Game # 1 Win!

Alex's basketball team won Willowcreek team last night 30-28.

Next game is on Monday, Nov. 24 at 7pm.

Good to be inside the box

Last night we got to go to the Jazz vs. Phoenix Suns game. We were able to sit in the box and enjoy the fun atmosphere and a good view...the food was good, too.

It was fun for Alex because he was able to see Shaq and Steve Nash for the first time in person.

Phoenix Suns suffered an eclipse and went home with a loss of 109-97.

Introduction of Jazz players.

Shaq (walking towards the camera) made 9 points and retirement should be in his near future.

Oysters and Chocolate Cake

I know, I know, you are now saying "but she doesn't like chocolate cake!!!" True, very true actually. But there is only one chocolate cake I can stomach and it happens to be at Magelby's in Provo.

So. On Friday night we finally went to celebarate our 22nd wedding anniversary. We started the evening with the latest Bond movie. It was ok. Not great. I have to go see it again and then when it comes out on a DVD, I have to turn on the subtitles. British English is the worst!

Then. After the movie and extremely salty pop corn (the new Cinemark by the mall), we headed down to Magelby's for late evening snack. We happen to love Oysters Rockefellar at Magelby's. If you haven't tried them, please give them a try (picture below).

Conspiracy:
I swear I have a tattoo on my forehead that says:"please seat me extremely close to an air-conditioning unit" because, once again, I was shivering like crazy while the a/c was blowing straight at me. This was the first time I saw the restaurant provide a portable heater to a table nearby that happened to have 8 old folks, mostly women sitting in it. I was jealous. I wanted the heater. Didn't get it. The oysters kept me warm. Maybe in 30 years I'm eligible for a heater.

To crown the evening, we ordered a slice of chocolate cake. Another amazing food at the restaurant. The cake height is about 10-12 inches and it has 3 huge layers with lots and lots of homemade frosting on it. I scooped the frosting off, of course. I don't like frosting. But the raspberry sauce and the ice-cream provided an incredible explosion of chocolaty taste.

It was a nice evening with just my hubby and without his cell phone.


Huge plate of Oysters (half eaten before the picture was taken.


Yum-o!

Convention pictures

Just received these pictures from the photographer who was at the Zija Convention a couple of weeks ago.

We clean up pretty nicely.

Friday night award ceremony.

Saturday night Disco..

Alex and Whitney disco dancing all night long.

Alex, the disco king.

Rod and Whitney.

Alex and Whitney (hiding behind Alex's hair).

"Get down on it"...

Guilt-free driving, again

I can fill up my beasty Suburban again, and drive around a little bit more.

Meet Helga

Helga, the German boxer on steroids, came to the Young Women in Excellence program last night to fight against Chloe, "the Knock Out" Isaak. Sure enough, during the first round, Helga lost a couple of teeth when K-O hit her so hard. During the second round, Helga was knocked out, and K-O was declared a winner. Sadly, Helga had to return home without her championship belt, once again.

Weekend Education

These are the things I learned this past weekend:

1) People eat double-toasted toast. I didn't know such a thing existed.

2) Navajo nation has their own president. First of all, I didn't know there was a Navajo nation. Second of all, I didn't know there was a president. His name is Dr. Joe Shirley, Jr. I now know that we will be driving through the Navajo nation on the way to New Mexico.



3) There is a great view from our roof toward the Timpanogos Mountain.

4) I really like 100 Grand chocolate bar.

5) When you have enough energy, you can make a costume for YW in Excellence in 1/2 hour. Sew like the wind, woman!

6) There is a whistling language in Kuskoy, Turkey.

7) I have lost 7 lbs since I started my new medication (3 weeks). YAY for me!

The Audacity of Denial

I went to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner last night with my Finnish friends, Riikka and Terhi. At the end of the meal, I denied myself the following:


This...


And this...


Well, this is a no-brainer...I don't like chocolate desserts

But this one was hard. I still said "no".

I was strong and walked away from the restaurant with joy in my heart and in my stomach.

Fortune cookie

Have you ever had a moment when you crack open a fortune cookie in a group of people and somebody else has the same forture? This has never happened to me until the other night when we were having dinner at Pei Wei at Ft. Union. I opened mine, and Alex opened his. We shared the same fortune. Does this mean that it is true for both of us now? I would like to think that, especially what the fortune says. Is it "like mother, like son"?

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

The view from our front window this morning.