Livin' in Fast Forward

Since I didn't upload my pictures in the right order, we are going to pretend like I am Ace Ventura and you need the "fast forward" version of our weekend. As if you really are wondering about our weekend anyway. But, you know...

First of all, my birthday was on Sunday. ::insert guilt for not calling me/emailing me/texting me:: ha. So, my sweet husband woke me up to a nice breakfast of bacon, cereal, and a mini bagel. I think he was grateful that I slept in until 10:30am so that he could keep sleeping. :-) And then, I might get struck by lightning for saying this: but, birthdays just shouldn't be on Sundays. I mean, it was great to go church and have all of the cute Young Women tell me "Happy Birthday", but really after Church, you can't go hog-wild on the partying. You gotta' keep it low key. And THAT is exactly what we did.

This was what I came home to yesterday (we celebrated my birthday on a weeknight). A nice clean house...and presents on our bed (that was made, by the way!). Brandon is so cute. And he made me wait to open the presents until after we ate dinner. So, we were off to Tucanos for dinner. YUM! I am not a big red-meat eater...but, after the 10th piece of meat was STILL steak, I decided that tonight just wasn't Tucano's night for chicken...and I gave in. This meat was delicious. If all red-meat tasted like that, I think I'd convert.
Then I got to open my presents. Brandon is sooo cute, he pays attention to the little things that I say that I need like, athletic socks for the gym and a paper shredder for ALL of the papers I want to throw away of ours. (And of course, a big bag of peanut M&M's). And then, the big present: a really nice, cute (not-too-expensive) purse he won on eBay. He was so excited to give it to me, but then when it came in the mail it smelt so much like cigarette smoke! So, he tried all day to get the smell out. It is a leather purse...and he put it through the wash...and let's just say...it definitely didn't get the smell out. YUCK! So, the wonderful husband of mine spent all day shopping for another cute white purse. But he couldn't find one. So...he gave me a gift certificate to buy myself a new purse. :-) So cute.

Us at Tucanos...with the green stick meaning, BRING MORE FOOD!

Saturday was a long, eventful day. If you remember on this post, I have a brother-in-law that was the child star in "Troll 2". Well, they had a big cast reunion in Morgan UT and we went back. Let me just say that I really can NOT understand how some people have seen this movie over 200 times. I have seen it 5 times...and that should be quite enough. But, luckily...it is going big...which is helping Mike out with his documentary.

Welcome to NILBOG....Goblin spelled backwards. Scary, I know.

My beautiful sisters, and Sophie

This was us trying not to die of heat exhaustion. I don't think Morgan, UT knows what AC is.

My Dad was in the NILBOG popcorn-eating contest. I think he sat next to Jason Castro. And, the only reason Dad won was because he kept stuffing popcorn down his shirt pocket. Cheaters never prosper, Dad!

Here is the family with the Troll 2..Mike!

Then we were off to Lagoon for a few hours of Amusement Park rides. Thanks to Kimberly, we got tickets for $5 through America First AND we got free dinner. Awesome. It's crazy though, I feel like every year I go to Lagoon, I realize how old I am getting. Even after two rides, I was tired and I had a headache. Sad.

Brandon decided to cool off with at the fountain. Notice he is the tallest one there.

Friday night I surprised Brandon with Tim McGraw tickets. So we headed up to USANA for the big concert. Luckily, most people who like Tim McGraw also like Beer...so that made the pre-show entertaining. We had a family of 5 in front of us...and I think the Dad drank one beer for every person in his family. He was trashed. BUT, it made for a fun time for us. He would randomly yell, "Tim! Tim!" and then stop...DURING the songs. AND, he sang every song regardless of if he knew the songs or not. I think to compensate for knowing the songs, he would use his hands. He was punching the air like Muhammad Ali in 1972! It was awesome.
Needless to say, Tim McGraw, hands down, is the BEST performer ever. I think it's because every song of his I knew...he has SOO many Great Hits! It was awesome.

There will be a common theme in the next pictures. I don't know how to pose with a cowboy hat

Our boy Timmy

Mike surprised Tiff with tickets too! So we met up with them after the concert.
(Exhibit A: hat)

And another one for good measure...EXHIBIT B: Hat