Archive for May, 2009

Chronic-What?-Cles of Narnia

Title doesn’t make sense unless you’veIMG_5069 heard the song. Anyway, last weekend, our good friend Bryan invited Megan and I, along with a bunch of our friends up to his cabin to have a weekend getaway. This was our second trip up to his cabin, which is more like a back-woods, Narnia-themed, 8 bedroomIMG_5082 mansion. It was an awesome, and very relaxing experience.

The first night there we made a pizza and just hung out at the cabin, playing True Colors (way fun board game that we’re trying to track down and buy. Nobody carries it.) and just enjoying each other’s company.

The next day I got up at the crack of dawn because I can never sleep in on vacations, and went to go exploring around the cabin, taking pictures, and watching the sunrise while IMG_5160 waiting for everyone else to wake up. A few hours later they did, thanks to Candice ringing the meal bell very loudly even though breakfast wasn’t made yet. Bryan was mad for being woken up so early just to have to make his own breakfast. Candice’s bell privileges were taken away for the rest of the weekend.
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We had a delicious meal of french toast and cheese eggs then got ready for the day. That afternoon we drove up to Rockport IMG_5213and took some pictures of the lake, then went to Midway to swim in the world-class hot springs. It turned out to just be a filthy cesspool that scalded anyone trying to get in. Some creepy old man who was impervious to pain sat his lawn chair in the pool, sucked back a few brewskies, and gave the rapist eye to all the girls coming to the hot springs. IMG_5238I found some cacti near the springs, and since I’d been watching a ton of discovery channel lately, decided I wanted to eat one and see what all the fuss was about. They had no taste, but very juicy, with a watermelon texture for anyone curious. Since it was too hot to get in, my fingers had cactus splinters in them, and we were thoroughly creeped out, we headed back to the cabin.

That night we had amazing BBQ chicken with Bryan’s not-so-secret sauceIMG_5253 (Famous Dave’s) and corn-on-the-cob. For dessert, smores and roasted starbursts over a fire. The rest of the group went for a freezing, midnight hike but Megan and I stayed at the cabin and watched “How I Met Your Mother” (Hilarious TV show) because we’re not that adventurous apparently.

Sunday morning we went to church, Megan got complimented on her amazing voice again, and we took the day to play some more games, eat lunch, and clean the cabin before heading back home.

More cabin photos HERE.

Download Your Photos

I have taken some time to put up most of my photos online for various event photos for those of you who have been asking to see them. I will have additional photos from blogs Megan and I have written, as well as photos from other events not talked about.

These pictures are downloadable, so if I have pictures of you or your family, all you have to do is hit the download button and it’s all yours. This will make the photos more widely available and save me the hassle of trying to get each person their own specific pictures.

So far I have pictures from:

    -Trip to San Diego
    -Mountain Pictures
    -Home pictures
    -Trip to the Sand Dunes
    -The Beach
    -Easter ’09
    -Tulip Festival
    -Kamden’s Soccer Game
    -Kelsey’s Birthday Party

Also I will soon be adding pictures from our trip to Bryan’s Cabin, and Megan’s night at Wicked. The links to these sites are on the left hand side of our blog, labeled “Event Photos”. I’ll be updating these periodically so check back often.

Wicked

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I got a coveted Wicked ticket through a happy coincidence! IMG_0973My sister called me the night before Wicked and said she had an extra ticket if I wanted to go. It ended up causing a lot of drama in my family that I was the one that got the extra ticket, but it IMG_0968was Wicked! Who in their right mind would say no? It was the most amazing show that I have ever seen. I would recommend it to anyone.



Ticket – $78
Parking – About $5 dollars between us in coins found in the seat of the car and the bottom of our purses (we didn’t plan extremely well)
Dinner – $15
Dessert at Denny’s – $10
Gas – $5
Seeing an amazing show with my favorite person in the world, sister, and best friend – Priceless!

(But if anyone else has any extra tickets I am open to change this last one)

Hockey Time!

A few weeks ago, I dusted off the old ice skates and joined my old team for a summer hockey league. I played with my team (The Jets) IMG_5008a few seasons ago and it was like pitting the Jr. Jazz special olympics team against the Harlem Globe Trotters. We won 1 game in the pre-season (When the games didn’t count) then lost our next 13 straight.

Now my boys have had 4291_1150394245495_1396770022_30406410_674577_na little more practice and so far this season we have won both of our pre-season games (don’t count), and lost our last two regular season games (do count). Not really a fair trade off, but its still just fun to play. We got some sweet, brand new jerseys that one of our guys designed, which makes us at least look good when we’re getting pummeled.

I play every Thursday night, IMG_5010so if you’re wanting to see a game, I’m sure Megan (our team’s only fan) would appreciate the company. I have scored 2 goals and have 4 assists, so far in those 4 games, which is not bad when my team has only scored about 8 or 9 goals total. I am currently leading my team in points, and with a game misconduct and major penalty I got last game for defending my teammate, I am currently the leading penalty minute man as well.

We may not have the best team, but I’m having a ton of fun, and getting some much needed exercise.

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