Emily and Chris

Whoo! Crazy spring break this year! Phoenix was a blast! We have a great time! We flew in from Pocatello on Thursday night with Edythe and Phil. We landed later in the evening and by the time we got the car and found the condo everyone was starving! So for dinner we had (Yay!) In and Out! We headed back to the condo after that and everyone was ready for bed.
The next day was the first night game we have attended in Phoenix. We watched the San Fransisco Giant v. The Oakland Athletics. We had awesome seats right behind home plate. Benji Molina (Of the famous Molina brothers) is the catcher for the Giants and his wife and new baby were sitting right behind us!
The second day we went to my favorite ball park (Maryvale) and saw the Brewers and the Padres. I was excited because for the second year in a row I got see David Eckstein play! We sat directly behind the Padres dugout. It was perfect weather and perfect seats! I even got a coach to throw me a ball!
That night Becca flew in to join us. We had In and Out for dinner again Yum Yum Yum! My favorite!
The third day we saw The Mariners at the Dodgers. We seriously had the best seats! We were right down the first base line. It was SO cool! Ichiro was standing like 6 ft. away from us! Chris caught a foul ball hit by Ryan Garko. The little boy sitting behind us was a big Mariners fan and my husband is a really nice guy so he gave it the little boy. The little boy said “I have been to 11 Mariners games and I have never seen them win!”
We went to the most fabulous restaurant I have ever been to! Yes, even better than In and Out It is called Chino Bandito. It was featured on Diners, Drive-in’s and Dives on Food Network so we decided to check it out. It is Chinese Mexican Fusion. It was AMAZING! Really spicy jerk fried rice, spicy sweet and sour chicken wrapped in a tortilla and covered in cheese with sweet ginger black beans! OMG! Also, homemade snickerdoodle cookies! I could eat it every day!
We had an amazing time in Phoenix! We couldn’t have asked for better seats or better weather!

This Spring break is a crazy one! I spent Thursday through Sunday in Las Vegas with my Mom, Aunt Al and Christian and Lexie and Gabe. Aunt Al and Christian have a darling condo there! Al, my mom and the kids drove down on Wednesday and Christian and I flew on Thursday night. Our flight was delayed so many times that we could have driven to Vegas by the time we got there!
We had a great time seeing the sights! I have never been to Las Vegas before. We also went to see “Tony and Tina’s Wedding”. If you ever have a chance, GO SEE IT! It was SO hilarious. It is like really going to a wedding, the actors come sit at your table and talk to you and tell you the back story and you get to be involved in all the family drama. Christian got to be part of the Village People to do the YMCA and wore a hard hat that was way to big and kept sliding down over his eyes. It was SO fun!
We also went to a magic/comedy show for Gabe’s birthday. The guy was really funny and did a couple of really cool tricks!
I also discovered a new addiction The In and Out burger is AMAZING! I like a double-double protein style with animal style fries… Yummy! I could eat it everyday (and did while we were in Vegas)! Only 3 days and I can eat it again in Phoenix
The drive home was on Gabe’s birthday. And he was very good on the trip. We stopped at a convience store and I let him pick out all the candy he wanted I really like being the fun cousin.
The trip was really fun and I was glad to spend some time with IF family. It seems like we hardly get to see them! Now its home for 3 days and off the Phoenix with the Joslin’s for Spring Training

Friday night was the rescheduled Billy Joel and Elton John concert! It was originally scheduled for the day before my birthday but Billy Joel had swine flu. The plan the first time was that I would get to make a Build-a-Bear for my birthday. So, I got to make 2 this time
We didn’t really celebrate Valentines day on the 14th because the new Farm Bureau claim center that Chris has been working on for a year went live the next day and he was a little overwhelmed. So we had a nice dinner in Salt Lake and made that our Valentines day. Chris was calling it my Valen-Birthday.
The concert was AMAZING! It was awesome to hear Billy Joel and Elton John singing each others songs. We had super noise bleed seats, but it was totally worth it!

I’m not sure why I didn’t get anything written this summer.  We weren’t particularly busy, we did a lot of nice things though.  We played in the Farm Bureau Golf Tournament again this summer and it was really fun!.  We started regularly biking (mostly to Goody’s).  My mom came for a wonderful visit.  We had SO much fun!  Sheri and I had a fabulous time visiting many many many garage sales and finding treasures this summer.  Chris took a wonderful trip to Canada with Phil to go fishing.  They had a great time!

I guess one of the biggest things is that I’m not doing band this year.  This is the first time since 5th grade that I haven’t been playing my flute.  It is really odd and I miss it.  Brooke and Zach aren’t here anymore though’ so it wouldn’t be the same anyway.

Summer is over now and it is back to school.  I had a really tough time getting in to my classes again this semester, but I am finally now registered (The second week) and I’m now just waiting for my financial aid to go through.

I got a job at Goody’s, which is wonderful.  Chris and I joke that my benefits  are better than his because we get 50% off all of our food now   Also, I have started baking and selling my cookies there.  The first day they ALL sold out in 3 hours!

Chris is still loving his job at the  Bureau and he is of course very successful at it.  He is really looking forward to college football starting on Thursday!

I am sure now that I am sitting in class all day everyday I am sure that I’ll be back on here all the time again!

We had lots of fun riding our new bikes this summer.

On our way home from the FB golf tourament

Chris and Phil at Hatchet on their fishing trip

My Mom and Me at Charley's for the Drag Show

School has been kicking my butt lately!  I have not been able to get caught up!  So… I finally posted my pictures from Phoenix! Check them out… There are some super awesome one!  So… I am going to get back on the ball and keep updating regularly!

Emily

Spring Break was fabulous!  Everything about it!  We had a fabulous time in Phoenix!  I am putting the pictures up in my gallery.  We saw three fabulousd baseball games that were very fun and very different.  We tried burm seating, which was interesting.  I got to see Manny play, even though he didn’t do anything ( struck out looking twice, and hit into a double play).  It was so nice to spend some time with the Joslin’s.  It was so nice to spend more than just the weekend with Becca!n The weather was awful when we returned to Salt Lake.  Of course, none of us brought coats and I didn’t bring any real shoes… It was a cold walk to the car.

We were home for one night and Chris Clark came for the weekend.  I hadn’t seen him since my birthday so it was really fun!  We didn’t really do anything, mostly homework and errands, but we got a new Wii game and it was so fun!  You have to dance and totally make a fool of yourself.

School is keeping me so busy!  I can’t seem to get caught up on anything!  I am doing really well in my classes, even thought I feel like I’m totally slacking.