Jazz Game

One of the great things about working for Huntsman is that I can get tickets to really awesome events, like the Utah Symphony and the Utah Jazz. This time I spared Spencer the Symphony and we went to a Jazz game instead. It was super fun. Ryan and Sarah went with us too.

I was able to get 4 lower bowl seats :)

Spencer got me the biggest ice-cream cone in the whole world.

....and expected me to eat it.

Spencer finished his.

And this was as far as I got. But he did pick Moose Tracks, which is totes my favorite.

The Jazz lost... but the game was fun. Actually the best part was the McDonald's Dunk Team after the 3rd quarter. Seriously. YouTube it or something.

It's Electric!

This is my new bike motor that I saved my bonus for!  It goes in my front bike wheel (bottom picture) and makes my commute easier.  The battery goes on my rear cargo rack and wires up to the front wheel.  Then there is a switch on my handlebars to give me the needed boost!  Kudos to Brooke for tolerating me as I turned the front room into a horrific scene of bicycle-assembly carnage!

The finished product, barely noticeable and very convenient!

Family Weekend - Spring Break

To start off our Spring Break, we went to Jay and Laura's for a celebration. They devoted a day to Madison with lots of friends and family and balloons. We tied paper cranes to the balloons and let them go. It was really cool.

Jack and I went on a spirited leprechaun hunt.  The wee little buggers eluded us, but we'll be ready for them next time!

That night, we went to see Annika in her school play "Once Upon A Mattress". She did a fantastic job. The play was funny and super cute!

Grandpa Wallace's birthday party was that Sunday. We got to spend time with lots of family then. I always love when Heather, Caulene and Dana walk in and I hear choruses of "Brooke!". I'm the favorite :)

Carrie made an awesome book for Grandpa for his birthday.

Caulene made the cakes. We did not put 80 candles on though..

Tanner is a more enthusiastic singer than the rest of us.

And Spencer loves me very much! :)

Baptisms With Nate

For our March temple trip, we went to the Salt Lake Temple to do baptisms with Nate the Great. He stayed with us that night and we got up to go the next morning. It was really fun for us to take Nate because he had never been in the Salt Lake Temple.

It was a very lovely day outside.

As we were leaving, the elderly gentleman at the desk said "hurry back soon!"  I told him we would.  After getting all the way across the street we realized that we didn't get our parking token.  So the picture above shows me "hurrying back" just like the guy said.  Prophetic...

After the temple, we grabbed lunch and headed to Stansbury to watch Tanner play soccer and to return Nate to parental custody.

Super Late Valentines Pictures

Most of our Valentines stuff was done before actual Valentines day. But on the 14th, I came home from work super upset and frustrated and I was all upset with Spencer. I ran inside and ignored his gift to me to clean up the dishes and take out the garbage.... to find that Spencer already had. And all I could do was stop and cry. Spencer is so good to me.

I need to work on not lashing out at him when I have a bad day. I'm sorry Spence.





For Spencer's Valentines gift-thing, I made him bacon-wrapped cream cheese jalapenos. I think he really liked them.

I sure did like them!  These are a great example of what happiness tastes like!  I still can't believe Brooke thinks they're gross!  That's okay, I love her anyway, and more for me!

One Year Older & Wiser Too

Happy Birthday Spencer!!

I'm afraid we did not have a lot of time to do much celebrating for Spencer's birthday this year. It fell on a busy day. So that morning, I made sure to have a big breakfast all ready for him and he opened gifts and cards at breakfast.

Spencer's gift from his parents that they got in Hawaii.

Spencer's gift from me. He's excited to ride his bike again. (good thing the weather is super warm right now)

The rest of his birthday was postponed a bit until I could make his pie that he wanted. Spencer did not want cake for his birthday, he wanted pie. With berries. So that is what I made him.

Valentines 2014

On Monday before Valentines, we had a Family Home Evening with some couples in the ward. We watched Elder Scott's talk on Eternal Marriage and then decorated sugar cookies.

This is an anatomically correct heart, with the right side deoxygenated, and the left side oxygenated.  :-)

We also counted the Symphony last Friday as our Valentines date. Then on Valentines Spencer got me a very thoughtful and tasty gift.

My gift to Spencer was a candy bar card and then I made him cream cheese filled jalapenos wrapped in bacon. I think he really liked it :)

Happy Valentines!