I had Black Belt Class Saturday morning... and then I had some fun going up to see Jax and Trevon!
We had lunch at Jimmy Johns and while we were there we found out the Anime Convention was in Layton.
Well Juanita and Jax had to go see it so I drove through the Parking lot 3 times for them.
I then had to go home so I could get to my volunteer duties at the Running Dead 5k at the South Town Mall area.
I
got there and was quick to start handing out packets and while standing
there I decided I was going to do the run.. I have not done a 5k since I
lived in Manhattan where I used to do a 5k or 10k once a month. It was
my way of staying in shape for my clients in the gyms. Well I signed up
and realized I didn't have shorts on and I wasn't wearing my running
shoes nor a sports bra...
so I ran to Old Navy and bought a pair of Ute pajama bottoms to cut into shorts and wear.
I
started the race at a good pace (slow and steady) I finished in 42:30
minute which was pathetic if you look at the fact at one time in my life
I was doing 4 miles in 34 minutes... LOL
I had fun and completed the race with a little wear and tear on my bod!
Here is a couple of photos for you to see:
Before the 5K
After the 5k 42:30 minutes later
Sunday I got to go see my nephew Logan X and Deliver his Wolverine costume and do our first photo shoot..
Here are some of my favorites of Logan X as Wolverine!
Candy!
Look Nerds!
Wolverine that is all you need to know.
Trick or Treat
Treat or Trick?
Who is that Wolverine?
Best Wolverine Ever!
Cutie pie
Showing me his nose
Pat A Cake
Pat A Cake Bakers Man
One Happy Wolverine!
Watching Kung Fu Panda after the Photo shoot.
Dad and Wolverine
Logan finds the Candy!
Dad and Son
While mom is not watching...
Come here my little child I have nice candy for you!
I have had a busy month the Quartet finally had some time to do a photo shoot and a friend of ours Scott Spain took some great photos...
Here are a few of my Favorites:
We took some solo pictures for our Facbook Spread
I am known for making faces when I play
From left to Right Jill Hancey, Dan Chamberland, Margo Watts and Me!
Me, Dan, Jill and Margo
Me, Dan, Jill and Margo
Dan and I
Me and Margo
Me and Jill
My marimba looks great too.. Scott Spain did a great job!
Ok I have wanted to change my floors for the last 6 years and with my Lay off from Symantec I have been able to pay off all my small credit card debt, get some appliances that I really needed and now a beautiful new floor in my condo.
First the before pictures Monday September 24th!
Note the Ugly orange tile on the right that is in the entry way and in the kitchen too...
This is the day the work started and I was anxious to come home to see this:
And then the work just progressed...Tuesday I came home to this:
Tuesday night I decided to have Mike include the kitchen tile as well so Wednesday no new flooring but check out the carnage in the Kitchen!
Thursday night I came home to tile without grouting in the kitchen and the rest of the floor laid with no base boards I was saying in my head LOOKS GREAT!!!
Finally everything in place and furniture back in the home where it belonged
Finally some area rugs for the marimba and the living room area
Well August first I was laid off from Symantec after 12 years of combined employment with Altiris first and then when Symantec (they bought Altiris). I was not too tore up about it as I was really ready for a change... In fact I had been already posting my resume around and starting the process of finding a new job.
Aug 3rd was my Birthday and Margo my friend from U of U percussion days and I went to Park Cafe for some delicious food and good fun!
Later that Day Juanita came down for my birthday weekend and we had a good dinner with Logan X, Charles and Debbie. Juanita I spent all weekend just doing things that were fun and crazy not a bad Birthday weekend!
Also in the month of August my newest great nephew Hazen Christensen was born Aug 13 2012 and he is beautiful!
August 19th was a special day because many of my family and I got to enjoy the best touring company of WICKED I have yet seen. I was Joined by Juanita Wright, Jamie Wright Busby, Cambria Christensen,
Charles and Debbie Williams and my friends Roxann Hardcastle Rose, Mark
Kendzior and his wife! What a great day of Theater.
Finally Here is one of our August picture of Logan X and his Play pool!!!
Oh yea I started my new job at Central Logic on Aug 27th so all in all a good Month full fun and Change.
Well February is here and aside from the annoyance which is work.... it has been nice so far..
work has decided to act on an issue they have known about for 6 years but thought it was better to wait till the last minute to react and thus make an entire team of people work extra hours weekends and well take over our routine. YUCK!
Good side so far the Marimba Quartet first performance was really good... we played well and I think the audience appreciated the performance: here is a nice link to one of the pieces we performed:
Year of Logan continues!!
Diana came up on the 8th to spend some time with Logan and family and friends but I think mostly Logan... So on my Friday off we had a yummy breakfast together: We met at Blue Plate Diner up on 21st and 20th for a nice time of eating and catching up...
Logan slept the entire time!
We then grabbed Logan for a quick run to Micheal's for the final components of his Valentines moment :)
You would think somewhere at Valentines there might be a cupid bow and arrow for a baby well.. there is not.. We tried Micheal's, Zurchers Party supplies and was about to go to Toys-R-Us when we decided we could make our own for 3 dollars...
We went back to Chuck and Debbie's for the afternoon of Logan mauling and Diana had our bow and arrow setup in minutes. As for Logan mauling he is the best baby when it comes to letting his Aunts coo and love him. I am not too good at feeding him but I seem to be great at getting him to burp and spit up the ucky milk in his belly :)
I was introduced to his happy spot.. his diaper changing table in his room... He loves it and it was here Diana and I introduced him to Wolverine!!!
Diana was the hand and voice of wolverine and he seemed to have a good time with it.
Finally Diana got him to eat all of his morning snack and he was out in the burps
He slept for a bit and then was up and hungry..
Finally he got some of his mom's time while Diana took a nap and I just sat and chatted with Debby.
I was having a good time getting him to smile and coo and we were constantly trying to catch his smile in a photo. He gets distracted from smiling as soon as a camera is around and just focus on figuring out what that thing is... Here was a moment I caught where he was telling me such a story!
Don't ask me how I caught it..
Now I know you are all excited to see his Cupid Photos and so without any more narrative to deny you this moment I present:
