My Corner of the Sky: February 2010

So this weekend was incredibly fantastic! We started out the weekend going on a triple date. Ian and me, his brother Seth and his date, and Seth's roommate and his date. We went to eat at Red Robin, but while we were waiting, we ran over to a used bookstore in the mall and found all kinds of hidden treasures like "Bad Girls of the Bible," and that Hitler's biography was the largest one there, and the Persian Version of the Bible (say it our loud, and you'll find out why it's funny). Additionally we found "The World's Guide to Beer" written by a certain Michael Jackson (although it is probably not the Michael Jackson we all know and love). Seth thought it was so awesome that he bought it. Other bookstore treasures include a 3D experience of the universe and more! Check it out. It's tons of fun. Especially when you find the same book in the UFO and Aliens sections as the Religion section!

After we ate we went to Smiths and bought some coloring books and crayons. We bought a superhero one, of course. (There weren't exactly a plethora of options). Then we blindfolded each other, and the one who didn't have thee blindfold helped the other color their picture. I determined that we are awesome at coloring, haha. But in addition, I decided that it's pretty stupid that we try to teach our kids fine motor skills with crayons. I mean, I feel like my motor skills are pretty well-developed and I still colored outside the lines! Blasted crayons!

Then we watched "The Sandlot," one of the best movies of all time. It's brilliant!

On Saturday we went to the BYU Basketball game where we killed Air Force. It was sad. Really sad. For Air Force anyway. Then we went up to Pleasant Grove to try out this fifties diner called Spanky's Express, but it was closed. So Ian suggested we go to my favorite Mom & Pops down in Springville - Art City Trolley. Seriously, if you live in Utah Valley, you should try it out. It is AMAZING! Then we went and saw "The Princess and the Frog." If you haven't seen this movie, you should! It is definitely the best Disney movie in a LONG time. We were laughing the whole time.

Sunday we went to Church, of course. Then we spent the afternoon watching Lawrence of Arabia. Wonderful movie... SO LONG! We decided to never watch the whole thing in one sitting again... Then I made a three course meal. Pear, bleu cheese, and balsamic salad, fresh tomato and basil soup, and a bacon-wrapped filet mignon with onions and mushrooms, parmesan asparagus, and roasted red potatoes. Then my favorite two layer cheesecake with berries for dessert! I should have taken pictures... oh well! Then we exchanged gifts... Ian was going to get me a bouquet of Japanese cherry blossoms, unfortunately it's the wrong time of year and the wrong geographic location, because apparently there was no way to get them here. BUT, in his infinite amazingness, he found these Japanese cherry blossom candles:

He also gave me a movie (yes... I love movies... I know... no one knew that...) and See's peppermint patties. As some of you know, I'm not the biggest chocolate fan (more like, I'm not a chocolate fanatic), but peppermint patties are probably one of my favorite chocolate treats. He done good!

I made Ian a quilt over Christmas break. I made it huge (since he's kind of big...) It's 6' x 5' ish. If I'm under it with my arms above my head... it still covers me. Ridonkulous. But I had to make it that tall to fit his 6'4" body!

Here's our Happy Valentine's Day picture. It was getting a little late, we look a little tired. But it's all good!

Today we went up to SLC and visited the Planetarium and the Church History Library (there are a lot of cool books in there!) and we walked around the Gateway a bit, taking the classic pit stop in the LuvSac Store to chill on their sacs. It was fun!

A short update:

So my birthday was last month. I did a really good job and I didn't take any pictures. Go me. But I can tell you about it!

So my family came down and took me out to lunch at Art City Trolley. Ian gave me this adorable dog...