Utah - Fun Centers

So for Christmas I found an AMAZING deal ($11 a piece!) for some Utah Pass of All Passes. What I didn't know at the time I bought them was that I had to pick them up IN PERSON by the end of February in Provo. Happily there was a 4 day weekend in February so we headed up there for a quick trip.

 

After arriving Friday afternoon/evening our first order of business was to pick up our passes:

 

 

We then proceeded to check out a couple of the fun centers that were included in our purchase. At the first fun center we played a little black light mini golf. I love the ghostly appearance:

 

 

After Jacksons hole in one:

 

 

In fact, EVERYONE (except for me) got a hole in one!

 

It happened to be Valentine's Day.

 

 

We then headed to our next fun center. This one had rides, arcade games, mini-golf and roller skating:

 

 

Sade was not a fan of this one:

 

 

It was getting to be quite late, but we wanted to squeeze in a little roller skating before leaving. Well, except for Sade:

 

 

Jackson and I were the only ones (in our family) brave enough to participate in the games/dances held in the middle of the rink:

 

 

I was so happy when Jackson was chosen as one of the winners. He always tries his very best and doesn't give up:

 

 

We then headed back to our hotel to try and rest up for the fun of day 2.

Blue & Gold 2014

I have it in my mind, however I am not sure if it is true or not, that Dad's and sons are supposed to make the cake for Blue & Gold? Regardless of whether or not that is true, I was thrilled that Eric was in town this year so he could take on the daunting task of cake making.

 

The theme was Mexican Fiesta. They spent time Friday night finalizing their idea and then early Saturday morning they headed to the store and then came home and got to work.

 

 

Their design included cake AND cookies:

 

 

They had to jerry-rig a cookie sheet with tinfoil rolls to get the proper effect:

 

 

Perfect:

 

 

Fresh out of the shower (Jackson) final decorating:

 

 

Introducing their Mexican Fiesta themed Chips, Salsa, and Guacamole cake:

 

 

There were lots of cute cakes there:

 

 

He received the award for most "Realistic" cake:

 

 

Jackson with his fellow Wolf group (pack?):

 

 

Good job Eric and Jackson!

Sadie - 2013

I have about 3000 pics of Sade I haven't blogged, even these from 2013! So to catch up a bit on last year:

1. For quite a while Sade would say "dramatic carry" and then do this:





I had lots of pics of her doing this in various settings, but lost them all when our computer crashed.

2. I enjoy this picture I snapped of her falling asleep while taking her seat belt off:



3. Just a girl watching t.v. eating out of a bag full of turkey:



4. I love this angry, closed eye picture of her:



She HATES it when I use the flash while taking her picture.

5. Speaking of angry:



6. And finally, one day Sade took it upon herself to dust the top of the cabinets:





She's a keeper.

Superbowl 2014

As we are SUPER Seahawks fans, the SUPERbowl was kind of a big deal at our house this year. As Eric left for church meeting Sunday morning he was greeted by this little, and I do mean little surprise:

 

 

Disgusting.

 

Who would taunt us this way?

 

Just to put it into perspective:

 

 

Our Seahawks troll (yes we have one, no don't ask) didn't take kindly to the Broncos flag and retaliated with fire:  

 

 

After church we headed over to the Baird's (Bronco's fans) to watch the game.

 

 

We attempted to be gracious winners after the truly embarrassing showing by the Bronco's and I am happy to report that we have remained friends.

 

Also a week or so after the game we found out that our old neighbors and still good friends deposited that scrap of Bronco's fabric in our yard. Good thing our revenge was already exacted by the score.