Just me n' Archie

In order to regain the dwindling number of our blog followers (due to the self-admitted un-interesting-ness of our lives), I decided it was time to take drastic measures!

So to all of our 4 readers (mom, dad, and Justin's mom and dad), here is a picture of me and David Archuleta!:




Yes, I am towering over him with all my 5'5"-ness!

So the story goes: Our friends, the Woods, invited us to the Operation Kids Gala at the Grand America for a black tie event that honored John Walsh from America's Most Wanted. There were a few celebs there, including Justin's favorite - President Palmer from the first season of 24 (most people know him as the Allstate guy). He hosted the event and Colin Raye was the musical headliner with Jim Brickman and some other musical guests. Even though were were all dressed up in our stuffy clothes, we had a blast! The food was good, the music was awesome, and it was a fun date night for us.

However, the room was a little chilly and I checked my coat, so after dinner I went outside the ballroom to get my coat and there was Archie standing all by himself in the hall just hanging out in his jeans and hoodie! Now, let's make something VERY clear here, I am a David Archuleta fan, but not psychotic or anything. I just liked watching him on American Idol. Besides, I felt like such a motard asking some kid 10 years younger than me for his picture! But I couldn't pass up the opportunity to get my picture with him and have a great story to tell! So I ran back in the ballroom, borrowed our friends' camera since we left ours in the car and went back out in the hall to get my picture with David. Justin is so sweet, he followed me out to take the pic, just laughing at how excited I was that I had run into David Archuletta.

He is just as shy and small in person as he is on TV but a nice kid. Here is a pic of me and my hubby, too.

Back on the Wagon

I am back on the wagon people. Our 2 week free cable extravaganza is over. Just to clarify, we did not jimi-rig free cable or do anything illegal. We are law-abiding citizens. A cable company which shall remain anonymous because we hate them offered 2 free weeks of cable when we moved into our house. Well, the two weeks is over. One morning Matt and Meridith were on, the next, Nada. So what do we do? Rent season 2 of Heros and stay up all night gorging ourselves on popcorn and turkey jerky and watching the exciting adventures of Hiro and is buddies!

Just a couple a Utes in Cougar Country

I have been a Ute fan ever since I can remember. When I was little (I mean like 4 or 5 years old) my brothers and I used to fight with my two cousins about who was better, BYU or Utah. Their parents went to BYU, ours went to the U. So my allegiance was defined at a very young age and my cousins basically initiated any judgements I may have about stereotypical BYU fans. Over the years, I have become an even bigger U fan (even more than when I was attending the school) but I have also become tolerant of BYU fans as I have matured. Then we moved to Utah County...Dun Dun Dun!

We are nowhere NEAR Provo and we are inundated with BYU fans and their bumper stickers, flags, shirts, mugs, etc. We can't even go into the grocery store without BYU everything on display. AHHH! So, we did what any true blue (red) Utah fans would do in our situation - drove back up to Salt Lake County and purchased as much U paraphernalia as we could get our hands on to decorate ourselves, our house, and our car with.

Now we have a flag in our window (inside so no one steals it), a sticker on our car, and various red t-shirts, hats, beanies, coats, and sweatshirts all sportin' the U. Our house has yet to be egged.

NOW, we can't go to Costco with our U stuff on without 10 dirty looks AND comments from BYU fans! What the? We are proud U fans, but at least we are respectful! Occasionally we will get a random U fan pat us on the back for our bravery, but seriously folks, we are just representin'. We don't want to start anything! And now those old BYU fan stereotypes have started to creep back up. BTW, its just the BYU fans I don't know who feel the need to come up and make some snide comments that bug the crap out of me - not my good friends who happen to be BYU fans.

We were so fed up with Utah county and the BYU fans down there that we decided to go back up north and watch the Utah away game at Iggy's Sports Bar on the TV. At least we can hang with fellow utes and get a break from the crazy BYU fans, right? NO. A lady I had never met before was sitting at the table next to us while Justin and I were being seated. She was about 55 and was there with her whole family it looked like - kids, grand kids, etc. Now you tell me if you can't blame me for being a little miffed at crazy BYU fans:

Me: (seeing the lady staring at me) "Hi"

Lady: "Don't worry, we won't beat you up!"

Me: "Oh I'm not worried, lady"

Lady: "Haha...Ha....Ha......Oh...."

I think she got the point. But honestly, people. Who SAYS that?

And didn't BYU get a spanking last night from TCU?

GO UTES!!!!

Horsey Ride

A couple of weeks ago our friends intived us to go horse riding up the canyon with them. 4 hours and two bruised bums later (Justin and I aren't regular riders - I used to be when I had my own horsey, but due to an almost life-threatening accident I had to get rid of Bandit, aka "Satan"), we finally made it down the mountain. It was a blast and the fall scenery was beautiful!