Mimosa

Two weekends ago, we were at a luncheon following the baptism of my best friend's son. Now to set the picture up clearly in your mind let me fill you in on a few tid-bits. It was a luncheon following a baptism into the LDS church, which we are all strong members. My best friend's husband happens to be my husbands best friend and is also our Bishop. And the last thing you need to know is that I am an IDIOT!

The Scene:

I was chatting with my best friend and her mom, who happened to be leaving. We were chatting about hair and then her mom's necklace caught my eye. It really is one of the cutest things I've ever seen and so clever. It was this teeny-tiny glass vial with a petal/strand from a dandelion inside the vial, and next to the vial was this tiny silver plaque with the word "wish" en graven upon it. My description doesn't do it justice, and what made it even cuter is the fact that my best friend's mom made it! This revelation led to this conversation:

Me: "You are so talented. It is such a cute necklace."

BFF's Mom: "Thank you! I want to make one for each of my daughters and nieces honoring their grandpa. He loved mimosa, do you know what that is?"

Me: "I do! It's that orange juice and champagne mixed drink."

At this point my BFF and BFF's mom burst out laughing, almost falling over, they are laughing so hard. I'm just looking at them with a questioning look and I say, "What?? What did I say?" Finally through their laughter they say, "No, he loved the mimosa flower!" Now I burst out laughing as I say, "Oh, I'm sorry! Of course it's a flower!" We're all still laughing our heads off and I'm laughing so hard I have tears streaming down my face! "I can't believe I am that clueless!"- is what I'm really thinking.

When I got home that day, I of course, googled the mimosa flower! I could not help but crack-up over my stupidity all weekend long. Especially as I realized the three major flaws to my brain power that day.

#1 Like my BFF's Mom is going to be referring to alcohol at an event like that!

#2 Like my BFF's Mom is going to mix up a batch of Mimosa and pour it into those teeny-tiny vials!

#3 Like my BFF's Mom is going to give her daughters and nieces a vial of alcohol to wear around their necks!

DUH! DUH! DUH!

I should not be allowed to speak to people in public!

The Sleeping Beauty

Matt took me and Chloe on a date last Friday night! We went to The Olive Garden for dinner and then to The Sleeping Beauty by Ballet West at the Capitol Theatre. This was our first professional ballet experience, and it was AMAZING! I don't think Matt enjoyed it quite as much as Chloe and I did. At one point he even leaned over to me and said, "I'm about to be the sleeping beauty!" Luckily, he has many months to gear up for The Nutcracker in December ! :)

My World Is Nuts

Matt was printing out some of his Prague pictures for my scrapbooking project, and, as Matt usually does, he decided to do something different while I was in the middle of a task. As Matt printed out the above photograph he also translated what the sign said - especially the phrase below my name. Matt was all full of chuckles as the translation came back as "World Is Nuts." He said that fit me perfectly.

Fifteen Years

"Even time itself changes. It's the heart that stays the same." ~anonymous

It amazes me that we are celebrating 15 years of marriage on September 9th! We had planned to be in Hawaii for our 15th anniversary, but medical bills ate away our vacation money. We still had some money left to go play downtown for a few days- and play we did!!!!

We went to see The Lion King at the Capitol Theater. It was amazing. One of my favorite parts in that show is when the actors are dressed as the grass in the plains and are swaying like the wind is bristling through. It is so beautiful. The whole production is truly a work of art!

We tried to go to dinner after the show, which ended about 9:45, but who knew that downtown Salt Lake closes early?!? We ended up at the Red Rock Brewery Company which stays open til 1AM. They brew their own cream soda and it was yummy. My halibut was also tasty.

The nice part about staying at the Downtown Hilton is that it was perfect for walking everywhere. (Well, perfect for Matt to walk and push my chair!) The Hilton was nice, Matt surprised me with breakfast in bed. We then headed out for a day around the town, only as we were walking through the lobby to our surprise it was pouring rain. As we stood there discussing whether to take the car or risk a few rain showers as we walked, we got another surprise- Matt's mom coming towards us in the lobby! Apparently, she had a work conference she was helping out with. She introduced us to a few of her nice work friends and then Matt grabbed our umbrella and off we went just as the rain stopped. Lucky us!

We headed a few blocks over to The Gateway. We browsed some shops. Among my favorites, The Body Shop (they have my favorite coconut body lotion!), Coldwater Creek, and then the store of all stores- THE APPLE STORE!! Surprisingly I walked out of the store empty handed, and only because of the precious words that came out of Matt's mouth, "If you wait til April, I will buy you the V2 iPad." That's right ladies and gentlemen, you heard it hear first. In April, I will be the proud owner of an iPad!!! Can't wait!!!

We love movies, so of course we saw some movies. The first movie was Avatar in 3D. Luckily, for me, Avatar was brought back into the theaters with some newly added scenes. I know I am probably the last person in the country to have not seen it until now. Matt had seen it on his plane ride to Prague, but said it was much better on the BIG screen. It was another piece of artwork, so visually stunning. I really enjoyed it.

Dinner was a little disappointing. I'd been wanting to try the California Pizza Kitchen forever, especially since it is one of my good friend's favorite place to eat. It was not impressive. Maybe I ordered wrong, but my sandwich was not good at all and Matt's pizza only tasted ok to me. The Cesar salad and my strawberry coconut smoothie was delicious, though.

After dinner, we walked around some more before our next movie started. We didn't realize that we had a tradition to uphold- well, Matt had a tradition to uphold.....but as our second movie ended I turned to him and said, "You are not allowed to choose a movie we see on our anniversary, anymore!!" Matt wholeheartedly agreed with me that this is his 2nd time in a row to choose a stinker! The American with George Clooney, don't waste your time or your money!!

Walking through the city back to our hotel was fun. I also loved sleeping in the next morning! We made it to one last movie - Resident Evil 3D! I know I'm weird, but I like those kind of movies. Matt considers himself lucky to have a wife that will see the action movies with him!

We hurried home thinking our kids might want to come home, but our friends obviously spoil them or something because they begged to stay for a couple more hours. It makes me happy that my kids were well taken care of while we were gone and that they had so much fun with them!

I had so much fun celebrating our 15 year anniversary with the love of my life! I cannot believe 15 years has gone by, but I am looking forward to each and every year to come with this amazing man. He still makes me feel like the pretty girl in the picture above, after all these years- which clearly, I'm not. But it is so nice to have someone look at you and treat you like you still are! I absolutely love that man!!