Lessons Learned

If your ER patient is high on drugs and screaming random names at the top of his or her lungs, just tell the patient to whisper because they're "waking up the babies". Works like a charm.

Bistec, blog style.

One may think things have gone too far when the recipes for one's entire meal are gleaned from an assortment of blog pages. I won't say who, but someone I know had a fabulous dinner of steak, arugala salad and bread with salt. Thanks for the recipes guys... I mean... my friend thanks you for the recipes...

Tag, I'm it.

I have been tagged. It's my first time and I'm pretty hyped... although I'm pretty sure I've answered these questions before recently in an email... I think this is really a secret plot to allow one to brag about one's self. In fact, it feels like the adult form of a note written on lined paper and passed around to all the girls in a high school English class. The only thing missing is "How many boys have you kissed"...but what the hey! Here goes nothin.

4 Jobs I've held:

1. Sonic Carhop

2. Jimmy John's- subs so fast you'll freak!

3. Cashier at ye olde Macey's grocery store (I told Mike that I would consider moving back to Utah, just to shop at

Macey's again. I am a grocery store addict. But if we did move they'd have to build a Central Market there.)

4. ER nurse- fun stuff!

4 Movies I Can Watch Over & Over:

1. School of Rock

2. Gone with the Wind

3. Mona Lisa Smile

4. Wiggle's Safari

Places I Have Lived:

1. Crowley, Tejas

2. Provo, UT

3. 5 other apartments in Provo, UT

4. Back home in TX!

T.V. Shows I Enjoy

1. The Real Deal

2. HGTV- Divine Design

3. The E! True Hollywood Story

4. Wonder Years re-runs

Places I have Been on Vacation:

1. San Diego

2. San Fransisco

3. Italy

4. Switzerland

5. Galveston

6. Greune TX- yeehaw!

7. San Antonio

8. Seattle

9. Portland

10. Las Vegas

...

Favorite Foods

1. Fruit Tarts

2. Cafe Rio's Famous tres leches

3. Cheese!

4. Roasted zucchini and tomato on pasta

Websites I visit

1. Blogs on my sidebar

2. www.craigslist.com

3. www.travelocity.com (dreaming)

4. www.dominomag.com

Places I'd Rather Be right now

1. slumbering peacefully in my bed

2. hanging out with Dave and Mike

3. moving into my house (all the wood flooring is done but the master bed room!! arrrg!)

4. on vacation... in Europe... with endless money and time...

Awesome.

Your new favorite post of the day. Don't forget to check out the video.

Wordless Wednesday

(I think Wordless Wednesday has evolved into: My latest favorite picture Wednesday)

Let's Rock, Let's Rock. Today.

Jacob just got home from school yesterday. I have this feeling it's going to be a big, summer long jam session. (When they're not working on our house, that is.)

Bye Baby Bunting...

We had a very busy, but surprisingly relaxing weekend. Me and a couple of my BFFs at work threw a shower for one of the doctors we work with. It was the one of the easiest showers I have ever done because we did it at a restaurant called La Madeliene- it was great! No clean up or really prep stuff except the cake and invitations. I highly recommend the restaurant shower. It was actually the first time I've ever been to La Madeliene too and I am excited to go back 'cause the food was YUUUM yummy!


Gotta love the Boudreaux's Butt Paste!
I hurried home to go to a wedding reception at the lovely Cacharel Restaurant ( I love summer weddings! And maybe I'm abnormal, but I love going to wedding receptions- even if it's for someone I don't really know). Then me and Mike did something that I haven't done since I was in high school. We went to downtown Fort Worth and hung out and saw a movie. I forgot how much I used to like going down there. Fun stuff! Call me crazy, but I love summer in Texas.

Is it Idaho or Udaho? I can never remember...

The geographical cherry on top of our trip was our little road trip through beautiful southern Idaho the last few days of our vacation. "Beautiful? Southern Idaho?", you ask with skepticism. Granted, it's no Couer D'Alene, but this time the countryside seemed so spectacular to me. I would almost love to live in one of those remote little country towns, but I would miss Target too much.

Mike had a gig in Twin Falls (I had never been before). Much to my surprise the gig was down in a canyon right by the Snake river. Two words: GORGE OUS! Lit'rally. I don't think there could be a cooler place for a jazz festival- so if you're ever in Idaho in June, it's not something to miss:)



Then we headed off for another 3 hour tour to Rexburg Idaho for Mike's cousin's wedding reception. Luckily Dave slept the whole way.

Looks like someone got a visit from the hair fairy... tee hee!



Remember this band anyone?? I don't really remember them, but I do remember the night we saw them play in the King Henry clubhouse.

Dave found a cute girl to flirt with. Too bad she's his cousin... sort of.
The bride!

They live only a few blocks away from the new Rexburg temple that's being built.



Which is also near the one and only BYUI. I can now say I've been to BYUI. I was so excited that I made Mike turn the car around to get this picture. Pretty sad what gives me a thrill, huh?

The next day we headed off back to hot, muggy Tejas AKA home sweet home. Dave was a champ. We love and miss all you north westerners and hope to see you again soon!

More assorted schtuff.

Shane and Kelly enjoying the breathtaking sight of me zipping around the block on a razor scooter. I miss Utah grass.
Liz is one hot mama!
Taken by a British lady at temple square. She takes pictures kinda like me.... sorta crooked.
The sculpture garden outside the MOA. Dave said the statues were "Segay" (aka: scary). I wonder what my English 115 professor would have thought of that response.
The Brigham Young statue at temple square. The sky was so pretty that day.

Timpanogos temple at night.
We got to eat breakfast at the MTC with Jacob. It was the first time I've eaten there (and probably only time I ever will). I love me some blueberry buckle.
Dave and I walked around the fountains while Mike went to the church office building to look at some microfilms of his Great Grandpa Sanders' mission journals. He and his companion translated the Book of Mormon into Mauri.
And this lovely picture is of Dave at his first movie. We went to see the new movie at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building about Joseph Smith. It was excellent. I think it was the best one I have seen yet. I was amazed that Dave sat in my lap the whole time (eating a handful of twizzlers, of course!).

RAAAR!

Liz (Mike's twin sister) took us to this really cool Dinosaur Park in Ogden. Dave loved it- except when he was scared. But even then I still think he loved it.
There they are. The most exotic and dangerous creatures we saw at the dinosaur park.
A prehistoric caveman? Oh wait- that's just Mike.

Mike and Liz. Dinosaur tamers extraordinaire.
Our little future archaeologist.
This is Erin's cat Chuck. Erin took us to a fun park and fed us a delicious, hot pizza one night while Mike was at rehearsal. Chuck and Dave were fast friends... kind of.

We also got to see Erin's new house. This is the model of what her house will look like.
And the new house still under construction!

Gigs and jiggety jigs.

Our trip was funded by some very fantabulous people that Mike used to sing in a jazz group with. Actually- it was funded by the group singing at a couple of gigs during our trip. The first was in good ol' Provo at Pioneer Park. My favorite was the homeless man that stood behind the bass player during the show. Nevertheless, it was a fun show and fun for the group to be together again. I'm going to try with all my heart to get some video on here so you can hear Mike's wicked awesome scat solo in Well You Needn't.
Saw some old friends. Ate chili burgers at Red Robin. Eva Mendes was there- She's hot.
It's always fun when you see friends who are practically family and family who are like your best friends:) (wipe away a little tear!).


Oh, and we checked out Gardener Village one day, which was awesome. I've always wanted to go there, but we never went while we lived in Utah. If I had brought another suit case with me I would have filled it up with treasures from that place. We also ate strawberry pie for a buck forty nine. I love me some strawberry paaah!

pie! pie! Pie! Pie! PIE! PIIIIIIIEEEEE!!!!

And, as per usual, we revisited Club 496- just to see if it holds the same appeal it always did. I thought I heard faint echoes of "Jump Around" and nails popping through the downstairs ceiling. I could almost envision stale tortillas scattered on the front porch steps and the lawn, thrown during a late night, potato sack and bandanna wearing frenzy. I wanted to put on some fuzzy slippers, run up the steps and yell "Take that Mormon Sports Trivia!!". But, in the name of civilized behavior, I refrained.