The First Anniversary

Robert's and my 1st year anniversary was this past Sunday.  We made it a two day anniversary, since it was on Sunday.  On Saturday, we went and saw Les Misérables (I think that's the right thingie above the e haha) with his family, which we will see again tomorrow with my family.  It was pretty good, but I am used to musicals that have some speaking parts.  This musical seriously had like five speaking parts, such as "Come." or "What shall we do?"  That's about it.  And one part of the movie totally ruined the rest of the movie for me.  I won't spoil it for those of you who have not seen the movie yet, but for those of you who have seen it probably know the part I'm talking about.  Yes, the part with Anne Hathaway and the captain guy.  They didn't need to include that part in the movie.  They could have implied what happened to her; they didn't need to show it and make it as graphic as it was.  Anyway, it disturbed me for some time, even after watching the movie.  Once the story moves along, you're so caught up in what is happening you forget that scene momentarily.  I was surprised at how well Anne Hathaway sings though.  I didn't know she was a singer, and the emotion she put into her songs made it so well done.  Hugh Jackman did good as well, but I wasn't a fan of Russell Crowe's voice.  Sure, he can hit the notes and such, but I dunno... just not a fan of his singing voice.  Marius reminds me of Robert haha.  Emmali saw the movie before we went, and she mentioned how one guy reminded her of Robert in the movie, and I knew exactly who she was talking about once he was shown on screen.  I think it's his freckly face :)  The whole theater was bawling by the time the movie ended.  It was good, but I'm not as impressed as all those die hard Les Misérables fans out there.

Back on track... after the movie Robert and I headed to a "surprise" location.  We went to Salt Lake City and stayed at the Red Lion.  I was super tired so we took a nap before heading out to dinner.  We went to Tucanos for dinner, since I got a free meal card for my birthday.

Robert loves Tucanos. 

Grilled pineapple.  Used to not be a fan, but I love it now!

Slowing down.  We had a lot to eat.

We went back to the hotel after Tucanos and watched some Pawn Stars on the History Channel.  I think I've mentioned in a post before that we like watching that show together. 

The next day we woke up and went to Music and the Spoken Word that the church has every Sunday.  It was interesting to participate as an audience member as they record it because before they record, they tell you things about the Conference Center and how they broadcast Music and the Spoken Word. Did you know that the two projector screens at the Conference Center are 36 feet long?  They're so big they need two projectors per screen in order to make the pictures/videos on the screens look crisp and not blurry.  Crazy.  And there are four acres of land on top of the Conference Center.

Waiting for the broadcast to start

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir