The Trifecta

So This happened almost a month ago, but I already made some sweet graphics for it before I fell into the depths of fever and sickness so I'm bringing back some old news!  The legendary Trifecta is a holy combination of culinary goodness only obtainable on a single day each year, namely your birthday for the enticing price of $0.

It begins at Joe's Real BBQ followed closely by Liberty Market.  Now the timing of these two is critical to minimize the amount of waiting you have to endure at Joe's Farm Grill, the final stop.  I opted for a slight variation and made a pit stop at Krispy Kreme Doughnuts.  When all is said and done you will have about 2 days worth of food to enjoy!  I ended up with a case of the flu that was then passed on to the rest of my family.  Would I do it again you may ask?  I would respond, "Is that even a question?!"

Gus was, of course, my co-pilot.

Adults can have fun!

                                                                                               

We have a really fun ward, with many hilarious friends.  My friend Katrina put together an event in conjunction with our stake Valentine dance.  We decided in order to rock the dance, we should go 80's style.  We had a fantastic dinner and headed to the dance....when we walked in the awkward feeling was tangible.  There were a million older couples, no one was dancing and we stuck out like a sore thumb.  The men, who we had to beg and bribe to be there were more than happy to be wall flowers.  We danced a couple songs and then decided to bail and do what every respectful group of adults do after a dance.... go TP the couple that bailed out early.  Mind you, it's 9:00pm and we are dressed in 80's gear being total idiots.  It was epic!!  The best thing was trying to "run" across the parking lot after the TPing in my 80's puffy boots.  I was a site, I can imagine I looked like a fool.  Good times, and great outfittery.

Sick week

I have never ever had a fever that lasted so long in all my life.  Last week I had a fever that lasted seven days; to make matters even worse, my whole family had the same thing. It's been rough, I'm ready for all to be well so we can get out of the house and breath some fresh air.  There is my rant, horrible week.  On a positive side of sick week...adorable sick kid.  Seriously sick kids are so adorably sad, I love them all bundled up and chill.  I would rather have him well though, I miss my happy, healthy family.

Zoo day

We spent the day at the zoo with Debbie and Hazel, it was a lot of fun.  Gus was in elephant heaven and Hazel was so cute with all the animals.  I love that Hazel goes headfirst down the slide, she is a fearless little girl. 

Funny things Gus has said at church

Last week, I was told that Gus was talking about differences between people in his family, "I have hair on my head, Dad has hair on his arms, Mom has hair on her pits."  I am officially shaving my pits every day now, thank you very much Gus.

(This is Gus on his first dress up day at preschool, baseball player)

Legit grown-up

Gus started preschool today and thought he would really impress the ladies by growing out his stache.  The mustache was a real crowd pleaser, I'm sure of it.  He had a great day, and learned a lot.  His favorite part of the day was snack, of course.  It was tough to drop him off and see how easy it was for him to just leave me in the dust, but I am actually really grateful he did it with no issues.  My kiddo is growing up, who knew that would happen.

Road trip

My best friend Lenor and I went on a girls road trip to Utah to be at the wedding of our high school friend, Charity.  I forgot how nice it was to travel with a good friend, and all the great conversations we were able to have.  We also were lucky enough to stay with my sweet friend Amy, who I haven't seen in years.  She has two boys that I've never met and being around all those little boys made me want a house full of them.   The wedding was beautiful, the girl time was great, seeing old friends was wonderful.  There were a few standout events along our drive.  We saw a total of 10 bald eagles, for reals!  It was crazy, and I'm convinced there is some sort of eagle lair in southern Utah.  We also drove through some crazy snow on our way home, which was magical until we did a 360 on the highway and I almost barfed.  I've never lived in snow and that was a bit of an adventure for me.  Such a fun trip and a great memory.