Brittney Loves Bob

Monday, February 18, 2013

Finding Nemo

Oh My! What another FABULOUS weekend! On Saturday, one of my best friends, Chelsea needed someone to watch her 4 month old son Benton. I had a few plans for the day, but he is such a well behaved baby, and my honorary nephew, so how could I say no? I picked Benton up, as well as my parents and it was off for our first stop of the day, Leatherbyes! I lost a bet to my dad about how low gas prices would go, and we always bet ice cream sundays, plus who wouldn't want to go to Leatherbyes? After a nice lunch, Benton and I picked up Bob at the house and headed to Sam and Tessa's house for Katie's Quincenera party. I was one of Katie's "Dumas" which pretty much meant I was acting like a bridesmaid. I had a bouquet and had to walk into the room before Katie made her appearance, and then I had to present her with a gift. Bob got in on the action too, Sam was working out in the garage so Bob was told he had to do the shoe ceremony (basically taking her shoes and presenting her with new ones to signify her being a woman.) Then the kids went back to running, playing and general rough housing again. Benton loved being surrounded by so many running, screaming kids so he would stand, bounce, kick and squeal for the first 2 hours we were there. Then he wore himself out and got a little grumpy but a nice full bottle and a nap during the car ride home cured him pretty quick! After the party we met up with Chelsea and Garrett at the Pie Pizzeria for a double date and to give Benton back to his parents. Surprise! Chelsea's little sister Lindsay tagged along and bought everyone cinnamon bread as well. We had a lot of fun!

Katie and her "Dumas"

Katie all made up for her party

Katie with all her gifts

Katie about to throw her bouquet of flowers

Katie throwing her bouquet to all the kids below

Robert caught the bouquet

Robert had to fend off Mimi, who was trying to steal the bouquet

On Sunday I somehow convinced Bob to get out of bed and leave his video games to accompany me to the mall to go boot shopping. Forever Young was having a buy one pair get another pair free sale, and I couldn't pass that up! After a decent amount of time, and a dozen pairs of boots later, I finally decided which boots I wanted. While there, my best friend Sarah called, and wanted to know if we would meet her for brunch at Marketstreet Grill and Oyster Bar. I can't really say no to a steak sandwich so of course we said yes! It was a lot of fun sitting at the bar with Sarah, Heather and Brian for some great food and some laughs. Then Sarah accompanied Bob and I to the Aquarium. I've been to Seaworld before but never our little Utah Aquarium, so I was excited to see what it was like. Needless to say it's a bit smaller than Seaworld, and the sharks are itty bitty, but there were still a lot of interesting things to see, and great company to explore with! I had a blast! To finish off the day, Bob and I made some fresh chocolate chip cookies and picked up some Domino's pizza to take to Shelby's house for the Walking Dead, after the show we all just hung out and had a few laughs. It was a great way to end another wonderful weekend! So far 2013 is starting to shape into a great year!

Sarah about to buy everyone souvenir coins

Sarah picking out what sea creature she
wants on her penny

I got two! A sea horse and a sea turtle!

Bob acting like I'm going to steal his penny....

Sarah the shark eating me and my penguin!

Some weird fish that had arms and legs

The aquarium had an anaconda, Bob is standing
at the other end to show how long he was,
Sarah is showing how big he can get!

Piranhas, honestly, their teeth were kinda tiny.....

Cayman

A cool turtle

Some giant South American fish (it was as big as their sharks!)

I'm obviously much taller! ha ha

Awe cute little Sarah, she's the size of a penguin

Bob and I canoeing through the Amazon

One of the little sharks coming right at us

Sarah and I eaten by a shark

It's okay, Bob was eaten too!

We found Nemo!

One of the tanks full of tropical fish

Some fish that kept rubbing up against everything

A Lion fish

Me petting one of the mini sharks

The shark I got to pet

Me trying to reach the sting ray

Petting the shark again

Sarah petting the shark

Petting the sting ray

Sarah petting the sting ray

That is my pinkie finger, the little white thing holding onto the
green plants is a mini sea horse the size of my fingernail!

More sea horses

Apparently Sarah's crab cakes weren't enough at brunch, she
needs some lobster too

Sorry it's dark, we couldn't use flash. This is
Sarah standing next to the giant octopus that
was suckered onto the glass

Another picture of the giant octopus

One of the otters swimming by

This movie is of the shark tank and the sea turtle!

Friday, February 15, 2013

Our First Married Valentine's Day

Bob and I had a PERFECT first married Valentine's Day together! Bob gave me my Valentine's Day gift that morning before he went to work. I got a TON of new unmentionables from my favorite unmentionables store, Aerie! Then it was off to work for Bob, and down to business for me. There were a couple surprises for Bob that I had to get fresh so I went to the store to pick up some chocolate covered strawberries and balloons before heading home to straighten our bedroom and strategically set up his gifts. I had just enough time to get myself ready for our date before picking Bob up from work at 5. We made a quick stop at the house (Bob wasn't allowed to go downstairs to our room) and then we were off for the night. First, we went to Jordan Commons to watch a movie called Warm Bodies. It's about a zombie who falls in love with a living girl, rescues her from being eaten and slowly starts becoming human again. It spreads to his zombie friends who are now at war with the too-far-gone zombies "bones" or walking, eating skeletons. It was a great movie mixing zombie/action/romance/comedy genres into one movie without looking phony or stupid. After cuddling in the theatre, we walked out to our car where Bob managed to drop our popcorn bucket and spill all the rest of our popcorn all over the parking lot! It was pretty hilarious! Next stop, Rodizio Grill at Trolley Square for our nice romantic Valentine's dinner. We were lucky that I thought ahead and made a reservation for us since there was an almost a 2 hour wait even at 8:30! We walked right in though, and began to eat all the delicious food! I tried really hard to save room for dessert, but unfortunately I'm a carnivore and if you've ever been to a Brazilian Grill, you know there are endless selections of meat! When our server brought out our check, he also brought me a single, beautiful long stem, red rose! Finally Bob and I headed home, where Bob finally got to see all the gifts I had gotten for him and we went to bed. ;) I can't wait to see what our many Valentine's Days to come are like, but they have quite a wonderful day to compete with!

Bob's balloons and gifts

A close up of Bob's gifts

Our special Valentine's Day bed

Bob's balloons, there are 3 white ones
with hearts to represent our 3rd Valentine's
Day together and the big red heart represents
our first married Valentine's Day!

The flowers Bob bought for me

Holding my Valentine's Day dinner rose

Being goofy with my rose

PS- One year ago today, Bob took me to a wonderful dinner at Carver's Steakhouse before getting down on one knee to ask me to be his wife. Obviously I said yes, and I'm happier and happier each day that I did. I love you hubby! Thank you for making me the happiest wife on the planet!

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

February Fun!

This weekend was a lot of fun! Saturday I had planned an extravagant girls day out for my niece Katie for her 15th birthday consisting of getting our nails done, dinner at the Olive Garden and then a play at Hale Center Theatre. Unfortunately Katie got in a little trouble with her school work and her punishment was not being able to come. Tessa felt really bad since I had put so much planning into the day and I had already bought the tickets to the play, and the tickets were non-refundable. Instead we made it into a girls night out, just Tessa and I. She treated me to dinner, and I treated her to the play. It was the first time Tessa and I were able to spend time together without all the kids or other family members hanging around to distract us. We had a lot of great conversation with each other. She opened up to me about her childhood and what it's like being on the parenting side now, and I opened up about my family and childhood as well as our plans for the future. At the end of the night I tried driving Tessa home, unfortunately the only way to Tessa's house is up hill, and a light slippery snow had fallen while we were at the play. There was no way my car was going to make it there! We resorted to waiting in the Cabala's parking lot while waiting for Sam to come to the rescue and pick up Tessa. It was a great night!

Sunday Bob and I decided to go snowboarding again. I had the goal of trying to make it off the chair lift without Bob holding me up.... I didn't accomplish it. I ended up doing some sort of split move, and decided I was moving too fast -I held onto Bob every time I got off the chair lift for the rest of the day. There were a few more falls throughout the day. At one point Bob thought it would be funny to jump out from the trees in front of me and scare me, but he miscalculated a bit and hit my board, and my feet, right out from underneath me! Don't worry, there were no injuries, just some laughs and a couple scratches on my board. Bob also wasn't paying attention when he hit a dip followed by a jump. After a little air, there was a big thud right on his butt and some more laughter. There were no injuries this time around unlike our first time boarding together. I was also able to stand up and steer pretty easily, and even dared pointing my board down hill a couple times to build up speed (although I did spend most of my time perfecting my falling leaf....slowly). I even managed to make it down an intermediate slope! In 4 hours we made it down the mountain 6 times compared to the 4 runs we did last time in 5 or 6 hours. I feel like I'm really getting the hang of snowboarding, and I can't wait until the day where I have mastered it enough to keep up with Bob as he whips in and out of trees, through the crowds of people and jumping over dips and bumps.

Taking a break half way down the intermediate slope

I know I look pro.... or like I'm going to sit down LOL

Shreddin on the snow

Me with all my new gear!

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Superbowl Sunday

This weekend was a lot of fun! Saturday my nephew Russell was baptized into the mormon church, and afterward we had snacks in the church's primary room. Since Bob and I hadn't seen Russell since before his birthday, we hadn't gotten the chance to give him a birthday present yet so I brought it along with me!

The idea for his gift that I
got from Pinterest

The balloons had to be tied
down or they got stuck on the
high vaulted ceilings

Russell holding his gifts, we gave
him a cars game and extra
cars to go with it.

After everyone left, Ryan and Lisa took me to lunch with them at the Macaroni Grill. The food was good, and the company was great, but the service could have used some work! Despite the poor service it was a good time and I enjoyed getting to spend time with my in-laws and of course Mimi, Russell and Ryan!

On Sunday it was time for the 2nd Annual Bell Superbowl Party. I was in charge of decorations, and I thought I went all out getting table clothes, plates, cups, platters, serving bowls, balloons, banners, paper football lanterns and dangly streamers. However, my preparations were nothing compared to my parents. They had hoagies, buffalo wings, pizza, nachos, 3 or 4 different kinds of chips, a cheese ball, 2 different dips, a veggie tray, pretzels and cupcakes. I also brought my Sister-in-law Tessa's amazing Spinach Artichoke Dip that I love so much and Rachel made some dip as well. Needless to say, there was plenty of food! The company was great too, my dad convinced my mom to stay and play, Rachel, Kelsey and her boyfriend James, Savannah, and of course Bob and I. We were all cheering for the 49ers, but honestly not surprised at all when they lost. 49er's aren't really any one's top team, we just liked them more than the Ravens, so we didn't really feel too invested when they let us down. We all had a great time, watching the game, cheering, eating, and having balloon fights during the power outage!