Sorry I have been such a BLOG slacker the last week or so! Things have just been a little nuts with Troy back in school and me editing the 2nd edition of Money For Life (my boss’s book) and trying to make time to work on the brochure/proposal for the Children’s Foundation (SKIDS). But…. It’s still no excuse! So… I will just update and move forward with more timely blogging. :)
Memorial weekend was a fairly mellow weekend for us… school, work, etc took up most of our time it seems but we still found time for renting some movies and enjoy the rain. On Memorial Day we went to visit Troy’s Father’s grave and take him some flowers. We also took some flowers to Grandpa Hansen and Colleen’s Grandmother while we were there too. Then we headed across the valley to visit Colleen’s Mom’s grave and to stop in and leave some flowers for Grandma and Grandpa Streiff too. They have added some pretty new garden areas at the graveyard, which we were very happy to see. Next we stopped over to leave some flowers for Grandma and Grandpa Anderson… As you can see from the photos, a few other family members stopped in to visit the graves as well. It was a fun trip down memory lane and despite the pouring rain, we had a lovely day.
On Thursday night Troy and I had the opportunity to hangout with Avery for the evening while her parents were at the new Indiana Jones movie… they said it was great! Troy and I will have to go see it soon! We worked on my car which wasn’t especially fun for Troy who was doing all the work but Avery and I raced up and down the driveway, took turns pretending to drive the car and trying on all the exciting bracelets that reside on the gear shift knob of my car. Haha! After the headlights were all fixed, we loaded up and went for a drive… which Avery thought was very cool, despite the fact that it was only to Wendy’s and back. Haha! It’s not very often that Avery gets to ride in Jen’s car so it was quite the thrill apparently. The evening took a pretty boring turn for Avery after that as she was forced to watch a movie with us that was not at all her speed. Oh well, she seemed to enjoy climbing all over the couch and all over me…. Haha!
Saturday was the Symphony…. Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5. There was also a guest conductor who was very entertaining to watch… at least for me. Troy was less than enthusiastic about his style, but I thought he was hilarious. He would get very into the music in certain areas and start doing these dancing moves with his shoulders, or making these “jazz hands” type moves at the musicians. Haha! Anyway… I loved the piano concerto and the Prokofiev piece was excellent as well. I was not familiar with Prokofiev before that night but the piece had a dark, Russian kind of feel and it was very cool. It was Troy’s favorite piece of the evening.
Let’s see…. What other things do I need to catch up on? Ahhh.. yes, the latest Dog rescue. I am not sure what it is about Troy and I finding stray dogs in every neighborhood we go to!?! But, none-the-less, it seems to happen quite often. A little while back we were up in my old haunting grounds of Holladay and the surrounding area… we came across Newman (pictured below with Troy) roaming a rather busy street and getting increasing closer to Highland Drive (which many of you know is a very busy street). After several attempts to get Newman to trust Troy enough to let him grab his collar (attempts which included bribery with whatever snacks we had in the car… namely yogurt raisins and Doritos, neither of which are usually very good dog snacks) we were able to call Newman’s Dad. Unfortunately he was in Park City for the day but asked us if we would do him the huge favor of taking Newman to his house and putting him in the garage. So…. off we went. Newman was home safe and we were on our way. :)
This week we have the last Ballet of the season – Innovations, as well as the last Symphony of the season. We are looking very forward to the Deer Valley Music Festival and our picnics with the Symphony up in the mountains, under the stars!
5 comments:
Jen,
that was sure nice of you to take flowers to your grandparents graves. thanks. They look pretty in the photos.
good job
sounds like a busy and fun weekend
I was wondering where you had been the past week or so...looks like you were really busy! But, lots of fun busy too (that's the best kind).
Funny that the guy had you take his dog back and put it in his garage...did he give you a code to get in? I know that's a wierd question, I am just wondering if he was super trusting and gave you the code to his house or if there was a way to get the dog inside without potentially accessing the entire house...I know, it's a miscellaneous detail...I just can't curb my curiousity!
The garage door was unlocked, so I assume that the house door was locked, but we did not actually check. Haha!
See, you're so good! That gives me hope to be less sceptical!! I would have been worried that the good samaritans (but still strangers) would have thought, "hmmm, I wonder if the house is unlocked"...can you tell I grew up in a house where my mom always kept the doors locked? Thanks for the paranoia mom!!
I always keep my doors locked too... in fact I don't even answer my door unless I am expecting someone... haha! Of course, I think that has more to do with the fact that I don't have a peep-hole in my door. :)
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