Sarah In The City

I love, love, love Utah! This past weekend I was able to go to Utah to spend Memorial day with my good friend Ashlee and her amazing family. As you can see in the above picture we did some shopping. The Gateway in Salt Lake City is such a great shopping place. They have new stores that weren't there when I lived out there and it was fantastic! We found ourselves some sweet deals.

We went to a few really fun BBQ's and I got to meet allot of Ashlee's extended family. We also got to see what was left of a huge fire that took place in Cedar Fort (where Ashlee's family lives). Her grandfather's beautiful house was the only house that was threatened by this massive wild fire. We were driving back from church and missed all the flames. Kind of Scary!
It was so great, Ashlee's family lives out in the country and they have tons of animals. They had puppies running all over the place and just as many cats. They have Donkeys, horses and ponies as well. We got to go out and ride the horses on Monday morning which was super fun! I hadn't ridden a horse in years and I have to say I was a little nervous at first. We had such a good time riding though. I even was able to "lope" a little, it's not full out running but close. It was funny because we got to the open field and the other two horses took off running and I had no idea that that was what we were going to do. So, my horse takes off running and I start freaking out. I was holding on for dear life and trying all I could to get my horse, patches, to stop. Ashlee and Hailey looked back to find me running in the totally wrong direction. The poor horse was probably so confused because he didn't know what I wanted him to do. Later on I tried again and it went a whole lot better. Still a little scary but Oh So Fun! I was bouncing around in the saddle like crazy. I loved every minute of my fun little get away with the Berry's and would do it again in a heart beat!
Oh yea, I also got my hair cut again...this time by someone who knew what they were doing. Patrick did a fantastic job and I love the short hair! I couldn't believe how many people said I looked like Julie Andrews...I don't see it but it's super flattering to hear! The pictures aren't the best of my hair, I'll have to post better ones later so you can all see. The ones of me on the horse are after my hair has been slept on...not so cute!

Do we look like real cowgirls or what!