Earth Jam

On Saturday afternoon my dad's band played in 'Earth Jam' at Liberty Park. It was a beautiful day and being in that crowd was very entertaining. Just look at the pictures and you will know what I'm talking about.

This guy was having a REALLY good time!

Go Utes!

The Spring Football Game was on Saturday and it was great to be back in Rice-Eccles.  The morning began with the annual MUSS flag football game. James played and it was so fun to watch. 

Elise and Anjila hanging out on the sidelines.

Gavin loves anything football related and anything Utah related so he had a blast on Saturday.

September can't get here soon enough. GO UTES!

Friendships

Because of a certain incident this week I have been thinking a lot about the ups and downs of friendships. I think it's special when a friendship can last for many years and especially last through high school and college. Girls can be extremely awful to each other and I would like to think we grow out of that once we graduate. Sadly I'm sure that's not true for everyone, but I'm very grateful for the friends I have who made it through all those ups and downs.

I know girls fight and gossip a lot about each other; that's one of those things I'm not sure can be avoided. What I don't understand is when a girl betrays another girl without even blinking. Why are girls so cruel to each other? I know guys don't take things as seriously as we do, but I also don't think guys betray each other like girls do.

It makes me so sad when I see girls doing this to each other. We are supposed to stick together. We are supposed to stand up for each other. We are supposed to love each other; not leave each other in the dust as soon as another opportunity comes up. 

To all my friends out there; thank you for sticking with me through the drama! I'm glad to be on the other side of that and to enjoy the relationships I have with all of you.

Happy Easter!

The Starting Line

The Hunt

VICTORY!

Grizzlies Event

Marcus has been playing on a special-needs hockey team for the past couple years and on Saturday they did a fundraiser at the E-Center.  His team is called "The Grizzlies" and it is so fun to interact with these kids. They are so sweet and they love being a part of this team. 

New Car

A couple weeks ago we made a very grown-up purchase: a new car! We know that in the future we will need a larger car, so now was the time to get one.

The downside to all of this was giving up my Civic. I have loved that car and it holds a lot of memories. I had that car all through college so it reminds me of drives to California, perfecting my parallel parking skills on Adams Ave., driving up the huge hill in North Salt Lake every night to hang out with boys, lots of laughing and lots of singing! The car also reminds me of my first years of marriage and it has been such a good car for us to have.

Needless to say I got emotional when the time came to clean out the Civic and leave it behind.

But the thing that makes it a little better is knowing I get to drive this from now on!

I feel much more grown-up in my CRV and I feel like I've graduated to a "mom" car.  It's a blast to drive and I'm excited to make lots of new memories.

St. George

It was so nice to get away to St. George for a few days.  We had to leave the boys behind, but the girls had tons of fun.

We drove down Thursday night in the worst blizzard I have ever seen! You don't expect to see that much snow in the springtime and it was awful. Luckily we made it safely and the sunshine was out for the rest of the weekend.

Gavin loved the playground and he enjoyed the pool, even though he was a little hesitant.

We did lots of shopping, eating and lounging.  The perfect vacation combination!

I apologize

I'm sorry for my blog neglect lately.  My life has been crazy and the blog has been pushed to the end of the priority list.  I promise I will have new photos next week of St. George fun and of the new addition to our family. No, it's not a baby or a pet; think more along the lines of something that goes vroom!

Crazy Week

Last week was probably the most stressful week of my life. You've seen my post that MUSS sign-ups started last Wednesday and everything went horribly wrong! It really isn't fun when 5,000 students are blaming you for something that was not really our fault. It was extremely difficult because I love the MUSS and this job is something I enjoy so much, and for people to endlessly criticize it was very hard. Luckily we got most of the problems solved and in the end everything will work out.

The one bright side of last week was that Jesse started a new job. He is still working at the 'U' and is in his same department, but his job description has completely changed. I'm so proud of him and I know he is going to do an amazing job in this new position.

I am so ready for spring. This Utah weather is really starting to get on my nerves! I wish it would stop teasing us with sunshine because it's driving me crazy! Luckily we are headed to St. George next week so hopefully I will get my wish of warm temperatures!

MUSS Registration

Ahhh, it's my favorite time of year; not really! MUSS Registration starts this week which means my life will be pretty hectic.  We have changed a bunch of things about registration and I'm just praying it all works.  Wish me luck!

If you are a U of U student go to www.alumni.utah.edu/muss for all the details. Registration starts Wednesday!