Happy Birthday Bruce!!!

This year for Bruce's B-day I went all out.  Starting on Tuesday June 9th - I gave him his 1st present of an i-pod touch.  The scouts convinced me that he would love this present and were they ever right.  On Wednesday June 10th - Krista and I went to Best Buy to install the new stereo for the Jeep.  After getting a fancy I-Pod you need to have a cool stereo right?  Then on Thursday his actual B-day he got the Apple TV.  Now his Apple entertainment products are complete.  That night we headed to Bucci's - Bruce's favorite Italian Restaurant in the area.  The for the big finale I invited 50 people over kids/families to celebrate in style.  Krista and I spent the day cooking Cafe Rio style (a great Mexican restaurant in Utah) for the big party.  We had two Pinatas and cupcakes for the kids and cake for the adults.  My carpet might not look the same after this big bash but it was all worth it to make the man that I love smile like that on his special day. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRUCE!! I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

New York City with the Pritchett's

In May we went to New York City to meet up with Mike and Pat (Bruce's parents).  We found out that they were going up and we wanted to be there.  We flew in on Friday morning and meet up with them Friday night.  We went to dinner at the View which is a revolving restaurant at the top of the Marriott in Times Square.  From there you have a great view of the whole city.   

On Sat. Bruce and I spent the morning walking up and down 5th avenue.  Literally we walked up and down 5th from 48th-36th about 5 times.  I ended up with shoes and we also got a new camera since ours broke:(  That evening we met up with Mike and headed out to the Ballet. Pat was going to join us but she wasn't feeling well. New York City Ballet was doing Coppelia which is a ballet I danced several times as a young dancer with the West Coast Ballet.  We went into what use to be the New York State Theater.  I just love being at the theater.  The music started and the memories flooded right back to my body.  The only thing that made us sad was that Pat wasn't there.  After the ballet we headed back to our hotel and had a late night bite.  Another great thing about New York City you can have dinner at 8:00 or at 11:30:)  We all talked about it and I noticed that TKTS had 1/2 price tickets for the same show.   The next day we went to Mike and Pat's hotel.  They were staying at the Marriott in Times Square.  Bruce went over and got the tickets for NYCB 2:00 show of Coppelia.  Yes it is the same ballet as the night before but you can't get enough of a good thing right?  We went and had breakfast at Rue 57.  Then headed over to the ballet.  We finished our quick weekend at Ray's pizza and then Bruce and I headed to the airport.  What a fun weekend and we are so glad we got to play in the city with Mom and Dad Pritchett.

Bruce and his parents in front of the curtain at the theater.

Us in Lincoln Center

Bruce and his Dad at Lincoln Center

Easter

We held our puppy Easter Egg hunt this morning and Oliver and Lula couldn't have been happier.

Here is the living room all decorated with doggie treat filled eggs.

Oliver checking it out to see what is on the floor

Oliver opening the eggs and finding his treat.

Lula wasn't sure what to do but once she saw that there were treats inside she got the hang of it right away.

General Conference

Today was General Conference on Sunday AM and we did the usual big breakfast.  We were happily joined by Matt and Krista, and Mark Hanline.  

Here is the fruit plate

The food spread not including Krista's yummy cinnamon rolls which were still baking:)

I am so grateful to be able to spend time with friends and family being edified by the spirit.  What a great way to spend our Sunday.

Checkers Hockey Game

One of the perks of working with the youth is that you get to hang out with pretty cool kids.

The ice....

Here we all are at the Checkers Hockey Game

Bruce and I hanging out in the seats.

Alison, Murphy, Max, and Hunter with the Charlotte Bob Cat..

New Beginnings

We had New Beginnings and Makenna Lewis did such a great job.  The theme was Mission Possible.  We decorated the Cultural Hall with trees and had envelopes on the table with the 2009 Mission and different items for the parents and girls.

Teresa made this awesome cake.  It looked great but it tasted even better.  I wish I caught a photo of the ice cream bombs that Paige made to go with the cake.  It was really fun.

All of our top agents.

Where is your mission right now????
Secret Agent Holder inducting the new agents.. Olivia, Kate, and Lexi.

Thanks to all who helped pull this together. It was a memorable night for all:)

Daytona Girls Trip

So this past week Krista and I headed down to Daytona for the Daytona races.  I didn't know anything about racing and I learned so many things hanging out at the track.  I loved hanging out on Pit Row and seeing the action first hand.  Krista being the great photo journalist that she is put together this mosaic.  If you want to see more photo's click on Matt and Krista in the Friends part of my blog. Thanks Krista for such a fun weekend!