Monday Night Bowling

This week was a lot of fun. I did get a little ornery the last game but it happens! My scores were 130, 163 and 87. I got a turkey the second game, go me! John, Jamie and JP also did well. We won one game and lost the other but we had fun. Jen mom got a new ball with the name Connie inscribed on it so we called her Connie all night. I do have to say though the place we bowl really should be called Ghetto Town and Country. I know this offends some but you really should see the place before disagreeing! Happy Bowling!

I LOVE SPRING!

The past two days I have warn skirts! YEAH warm weather. I am so excited for Spring. My rose bushes are starting to bud, as are my Lilac bushes. This will be the first year they bloom because I just got them last year. How can you not be happy on a day like today! Spring brings new birth and packages in the mail. Let me explain that last sentence. JP has been fixing up his 280 Z the past month. He has pretty much re-built the whole thing so every couple of days a new package arrives for him. He finds parts on line and orders them. When I started giving him crap about it (I was joking, more jealous the packages were not for me!) he told me I should be happy because this means the car will be fixed and can actually be driven. I will take a picture of the car once it is put back together. Right now there are parts all over in my kitchen and the garage. One day he will have his own man garage where he can make as big of a mess as he wants! For now he just makes the big messes in my kitchen and kitchen sink! Oh well, at least he is happy! HAPPY SPRING!!!!!!!

MAY 1st

This is the day the new X-Men movie comes out.

Mark your calenders!!!!!!!!

Monday Night Bowling

We had a lot of fun last night at bowling. Alex, I think, had the most fun as he was able to get people to buy him prizes out of the little machines. I think he ended up with about seven. I had a GREAT night. My scores were 155, 124 and 154. This was very unusual and is going to throw off my handicap for next week but oh well. Jamie was able to make it and she did really good too. I don't remember her scores but they were good as were Johns. JP is finally figuring out how to use his new bowling ball. He got a 193 last night. His highest score ever is 198! We won two games and lost one. We also won the overall pins. The first game we won by one point! I am starting to take bowling seriously and really trying to figure out how to play. I still don't care if we win or loose and it is more just an individual competition for me. Well Happy Bowling everyone!

On the Road Again

JP and I headed down to St George again this weekend. We went with John, Alex, Joe, Jen, and of course the dogs. John, Alex, JP and I left LATE Friday night after dinner at Heidi and Mikes. We arrived around one in the morning. The ride down was pretty uneventful except for me freaking out about the car that was overheating right in front of us that we were going to hit. Jamie before you comment left me explain. On the drive down I was in and out of sleep. On one of the times I kind of woke up, I thought there was a car in front of us overheating and we were going to hit it. So I scream JP watch out and reach for the wheel but did not grab it. JP of course starts yelling back what. Then John, who was asleep in the back, starts asking what. I explain what I thought I saw and JP explains to me there is nothing. Sorry John for interrupting your sleep, and in such an abrupt way too! At least Alex slept through the whole thing!
Saturday we went and watched JP's cousin Adam compete in a RC car rock climbing thing. If you understood that sentence you must be a red neck!! I got a nice burn and Jen and I got to rock climb in flip flops. We didn't know the rock climbing part until we arrived. We did well though and no one was hurt. Adam also did really well in the competition. Alex actually enjoyed the rock climbing but really wanted to play with a green truck because that is his favorite color. Grandma Jen must have know this because she had a green monster truck at the condo. After the RC rock climbing thing the boys went golfing and the girls went shopping. More like wandering. We went to Big Lots, Target, Petco, and Home Depot. We also went to Harmons to pick some things up for dinner. That night Charlie, Joyce and Adam (JP's uncle, aunt and cousin) came over and we had some really good lamb chops, green beans, salad, corn bread and brownies. Oh and a really good cheese ball Jen mom made! After they left I headed to bed and everyone else watched tv for awhile.
Sunday we slept in. As we were getting ready in the morning Bailey decided to throw up. I failed to mention he had eaten a crayon Alex dropped the day before. Apparently not just kids like to eat crayons, dogs do too! Only dogs throw them up and kids poop them out!! JP got in the shower and left me to clean up the throw up. It is a good thing I like Bailey so much! And how can you get mad at someone who is sick and has the biggest sad and sorry eyes like Bailey. I love my puppy dogs! The boys went golfing and the girls went to breakfast. After a yummy breakfast we went shopping. After wondering Old Navy, Target and the Dollar Store we headed back to the condo to clean up. John and Alex returned around three. John wanted to watch the presentation at four about who was going on in the college basketball tournament. I went and got us In and Out. While John watched tv Alex and I played outside. The weather was so nice! Alex dropped his toy in the kennel so I sent him in after it. He then wanted me to lock him in. So I did. He then played in the kennel for almost 15 minutes, and LOVED it. Joe and JP got home around five. So we packed up my Rav and we headed home.
I enjoy these trips to St. George so much more now because I can actually relax! I can wonder stores for hours and not worry about studying and school. I know what it is like to relax now and I love it!

Monday Night Bowling

Yes, I know it is Wednesday so I am a day late posting this but I got busy last night (and not in the way you are thinking). Monday night was OK. I did really well the first game, 147. Then the next two I crapped it up. I got 89 both games. Now it is normal for me to get eighty something but two scores of eighty something is not going to cut it. The problem is I bowl for fun. I am VERY competitive but am not serious enough to actually understand the game of bowling. You could say I got cocky and well when that happens you get humbled! Oh well, I did have a lot of fun! Jamie was sick so JP called our friend Tyler to sub. Tyler is a serious bowler, he has his own shoes and ball! He is also a very good bowler. If I remember correctly he got a 195 the first game. The next game was around 145 and the last was 153. (I think those numbers are correct. I am sure Tyler will let me know if they are not!) He and JP were having a competition among themselves to see who did better. Tyler won.
I also participated in the strike it rich. You get four tickets for a dollar. (Yes I gambled, can you believe it?) For every ten dollars in the pot JP puts one. The pot on Monday was 42 dollars. He had me put in five more. The first ticket was chosen and a strike was not thrown. The second number was chosen and it was mine. I hit eight pins. So I didn't win. I think I did so bad the last game because I was so nervous about strike it rich. If they choose your number everyone watches you try to throw a strike. I was freaking out about it.
Well there is your weekly update. Happy bowling everyone!!

Perspective

You know those moments in your life where things are put into perspective? Where you hear about someone and what they are going through and think "I am so blessed." I had one of those moments yesterday. I found out that one of my cousins, who is my age, married and they just had their second child, has a brain tumor. It is the size of a baseball and located right next to his optic nerve. I guess he has had headaches and vision problems for awhile and they did an MRI and found the tumor. It is moments like this where I realize I freak out over the smallest things! I spend too much time stressing about the small things. At these moments I am also VERY thankful for the gospel. That families can be together forever and Heavenly Father will help us. Whether that help is peace, or physical help, He is there.
So here is my plea, don't what for those moments of gratitude to happen, make them happen! Take time everyday to 'stop and smell the roses' if you would. It doesn't have to take long and you only have to think of one thing you are grateful for, but the trick is to think of something different everyday. It will help you realize what is important. (OK I am off my soap box now but you understand right!?)

JP-isms

Having been married to JP for almost 5 years you are never prepared for what comes out of his mouth. He is pretty witty! But the other day he had some classic sayings! I wrote them all down to share with you.

JP was getting a snack and wanted to watch tv in our bedroom: "I need some more milk, than I'll take those chips and dip to bed." I had to do a double take.

Whitney to me: "You look cute."
JP: "That's because she is married to me."

And last, we were laying in bed and I had just put lotion on my hands and they started to burn. So I am freaking out. JP tells me to put more lotion on and the burning will go away. I put more on and it still burns. So JP takes my hands and starts rubbing the lotion in more. He takes my bird finger and flips it up and tells me "Behind every bird is a turd."
Me: "What?"
JP: "Behind every bird is a turd."
Me: "There is NO turd behind this bird."
Then JP starts to laugh because he realizes I have no idea what he was talking about. So he explains that the person flipping the other off is the turd. Thanks?! What am I suppose to say to a complement like that!

Monday Night Bowling

Last night John and Jamie were able to come out. The quarantine has been removed from their house! YEAH! JP was at a Ducks Unlimited fundraiser and we couldn't find a sub, so we used his handicap. We played well! I got 112, 142, and 100. No eighty something this week! I was excited to break that streak but was worried because I had the worlds WORST headache!
We won one game, lost two and lost the over all pins. We had lots of fun though and that is what counts, right!? Our team was in third place though so we can't be that bad! Go Monday Night Bowlers!

St. George

JP and I drove south this weekend. We went to St. George with JP's dad and step-mom. We left Friday around seven and arrived around eleven. (I think, as I was asleep!) Saturday we slept in. After breakfast the boys headed out to play golf. The girls hung out at the condo for awhile and then wandered the mall. That night we had Pat's BBQ for dinner. (Jen brought this from home.) Sunday we slept in again. After breakfast the boys took off to play golf and the girls stayed at the condo. We bathed all the dogs, I read half of my book and watched some tv. The boys got home around seven. We drove through In and Out and then we were on the road. We got home around ten thirty. So if you did the math, we arrived home in 3 1/2 hours. JP was driving like a Nascar driver! It was scary at moments! It was lots of fun to get away for a little bit!