Happy Easter!!

What a fun and beautiful day. We got up sunday morning, got ourselves put together, and made it to church on time!! We had beautiful lessons on service and fully committing ourselves to the gospel. The speakers in sacrament talked about the gift of the atonement and how each of us can partake of that gift. What could be more uplifting and appropriate than that. After church and naps, we went to my parents for a yummy Easter dinner. We had the traditional ham, potatoes, rolls, salad, and asparagus. My dad is an amazing cook and we scarfed all the food up. We did fit in an Easter Egg hunt in the backyard with the Easter Rabbit (uncle Scott) hiding the eggs in the snow and some hard to reach places. Who would've thought we'd have snow on Easter. Inside the eggs were some yummy treats that even the parents helped themselves to a little bit. Paige had a lot of fun picking up the eggs with all of her cousins and loved all the beads that grandma and grandpa gave her. Thanks for making them plastic and not lead based :). Our niece did tell us we were mean parents because the Easter bunny didn't visit our house this year but what Paige doesn't know won't hurt her. Besides, Scott and I would end up eating all the candy and we definitely don't need that. Happy Easter to all and hope you're day was wonderful.

Spring Break!

This week Scott has been off for the whole week due to his spring break. I was in heaven! Since we had so much time together, we wanted to make the most of it so we went on lots of walks and Scott tried to teach Paige to drive (scary). We went to the stores to run errands, to the temple, golfing and best of all, the treehouse museum. Paige loved it. She could walk everywhere and she didn't get in trouble when she touched things. She really liked the music area where she could bang on the drums and make lots of noise. Scott and I liked to test our trivia knowledge of the states. We were pretty good if I do say so myself. Paige really like the curtains on the stage. Maybe that's all we need for her is some curtains to walk through. It was such a beautiful day so afterwards we had some ice cream and went for a walk. To end the week is Easter Sunday. We loved having this time together and especially playing with Paige who is so much fun.

Wicked Weekend!!!

I have looked forward to this weekend for 9 months. It all started when my boss came back from Denver after seeing the musical Wicked and telling us how much we all need to see it. My coworkers and I immediately got to work planning our "wicked weekend". The closest venue was LA so we thought why not? Plane tickets were purchased, rental vans reserved, hotel rooms booked, and other entertainment put together. Thirteen ladies ranging from ages 26-55 left early friday morning (with two of these ladies almost missing the plane) and arrived in Long Beach California ready to soak up the sun.

The first day we went to Universal studios. LA traffic was scary and I was one of the drivers who lived through it. Thank goodness for the GPS system. When we got there everyone had diferent ideas on what they wanted to do so each of the groups split up. There were no cliques and everyone was able to see what they wanted and what interested them. We had a great time. Later, we met up for dinner at Bubba Gumps with a little personal dancing from our waiters OW OW! Then attempted the scary drive home once again.


The next morning (after not much sleep), my roomies and I were up super early. After atempting to order Enchanted on the hotel tv, we bagged it and got dressed and then drove ten miles away for treats at Walmart. I have to tell you about my roomies. One was one of my best friend's, Maren, whom I have know for the last ten years. She and I have always had an amazing bond and I couldn't ask for a better friend. Her mom, Liz, also shared with us. She's my boss and a very good friend. We also have a close relationship so we were lucky to spend all that time together. After breakfast, we were once again headed to LA (with me in the driver's seat, scary). We got there early, parked, and then once again, everyone kind of split up to do their own thing. We wanted to tour the kodak theater (home of the Oscars) so we bought tickets to that and then toured the hollywood walk of fame. Hollywood is definately an interesting place with some interesting people. The tour of the Kodak theater was one of my favorite parts. I am of course awestruck by famous people (I read too many people magazines) so I loved picturing the stars sitting in the seats. Next was lunch and then off to WICKED!!! Wow is all I can say. It was amazing and I loved every minute of it. I only wished Scott could be there to share it with me.

After the play, I took one group of people in our van to tour the Hollywood hills and hopefully see some famous homes. I didn't count on Hollywood traffic and scary narrow streets. After sweating to death and a tension headache, that idea was bagged. So the two vans drove down to tour Rodeo drive. The shops were all closed up but you knew that they were expensive (saw a men's necktie for $300). There were some high school girls (paris hilton types) walking around with numerous bags. I can't even imagine their allowance. After experiencing an expensive dinner their, we drove home (getting more used to driving by now).


The next morning we spent in Long Beach. What a beautiful place. We decided to do some whale watching (thinking it was a short cruise of 45minutes). We weren't able to see any whales but we did see some dolphins and sea lions. The water was peaceful and the company was great. Then our three hour tour was done (yep, three hours). We didn't have much time for anything else but lunch. That was scrumptious and we decided the best food we'd had all trip (some went to PF Changs and some to Parkers steakhouse). We went to the airport and got into SLC late that night.


It was three great days of fun with some of the most wonderful people I know.