REAL and Archie

A couple weeks ago we went to the Real Salt Lake vs. Colorado Rapids game with my family. It was an event - before the game even started! Some parachuters dropped into the stadium from the sky...Then David Archuleta walked out to sing the national anthem and, no joke, the old woman in front of us ripped open her blouse to reveal an Archuleta t-shirt...

Then because they were dedicating the stadium, they had a member of the seventy say the dedicatory prayer. Before he prayed he said a few words in Spanish (Brody translated), including "we are here to watch this beautiful game of soccer, the king of all sports" or something to that affect. I would just like to formally agree.
Then the actual game was played. It was a pretty good game but ended with a stupid goal by the Rapids resulting in a 1-1 tie. Blurg. Then, the highlight of my evening....
No, not the "mini concert" by David Archuleta, but watching teenage girls try to storm the field to get closer to Archie, only to be chased around by security guards. HILARIOUS!

Crazy Chair

So for some reason, I think I'm crafty and get these crazy ideas to repaint and reupholster stuff. A couple weeks ago I got on a garage sale kick and we found an arm chair for $5 - and I snagged it because it had such a great shape. But clearly it needed some new fabric, see below...
So one evening, Brody and I start to rip all on the fabric off...
And and entire week and one tired husband later, we came up with this... I don't know why I put Brody through this kind of torture, but he was such a trooper! And man is he good with a staple gun! I am so so pleased with the result...but I really don't think we will reupholster something this complex ever again. I should really come to terms with my actual level of craftiness.

Yes we can!

So it's official. We're going to build a house! Not ourselves, but by some people who actually know how to build houses...like this guy
To all my neighbors who love us, don't worry - we're just building across the street. I am looking forward to this because we can literally watch it go up and because moving will consist of throwing things haphazardly into our cars.
This is what our house looks like right now...

but without what appears to be a cliff on the other side of the fence. But in a few months it will look like this - ta da!
Or something similar.
Anyway, I'm thinking about having a yard sale to get rid of stuff and make money to buy new furniture :) If anyone is interested in getting in on the fun and combining forces - let me know!

Back to Normal

So as most of you know, I lost my job back in January, and I feel like I have been really off my groove the last couple months. I have learned valuable lessons about being grateful for what I have and being better about saving money. And though I've complained about it a lot, sorry Brody, I am grateful that I was able to find work in this economy. I've been doing a lot of this...

and working for a man like this....
AND NOW...dun dun dun...I'm back at ICON where I'll be doing a lot of this...
A friend of mine (Hollah Michelle!) is having a baby in May and I was lucky enough to get her job - thanks to some great recommendations from her and my old boss and coworkers. I am so excited to be back working with a lot of the same people and working in an industry I am interested in (no, stream restoration was not it).

Thanks everyone!

What a fun accidental-experiment that was! I didn't even know half of you were stalking me! Thanks everyone for your addresses...I'm not going to make promises now that I'll blog more because then I'd be lying.

Blog addresses

So I have no idea how this happened, but I lost all my links to everyone's blogs. I'm kind of a computer geek too, so I'm completely baffled. Anyway, if you would like me to continue to blog-stalk you, please leave a comment with your blog address for me and I'll re-link ya. Thanks!!

Island Park and Yellowstone

Waterfall

Old Faithful

This Cadillac of snowmobiles - back rest, heated seats, and hand-warmers

The whole gang. Guess which ones we are!