The Perfect Weekend

It's been a while since I've shown up to work on Monday, completely refreshed and ready to tackle the work week. I credit this to the perfect weekend.

Friday night, Luke and I headed across the street to the mother-in-law's house to watch the USU-BYU game. AMAZING! Not only was it awesome to watch BYU get KILLED by the Aggies, but we had great food and great conversation with some people I love, but don't see often. Oh, and there was also some great wine, which I should not drink on an empty stomach :)

That wine led to sleeping in on Saturday morning. And what a productive Saturday it was! It was the first weekend in a while that Luke and I spent nearly the entire day together. First, I took Charlotte to the farmers market downtown. Not a great idea, because she wanted to give everyone high fives and big kisses, but she was good. We got some corn, tomatoes and peaches for the coming week and headed back home. I think she loved walking in downtown and smelling all the different smells she wouldn't normally find on our canyon walks.

Got home, threw on some different clothes, and headed back downtown once more, this time for the FREE Utah Jazz scrimage. How fun was this! They unveiled the new floor, and introduced the rookies, who all had to compete in a dance-off. Let's just say Gordon Hayward should stick with his current career path :) It was so fun to get a candid look at the Jazz, and even better, to sit in the lower bowl! We're sharing season tickets this year with a few other families, but our seats are like row 5 of the upper bowl. I've never sat in the pricey seats, so I didn't even know the players talked to each other while they play! I could actually hear them! Lots of fun and it just got Luke and I psyched up for the season.

After a nice stroll hand-in-hand through town, avoiding the crush of LDS General Conference, we had lunch across from the station at Pier 49 pizza. Then, it was off to Kohl's to find outfits for Sunday's photo shoot. This was the depressing part of the day: one, because we saw an accident where a man had been killed on his scooter; and two, because shopping is not fun if you're heavy. It's definitely keeps you honest to where you're at with your body, and re-affirmed to me that I need to stick hard to my diet plan and exercise even more. (So it's to the gym with me today!) But we did find some cute stuff. Dinner was stove-top popcorn and then catching up on Big Love for me, while Luke got in some Starcraft time.

Sunday was nice. We cleaned a little bit, did some laundry, and then pretty much relaxed all day until it was time to do our pictures. We headed to Saltair, and I immediately regretted the outfit I was wearing. Not because it wasn't cute, but because I didn't anticipate the wind. My hair, that I had so carefully sprayed and flattened into place, was all over. My cardigan made it look like I was the Wicked Witch of the West flying on my broom. But our photographer was nice and I think we got some good shots. I'm excited to see them! Here's his website: www.valwestoverphotography.com.

And so here we are today, working on the new show, and enjoying the storm moving in. Tomorrow, meetings, more laundry, and getting the house ready for DeeDee to watch the dogs!