4.29.11

water for elephants.

a few months ago, my book club read this.

then we planned a book club + spouses-were-invited date night…

we had dinner at a fave pizzeria & went to the movie!

the movie ~


…it wasn’t “the most spectacular show on earth!” but, it was good.

beware: the animal cruelty at times is rough on the eyes. i felt a bit like a little kid when i had to plug my ears and close my eyes… my heart is tender towards animals, so those scenes were tough to watch.

have you read the book? seen the movie? what did you think?

fyi: the evening was spectacular!
{first three photos by me. last image via here.}

11.10.09

"cheers!" to twelve years!

shannon & casey are one of the cutest couples around,
and on saturday we actually tagged-along on their
twelth anniversary date!

shannon has a private blog, so not all of you can read her cute engagement story she re-told for their anniversary, but it’s so sweet, I just had to post a snip-it of it here…

“(Our engagement story…)

It was in Boise that Casey surprised me with a proposal and it was those mighty home runs that paid for my ring. The Boise Hawks had a “Booster Club” that passed around “money buckets” to a nightly sold out crowd of @ 5,000 people any time one of the players hit a home run. The fans loved their Hawks and they LOVED Casey. So every time Casey hit a home run, around the money buckets would go. The club members told them to be generous because Casey was saving up to buy his girl a ring. So sure enough when I finally showed up to the next game wearing my brand new sparkly diamond, all the fans were asking for a peek at the engagement ring that they had bought me.”

so, off we went to dinner with the home-run hitter & his girl, to the new hot spot in provo, the communal, then we went to a movie. i cannot say enough good things about communal.

mainly, run, don’t walk. it is everything i hope for in a restaurant. fabulous atmosphere, fantastic food, i loved it. i already have plans to be there again, very soon, for a couple of different events because really people, it’s that good.





*****

“the invention of lying”

really funny, the first five minutes.
then, a little funny.
then, lame. lame. lame.

*****

happy twelve years, mr. & mrs. child!
thanks for letting us celebrate with you,
we adore both of you and cherish your friendship!

“cheers!” to many more years to come!
xoxo

11.7.09

regina spektor

is my current all-time favorite female music artist.

talent beyond belief.

her concert was extraordinary.

my favorite song all night, regina did a capella,
here is a peak at it from the slc show…

“silly eye color generalizations”

*****

one of these days, i’ll figure out how to take great pictures at concerts with terrible lighting. without taking my big camera. until then, these were from my iphone

beckster & moi~





our hubby’s went with us, and danny! there is no competition for how fantastic regina’s concert was, but definitely the funniest thing all night {since we survived} was dusty turning down a one-way street the WRONG way! omgosh. 30 headlights facing us at once. no one knowing what to do, with a huge hummer staring at them coming the wrong way. funniest thing was, two other cars followed him. i really may not have ever laughed so hard, in my entire life.

we squirmed {hummer style} our way to safety, eventually.

10.24.09

dinner & a movie…

one of my favorite combinations,
with one of my favorite couples.

we met up with the taylors in slc for delicious italian cuisine and a movie. scotty has spent time in italy, and he has great taste for choosing italian restaurants.

Michaelangelo did not disappoint. i had a caprese salad and grilled salmon that was really good.

highly recommended.

scotty and i have been friends since we were fifteen years old, he has always been such a loyal friend. i not only cherish our friendship, but i also adore his beautiful wife. literally, after 30 minutes together not only my stomach hurt from laughing – but my cheeks were even sore from all the smiling.

good good times.

laughter like that is definitely good for the soul.
couples retreat ~

funny, funny, funny. i always like vince vaughn, and seeing the beautiful kristin davis on the big screen just got me all excited about the next sex & the city movie…

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