Spring Scrimmage

 Hayden had a spring ball scrimmage in March. It worked out great because alot of our family was able to go watch. The Cooper family was all there of course. They are always so supportive and love football too. My sister Carolyn was able to go since Laura had just returned from her mission and they were taking her up to Utah. Laura was excited to see Hayden since it's been over two years for them. Grandpa & Grandma Davy were actually there too because they were on the way home from seeing Laura fly in. So we had a nice crowd there to cheer Hayden on. He was wearing #17 for the day. They threw it to him quite a few times so that made it even more fun for us to watch. So here come the football nerves again.

Can't believe it's time for football again...

Boca de Beppo

 Jeff & Rachel came down for the weekend in March and that happened to be the same weekend Grandpa & Grandma Davy were passing through on their way down to California. So we took everyone and met up with Ashley's family in Las Vegas and went out to dinner. So we had everyone there but Christina darn it. The restaurant was really fun and we got to eat in the "Pope room". The Pope kept getting in our line of sight so we had him removed.

 

The food was great and the place was so fun. We all had a great time together!

Grandpa's Birthday

Feb 21 the Cooper's met up in St George for Grandpa's birthday. We went classy and had dinner at Chuck-A-Rama! It was so fun to be with everyone and celebrate. Grandpa wasn't feeling so great but as usual he plowed on through anyway.

BYU Basketball

The Collinsworth's invited us up to a BYU basketball game Feb 8. We love watching BYU play and it's even more fun when you know someone on the team. Actually they really wanted Hayden to come up and visit with Kim and we were invited along lol. It was nerve wracking for Hayden because he hadn't really hung out with any girls since his mission but he was happy to meet up with Kim anyway. Wouldn't you know he also met up with a bunch of guys he hadn't seen since his mission so that made it hard.

Ready for the game.

We were all excited to watch Kyle play. The Collinsworth's had scored some great seats as you can see.

BYU has really done a great job of jazzing up the pregame show too. We loved the light show and the huge flag was amazing.

It was a really fun night. We even had a Japanese dinner first! We all stayed at Christina's apartment that night and came home the next day.

March 8, BYU was playing in Vegas for their tournament so we went in for the day. We actually went to two games since they were both included in our tickets. Hayden had a date with Kim right after the game so off they went while the rest of us all had dinner at the Cheesecake factory. We love visiting with the Collinsworths and we had the bonus of Chris and Kaylee and her family there too. We had a nice night together. Hayden took Kim to Hash House a GoGo and on to Recylcled Percussion. He said it was a blast and they had a great time.

January Getaway

We purchased a 5 day getaway to Las Vegas a few months ago when we went to our time share schpeel. It sounds kinda crazy to getaway to Vegas when you live so close but we did it anyway and actually we were really glad we did. Things were beyond stressful at work for Mendis and we both needed a break after the hectic pace of Christmas and stuff.

 The view from our room. It was a great location so we walked to everything. There was only one night we moved the car to go to dinner that was miles away. Mendis cranked out his homework and I watched tv and read and slept in. Seriously we had a great time.

Revisited the Paris casino. It's really gone down hill so don't bother. But the pastries were still great.

Lots of walking. Here we are at the Bellagio. Well, we are there but not in the pic!

We love this chocolate waterfall at Caesars or is it the Bellagio. I am so confused now! Anyhow dark, milk and white chocolate pouring constantly from the ceiling. Like a heavenly river.

 Ya I really love desserts. They are my favorite foods ever so this place really caught my eye. I wanted to taste them all.

 While were there we went to the Mesa Grill in Ceasar's. It is Bobby Flay's restaurant so we were excited to finally try it.

 Obviously we enjoyed every drop of dinner. At least we didn't lick our plates off.

Dessert was pretty darn good too. I have to say though he was a little too into the goat cheese. It was pretty strong after awhile and was in everything even the salted carmel sauce for my lava cake so I was a little disappointed in that. It was a great getaway and think it should be more of a regular thing to leave life behind and get away more often!!

January Visit

I don't remember the whys and wherefores exactly but Mom and Dad couldn't be here for Christmas when Hayden came home from his mission. Seems like I remember they wanted to spend Christmas with Cassie or maybe it was the grape juice escapades. But they arrived for a quick stay January 13-16. We met them in Vegas so they would see Ashley's family. Because we always have to eat we met up at the Green Valley Ranch buffet. That always puts everyone in a good mood.

Cooper & his cupcake. Sugar is his favorite!

Playing with Cooper in the restroom. He was giggling so cute.

 Ashley and Benjy had a meeting at their house site the next day so I watched the kids for an hour or so on my lunch. The boys always have a much better time playing than hanging around at the house site forever where they can't touch things.

Tuesday we drove Grandpa & Grandma to Dixie so they could see Hayden. We had dinner at Players where we could visit a bit.

I took the next day off to visit and they were gone in the blink of an eye. So it was business as usual around here in no time. I had a food storage presentation to do the next week in Relief Society so I didn't have much time to mess around. I pretty much spent Martin Luther King day preparing for that. Then it was off to Vegas for our 5 day vaca!