Is It Friday Yet?

Thought of the Day:

In order to be Successful,

You must Persist through Failure and Crap.

Wish you well with whatever crap you might have to endure in order to get to a beautiful spring weekend.

I found this here.

Disappointment

I just discovered my oh-so-helpful blog list...isn't always updating. :( I have missed out on months of entries on a few friends because it says it hasn't been updated. Boo.

February 2009

4th - 8th

This year's Annual Event for the Crown Council was held at Lake Las Vegas. (I didn't even know Las Vegas had a lake)
Doc's family joined us. We love having them around.We were a little tight with all of luggage headed to our hotel.

Our rooms were awesome with this beautiful view.

Thursday's workshops with Dr. Wible.

Some quick time for a pedi. They are my favorite.
Mindy and I had some down time Thursday night so we checked out the local shops. We ate at this Irish Pub and this Boxty was Incredible. I could go for another one right now.
If you have the option...order the Boxty.

We're like VIP at these events.
New David got to learn the ways. ;)

Opening act was The Passing Zone.
They make it look easy, don't they?

We had some down time in between speakers.

Juliet Funt was hilarious.

All dressed up with Jared Theurer's girls for the awards dinner.We eat very well.

Water Cooler Entertainment.

The true highlight of the whole event was this man, Kevin Carroll. Talk about inspirational. I wish I had even half of his conviction.

The last night we enjoyed "Crown Council's Got Talent".

I love these events. I leave so impressed and inspired to make a difference in the world.

15th

My Nikki's Livi turned One.

I took photos for her of the party and so many turned out cute I have to restrain myself from posting them all. I guess that's what happens when you are that cute.

Nikki is an amazing mom. I call her a Domestic Goddess. I mean just look at what she can do. I hope she will teach me a thing or two someday.

19th
My ward is full of talented people and decided to put on an art show. They had musicians playing all night...

And as things quieted down, there was dancing...
and then there were a lot of photos taken. It was a great night.
20th - 22nd
Amanda's family has a cabin up outside of Heber. We do a lot of relaxing in our pajamas with a little snowmobiling on the side. It's good times.*I'm on a roll. Three months in one week. Almost caught up. :)

January 2009

2nd

Utah vs. Alabama at the Redd's with the Mckees

4th
Raena came into town for Christmas

6th
We got our hair done together at the Paul Mitchell School

8th
Steph and I played in the snow

9th - 11th
Friends rented a cabin for the weekend. We hot tubed.

Played in the snow.
And watched a few dozen movies. It was great to get away. Thanks for taking me along Nikki. :)16th
The Utes put on a parade down town for a perfect season.
Julienne and I walked in the festivities.Then we got a group together to go bowling.
Something that was long overdue.

We met a few new friends.

17th
I was a little down one night,
so my roomies took me out to dinner and a movie.
This tasty pina colada cheered me up at California Pizza Kitchen.
20th
I went to dinner at the Olive Garden with my Salt Lake Girls. It had been way too long since we got together.23rd
Steph and I started going to lunch on Fridays. Cafe Rio is always a favorite. (try to ignore the fact the I'm wearing the same shirt)

24th

Jen Jan and I supporting our Utah Gymnastics

We had such a good time bowling the weekend before, we called for a repeat after the meet.

27th

Amanda got her company seats again. She is makes it difficult to ever sit in the upper bowl again. :)
30th
Mom and I went to the Draper open house with friends.

Then drove to Ogden to watch Morgan in a skating competition.

We got to play with Lisa and the kids.
It's sure hard to get enough of this little guy.

It was a fun day with my mom.

And Morgan is a very good ice skater.

It's crazy when I do these entries to see how much I cram into one month and how many pictures I actually take. Most of this stuff is not interesting, but I like to think of it as my photo journal that will hopefully make it's way into a memory book one day. Isn't technology great.

December 2008

2nd

My sweet friend, Elyse, was headed off to married world, so we hit up a dollar movie. True to the amount that we paid, the filmstrip broke and we waited and waited. So we took pictures...

And then we skipped out to another theater...and saw parts of that then parts of the original flick. I'm not even sure what movies we saw that night, but I don't think that either of them count.

12th-14th
Thanks to the whitening fundraising we did in 2008, Garth Brook's foundation, Teammates for Kids, whisked our office off to Las Vegas for the weekend.

Groups of our size travel best in limos.

Caesar's Palace isn't too shabby.

Meet in Greet with Mr. Brooks again. :)

They sure knew how to feed us.

Bobbie may or may not have gotten stuck at the Bellagio. We seriously couldn't stop laughing.
Got a little shopping in, thanks to Dr. Blackwood's Christmas bonus arriving just in time.

We attended a live auction hosted by Jay Leno fundraising tens of thousands of dollars for children. Needless to say, I didn't bid on anything.

The one and only entertained us for the rest of the evening.

This little delight made the weekend even better.

15th
December wouldn't be complete without some service at the food bank.

17th
In true tradition, our office went bowling for our Christmas Party. Pregnant Bobbie & Jeffrey

Doc & Rach

Jake & Brunette Mindy
And our new addition, Dave & his wife, Laura.Mindy made us these sweet braclets. Thanks Mindy!

17th
Roomies and I went to the Bombay House for our own Christmas Party.

Gifts were exchanged...

and enjoyed.
Marin & Jen have made for good times.

20th

My nieces performed in their winter ice show.
(shown here with morgan's bffl)

21st
We attempted our own Christmas card, but kinda waited too long to do it.

24th
Christmas Eve is huge for my family. My mom makes the most deliciousness.

My sister, Heather's cute family.

My sister, Lisa & Brian.

We played the White Elephant game.
Nephew, Mushy, had the final decision.

We read the Christmas story.

And there was lots of singing. Thank you Lisa for joining me.

25th
We had a beautifully white Christmas. Max enjoyed it.

But it delayed our traditional trip to Ogden for dinner.

26th
Amanda got great basketball tickets from her boss for Christmas. So we hit up the favorite Beni Hana...

and got our clappers ready...

for some sweet seat action...

in the dead of winter.
Thanks for taking me with you Amanda. It's always a good time.

27th

Our postponed Christmas dinner at Lisa's helped us hold on to the season just a little longer.

wonderful hosts nieces :)

31st
New Years Eve started with a fancy dinner with Julienne's friends at Cucina Tuscana.

Then a quick wardrobe change and up to the institute for the ball drop with the wardies.

Then back to the big house for some good company...

sparkers...

martinelli's and dancing.

2008 came and went before I even knew it. Seeing how it's already April, I suspect 2009 is going to follow in it's footsteps.