We Heart S.F.

December 21, 2007 - We drove 2 hours down to San Francisco to see The Nutcracker with Steve and Whitney. It was in the Opera House and we really enjoyed the show.

We stayed the night at the Sheraton Hotel and then went shopping in Union Square the next day. There were all sorts of bands and musical people performing outside, and the ambiance was very festive.

Then we went down to Pier 39 to have lunch. We ate loads of fried fish and we felt sick afterwards, but that didn't stop us from getting a Banana Nutella Crepe for dessert. We had a great time.

B's Bull Elk

Last October B went hunting with his dad in Craig, Colorado. They were very successful, Lee shot a mule deer and B shot a Rocky Mountain Bull Elk.

Anyway, Lee talked him into getting the elk mounted and we finally received it a year later. We were a little worried about where we were actually going to put it, because it's huge. One day B jokingly asked his boss if he could mount it in his office, and his boss said yes! So, the elk has found a home. We named him Herbert.

Christmas Party in Indianapolis

This year for our Christmas party my boss flew all of us out to Indianapolis to celebrate with the rest of the employees at Coastal Partners. We have locations in Roseville, Indianapolis, Memphis, Chicago, and Vegas. It was fun to meet people that I had been communicating with via email but had never met. We spent three days in Indianapolis shopping, sleeping, and just hanging out. I had a great time. This is the view from the mall, which connected to our hotel.

Here I am with Kathy and Caprice. We went bowling after the Christmas party. I didn't bowl, but I had a good time watching everyone. They were all very nice and took good care of me. I didn't realize I'd feel like such a liability going on this trip, but I guess since I'm almost 8 months pregnant they all thought I was pretty fragile.

I've Been Tagged

RULES:

#1 ~ Rules of the game must be posted at the beginning.
#2 ~ Each player lists 6 facts/habits about themselves.
#3 ~ At the end of the post the player then tags 6 people & posts their names, then go to their blogs and leave them a comment letting them know they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

Okay, here it goes...

1. Fact: I eat too much candy. I feel bad for our unborn child. He's going to come out of the womb craving the good stuff....like a crack baby only he'll be a candy baby.

2. Fact: I like wearing a swim suit. And I like buying them. I have lots.

3. Fact: I love living in Northern California. It is so green and the weather is so mild. After living in the desert of Las Vegas I feel like I'm in paradise being here. Also, B and I have noticed that the people here are very down to earth, which is refreshing after living in Vegas where half your co-workers are either addicted to gambling, chain smokers, obsessed with their image, or cheating on their spouse.

4. Fact: I am very immature. I think it's funny when people talk in voices, use movie quotes, swear, and trip.

5. Fact: I like the outdoors. I like camping, swimming, biking, 4 wheeling, snowboarding, boating, and hiking. I like it ALL. I especially like that B likes it too.

6. Fact: I have a phobia of meat not being cooked all the way. I'm always on the lookout for anything pink or bloody. Gross.

Alright...you've been tagged:
Jessica B.
Melissa C.
That's all. I don't have any other blogger friends who I dare inflict with a tag.

Are They Statues?

Our stake did what's called a "Nativity Exhibit" this year. Everyone who has a cool nativity from another country brings it and it's displayed at the church. There were TONS of nativities, we filled up the gym and two other rooms with them, and people from all over came to see them. Annette (B's mom) played a huge roll in bringing the whole thing together, and the end result was a very elegant event that helped a lot of people feel the Christmas spirit. It was awesome.

B and I also had a job; it was to sit for an hour and 1/2 in the Live Nativity as Joseph and Mary. It was harder than it looked because people we knew would come up and talk to us and we would laugh and joke with them, which probably wasn't too Mary and Joseph-ish. And sometimes people would walk by us and just STARE, trying to figure out if we were statues or not. Finally we'd laugh and tell them it's like Disneyland and we're just machines like on the Pirates of the Carribean ride. It would have been cooler if we'd had a real baby, because once people found out we were real they would come up to take a closer look at the baby. It was always kind of anti-climatic for them to see this plastic doll with blue eyes wide open staring back at them. The doll even had this plastic bottle attached to it that I had to constantly tuck back into the swaddling clothes. We tried to look super-interested in the doll's well-being, but after about 10 minutes we were pretty much ready for the whole thing to be over with. Yeah, we know, we're gonna be awesome parents.

Go Grizzlies!

We've gone to a few of the local High School football games this season. B used to play for the Granite Bay Grizzlies back in High School. He says back then they were a brand new school and they always lost, so it's been fun to go back and watch them win a few. We went with Steve Trythall and his wife Whitney. Steve used to be the quarterback on B's team back in the day. We had a fun time and brought our own hot chocolate. Of course I had to go get nachos from the concessions stand...because that's what you do at football games.

Mono

Last night as we were brushing our teeth B said to me, "Man, I'm just so TIRED all the time. Maybe I have mono." To which I cleverly replied, "I thought I had mono once for an entire year...turns out I was just really bored."

You gotta love it when Wayne's World quotes fit perfectly in random conversations.