Black Friday

I think it is really appropriate that they call the day after Thanksgiving "Black Friday" because I think it really will be the death of me! Every year it is tradition that we go shopping Friday morning, a few years ago we decided to make it an all nighter. We start the evening out with a movie, this year we saw Blindside and Loved it! I think we all cried our makeup off. Then we headed to Walmart. I have yet to make it, every year I go "sleep" in the car. It's not really sleeping because it is so cold and there are so many people around, and you almost get too tired to sleep! After Walmart we went to Burlington Coat factory, they had great deals on boots if you could find a right/left combo in the same size. Sounds easy, but the store was ripped up! People were hoarding certain shoes until they found a mate. Some were in the wrong boxes and they were all over the store. We went to Roberts who had unreal lines. They took so long! Then Target and the mall. We finished the day with Olive Garden which was delicious and well worth the wait! It was fun to have Jenn come along, it was her first time with us! I don't know if she will come again. Last year we didn't have Kortni, C'aira, and Jennifer, so it was so much fun to have them there. It just wasn't the same without them last year. But we got some good deals and no fist fights!

Boise

My brother Dave is interviewing for his residency, he's been traveling all over the country to find the right place, GK and I went with him to Boise. I've never been a huge fan of Idaho so I thought I needed to give it a try. We headed out Monday early afternoon and got there in time to see the sunset. It was beautiful, I wish the capitol would have been open for tours but it is being cleaned, Dave said it looks like a baked potato because it is brownish! We went for a quick run along the Greenbelt, which is a lot like the Jordan Walkway. It was so pretty, there were a lot of birds and it was such a pretty night. GK didn't last very long so we walked back carrying him (He's really heavy!)

That night we went to a mongolian bbq place that was really good. I put too much spice on mine so GK didn't love it. I think he's gonna be a "gringo" like his Daddy!

On Tuesday Dave had his interview. It went from 8:00 to 3:30. Talk about an interview. The president of Family Medicine really liked him though (can you blame him!!), and I think Dave really liked their program too. It would sure be nice if he lived closer!

GK and I had some time to spare so we went swimming at the hotel then to the Old Boise State Penitentiary. It was so cool built in 1870. It was really old but they stopped using it in 1973! Most of the building didn't have indoor plumbing (inmates have it pretty easy now!) 10 people were executed by hanging and you got to see the gallows, the drop room, solitary confinement, and all the cells.

Inside some of the rooms they had extra displays about electricity and how it has evolved for Idaho. There was a really cool exhibit on Tattoos, how they use to tattoo inmates then how they tattooed themselves. They tattooed about EVERYTHING!! There was another exhibit on transportation. The coolest one was all about guns and how they have evolved. It was really neat and warm in that building. In the picture below GK is standing in front of a dryer that was used only for drying socks. During the war the inmates made shirts for the soldiers fighting.

Gk and I did some shopping. We went and got Dave and did a little more looking around down town.

We went to a dinner at some one of the residents houses. It was fun to meet all the doctors. Dave totally fit right in. They were super nice and really liked him. GK was SO tired and I hope he didn't cause too much trouble. We didn't leave until about 10:30 which is way past his bed-time but I think he had a lot of fun. We missed Patrick and it was nice to get home. Thanks for the fun trip Dave!

Jenn's Birthday!

Jenn's Big Day was on Sunday!! Wahoo! I just LoVe Birthdays. We celebrated on Saturday by playing with Jenn's new Cricut! They are SO fun! Then we went shopping up in Park City, there wasn't a whole ton. I think the stores are waiting until black Friday to have the killer sales. Jenn did get a really cute shirt at Banana Republic. We then headed to Alberto's which Jenn always talks about. She loves this place and I totally see why. They are downtown, really clean, yummy mexican food. In Jenn's hand in the picture she is holding pepper spray! After we went to our house to watch Star Trek, which Jenn, GK, and I all slept through but the guys really liked it. Thanks for letting us share in your birthday bash Jenn! I still think we should have gone to Vegas though!

Memorial Weekend Stay-Cation

 We had such a fun Memorial Day weekend. It didn't all go quite as we planned it but we had a lot of fun! On Friday evening we were planning on going to the Jordan Walkway with Jenn & Brandon. Patrick and Brandon couldn't get away from work so Aunt Michelle came over with McKell and we ate some lollipops thanks to The Peppermint Place~ G.K. was so sweet to share his sticky sucker with Aunt Shell! We did go for a short bike ride but G.K. was screaming in the bike trailer. It was past his bed time and we took the sucker away. 

 

On Saturday I went for a run with Dave up to City Creek Canyon, we took the trail and I forgot how much I liked it. My Mom came too and she walked around the Capitol. It was such a beautiful morning! I will learn to take my camera. In the afternoon we went to play tennis at the Middle School. I really suck, Jenn has only played a couple of times and she is really good. Don't let her fool you! It started to rain and G.K. was tired of being in the Pack 'n Play so Jenn and I played with him.. i.e we took pictures of him! On Saturday night Patrick and I took G.K. to Won Won Wok for some sushi~

 

On Sunday we went to church but we only made it for sacrement meeting, we went home and had a relaxing afternoon. I harvested some Strawberries! The first of the season! Brandon and Jenn came over because we wanted to do a test run camping with G.K. We had planned to set up the tents in the back yard and see how well it went. We had hot dogs and hamburgers and Jenn brought some yummy dips w/ chips. We were all stuffedwhen it started pouring rain! G.K. was so tired so we just put him in his bed. It did clear up when we were eating our S'Mores over the barbeque-er. We contemplated setting up the tents and grabbing G.K. but I think we were all too tired for that. So between the dogs being restless all night and the fridge making noises, no one got any sleep, we should have set up the tents!  I guess we did test out camping: eating way too much and not getting any sleep, but at leat G.K. got a good nights sleep.

 

Then since Jenn & Brandon just couldn't get enough of us we decided to go to Park City for some shopping! We went to Main street for Lunch and remembered why we don't shop there. Our lunch was $40 and it wasn't any good! So we went to the Outlets where I love to shop. They had some really great sales. We didn't need anything but it was sure fun to go shopping! 

Disney Land!!

This last weeekend we went on our 3rd trip to Disney Land with Brandon and Jenn.

We had so much fun. We left Thursday night and spent Friday in Disneyland.

We did go to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner. 

 

On Saturday we went shopping. 

We always go to the Block, a mall with some fun shops and a lot of people for watching.

It was kinda sad, you could tell the economy is not doing great in California.

Ron John's Surf Shop and Hilo Hattie were both closed and some other stores were just sad.

But we still found some killer deals.

 

Then we went to Hollywood.

We got to see the preparations for the Oscars at the Kodak theatre.

The people watching there made up for the Block.

We went to H&M (my fav. clothing store) and In & Out Burgers.

Then that night we went back to Disneyland mostly to see the fireworks but we just missed them. We'll have to try again next year! 

black friday

Every year Vickie, Michelle, Lyndsey, (Jennifer too but they went to Idaho this year) and I go shopping on black friday. It is always fun.

The people watching is the best, there are no trashy prom dresses like at Twilight but people sure come out of the woodworks. 

We started our night by going to Twilight again because it was the latest showing. 

We got out at about 12:30 and headed up to Walmart and stood in line.

You couldn't get the door-busters until 4:00 and you couldn't check out until 5:00.

We got everything we wanted, Vickie is a pro. She drew blood but is recovering just fine.

We were out before 6:00 and went to K-mart then the mall where I think I was sleep walking. 

It was the earliest year ever. We were done by about 9:30 A.M. 

Thanks girls for another fun year shopping!

St. George

Last weekend we went with Brandon and Jenn to the beautiful St. George. Brandon had to go for work so we all bummed a ride. The highlight for the boys was the sporting clay shooting in Mesquite at the Oasis. It was really cool I have to admit. Jenn and I even shot some, the coolest was over the water!  My highlight was the shopping. Patrick and Brandon were really good sports and actually had some fun with us. We played some games on the way home, this tire game would have worked better if it wasn't snowing and raining all the way home!