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One Crazy Week

Did the chirping of crickets keep you company while I was away?  I actually wasn't away, just on the verge of being overwhelmed with one crazy week of life. Needless to say, I am tired.  For those who care, here are a few glimpses from this past week.


  • Danny, myself and our friend Rachel got to go a Jazz NBA playoffs game.  The Jazz ended up losing and are now out of the playoffs, but it was still a lot of fun to yell and scream and get mad at the refs.  
At the game.
  • I helped with a production at work, which meant two long days of, well, work. (15+ hour work days.)  There was a funny moment when the crew was filming a scene in my home.  Our neighbors saw a big van in our driveway and could hear people moving things around in our house and they came over to see if we were moving out.  I probably should have warned them about the production beforehand, oops.
  • I visited my mom today to wish her a Happy Mother's Day.  She provided lunch for me, she's such a good mom.  However, I think being Mother's Day Eve, I should have made lunch for her!
  • We had a bridal shower for our fabulous friend for Brittany.  I was put in charge of the games, which is ironic, because I've never been a fan of bridal shower games, so I invented some of my own.  I created a mad lib of Brittany and her honey's love story, a questionnaire to see who knows Brittany the best and we had fun taking turns predicting Brittany's future, which we all wrote down on 3x5 cards and put in a little album for her to look back on later.  I think it turned out well. 
  • We went to our ward cake auction to raise money for the youth.  It was a lot of fun and a lot of sugar.  Everyone buys the cakes and eats them on the spot, sharing them with everyone else.  I'm so full of cake right now.

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  1. How cool you got to go to a NBA game! As much as I love basketball, I don't think I've ever been to a NBA game! Sorry the Jazz lost. Congrats on your strawberry! Juliette has 3 plants and so far as eaten 2 little ripe strawberries.

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  2. I'm surprised you don't like bridal shower games. I'm sure the mad lib will be fun for Brittany, especially years from now.

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