13 July 2009

A Good Day

Today is my birthday! I've got aproximately 35 minutes to go, even. It has been a good day. Lots of people sent me good-wishes via Facebook. I also got phone calls from family members. Drew popped up by the side of my bed this morning and said, "Happy Birthday, Mom!" Samantha has been running around saying, "Bappy Birbay!" all day. Some of the waiters and one of the chefs sang to me at Red Lobster and gave me a little ice cream sundae with a candle in it. And at work, my friend brought cupcakes for me and treated me to a wrap at Schlotsky's for dinner. Thanks, everbody!
Being 28 isn't too bad. Not that it's much different than being 27, but I've always had something against even numbers. So we'll see how this year goes. So far, so good!
In unrelated news, I've been taking the kids to Lunch at the Park. They love to run around and play, and I love to not have to fix lunch (not like it's hard, I'd just rather have someone else do it for me). It's been really good for Drew and Owen to learn how to take turns and share with kids who aren't their siblings. One day last week, Drew tried to climb into one of the tunnels on the playgroud, but a little kid (maybe about 2 years old) with coke-bottle glasses popped out of the tunnel and yelled, "Raaarrrr!" Drew came running back to me screaming. I had to try so hard not to laugh, and just told Drew, "If you want to play in the tunnel, just go ask that boy." Drew decided he didn't really want to play in the tunnel anymore. The mental image of Drew running away from that cute little boy with those huge glasses still makes me chuckle.

06 July 2009

Park City

I guess it's time for another update on the ol' blog.
Work has been keeping me pretty busy (or at least away from the house for 9 hours a day--we don't actually do a whole lot at work). I'm liking the job so far, though.
We had a great July 4th weekend. David took me to Park City, UT, for an early birthday present. My mom watched the kids for us (thank you, thank you!). We went down Friday afternoon and checked into our hotel. We stayed at the April Inn on Main. It was a cute little room with a kitchen/front room and a separate bedroom. Friday evening, we drove into Salt Lake City to watch a MLS game: Real Salt Lake vs. San Jose Earthquakes. It was an exciting game, with a tied score 1-1. I would love to go to more MLS games. There was also a bonus fireworks show after the game, which made it even more fun.
Saturday, we watched Park City's Independence Day Parade from our balcony, then we went to Olympic Park to play around. We saw the aerial show put on by the freestyle ski team, then we toured the museum and park. We rode the Alpine Slide, which is like a luge for the summertime. We also rode the zip line, but wish we had forked out more cash and rode the bigger one. When we get more moolah, we'd like to go back and ride the bobsled. It's pretty expensive though, for about a 1 minute ride. Makes places like Six Flags and Disney Land seem cheap!
After spending a while at Olympic Park, we went to the outlet mall (which was sort of disappointing because I had been under the impression that outlet malls were supposed to be cheap when really almost everything was regular department store prices. I did score a couple $5 shirts for myself and a couple $3 shirts for Samantha, though, so it wasn't a total waste of time).
When we got bored of shopping (David got bored long before I did), we stopped by the grocery store to pick up some steaks. We took them back to our hotel and cooked them there, which was fun. Then we watched Park City's fireworks display. It was pretty decent for a small town show.
We checked out Sunday morning and headed back to Pocatello, arriving home just as my mom and the kids got home from church. Perfect timing! The trip was a blast; a much better birthday present than the vacuum I had originally asked for (I still need a new one, though). I only wish I had remembered my camera! Here's a picture of the outside of our hotel that I stole from hotels.com. Our room was the room on the upper right in the yellow building.

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