Weekend Update

The weekend started with going out to dinner to celebrate Paige's birthday!



Kirsten, me, Paige


My grandma and my mom


Saturday afternoon was pretty chill. I did some boring stuff around the house, went grocery shopping. Later we went to Les and Sonny's house for ribs and a little Wii competition. Not as crazy as Good Friday, but fun nonetheless. My camera ran out of batteries, so unfortunately I don't have pictures of the Wii wackiness. I'm pretty sure I lost most of the time and my arm hurts from tennis. I'm old.

Sonny and Bill doing some manly cleaning


Bill and Brian trying out the police breathalyzer someone stole...it works!


Metra and Jim


Side note: I'm trying this new experiment. No beer until Memorial Day to see if I can lose a few. So on Saturday, I was just drinking Crystal Light with vodka. Little did I know the Crystal Light was staining my lips red. Watch how it progressively gets worse throughout the course of the night.

Of course a small dance party began on the deck


I have no idea what Julie is doing to Sonny


Les, me, Mabe 

This guy named Ayo showed up and he was inappropriate with pretty much every girl there


Mr. Bill


Sonny: he's very reflective!


Mabe, Bill, Les


Sunday was one of the most beautiful Spring days I've ever seen! What I really wanted to do was go the Bees game, but I had too much adult stuff to do. So I did a bunch of laundry and read one of my books for book club, Three Cups of Tea. Highly recommended!

I laughed, I cried and you will too

I was wandering around You Tube today and I stumbled across this group called Young@Heart. I was curious because I saw they were singing I Wanna Be Sedated but they were quite old. So I pushed play and here's what I saw:



I thought it was so funny so I looked around for some more. I found this gem, a mix of Stayin' Alive and I Will Survive.



Then I saw they also did a cover of Fix You, one of my favorite songs. Just a warning, I was bawling by the end of this song.

Happy Birthday Paige!

Today is Paige's 17th birthday! She is the baby of the family and I can't believe she is getting to be so old. Some of my favorite memories about Paige :

• One of her first words was Jessi
• Watching movies/Freaks & Geeks/Arrested Development/Intervention on Sunday nights
• Going to concerts together...I especially remember the Big Ass Show from 2003 when we missed half of the AFI set because of stupid Eve 6. Also, I thought she had been trampled in the mosh pit...turns out she was fine, but lost a shoe.
• Displace Me 2007: "No, the cows do not eat the roots of the grass!"
• Texting into the wee hours of the night
• Knowing she will never judge me

Remember when she had black hair and was obsessed with AFI?

Her favorite things to do: sleep and talk on the phone




She's kind of a messy eater...



She likes to take self-portraits





She always makes me laugh

I love you Paige!! Happy Birthday!

Weekend Update

I had a fabulous weekend! My sister Aimee, her boyfriend Jack and my nephews were in town from Dallas. I hadn't seen them since October...it's so hard to have them live so far away.  We started off with lunch at Pat's BBQ.  SO good!  Jack said it even rivaled Texas BBQ so if you enjoy lots of meat (and who doesn't??) it's highly recommended.

Braden enjoyed his rib


Aimee and Macklin


Auntie J and Braden


The rest of the day we hung out in the sunshine, dug some holes and ate graham crackers.






Spiderman made an appearance and helped plant some seeds


Later I took Aimee and Jack out to Murphy's to meet some of my friends.

Me, Aimee, Jack, Monty


Some of you may remember my old friend Ryan! He was in town from Austin for a wedding. I missed him! We're still BFF after all these years...


Aimee hadn't seen Ryan in years...this is how she shows her love


Even Scottie dropped by and graced us with his presence


Jack sandwich


Mont did a nice impression of Ryan


Here's his impression of Sonny from a few weeks ago. Monty will have to be his proxy since Sonny was lame and went home early to go to bed.


Ry tired to fix my hair...a bit too edgy for me


Mabe and Les


Monty and Allen have become really close since that one night at Sound


Friday afternoon we drove up Little Cottonwood Canyon. Jack had never really seen big mountains and he was impressed!

Mack made a snow angel


Aimee and Jack


Me and Aimee


Friday night was the Jazz game and they kicked the Spurs' asses!


Saturday afternoon we went bowling. When Macklin says his nightly prayers he has asked God very politely to let him go bowling so we had to go!


Paige had the distinction of having the lowest score the first game and the highest score the second game


Braden tried to bowl, but the ball weighed more than he does


Later I was off to Ryan's niece's wedding. I had to go all the way to Utah County and reception was outside on the damn rooftop! But I got to dance later so I was ok with it.

Ryan and me


Ry and his sister Allison


This could be our family if we were still together like it was 1995


I dragged Ry out to the dance floor and he was not amused 


Brunch and family party on Sunday

Auntie J and Braden


Mack


Mack made some Spiderman brownies


Paige and Mack


My mom showing the boys how to bust a move


Mack self-portrait


Braden