Free Skis!

I won these skis at a work event I had to attend. . . not too shabby! Anyone want to go?

Music City!

I had to go to Nashville, Tennessee for a work conference. The days were filled with meetings and lectures, but the nights were filled with awesome food and parties that for once, were planned for us! It was nice to finally have someone else do an event that I could attend as a guest instead of the planner.

One of the nights, they took us to "Whoville Ice", an incredible place where everything was hand-carved from nearly two million pounds of ice! The building had to be kept cold to keep the ice from melting, so upon entering workers would hand each person these huge blue coats to keep warm.

The last night, we went to the heart of downtown Nashville where we had dinner, games, line dancing, and our own private concert.

Me with a few co-workers, we made a music video in front of this green screen. I think we did some Shania Twain song.
Like I said, we had our own private concert starring the LoCash Cowboys. These guys were so entertaining and have been asked to perform at Time Square on New Year's Eve! These two guys are brothers and the main singers. I filmed this video when they were just joking around, they were hilarious.

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Biking the Legacy. . .

. . . The Legacy Parkway that is. Zach and I rode on a new trail that neither of us had ever been on before. The bike path runs along side of the new Legacy Parkway, starts in North Salt Lake and ends in Farmington by Lagoon. We were surprised by all the scenery, we rode by a lot of horses, some wetlands, every once in a while there is a stop with benches and bathrooms, and my favorite. . . a HUGE pumpkin patch. The trail is flat and not crowded at all. Here are some pics!

So the biggest adventure of the day happened when we were driving home. As we got back to our car, we started loading our bikes on to our rack. (we have the kind of rack where you have to take off the front tire to mount the bike, then mount the tire separately) I must have been tired or something and didn't quite lock my tire in place. So, as we are driving home ON THE FREEWAY, all of the sudden Zach yells, "the tire!!" Sure enough, the tire fell off the roof of our car, which luckily Zach saw out of the rear view mirror just in time to pull over. He got out and walked about 1/4 mile back to see the poor tire just chillin' on the side of the freeway. This is him walking back with the tire. Let's just say Zach will be putting on bikes on the rack from now on.

Another picture I just had to post. . . . this happened just a few days earlier when Zach could not unclip his shoe. As he was falling I hear, "uh oh!" He was a good sport to lay there as I was laughing, trying to get out my camera.

Eat Bananas, B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

Many people already probably know about this new "fad diet", but I was intrigued when I read this article on the "Morning Banana Diet". Apparently, its popularity is so huge that grocery stores in Japan can't seem to keep a supply of bananas anymore. I thought it was interesting, but not so sure I believe it. The diet is simple, here's what it consists of:

• For breakfast, eat a banana (or as many as you want) and a glass of room temperature water.
• You can eat anything you like for lunch and dinner -- even fried foods -- as long as you're finished eating by 8 p.m.
• A three o'clock snack is okay, but dessert is prohibited -- and you must go to bed before midnight.
• You can drink a bit of room-temperature water at meals, but only a little bit. Don't drink too much water throughout the day. You can drink alcohol at social events.
• You can work out if you really want to but otherwise don't worry about it. You don't want to put any stress on your body.

If you are like me and eat bananas because you like them and not to go along with some bogus diet, here are some good reasons why you should keep eating them!

Soccer Time

Last night RSL played their first game in their new stadium. Even though the game ended with a tie, Real Salt Lake still has playoff hopes. The grass was perfect, the fans were loud, and the view was spectacular. We loved every minute of it.

Highlights of the night included:
The goal scored by Olave, right in front of us to tie the game 1-1,

Being up close with injured RSL player Fabian Espindola,

Seeing Andy Williams, (I pointed him out for you)

and spending the night with this handsome fellow.

Lows of the night included:
The tie (of course), the traffic, and this nasty raw chicken sandwich that had for dinner (I stopped eating it after this bite, pray that I don't get sick).

On another soccer note, I played on a team this last summer and our final game was this week. We ended up playing in the championship game and lost, so we finished second. . . bummer! But is was still a lot of fun, maybe we can take the trophy home next season.

Road Trip!!

Last Friday, we left work a few hours early to pack up the car and head to Elko, Nevada with Kurt and Erika. I know what most of you are probably thinking. . .Elko? . . . Seriously? However I will have to say Elko is not that bad, especially when the reason why we went is to visit our awesome friends, Joey and Lynsie. The funniest part about the trip was that Joey had recently got called as Scout Master, and this just happened to be the weekend when the Scouts had their overnight camp trip, so inevitably, Zach and Kurt joined in on the fun.

I am so happy I gave Zach my camera to take pictures during their overnight excursion. Without it, we would have missed this picture of Kurt soaking wet after Zach had accidentally tipped the canoe over while Kurt was still in it. Oops!

Saturday consisted of tennis and a pick-up soccer game with the locals. Thanks Lynsie and Joey for letting us visit! We had a blast!