Etreprenuer of the Year Awards

The last time I got to dress up all fancy (besides my wedding) was high school prom. Last night Ryan and I had the opportunity to go to the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards with his work, Utah Business Magazine. This was a Black tie event and it was so much fun. The entertainment was by The Three Waiters, They seemed to be a spoof off of The Three Tenors. They played off the whole thing as if they were part of the Salt Palace banquet crew. They were pretty believable at first but I soon caught on when they had their choreographed numbers and silly jokes that told so well. The award ceremony was fantastic, I was really impressed with all of the Entrepreneurs. These people have sacrificed so much because they believed in their business so passionately. A lot of them seemed to have started their business with a second mortgage or living in their parents basements with their own families. It is so admirable to see their determination and their success. So Congrats to all of the nominees and Winners last night.

To find out who the winners were last night visit the link!
http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700238825,00.html

It's a small world after all

Last week we went on vacation with Ryan's family. We spent the week in California going to the beach, Disneyland, California Adventure, Soak city, and pirate dinner theater (similar top Medieval Times). We had a great time! We stayed in a nice little condo and Ryan and I got to sleep in bunk beds. During this short week I came to realize how small this world really is. I Disneyland I ran into my friend Kevin (Marisa's little bro). I also happened to park my tush on the same bench of the family that I sat by on the airplane, crazy! And last of all my in-laws ran into a family from church.

This was my first time back to Disneyland since California Adventure opened up, my over all impression was that it was a lot like Lagoon (still fun but nothing new). I really liked The tower of Terror and Soaring over California rides. Another great feature was the "switch pass". This pass allowed me or whoever sat out during the ride with Micah to go straight onto the ride with out any wait, it was either faster than the fast pass or just as quick as the fast past. I recommend this switch pass to anyone going to Disneyland with babies.

MICAH UPDATES

Micah is getting so big, he is in a really fun stage right now. He loves to play games and read books, "Goodnight moon" and "Polar bear polar bear what do you hear?" are two of his favorites. He also loves to roll across the room, in Ryan's words he is no longer immobile. He loves to get into everything that is within arms reach. We have started him on solids now too; so far he has eaten oatmeal cereal, green beans (which he really likes) and carrots; Ryan has slipped him a taste of a snow cone and cheese but since he isn't suppose to have those I don't count them. And best of all he is doing much better with bedtime and naps.

"Sisters, sisters..."

GABRIELLE AKA GABBY

Don't let this post deceive you, Gabby is as shy as they come.

My brothers and sister all got the talent genes not to mention the good looks. Gabrielle was lucky enough to take after my mom who strongly resembles Katherine Zeta Jones (at least I think so). These days however, my sister looks more like Demi Moore from her role as GI Jane. Yes , My little sis buzzed her head and she looks gorgeous!

How close are you to your sweetie?

Ryan sent this video to me about a very close couple. Ryan suggested that we give this "close" concept a try, this is a challenge I can accept. If your up to it give it a try, let us know what you think.

Homecomings, Birthday's and Scrabble

Last weekend was full of family fun. On Friday my brother-in-law Eric returned home from his Mission in Omaha, Nebraska. Welcome home Eric, It's great to have you back! I was really excited for Micah to be able to meet him, they hit it off really well.


Saturday was my mother-in-laws birthday. For her Birthday she wanted the whole family to spend the day together. We spent the day in Kaysville at my Sister and Brother-in-law's home. They really know how to put on a party, we spent the day swimming, playing games in their club house and pigging out. We planned on roasting marshmallows in the fire pit but we were so stuffed, we had to forgo that plan. Happy Birthday Liz!



As part of the festivities on Saturday, we had a Scrabble Tournament. We started off with two boards and eight players. We were having a lot of fun but not to complain too much my groups board was awful, no one could lay down long words with out sacrificing points and some of us had a hard time finding a place to lay down any word at all then we noticed something really interesting my group had two X's and two Z's and the other group had two J's! We came to realize that somehow during our games our bags of letters got switched. Needless to say, we stopped the game and moved on to other activities.