Foods and haircuts and hikes...oh my!

(We really struggled with this title, can you tell?)

So we just decided we need to dump a bunch random happenings as of late onto this blog post so enjoy the whirlwind of thoughts :)

1) About a month ago we went to an Italian restaurant here in Salt Lake called Buca di Beppo  and loved it. We were impressed by our tour of the restaurant before being sat and the delicious food, each dish designed to serve 3-6 people. Of course we got a dish and a dessert and took care of business no problem. Happy as can be:

Until...we walked out of the restaurant. IMMEDIATELY after stepping out the doors, smiling and talking about how much we loved that place, my stomach rolled quite forcefully and I bent over begging Michelle to start the car and get me home ASAP. Her instructions were to treat me like a pregnant lady going into labor to encourage quick arrival into our apt complex. I had several more painful moments on the drive home but like the good sister she is, she took my plea seriously as she swerved in and out of cars trying to get me home. By the time we were somewhat close to the apt complex I had my apt key out and ready to unlock the door. When she pulled into the complex I figured that was close enough and opened the car door (yes, as it was still moving) and stumbled out making a run for it. I can only imagine how crazy I must have looked to onlookers but I could have cared less at that moment. 

Long story short we spent the rest of the evening inside taking care of sick Mary. Michelle deserved an award that week since the night before we stayed home from a concert due to one of the worst migraines I have ever had. By Saturday though, she begged me to eat carefully and get plenty of rest because we WERE going to go out that night, haha. (In that restaurant's defense, it happened so fast it's likely I ate something else to give me food poisoning but still, my stomach tightens up a bit everytime we drive by it :) )

2) As most of you probably already know, I decided to chop my hair a couple weeks ago after like 7 years of it being quite long. Michelle said people cut their hair when they start working full time or when they become mommys so I figured I was allowed to as I fell into one of those categories. I'm not sure how many inches I lost but enough to shock a person, I'm thinking it was close to 10 inches. No I didn't donate it, I'm a bad person. I actually tried but it wouldn't work the way we were cutting it so no what do ya do? Here's the before and after:

The comb which is 7 inches gives an idea of how much hair I cut

No longer twins 

Previous matching haircuts that caused us to get confused for twins

Michelle got hers cut too and I had mine highlighted so we spent quite a bit of time in there and decided taking goofy pics while there was a must, enjoy:

3) At the risk of talking too much about food, we went to another new place to us up here that was amazing called Cafe Trang. It has Chinese, Vietnamese and Thai styles of food and the quality and presentation is impressive not to mention you may be as lucky as we were to have the server named Kong who will take such good care of you. Especially if you're sitting with his new crush, Michelle. (He asked for her name tag, which we're assuming means her name...it was cute). Anyways, check it out if you're up here and craving this type of food! Here's pictures of our yummy food:

Sweet and Sour Pork

Some Eggplant and Pork dish

4) One thing Michelle and I have really gotten into up here is the hiking during the summers. We want to start biking and have worked at renting the equipment so we can go already but it's just been difficult so we'll keep working on it. On Fourth of July weekend we went to Donut Falls up in Big Cottonwood Canyon and LOVED the scenery and peacefulness of the drive and hike. Too bad we never made it to the falls since didn't cross over the river and were told you can't see them anymore. (I later went with someone else and actually saw them and realized how close we were and how amazing it looked...whoops, better luck next time Michelle.)

Apparently I was scared before I even started for some reason

Raging water from our high water level this year

hahahaha

We bought matching hiking shoes, naturally

I also went hiking with my friends Janae and Laura over Pioneer Day weekend and saw another amazing waterfall. I learned that I am indeed a Curtis after seeing how easily I sweat but luckily I had a sweat friend who would not be ashamed to walk next to me as she has the same blessed body. The hike was intense but so worth it. Enjoy the pics and be jealous:)

Beginning of the hike...Utah is BEAUTIFUL

Yep, eww sick is the correct reaction to have but at least I didn't make salt like I did last summer at Six Flags, see below:

Be impressed

Gorgeous waterfall, favorite landmark ever

I was tired after the hike so Janae was nice enough to pull up close  to my apt to reduce walking distance

5) I feel like I am of average intelligence but when it comes to fixing things or opening things, setting things up etc I get quite frustrated and need help. Poor Michelle has to deal with me and my lack of common sense and help me at times like this, when I couldn't get the shower curtain set up without getting worked up. The best part was that she climbed into my shower behind the other curtain to do so as I got ready for bed. She was back there talking with me as she fixed it up so this is what I saw through the mirror and for some reason it cracked me up, simple things in life that make me smile/laugh:

followed by this (after laughing at her)