October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Women, let's not forget our monthly self-exams! I must say that I have never been a "
fan of the self-exam" until now when I'm seeing new breast cancer patients each day. Wow,
cancer sucks! I am back in Provo now, working for Dr. Tudor, and I love my job. I am working WAY too many hours at the moment and that has got to change, but other than that, I love the work (stress and all!). We have amazing patients and they inspire me to be a better person.
Last weekend our
bestie pals, Mike and
Suz, had us over for the unveiling of "
Thee Basement." They have been working tirelessly for months to finish their basement. During this time, we have not been allowed down there so it would be a surprise. Wow, it was beautiful and they've done such a good job. Since we are such weirdos, we decided to make the night special and dress up for the occasion. (What I love, is that my family is crazy enough to follow my every whim and have some fun.) Good job on the basement, Mike &
Suz! It's
fabulous and we can't wait to spend a ridiculous amount of time there and overstay our welcome.
Joe has been teaching the Marriage and Family Relations class at church for the last several months. During class, we had an awesome family (thanks Hanks) give us an idea to help with our family scripture study. They have a Consecutive Club and make goals with specific rewards for a certain amount of days. We started our own Consecutive Club in July. Our family made several goals and amazingly....it's working! We have had the longest run of consecutive scripture study (as a family) since Joe and I were married 16 years ago.
We went bowling as our reward for 30 consecutive days. Here we are being silly and having fun!
For 60 days, we get to do laser tag. We've actually passed the 60 day mark, so this weekend we plan on getting out and getting crazy.
We are on consecutive day 74 and counting. Once we hit 90 days, we're going to be headed to Boondocks for a day of fun. I'm looking forward to the go-carts. I am so proud of the kids for supporting and encouraging us to keep this up. They even did scripture study on their own when Joe and I stayed the night in SLC for our anniversary (that was without a reminder from mom and dad). It's brought us closer as a family and increased the spirit in our home. After Boondocks, I think we'll shoot for the stars and plan out a Disneyland trip for next spring. Huh, how many consecutive days is worth a trip that big?.......
Joe and I were both able to take off work this year and enjoy fall break with the kids. We decided instead of spending one day packing and getting ready, one day driving, and another day unpacking and washing clothes....we'd just hang out locally and act like tourists. And that we did! We started our first day by going to the Living Planet Aquarium. That was pretty cool. We got to pet some sting rays, watch the penguins being fed and check out some amazing creatures. We also did some laser tag that afternoon (5 games worth) and had a blast. Wow, that is addictive! We worked up a sweat and laughed our heads off. We also had a couple fierce games of air hockey. Finally, we ended the night at Denny's at 10:00 pm chowing on some greasy food. We were worn out from our first day.
Second day we started by taking the kids to Red Lobster for lunch. None of the kids had ever eaten lobster and crab. They all loved it and we may be in trouble now! Red Lobster may be the new birthday meal choice. We then drove to Park City to check out Olympic Park. I feel like such a goof that we haven't ever gone before.
I'm a huge fan of the Olympics and I got teary-eyed just reading all the info at the museum and reliving the SLC Olympics. Good memories! That night we went to Mike and Susie's to break-in the new theater. We watched How to Train Your Dragon and gorged on popcorn and candy. Nothin' like a good tummy-ache before bed.
On Saturday we ate some delicious BBQ and then went to Boon Docks for some go-cart action. Jake and Kelsey weren't tall enough for the fast go-carts, so they begrudgingly drove the little (slow) carts. By that evening, Joe and I were worn-out with all the kids play. We headed to Little America in SLC for an evening alone. All in all, it was a successful, fun-filled, memorable weekend. Love you family!
