Happy, Happy Birthday!

So, I may have already mentioned that Ben was in Virginia for our birthdays. It totally sucks because we've never had a super good birthday together because our lives can never slow down enough. But, Ben was so sweet and I woke up to a very nice surprise on our birthdays! He bought be some pretty flowers and a cute princess balloon. I don't quite know where the princess balloon came from...but I have to assume that he just picked it up from Walmart trying to be funny. Anyway, since our birthday we keep trying to come up with trips we could go on or fun things that we could do just together...just me and him for a little change. We wanted something totally different than a normal weekend date. So...why not go to the Knolls? Ben bought a new dirt bike that he desperately wanted to try out. I complied and we went camping at the Knolls. I must admit that it was a little odd to be getting the camping gear out in March but it was still super fun. The windy night in the tent was really chilly, but Saturday ended up being almost a perfect day! I was so great to be together with no worries about life! Since my accident, I'm not nearly as crazy as Ben is on the bikes so I mostly had a ton of fun watching him do all of his crazy things. Here are some pictures of the trip and of my birthday surprise.

Birthday flowers...and chocolate of course.

My sexy husband! Luckily there were no accidents.

Yeah, I'm pretty tough.

Snowmobiling!!

Wow! We had a ton of fun this weekend! We took the opportunity to leave the work and school behind for a couple of days to hang out with some old couples, including our parents. Totally worth it! We all went up to the Uintas to stay in a cabin and ride the snowmobiles. It snowed about 17 inches the first day that we were there. It was surprisingly not too cold. The snow was so powdery (if that's even a word) that it felt like we were riding on a cloud! It was amazing! We were making our own trail for most of the ride so the fresh snow made it even that much more fun. If we got out of the trail the snow went up to our waist. It was so much fun! The stay in the cabin was awesome. It was so comfortable. I'm so glad that we went. It was a really good opportunity to just be together and relax.

So, snowmobiling just isn't snowmobiling unless you get stuck, right? How many men does it take to get a snowmobil out from 17 inches of fresh snow that is on a cliff? To be exact...it was 7. This was one of those times that I was so grateful to be a woman. All that physical labor just wore me out watching! It was still great though.

Ben has a running reputation that he always has to add to the excitement by wrecking or hurting himself. This time he did both. Wouldn't you think that this tiny tree would totally lose if it came across a snowmobil? Wrong. This is the end result...tree: 1, snowmobil: 0. Luckily, there were no broken bones and just a cut up knee.

Just some wrestling, nothing big

So I came across these pictures of Ben wrestling at his regional wrestling tournament in California. He had a ton of fun with the team. It was really overwhelming for Ben to plan, but he was so excited because he was able to take a lot more wrestlers this year. They all did really well too! Ben took first place in his weight division and the team took third place in the whole tournament! That's pretty awesome! So, three out of the team are going to the national wrestling tournament on March 10. It will be in Virginia so it'll be a nice little vacation for the boys. They should have some fun so I'll post about that later!