April 2009

April 2-5

Amanda and I flew into Denver for our second annual Jazz roadtrip. A very generous friend hooked us up with VIP parking, dinner, and lower bowl basketball tickets . Thank you Greg!

I had the Salmon at the Blue Sky Grill. :)

They were out of the pork so Amanda got nachos and they comped dessert. :)
They sent us on our way with to-go cups for our drinks.
The Pepsi Center was awesome.
The game...not so much.
Off to the Marriott, where another friend hooked us up with an employee discount. Thanks Steve. :)
The next day we took a tour of the US Mint, where they make circulated coins. Then a stop at the temple where the little old ladies fussed over us.
We ate very well this weekend, but our favorite place was Rock Bottom. In fact, we ate there twice.
We discovered we knew quite a few people in the area. So we did a lot of visiting with old neighbors, coworkers, cousins and friends. Thank you Kera and Patrick for putting us up for a night. It was so wonderful to see you again. And we managed to squeeze in a little shopping at the outlets too despite the bad weather. But this beautiful view greeted us home.
April 10th

Friend and soon to be roommate, Julienne, had a fashion show for school down at the Rose Wagner Theater. It was awesome. After which the four of us went to Bucca di Beppo
and they stuck us in our own nook...and forgot about us. :)

It eventually tasted good. April 12th :)Wicked came to Salt Lake City. My sister, Heather, got us a great price and we surprised her daughter for her birthday. It was yet again wonderful.
April 16th
Jenny was in town from England and so we used it as an excuse to get a bunch of oldies together again. Meigan, Nikki, Me, Jenny & Candice found a little corner at Five Guys and talked for hours. April 17 - 19
I hopped on a plane to surprise good friend, Nicole, in San Francisco. I've decided I love sitting in the front row. With some inside help, I managed to get this kind of reation. :) It warms my heart. The reaction alone was worth the time and money to skip out to the Bay for the weekend. I got to tag along for all of the fun stuff. Like a test run. :) Beautiful. And Audi drivin'. Thank you Jason. :) All for the Bridal Shower. and the bride. I then managed to leave my camera in the bathroom at this restaurant. So sadly the rest of the trip goes undocumented, but it included the Melting Pot and the wine lounge and some fun sleeping arrangements. I so didn't mind. Thank you for taking me along Nik. April 24th
Dinner & Dancing for Alicia's birthday.
California Pizza Kitchen. The Hotel. April 25th
Madison & Morgan had another skating performance. Morgan was a blue alien, thanks to my mom's amazing sewing skills and duct tape. :)

Madison stepped in and skated in an extra group number for a sick friend. She did great!I'm so proud of my neices. I never did anything that took that much hard work growing up. It can't be easy, but it's paying off.

I think I might have over used the smiley faces this round, but it was a great month.