winter playdate

a double birthday celebration

It was a birthday celebration of big proportions this year. Josh and I did some celebrating of our big days. My day started with dropping Josh off at school and heading for a hot stone massage which was a PERFECT way to start my birthday. Then I met Heidi and Dylan for lunch at Kyoto's - yum! And then the day started to get a little crazy...starting with Josh's birthday party with some of his friends at Fat Cats.

They were a handful and so stinking cute!

There was bowling, pizza, video games, presents, cake, and lots and lots of fun!

*The birthday stars*

Thanks for lunch Heidi and Dylan!

Next up was my party. I was kidnapped for the night by my girlfriends, Rebecca, Susan, Amy, and Emily. We started at Rebecca's, moved to Rio Grande for yummy Mexican food, and then to a few other places to hang out and dance. At each stop, I got a prize related to the island I live on combined with some birthday princess attire.

It was one of the best, rowdy nights of my life. It was the perfect way to sign out my 30th year and welcome in the 31st!

all about me

In Josh's first grade class at Bonneville, the kids each get to create an all about me book and then present it to the class. Josh was able to do his today on his birthday week. He was so excited to put it together and has been working on it for a week. I was able to go watch the presentation and he was so stinkin' cute and he knows that it is all about him in this household! :-D

sundance pics

We have no idea who the guy is, but he wanted a pic with all us hotties!

always a favorite...

Three things Josh loves, play dates, cousins, and the children's museum. Today, we were lucky enough to have Dylan join us while his mom went to a staff meeting. We decided to head down to the children's museum and PLAY! Heidi ended up joining us for a pic and then dinner.

I love watching Josh show his cousin the ropes. He is such a great kid and I am very lucky to be able to spend as much play date time as I do.

sundance pictures

Amy, Rebecca, Kelli, Me, and Jillian
more are coming...

weekend play

Lots of fun weekend play took place this weekend. Friday night started with girls night out to a friends art show, dinner, and dancing. We even hit the village at the end of the adventure and met a leopard cowboy. We had a great time!

Amy & Susan Me and Rebecca

Saturday night, after a day of lounging, was even better. Amy, Rebecca, Kelli, Jillian, and I went up to the Sundance Festival and partied with the stars. We went to the My Space party and the Def Jam party and saw a number of big wigs including Cuba Gooding Jr., Tom Arnold, Spike Lee, Ryan Caberra. We had a blast!

Thank goodness for girl friends!

the next utah season

I have had to wait all year and today finally came....the first meet of the Utah gymnastics season.

Heidi, Dylan, and I went for dinner at the Soup Kitchen. It was yummy! Then we headed over to the Huntsman Center with my friends Rebecca and Susan to meet my parents for the big meet.

RED ROCKS
Daria Bijak, above
Jamie Deetscreek, below

The Utes first meet was against UCLA who last time they visited Utah, beat the Utes and stole their 25 year home floor winning streak. Neither team looked amazing, but it was the first meet of the season. The Utes almost blew their lead with 2 falls on the floor on the final rotation, but held on for a .1 win over UCLA.

I love my Utah gymnastics!

play date

Josh and I took it easy today. We put up the birthday board at his school, and he played out in the fresh snow for hours. Then we headed home and relaxed. Josh played Mario Kart while I got him some dinner. We read books, and he kicked my butt in checkers. We had a nice afternoon.

SISTERS!

a few family parties

I forgot my camera at both extended family parties. I stole some pictures from my sis so I could post late Christmas fun.

The Hughes Family party - food and of course games!

The Reese family party - food and lots of fun!