took her to the zoo. It was an amazingly joyous time. They had a lot of cool foreign animals that I had never seen in real life, such as penguins, all sorts of monkeys, lions, tigers, flamingos, kangaroo thingy, leopard, and tons of other stuffff.

We plan to go back as soon as the weather is warmer and consistenly nicer so we can see more animals. it was too cold for some of the animals.

Chicago.....Chicago

More recently and up to date I recently visited the city of Chicago!!!!!!! Why? Cause that is where Lisa is from. It's funny, because for 3 weeks straight she would jokingly tell people that I was going to visit her during New Years, when we both knew the chances of that were very very slim, being from Canada and all. But one thing happened after another and somehow strings were pulled and favours were made and I was able to visit her and have the time of my life!!!!!!!!

Wednesday: Flights all morning and afternoon and i finally landed safely in chicago. We went and ate at stir crazy, then we went to Steak and Shake with Lisa's friends and had some milkshakes. I was pretty tired after that so we threw in a movie and called it a night.

Thursday: This was new years eve. We first went to Portillos and ate some great food. Lisa got a chocolate cake shake i think??...anyways it was delicious. We then met some of her friends at a train station to ride the train into Chicago for the celebration. When we got downtown, it was freeeeezing, so we had to go inside a building when we got a chance, whether it was a store, hotel, anything that would keep us warm!! We found a delicious little Thai restauraunt and ate and warmed up there, then headed to the Navy Pier and checked things out. We then headed to the park to watch the fireworks, but it was so cold we ran back to the buses (well me and Lisa were smart and ran and caught a bus) and back to the train station. If you want more details about the train station, ask me. Lets just say it involved a lot of first time drinkers....

Friday: New Years Day!!! We first ran to the bank so i could deposit some cash. i knew you wanted to know that. Then we had a little dinner with Lisa's extended family. Basically just her parents, aunt uncle and cousin, and grandparents. It was a good little crowd. We had a little fondu and it was really delicious. After the shin dig we went to avatar cause we both heard it was really good. Which it was, I really enjoyed it.

Saturday: This day was awesome. We went to the rock climbing gym her dad has and climbed some walls for awhile. Then we headed back to her house to get ready for the city again. Oh ya, Lisa doesnt live right in Chicago, but in Cary, which is like and hourish away. So we headed to the city with her parents. We first got some chicago style pizza then to a Bulls game which was awesome!!! Lisa got Dwight Howard and Patrick Ewing to wave to her. She so lucky!!

Sunday: Went to early morning church, met the ward =). Came back and lounged around for a bit. I had a mini jam session with Lisa's dad. Then we ate dinner with her grandparents and some family friends. That night we figured out I couldnt fly home via dallas to calgary, so we switched plans so i could fly to jackson hole with lisa. then drive and meet my parents half way home to pick me up. Lisa and I also skyped with my parents and told them the change of news.

Monday: Woke up early to get to the airport. Lisa and I flew home together, well not home but to Jackson Hole. We even got to sit by each other in the plane. It was really fun. Lisa's cousins picked us up at the airport then drove us to Driggs where her car was. then we drove back to rexburg. we just kinda hung out and talked for the rest of the day, went to cafe rio, and just had a good time.

Tuesday: Lisa had classes in the morning, so I kinda just waited around til she got out of class then would walk with her to her next class. I had nothing else to do, i enjoyed it!! This is the sad part when she took me to Helena where my parents were. But no worries, I get to see her on Friday!!!!!!!!!!!!! She's coming to Raymond!! =)))

This is a very short list of what my week consisted of. We had so much fun every second and so many stories to tell you'll have to ask me for details.

BOOOOOOOOOOO

Yes, I am taking ya'll back to halloween. Because Halloween was awesome and I owe everything to it. At first I didn't think I was going to celebrate it. I had no idea what I wanted to dress up as, I didn't really have a plan of what I was going to do after I dressed up if I found a costume. And if i found a costume and figured out what i wanted to do, I realized i didn't have anyone to do anything with. So that was my train of thought on Halloween.

But that all changed with a couple of text conversations. I didn't know, but Lisa and her roommates invited our room to go to THE halloween dance with them. At first i was a little iffy cause i still didnt have a costume and broseph to go with. But i finally talked B Dubz into coming with me. k

The party was realllllly fun. This was kinda the first time Lisa and I kinda sorta hung out and paid a lot of attention to each other. We all went to my apartment afterwards and watched halloween movies. They were pretty bad too. Its hard to find a good scary movie these days. The next night, which was actuallllly halloween, was really fun too. But once again my roommates, B Dubz and Ryan, and I had a dilemma again of where to go, which party to attend. The girls went to Lisa's cousin so we kinda tried to decide where we wanted to go. So we started getting into our costumes, left the apartment, and started driving somewhere...probably to go get a free taco. While we were driving Lisa texted me and said they were headed to the Shelbourne party, so we changed directions and headed that way to dance the night away!!! Once again after that party we all came back to our place and watched lame scary movies. But this time we did watch Monster vs Aliens and it was awesome!