World of Speed video

Here it is ... enjoy

I love my job

I love my job ... and I think I'll be hurting tomorrow. Today's adventure took me west and I mean as far west as you can go in Utah without being in Nevada. I went to shoot video of the World Speedway at the Bonneville Salt Flats. Since I was 'media' then I got to wear this fancy orange hat that was way too big while I was out on the track. This was for two reasons.

1. so I didn't get hit and ...

2. so the officials would know I wasn't a spectator and wouldn't waste their time stopping me

Lucky for me I didn't have to where it in the pit {not a fancy place but where all the fancy cars where resting their engines} so I didn't look ridiculous the whole day.

Because I was out on the white salt all day I put sun screen on everywhere but my arms ... so I'm starting to feel a little warmth in them and I'm hoping I'll wake up in the morning and they will be tan. Unfortunately I'm thinking they might be a little sore. However it was worth it to not be in the office all day and to see something that was ... well, interesting.

Tomorrow I will be in the office all day putting together a video so all of you can see what was so interesting. One guy described it as the 'funnest thing you can do with your clothes on' ... and I'll leave it at that. 

groovy disco party

Momma Molly {brad's mom} turned the big five-0 this year so we decided to celebrate with a groovy disco party. She didn't want a party and she really didn't want a black and white party so we surprised her and had fun with color from the good old days. Well I'm not sure how good they were since I wasn't around but we sure had fun dressing up. I  found our vintage outfits at DI {deseret industries}. We ate, played games, watched the birthday girl open presents and just enjoyed each others company.

I always feel bad for those people that don't get along with their mother in-laws because mine is fabulous. So happy birthday momma molly ... we hope you had a good time celebrating because we sure did!!

three year old for a day

After running last Saturday we headed to Salt Lake with Elizabeth. Her birthday was a few weeks ago and instead of a present we decided to take her to Build -a- Bear for the afternoon. Rich and Ginny were more than happy to let us take her.

We rode the FrontRunner train from Farmington to Salt Lake. She was pretty excited about it and just sat and looked out the window for about five minutes. Once she realized there were no restraints she got a bit wiggly but the ride was only twenty-five minutes so it wasn't too bad.

Once we got to Salt Lake we had to walk a few blocks to the Gateway where we met up with Layne and Manda. Build -a- Bear was our first stop. As we were walking past the restaurants there was some music playing and she let go of our hands and started dancing. She amused us and the lucky  people that were dining on the patio for a few minutes and then we were on our way.

We let Elizabeth choose which animal she wanted to stuff and she chose an elephant. It takes a certain person to be able to work at a place like Build -a- Bear and the teenager that helped Elizabeth was certainly it. I think he was even a little over the top for her but she pushed on the pedal and filled her elephant full of stuffing and even put it a silky red heart. The next step was choosing some clothes and she chose an Ariel outfit. We weren't surprised because that has been her favorite lately, but it definitely made for an interesting elephant.

Once ariel elephant was all boxed up we headed to the California Pizza Kitchen for some dinner and then onto the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory for desert.

Since Layne and Manda drove down we all drove back to Farmington with them rather than taking the train. Having a three year old for a day wasn't as difficult as we were thinking it might be. Elizabeth was very well behaved and kept us laughing. Not to say that we weren't tired after our adventure because she certainly doesn't slow down. We had a lot of fun and might even be tempted to do it again.  

Brad's first

This morning we went and joined our stake for a 5k run. It was Brad's first and my second. I was quite impressed by the formality of it all. We got official numbers, south ogden police was at different intersections making sure no crazy drivers ran anyone over, we had official timers and a good looking finish line. Afterwards we got breakfast and the best part is that it was all free. Brad was a little undecided last night about wether or not he was going to do it but he did awesome. He finished in twenty five minutes.

There was a pretty big turn out. The plan was to run with our friends James and Jill, however James was quite excited and took off leaving us behind and Brad did the same so it ended up being Jill and myself. After finishing James came back so that he could pass the finish line  with Jill and Brad just took a really awful photo of me that I will not be posting.  

labor day

Well our labor day was spent laboring. My used to be craft/misc. storage room will soon be the new office. There weren't any closet doors to hide all my 'stuff' so Brad had to bring the closet in a bit so that the new doors will fit. Gotta love old houses where nothing is standard size.

I got the job of repainting the room yellow, which is the color I painted it four years ago. However there were a few patches that needed to be touched up and the new paint is slightly darker so the whole room gets a do over. I had an enjoyable time, minus the moments spent shaking up on the ladder. I hate ladders so I got a few laughs from Brad's side of the room as he was watching me.

That night we headed to Layne and Manda's for dinner and then it was back to work on Tuesday.

guitar hero

This summer we've taken advantage of our grill and patio and have had many barbecues. Last night we had what might be the last one of the summer. We had some friends over {Layne+Manda, James+Jill, Craig+Taryn} and had a good time. We grilled some hamburgers and enjoyed the outdoors until it got dark and then we came inside to play Wii. Craig was kind enough to bring it over when he found out that Brad and myself had never played guitar hero. I must say I can see what all the hype is about. It's pretty addicting. We also played a little mario cart as well.

We've done things with James and Jill but this was the first time we've had Craig and Taryn over. They have been in our ward for over a year now and so it was fun to get to know them better. I'm sure we'll be inviting them over more.