Had a pretty busy week considering it was shorter, but it really wasn't that interesting. I had some school and I worked, Melissa did more of the same except she got to go to lunch with one of her friends and caught up on life. They went to Go Sushi, I was pretty jealous.
Miss and Lara at Lunch
So this weekend we got a couch Nicole and Bryce donated to the foster family fund. That was sure nice of them. The donation went to a foster family in need. Thanks also should go to Mike and Madison for giving up their time and truck for the pickup.
couch
Saturday I got my hair cut... That was neat. I also took care of some car stuff. I changed the oil and what not. We also had another game night. It was pretty fun only Missy is a poor sport if I win. I don't get it. We still had fun. I love Uno Attack it just brings a smile to my face when you see someone get hit with a face load of cards. Anyway that was a brief post for the weekend. Its late and I am working on a sweet playlist for my ipod. All 90's goodness. I can't wait to listen to it.
Preston has the birthday that just never seems to end. On Thursday (his actual birthday) we went to breakfast with his parents before he headed to work and that evening we went to Tres Hombres which is always scrumptious and then back to our place for cake and ice cream. It was fun to spend the evening with friends and family. (The list included both our families and Mike and Madison as well as Em and Ryan)
Check out the festivities. I had so many candles that I had to count!
This is our good friends Mike and Madison. She just cut off a foot of hair! Look how cute it is!
Preston is always thrilled to get an i tunes gift card. Music is his favorite past time.
I made Em cut the cake because I didn't want to ruin it. Look at how delicious it looks!
This is the sign above the ranch! Look at how much snow!
This is the whole gang that came up the first night. Us, Em and Ryan and Marie Kevin and Hailey.
I thought this picture of Marie's family was so adorable. I just love Hailey's smile!
Just chillin with the Ladies!
Em and Ryan stayed the whole time. I love Em's hair straight. It is beautiful!
I thought that this picture of the barn taken from inside the cabin was pretty neat. I was just messing around with our new camera.
We had fun playing around with our new camera that we got for Christmas. I kinda like the black and white!
On Saturday Preston and I went up the canyon to go snowboarding and try out our new snow attire. (Keep in mind the coat is his birthday present which isn't until Thursday but I let him wear it anyway.) We got up to Brighton and the parking lot was full and the last thing I wanted to do was hike up canyon. So we decided on Solitude. The original forecast was supposed to be cloudy, but it turned out to be a beautiful day and was gorgeous and sunny. Solitude has a system where you get a pass and put it in your pocket and a scanner scans it before you get on the lift, so no more stickers to put on your coat! Always a bonus because A. They never come off and B. It is nearly impossible to align the two ends. Solitude was great. It was fun to go on new runs. 
This was our $24 lunch! (It's almost as bad as the price of food at disneyland!)The only downside of the day was all the flat places which are super lame on a snowboard since you are constantly taking your board on and off. Well the only other part that wasn't my favorite was when it started to get dark and we got to the top of a lift and we went down a hill that had moguls. (how on earth you do that on a snowboard is beyond me.) I think I snow plowed the whole way down. ( We are pretty sure it was a black diamond run) It was at that moment I wished I had my skiis. Skiing is like walking to me, but snowboarding is another story. I can get down the hill and carve, but I am not very confident. Pretty much I like to take it SLOW.
Then the fiascos of the day. The fact that we left the resort at 4:20 and got down at 5:50, which is why Preston is making this lovely face that gives him a double chin, and then on the way to the Jazz game I-80 was down to 1 lane. What a joke! Well we finally made it. And I felt awful because Marie and Kevin were already there and were waiting for us since we had their tickets. Madison and Mike made it about half time because poor Madison felt sick and they had to get off trax and walk from 4th south to the Energy Solutions Arena. (Doesn't it just roll off your tongue?) It ended up being an awesome game (except for the last two minutes where all they do is foul each other to buy more time... seriously ridiculous) At the game we ran into Lara and Ryan who have dated since Lara and I were juniors in high school. It was so great because all of us went to dinner and dessert after the game at PF Changs. I got my personal favorite (Lettuce Wraps and The Great Wall of Chocolate) What was hilarious though was that Mike and Madison decided to walk from the game over since their wasn't enough room in our car. And yet they got there before we even got out of the parking garage. 
We drove both Mike and Madison and Marie and Kevin to their cars and so they were crammed in our backseat. It felt like high school all over again. I am pretty sure you only see cop cars when you are breaking the law. But luckily, we didn't get pulled over. It was such a fun night. It was good to see Marie because she has been so sick lately being in the first trimester of her pregnancy, and I hadn't seen Lara since my recital. I love weekends!
Gratitude
1 month ago
