WingNuts

After my awesome boarding adventures, I hustled home to shower and get ready to meet friends at WingNuts in Draper. I had plans to meet my awesome friend Rachelle:

so that Paul and I could meet her boyfriend. He didn't get off work until 8:30 and so we decided to hang out together while I helped my friend, Britney, promote her new business Klub Knarley. Britney's good friends just opened WingNuts a few weeks ago and one of the services Britney provides is providing models for whatever you need. So basically, our job was to go around to tables, ask them how they were diggin the place, how they heard of WingNuts, ect. ect., and get refills on their drinks if they wanted. The owner, Melissa is super fantastic and lets us have free food and drinks and we just hung out all night. It's really laid back and we ended up having a LOT of fun!

That would be my sweet husband punching me in the face here:

My sweet husband being a doink as always:

And the three of us together:

Yeah, the flash highlights a certain area so my friends Britney and Brooke helped me out with that:

We headed home to our place with Rachelle and Orlando once he met up with us and we played some D.J. Hero and great time.

Surfin' The Snow

Friday I scheduled myself to be sick from work and relied on the good clean mountain air to make me better again.

My great friend Shannon goes to Snowbird all the time because her mom works and there and she got a killer deal on a season pass - hooch! - and so they scored me a half price day ticket. I have never been to Snowbird and thanks to Shannon, I got to experience the BEST snowboarding EVER.

Here we are on the top of the backside of Snowbird:

I can't believe how much space there is up there and how many runs you can find. The day was amazing - I had to dump my coat finally cuz I was working up a sweat. The snow was fantastic and the runs made me work for it. I have never had so much fun on a slope!

On the way up, Shannon was telling me about this guy who is always there and he dresses in leopard from head to toe. When we stopped for lunch up the middle of the mountain, I spotted some woman dressed head to toe in zebra. I thought how bizarre, what a coincidence. And as I was showing Shannon, we both spotted the man in leopard.


Apparently the man paints his stuff himself (we found this out from a guy at a nearby table). I HAD to take pictures of this stuff - where else would you find a man and woman dressed like an African safari...complete with capes??

We saw people dressed in the weirdest stuff. One guy was even wearing his cowboy hat, trench coat, in his jeans with his holster and gun strapped on. So weird.

It was such a fun day and I don't do all-day boarding but that was fantastic. Shannon and I had a great time remembering the rodeo days, all the fun things we did together on our horses like running through the trees in our neighborhood like they were poles, running the poles at the same time from the opposite direction (very tricky) and running bareback through our speed events - at full speed - at out of town rodeos while the arena was empty. I had forgotten how much fun I have with her so I'm very happy to have had her as my Snowbird tour guide...and now I feel much much better. I must have not been sick after all :)

Bronsynn's Birthday Bash

Bronsynn turned 14 on January 8th, and as a present she ended up breaking (not spraining) her wrist. Our family gathered 'round to celebrate Sunday the 10th. By that time, she couldn't feel a thing in her hard-as-rock splint.

We celebrate with Taco Salad, Ice cream and cake:

She received a super cute beanie (so jealous!!!):

We played Blurt and laughed a ton:

Bronsynn had a tooth that was barely hanging on, just waiting to be pulled, (and yeah, she's fourteen and still losing teeth - she still has a couple more to go...so weird) however, she WOULD NOT pull it out. That's where we come in :)

You would think that we'd go easy on her since it's her birthday and all. Nope :)

A broken wrist and forced teeth-pulling. What is family for?? Happy Birthday beautiful girl.

Catching Fire

Finished yesterday after a very busy weekend and I CAN. NOT. WAIT for the third book to come out. I am really pissed off that I have to wait until August to finish this. Suzanne leaves these books on total cliffhangers and your left wanting, nay -NEEDING - more. I have to know what happens!!! Sunuva.......

Aaaaaaaaghhhhh!!!!!

So I have this totally far out, wickedly awesome, 100% la-te-da friend whose name is Teresa (always full of Happy Thoughts)and she comes to my house a week or so ago and announces that she bought me a present from England and that she is so so so so SO exciteded to give it to me but, of course, she won't tell me what it is. So I think and think and think "What could she possibly be getting me from England??" I am clueless (about this subject, not generally speaking).

She calls me yesterday to inform me she is stopping by to give me my gift. I am so excited, even though she keeps reminding me it's no big deal. She comes over with her cute little Jensen with his cute little dimples and gives my my package... from England. I rip it open and see this:

AAAAAAAAAGGGGHHHH!!!!

I'm embarrassed to say that I scream like a giddy little girl cuz I'm so excited that I own Leon Jackson thanks to my fab friend. No big deal??? No big deal?? I beg to differ. Not just because of the album, but because of the thought and I love it and love her! And cute little Jensen who wanted a hug from the weirdo girl freaking out over a CD!

Thankyavedymuch, Teresa!!

Hunger Games...I'm Hungry For More!!!

Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is the next book I read for my "Book Club" (oy, I can't believe I write those words!!) that I was invited to join. I first heard of this book a couple of years ago. Stephanie Meyer's recommended it as a great reader and I wanted to read it but I never got around to it. Well, since it was on our reading list, I had no choice! The whole thing seems so barbaric because it is exactly like those movies being made about people being put in a fight to the death and only one person can emerge the winner in exchange for their freedom - I can't think of their names right now. But it is a Young Adult book and although it can be sad at times, it isn't grotesque or bloody or gory - it is just down right impossible to stop reading. I HAVE to go get the sequel - I wish I was done with work RIGHT. NOW. (of course, I'm not blogging while I am work - who does that??)

Brilliant.

I cannot believe that I am blogging about the train wreck that is Heidi Montag. I can't stand this mindless, worldly, empty-headed waste of space. Did I get enough Adjectives in there?? I dunno.

I've watched The Hills before and I can't stand it because all of those people walk around like the worst thing that can ever happen to them is their bikini wax got pushed back a week. They all talk like Malibu Barbies - and then they think that they are the bomb and the most-loved celebrities that walk Hollywood. Ugh. Okay. Enough.

So the reason I'm blogging about Heidi Montag??? Because a few years ago, she looked like this:

Anything wrong with this?? I don't think so. She complains that her nose is much too big and that she was always teased for being flat-chested. So she had plastic surgury, of course, because that's the logical answer to loving one's self.

She came out looking like this:

It was known as her "revenge surgery". She went from looking REAL to looking like she's made of plastic. Oh wait. She is. The make-up is always plastered on, the nails are always done, the hair is always super blonde. The thing that really bothers me though, is what she said in her interview.

"I woke up, and it was like Christmas: I was a nervous wreck, but I was just so excited at the same time. Spencer said, "I'm so proud of you." ... But surgery is a very big deal. Right before I went in, I was like, What if I don't wake up? Oh, this is scary. Then I thought, I don't care. If I don't wake up, it's worth it. I just wanted it so badly."

Are you kidding me?? I don't care about living as much as I care about having giant fake boobs?? Cuz really, that's what it's all about, folks. How disgusting. And then her boyfriend says "I'm proud of you"??? I'm proud of you???? Like, you are doing the right thing sweetheart, way to go!!! Whatever happened to, "You are beautiful the way you are and you don't need a new nose and giant boobs. I love you the way you are." ??? I just love the message being sent to women.

That wasn't enough for her though. After only a few years, she went into hiding and apparently, she had 10 surgeries in ONE day. Why?? " To become "the best me", she says. Huh. I thought that came from the inside??

"For the past three years I have thought about what to have done. I am absolutely beyond obsessed. Every starlet is getting surgery every other day to keep their looks up. They just don't talk about it. I wanted to be honest."

Well hats off to you, Heidi. You are such a role model for honesty. It's so important that you are honest about how you believe looks are more important than breathing itself. And now you look like this:

THIS is the best she can be??? What the... She looks like a man who underwent a sex change and the result came out VERY wrong. She was much prettier before. Her boobs are now DDD - AND - she wants them even bigger!! She had a nose job revision, chin reduction, mini brow lift, botox in forehead and frown area, fat injections in cheeks, nasolabial folds and lips, neck liposuction, ears pinned back, liposuction on waist, hips and thighs, buttock augmentation and breast augmentation revision.

She is so UGLY.

Even if you could consider her looks decent, what she believes makes her incredibly ugly. It's so comforting to know that those who are in the spotlight are sending messages that what is most important in life is what you look like.

There are more important issues going on in the world today. How about just being grateful to be alive??

Leon Jackson

The men and their sexy sexy non-American accents keep on comin'! I have been watching for Leon Jackson's music to become available on iTunes and so far...no cigar. :( BUT!! I am going to share his video for Creative. He is such a cute younger version of Michael Buble....who's Scottish :) I love listening to him talk. So cute. Leon Jackson is the winner on Season Four of The X Factor - and I can see why.

Confession

This is my new obsession (sorry Daniel). I can't help it. Sam Worthington is beyond hot. When you watch him in his interviews and movies and all that...he is DE.LECT.UH.BLE. I fell in love with him in Terminator and am absolutely captivated by him in Avatar. Besides being totally and completely hot in the looks department, he's Australian. 'Nuff said.

The Funs & Frowns of Snowboarding

Last night Paul and I went night boarding on my niece's request. Bronsynn turned 14 (Holy Shite!!) on Friday and she is very determined to learn to snowboard and received her very own snowboarding pants, gloves, and coat for her birthday. So we headed up with her, Gaven and Paul's brother, Matt.

Bronsynn in her socks being piggy-backed over to the Lodge to rent her boots:

It was a perfect night for snowboarding. It wasn't too cold, in fact, I was hot most of the time. And the slopes weren't too hard and icy. A great combination for night boarding.

Paul, me, and Matt in our Riverton Silverwolf football jerseys. I put mine on (and by mine I really mean it was my brother, Morgan's, old little league jersey I stole when he was going to get rid of it) and then when we picked up Matt, he had his High School jersey on and so, to be all cute and matchy matchy, Matt got Paul his other jersey to wear:

Our first run up....and the last time Bronsynn would be so smiley without tears in her eyes because....

She biffed going down a small slope and sprained her wrist. We were lucky because there were two very nice First Aid patrol men on the skis passing us just seconds after she fell. She was carted down the mountain on a sled since she is a beginner and wouldn't have been able to make it down without needing her hand. The nice man who brought her down on the sled let us play with Jake, one of their rescue dogs:

After filling out a bunch of paperwork, calling her mom and figuring out insurance, she was carted into the back room of the resort's clinic for an X-Ray to see if she broke it. She may have slightly fractured it, which she will be having to see another doctor to make sure, and so they put her in a splint and I managed to keep her laughing despite all the crying:

Poor girl. At least she looked stylin' in her new duds. After she was all bandaged up, she camped out in the Brown Bag Area and I joined the boys for a some runs and we all had a great time finding as many jumps as we could and practicing on the half-pipe. That was the fun part....fyi.

James Morrison

This man has a super sexy voice. I just love me a man with a sexy voice.

James Morrison has so much talent and I love listening to him. I think you'll enjoy Precious Love, Broken Strings feat. Nelly Furtado,You Make It Real & Get to You. However, you can't go wrong this guy. His music has a souly R&B feel and he makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

Do They Get Any Cuter Than This??? I Mean, Seriously!!

My sister, Amber, recently took her kids to get their pictures done by this amazingly talented photographer. I just died when I saw the pictures and I had to post them. Aren't my nephews super cute?? Oh my gosh I can't stand it!!! There a quite a few more pictures but I tried to pick the ones I like the most, which is really hard to do.

DALLIN:

MOM & BOYS:

AIDEN:

Avatar!!!!

We rounded out that last of our holiday week with Indian food and DJ Hero with Becky and Judd, a visit with some girlfriends, Rachelle and Monica (Monica having come home for the holidays from Colorado), primary meetings and a Primary Activity, and a couple more movies.

Sherlock Holmes = FANTASTIC. I love it. It is such an interestingly made movie and Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law are pretty dang good.

Saturday, we finally got to go see Avatar!!! Avatar = BLOODY AMAZING!

It was seriously awesome and fun! Here we are in our stylin' 3D Glasses and apparently we were all feelin' the peace signs and thuggin' it out:

Amanda & Kenny:

Bronsynn, Paul and Me:

Sam and Morgan:

And Bronsynn and Paul again:

We had to wait a week to see in Imax - it was that sold out. And I 100% recommend seeing it in 3D. It is just the coolest movie ever. Although seeing it in 3D sorta made me want to puke at times, I still want to go see it again...in 3D. I'll just take motion sickness pills this time, which I should have thought of before since I am cursed. Plus, it was like a kiln in that theatre and that is not a good combo. We didn't get out of the movie until after 1 a.m., didn't fall asleep until after 2 a.m. and had to get up the next morning for our new 9:00 block schedule - kill me now. It didn't help that I have been sick this whole last week.

And I am back at work today...and I still feel like dung. Hoorah.

New Years Bash...Sorta'

New Years kinda blowed this year....which was just fantastic seeing as how the decade ended and we started a new one. You only get to do that, like, every 10 years you know. :) But I had been getting progressively worse since Christmas and even worse since my family party on Monday. I was not happy with how my Christmas break was being spent sick and for a few days, I refused to rest, still wanting to workout and get done everything I wanted to do. But that made me worse. Duh. However, I can't fully blame our lameness on my sickness. We had talked before about how we didn't want to try to throw a party and didn't want to go out anywhere. So we would just stay home and hang out together. Well, then my siblings asked what we were doing and one by one it was decided that everyone could come over to our house and we would play there all night. A couple of friends were even invited over as well. But New Years Eve rolled around and I was grounded to the couch by my husband, my siblings had all bailed, and so we bailed as well. It was back to just Hubby and little ol' sick me.

It started out with a song on Paul's violin:

We watched a couple movies andgot a little goofy - I had to have some sort of fun on New Years Eve!

Bacardi looks a lot like how I felt:

And then we let trashy stupid Carmen Electra bring in the New Year. Ugh. I hate her. Listening to her try to be a host was exruciating...and I don't know why we didn't try to flip the channel. Seriously!!! I wish there was YouTube footage for anyone who did not see her. What a mindless, useless idgit.

We cracked open a Martinelli, but I didn't even care enough to get out the fun stemware...that was my level of lame:

And the ball dropped and then we watched some T.V. show that came on afterward and off to bed we went!! Geez that was exhausting!!!

Happy New Year!! Resolutions are stupid!!