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Another year old and even more blessed
09 Jun 2009 | Comments (512)
This weekend was my birthday weekend and honestly it was probably one of the best birthday’s I have ever had. The reason this was the case was because I was surrounded by most of my favorite people and felt completely loved.
The fun started on Friday night as I spent the evening in Provo with Laura. We were going to have dinner at Zuppa’s but then while we were waiting in line Laura found out that I love Indian food and since she loves Indian food too (and her hubby Peter doesn’t) we decided to change plans and headed to the Bombay House for dinner. The Bombay is one of my favorite places to eat and it was absolutely delicious! After we left there we went to Chuck E Cheese and met up with Laura’s hubby Peter & their daughter Kaylee. We had fun running after Kaylee and having our picture drawn by Chuck E.
Saturday morning started out with a trip to the new Oquirrh Mountain Temple to attend the temple open house with Brig & Dev and our friend Cathy & her daughters Megan & Rachel. This temple is so beautiful and it was such a great way to start the day.
Next was a “surprise” luncheon that mom had planned for me at the Cheesecake Factory. There were 16 of my friends & family there and honestly it was awesome.
One of my favorite restaurants and all of my favorite people were there. Afterwards Mom, Laura & I went shopping and Laura bought me these super cute crocs! They are beautiful and I am wearing them right now! ;o)
The rest of the day was spent with mom and we finished the day off with ice cream at Leatherbys & movies at mom’s.
You may think this is the end by nope. The special day spread into Monday as I spent the day with Clark, Bethany & Elinor. We went bowling and then had special desserts at Applebees. I have to say that the time I spend with these special munchkins is always some of my favorites.
This weekend was truly special and I feel completely blessed.
They say it's your birthday ... SURPRISE!
02 Jun 2009 | Comments (0)
This past weekend I attended a surprise 30th birthday party for a good friend of mine from college. J.R. and I met during my third year at Snow where we were both involved in the singing group for the LDS Institute of Religion, LD Singers. I always enjoyed my time with him from performing to talking and more. It has been eight years since the last time I saw him and was so excited for the opportunity to go down and celebrate his birthday.
JR has a great love for music and one of the things I enjoyed the most from our friendship was being able to sit down and listen to him perform his original songs. And this love of music was the theme of this party. We were supposed to dress up as a musical artist from any time period or genre. Well with the move my creativity was limited and therefore I was just going to wear regular clothing. Well as I started to go through my closet looking for a shirt I came across my old LD Singers polo shirt and decided to wear that. Kind of cheesy but it worked. JR was dressed up as Michael Jackson, his wife Kristin was Haley Williams from Paramore and we had everything from George Michael, Dolly Parton and the Phantom & Christine. It was a good time! I will say one of the highlights of the night was watching JR become embarrassed as they showed a video of him and his brother Aaron when they were younger dancing and singing to Michael Jackson’s Bad. Lesson learned: if your mom has embarrassing footage of you – DESTROY IT!
So anyway … happy birthday JR! I am grateful for your friendship!
Last night I spent the evening at my mom's with Peter, Laura & Kaylee. Kaylee showed us all she has been learning lately and she was so cute I had to video her. The first clip is her singing and playing on a little piano type toy.
This one is showing how she knows her body parts and has learned a new word thanks to her dad!
Also added pictures from last night to the gallery.
By Ali
MOVIE REVIEW: Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
22 May 2009 | Comments (6)
I love movies as many of you know. I thought it would be fun to occasionally review both new and old movies that I have seen. So I will start with the one I saw on Monday.
GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST You can't always run from your past Release Date: May 1, 2009 Rating: PG-13 for sexual content throughout, some language and a drug reference Genre: Comedy/Romance Length: 100 min Director: Mark Waters Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Michael Douglas, Breckin Meyer, Lacey Chabert
I went with two girlfriends to see the film Ghosts of Girlfriends Past. I have been a fan of Jennifer Garner since her days on Alias and I own quite a few of her films. This is a film I have been looking forward to for quite some time and I must admit I was disappointed. It’s the story of Connor Mead a famous photographer who is a free spirited player. He is a committed bachelor who enjoys women and women enjoy him. He goes home for a weekend to attend his younger brother’s wedding. His pessimistic attitude about weddings and marriage almost ruins the wedding and sends Connor on an adventure. He is visited by the ghosts of his jilted ex-girlfriends and failed relationships of the past, present & future. While on these visits Connor must learn if he can still find true love or if he is destined to be alone forever.
The fun has some fun and memorable moments and the casting is great but the sexual innuendoes and crude comments were a real turn off for me. What would have been an over all good film ended up having one too many flies in the soup.
I started out my weekend redoing my bathroom. My bathroom was the one room in the house that was basically just mishmashed together with an old shower curtain and mis matched towels. So now it is fun and bright in shades of pink & brown. You can see it below:
Then I spent a few hours with Betsy & Abe and their family.
I borrowed Faith and took her out for ice cream and a fun outting that included a stop at the shoe store and the grocery store. She helped me pick out treats for each of her family members. She knows what candy everyone likes!
My mom then came over to my apartment and graciously donated her time and energy to helping me trim up my lawn. Then I spent the night with my fun little bundle of energy, Kaylee.
Sunday I spent time with Betsy & Abe's family again. We had dinner and watched The Velveteen Rabbit. This was one of my favorite stories as a child and if you haven't seen it I recommend it. It is a new Feature Film for Families Film.
Cannon has this fun new obsession with this orange and blue ball. He carries it with him everywhere and loves to roll in back and forth with you.
DATE:
May 25, 2009
I'm fighting, for something that's real for the first
time in my life! 
