Trip to Idaho

I took a little trip to Idaho last weekend. I had an appointment in Idaho Thursday afternoon, so I decided to stay for a couple of days and play with my family. I had fun watching my parents in a play that was put on by their stake. It was called Esther. It was similar to Joseph's Technicolored Dream Coat in that it was musical, funny, and very entertaining. I was impressed with the scenery and costumes. They did a very nice job. I had fun hanging out with my mom and dad, as well as my sister Julie and her family. I had a nice visit with my old roommate Sonia. It was so good to see her again and meet her baby boy. We could have talked for hours on end! Then I got to babysit my neices while my sister went to the David Archuleta concert with her husband. They are such sweet girls. Ashlie even started warming up to me. She's my little buddy! It makes you feel so good when a two year old wants to be your friend. There's just something about it that makes you feel good. That night, I went with my sister and some of her friends to the midnight release of the Twilight movie. We attempted to make ourselves look like vampires and headed to Walmart. We had a fun time being silly. Jules knows how to have a good time. Saturday morning was spent eating waffles, chasing my neices around some more, and finishing up projects with my mom's assistance. I may be biased, but I think I have the best family! Here's some pictures that I stole from Julie's blog, because I had forgotten to charge my camera. We did a fun sister photo shoot at Julie's house.

Julie and me

A more dramatic shot
Mom, Jules, and me

Sista, Sista!
Outside of Walmart, entering into the Twilight zone! Do I look like a vampire? Nah, more like a zombie. We're not die hard fans, but it was fun just to hang out and have a good time. I bought a copy for my mom, but sadly I didn't even have time to watch it before I left Idaho. I did see it in the theater and I thought it was awesome!

Jules with her very own copy of Twilight! Thanks for talking me into coming with you Jules. It was fun!

Chef Bradley

Brad decided he was in the mood to cook this weekend. Fine with me, because I had plenty of other stuff to do. He cooked a gourmet pasta dish on Saturday and then he decided to make some bread. It was a longer process than he was expecting, I think. But he said it was well worth the effort. I agree, that bread turned out great! We've enjoyed that with our meals for the last couple of days. Good job, Brad! I'll have to make homemade wheat bread some time and show him that wheat bread can taste good, too! But I let him make it the way he wants when he's cooking, so of course he chose white. Then on Sunday, I was about to whip up some honey curry chicken (my fav) and he begged me not to. He said he would come up with a different meal using the same produce and cook it. I wanted a nap so he didn't have to twist my arm. I love having someone else cook for me. He cooked a really yummy chicken dish that was topped with red and green bell peppers, onions, tomatoes along with our homemade bread. What good smells to wake up to. Well, all I have to say is that Chef Brad can come cook in our kitchen any time. As long as he's not too messy! Thanks for cooking, honey! With a little Slap Ya Mama those dishes were a hit!

We also had dinner made for us tonight by our neighbor. I bid on having her cook us dinner at the Relief Society service auction. She cooked us ham fried rice, cashew chicken, and beef with broccoli stir-fry. It tasted great and the best part is, no dishes! All I had to do was put the tupperware in the dishwasher. So, basically I have been spoiled the last few days. And we have left-overs! Ah, life is good when I have time to do other things besides cook and clean.

Weekend and BYU Game

We had the pleasure of having Brad's younger brothers, Alan and Colin, stay with us for the weekend. They came to spend time with some friends they had made at EFY and also for Alan to have his turn going to a BYU basketball game with Brad. They are such great young men. It was fun to have them around and get to know them better. Brad had a great time because he had guys to watch sports with. They even played a little basketball.

Brad and Alan had a fun time watching BYU beat Utah. They said it was a good game.

Brad said there were tons of students!

The Cougarettes....Brad said it was a cool routine....I'm sad I missed it


Having fun with our new camera...it's great! We got it on sale at Circuit City, thanks to them going out of business. It's a Sony Cyber-Shot. It's just what we needed and at the right price! I'm determined to figure it out and start taking more pictures.

Alan

Colin

So we had a nice relaxing and fun weekend. We watched Iron Man and I thought it was a good movie. Brad was hesitant to watch it, but he ended up liking it.

Then last night we watched the Finale for the Bachelor. I know we're silly but we got hooked during the DeAnna season. Can you believe what happened? I was in shock. First of all, I thought he should have kept Jillian. But after she was gone, I really thought he was going to choose Melissa, which he did. But then he goes and changes his mind before he's given it a chance? I think this show messed Jason up. I don't think I'll watch the next season for several reasons. Unless they choose Jillian as the Bachelorette! Anyway, maybe it will work out between him and Molly. I guess we'll see. Did any of you follow this season only to be astonished by this twisted ending?