a Brewers game

Dave and Kelsey are awesome; they know all the ins and outs of extracurricular fun! They found these great (inexpensive) tickets for a Brewer's game, coordinated the whole outing and even hooked the group up with a free appetizer at dinner before the game--they know how to have fun!

The craziest moment of the night was when Kelsey and I came out of the bathroom and a guy in a wheel chair came up and asked if Kelsey was married; if I was married; if we'd ever smoked pot; (told us we should try it someday) why we wouldn't smoke pot; and on and on. He was definitely mentally impaired--probably smoked mental--and shocked that all three of us hadn't tried pot (his response was hilarious! ----"WHaT" with eyebrows raised, and one eyeball looking off in a completely different direction, doing its own thing). It was a great illustration of why I have never, and will never smoke pot--or anything for that matter. The whole interaction was bizarre, but it was SO funny to see the look on Kelsey's face when he came up to her (I am sure the look on my face was the same:)

The game was a blast, and we all had seats next to each other. We played a little bit of musical chairs, and the game was a sensory experience (I will take earplugs next time; the speakers were LOUD)--there were something like 42,000 people there in the stadium that night--and none of us caught the swine flu!

I must mention that the Brewers players are markedly less attractive than the Mariners, but the game was still a blast (who goes for eye candy anyway;)--thanks Barbers!

The Mariners - Woo Hoo!

Mike, Melissa, Phil and I went to a Mariner's vs. Whitesox game in Chicago - somehow Mike scored 11th row tickets for like $15 a piece...then during the six inning we got to move up to the second or third row...it was amazing. This was the first Major League baseball game I have ever been to, and it was amazing to be so close! We got lots of pictures, and I have a new favorite baseball player; he plays for the Mariners, is a great batter, and his name is Branyan.



Below is the Japanese baseball player Ichiro:



We bundled up because it was one COLD night! Luckily Melissa had both a blanket and an extra coat (that layered over one of Phil's hoodies)...parents know how to be prepared! Melissa saved my bum from completely freezing off :)

A great night with the Evans and the Bucks

So, Phil and I have been lucky enough to go to a few of the Milwaukee Bucks games--and I am quite the fan. I really love to cheer on the home team, even if I am in the upper bowl:) We had great seats for this game, and I am not sure if it is fortunate or unfortunate, but I was so engrossed in conversation with Angie, that I didn't really see the game--or the ESPN top 10 play that landed me on TV (I was in the background as the defender stuffed a pass)! On the up side, talking to Angie is always a blast, and we all got to go onto the court and shoot a free-throw after the game. I was stoked because--as Scott is my witness--I made my free-throw perfectly...a "swish," and in heels no less!

Happy Birthday Jill!

Whenever one of us girls has a birthday the rest of us treat her to dinner--one of the few perks of getting a year older. Here we are eating at the Olive Garden--it is a cute picture of everyone, so I had to post it. The girls are, clockwise starting with me, Haley, Jill and Kelsey. Love them! All of the girls husbands are students in Phil's year, and they're each planning on specializing in Orthopedic Surgery...I guess that means they are eachother's competition. Eeek!

The Chicago Temple at Night

Pictures of us at the fountain just outside the Chicago Temple...it looks really pretty at night when it is lit.

So, I have finally gotten around to making a blog--Yea! I am still trying to figure out exactly how to do this...but it can't be that complicated can it? My intelligence seems to be failing me so far...I will putter around until I figure out just how to work this thing...then I hope to create a unique template/backdrop or whatever it is called. Tackling the template right off the line might be a little ambitious. Until then!

Cake Decorating--it was basically a party...

Haley and I took a cake decorating class at Michael's craft store: The instructor was more Mormon than almost any woman I have ever met--she just doesn't know it yet. I ate a lot of icing; Haley threw her cake on a car (accidentally, the car we found out minutes later, as we came into class late, was the intructors--SO funny, but so awkward); and we just had an all around good time. This is a picture of me and the very first cake I designed and decorated. The class was a lot of fun, but that was probably more because of Haley than anything else.

Breakfast, Yum Tum!

SO one morning I was making my wonderful husband pancakes, and I was having troubles pouring symmetrically into the pan...in my incompetence and by some miracle, I poured a perfect fish!

Fall in Milwaukee

Wisconsin is gorgeous in the Spring, Summer and Fall...if it wasn't for the crazy and long winter, I would actually love living here!

Two Year Anniversary

For our second anniversary I went into debt so I could by Phil an ipod--it took me a couple of months to save up my spending money, but it was totally worth it! Phil was more excited than I have ever seen him--he isn't really a 'gusher'. Phil got my Mrs. scriptures (without my maiden name), which--in the end--will probably benefit me more than an ipod will him...I wonder if he was dropping a hint? I am not sure what day we took these pictures: I love presents so much I might not have been able to wait for Phil to open his ipod;)