A few weeks ago, we went to eat at Kneaders (yum!) and they had a drawing for free tickets to the premiere of Eclipse. Well, I'm on Team Jacob for the Twilight series and couldn't resist the chance to win a few tickets. Lucky me, I won! So, I took off a few hours at work today and went with Critty to the movie. It was awesome! A lot of people like it as the best of the Twilight series, but as much as I liked it, it still wasn't my favorite. My favorite is Twilight. Probably because it was all new and the characters really surprised me...didn't look a think like I had them pictured from reading the books. Anyway, Kneaders really did it up. In addition to the free tickets, they gave each of us a thing of popcorn, a drink, and at the end, a huge sucker that says "Love 4 Ever". Too fun! Thanks, Kneaders!
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Only 1 More Day!
So, after four weeks of doing the pilot program of Game On!, we are down to the last hours of the game. I am so excited that I can't stand it! It has been so hard for me to blog or journal every night, to not text while driving, to get 7 hours of sleep, to drink 101 ounces of water a day and to eat great. I will continue to not text while driving (the iPhone4 is too hard to do that with one hand)because I shouldn't have been doing that in the first place, but the other things I will do as I please. I'll probably commit to some other crazy scheme, but for this next week, complete freedom! Can't wait!!! It's been a good experience...and a bad experience. I've felt like I've had absolutely no time to do what I want to do. It's work, exercise, blog, to bed. Only one more day...
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Sunday, June 27, 2010
Sundays with Family
One of my favorite days of the week is Sunday, because every other Sunday we have our kids and their families (at least the ones that are close) over for dinner. We all get together and hang out, eat a good meal, play games and just chill. I love being all together and I really want the cousins to be close to each other, so it's fun to watch them all interact. I hate it when it's time for them all to go because it feels like a mass exodus, but at least it's heaven for a few hours! Love those kids...and grandkids!
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Saturday, June 26, 2010
Party with the Colovos Clan
Well, hell has officially frozen over. 32 years of marriage and we finally won the toss to have Kathy, Gus, Kristen, Ryan and Reagan stay with us while they are visiting from New Mexico. For those of you who don't know, Kathy was my roommate at BYU that introduced me to her brother (in reality, cousin) that I fell in love with and married. She lives in Albuquerque now and when she does come to Utah, she usually stays with her sister, Linda. But, ha, ha, Linda is out of town, so she is staying with us! Party! James is flying in tonight and we'll have their whole family except Kristen's hubby, Chris. I love it! Here's to good times!
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Techy Savvy...Not this girl!!
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Sunday, June 20, 2010
Father's Day 2010
Today was Father's Day, and since the First and Third Sundays of the month our kids go to their inlaws for dinner, Chris was feeling pretty down. Of course, the kids all called their dad, but he was still hoping to see them and spend some time with them, but didn't think it was going to happen...or if it did, that it would only be for a few minutes. He was pleasantly surprised when Bree, Andy and Gubby came up just after church and about a half hour later, Tierney, Laila and Sloan showed up! Jackson is in Florida with his other grandparents, but he called and wished his Grandpa a happy day and Skyleur and his boys called earlier and wished Chris a happy Father's day. Vinny showed up a little later and rounded the party right out! Needless to say, Chris' day was complete and he is a happy camper. Thanks for being such a great hubby, father and grandfather, honey! I love you!
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Friday, June 18, 2010
No Lov'n from the Oven
About a month ago, Chris and I and Tierney and her kids were down in St. George. We had noticed that they built a new Brick Oven Pizza Parlor right at the top of St. George boulevard, but we had never been to it. Tierney and I both have fond memories of the Brick Oven in Provo, so we decided to go. Long story short, we were there for over three hours. We had to wait over an hour to be seated and then the service was horriffic! When we finally did get our meals, they were no good. It was ridiculous. The manager came by and asked how our meals were, and we told her the truth. She gave us gift cards (4) of $5 each and said they were good in either location and to please give Brick Oven another chance. Well, tonight we decided to try the Provo location to get the bad taste out of our mouth from the St. George location. Didn't happen. We were seated quickly enough, but the table we were at was in the banquet room and it was really noisy. In addition, they had this rack thing hanging on the wall that Tierney hit her head on several times and about knocked herself out. As for the service, well, my meatballs didn't come on my spaghetti and Tierney and Vinny's pizza NEVER came out. The manager came by and asked how our meals were, and we told him. As it turns out, our server forgot to put the pizza order into the kitchen. Great. They put the order in and asked if they wanted it in a "to go" box. I guess they wanted to clear the table to seat another customer. Vinny told them that they reason they go to a restaurant is to enjoy eating out. The manager said he would compensate them with free dessert. When the waitress came back to take the dessert order, she got all flustered when they ordered two desserts. When Vinny reminded her that they both had to wait for their meals, she disappeared and didn't come back for awhile, but when she did, there were two desserts. She dropped off the bill and ran off. We put our gift cards and Visa in the folder and she came back and snatched them fast. Not a great night. To make it even worse, there was road construction going down and back on I-15. The drive home took us almost an hour. No more Lov'n from the Oven for us!
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Thursday, June 17, 2010
Sports Night!
Tonight was Game #7 of the Los Angeles Lakers vs. the Boston Celtics. Those of you who know us well, know that Chris is an avid Lakers fan--having grown up in L.A., his heart is there instead of with the Jazz. He says he's a Jazz fan as long as they are NOT playing the Lakers. Anyway, watching intense games like these can cause great tension in our home. Luckily, we had an alternative tonight. Bree's friend from high school, Juba, was singing the national anthem at the Salt Lake Bees game and our good friend, Craig Terry, gave us free tickets to the game, so Bree, Andy, Branson, Critty and I went to the Bees game to support Juba. Gubby got a little bored after the first inning, so I went an bought him a soft bat and ball (it was a Yankees bat and ball!) to help keep him engaged while we watched the game. Truth be told, I'd rather watch Gubby than the Bees any day. So, we had a good time--watched Juba sing and then stayed until the seventh inning. The Bees were killing the Las Vegas 51, and Gubby hit his wall, so we headed home. We had checked the score in the Fanzz shop at the game and the Lakers were down 10 points in the 3rd quarter. Critty was NOT a happy camper. When we got home, there were four minutes left in the game. The Lakers were up by 6, but the Celtics would hit a three pointer and then the Lakers were only up by two. By the time the game was over, I'd aged 20 years. It is the most exhausting thing to watch a game with Chris. He is way too intense. He rants, he raves, he paces, he commentates, he whines, he cheers, you name it, he does it! Lucky for me, the Lakers pulled it out! It would have been a longgggggg night if not. In fact, I think I would have had to sign him up for therapy....Yay, Lakers!
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Critty's Birthday
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Sunday, June 13, 2010
The Cash Cube
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Friday, June 11, 2010
Andy turns the Big 3-0 !!
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Monday, June 7, 2010
TV Addictions
When the fall and winter set in, we always find ourselves reconnecting with the good old television and then when spring hits, we start weening ourselves away so that we can play all summer long. Well, this year's been a little different. Our favorite TV series, 24 and Lost both ended and we felt a little panic attack of withdrawal going on--so we opted to replace our Monday night "date night" with Parkos with The Bachelorette. It's not a bad show, but we have so much fun getting together with the pals that we end up chatting all night and I can't get my seven hours of sleep in. Oh well, which is more important? Friends or points in a competitive Game On! game? Friends will win every time in my book! Until next Monday (and Ali better get rid of the stinkin' weatherman) when we tune in again...
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Sunday, June 6, 2010
Sloan Tia Rowe's Blessing Day
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Sunny Saturdays are Back!
Ah, summer has finally hit (at least it better be summer!) and the pool parties have started! We had all these plans to work in the yard today, and ride our motorcycles, and go shopping and with one little phone call, all that went right out the door! Bree called about 11:00 AM and asked what we were doing and if we were going swimming today. Well, given the opportunity to hang out with our kids and grandkids put everything else on hold and we all went swimming. First, Bree and Branson came over, then Andy and Jared, then Jackson, Laila and Sloan. We swam until we were fully pruned and sunburnt, and then came in the house for awhile. I'm worried aobut Jack and Laila...they came after the sunscreen rub down and we forgot to slather them up. I hope they are sleeping well and don't look like lobsters at their little sister's blessing tomorrow! Here's to more fun pool days!
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Friday, June 4, 2010
Belated Birthday Party
Well, my favorite day of the year rolls around, my birthday, and I wake up at 4:00AM with food poisoning. Needless to say, my birthday on June 2nd was not a great day! We had to postpone my party until tonight. We went to Lonestar restaurant and then home for cake and ice cream.
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