BYU game and lots of other random stuff

I'm glad that I take lots of photos - it helps me remember that we are up to things. I feel like I've been wracking my mind for something exciting (or at least readable) to post. I've kind of been working on a write up of the need many people have for cell phone etiquette, but we'll see if I can make it worth posting at some point. In the meantime . . .

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Yesterday we went to the football game, so I took some photos with the camera that's always in the diaper bag, and today I realized I do have some stuff to put up, so here goes.

Our first BYU game with Guy (and our last, for a long long time, sadly).

I thought he'd love seeing all the people and just soak it all in. Instead, he spent all 15 minutes that he spent in the stands like this - or actually worse (screaming). I wish I could say it was because he was teething or something like that, but he hated the noise and let us (and everybody else around us) know.Out by the gate he was happy.

This is from when we were heading to Delaware. Good thing he was so good on the way out, or maybe I would have been tempted to bring him home like this. Even though he doesn't like football games, he's a great traveler, and I'd take that any day, so no complaints here. If he can put it in his mouth, he will. Guy sure loves chewing on anything and everything. He does have one bottom tooth in and another will break through soon, probably. I'm glad he's taking his time with his teeth, from what I understand it makes nursing a lot less painful. With his great grandpa (where some of his Mexican blood comes from).

Guy feeding himself sweet potatoes

He loved them - and won, apparently
Nap time gone wrong.

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One kind of fussy teething day as a last resort I put Guy in his car seat, covered it with a blanket, and rocked him with my foot as I read. He fell asleep fast, but then after about 20 minutes he stirred a little. Without looking down I started rocking him. He stopped stirring and but I kept rocking for about 10 more minutes and finally looked down. Here's what I expected to see:

This is what I found.

At least he was happy.

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Lastly, here he is, just playing on the bed one day.

What Do YOU Think?

Way back in May of 1998 (yes, I'm dating myself--I'll be 31 at the end of this month!), I was a contestant on The Price is Right. Yeah, we're talking the old school one--with Bob Barker. Don't get too excited though, I didn't win the Showcase Showdown. In fact, it seems that my whole appearance was a little bit dissapointing to a certain someone we'll call "X," for now.

As we're waiting in line to get in the studio, my fellow BYU Writing Center employees talked strategy for when someone gets called down, and the only thing I picked up from that was to bid $1 higher than the last bid. So yes, I was that jerk. However, that strategy works - and gets you as far as the stage. But then I messed up big time (according to X)--I didn't kiss Bob Barker. Oops. What's one more set of lips on that heavily made up face?

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Then even worse, I didn't win my game. It was Barker's Bargain Game. There was a daybed and a scooter - both were priced low, and I had to guess which one was the better deal. I guessed wrong--as most people have if they've see the rerun (X admitted that he guessed wrong, too).

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Then there was the wheel . . . there, I spun for a grand total of 25 cents. Yep, that was a dime first, and 15 cents next. They don't give you that in your price winnings, but if I had a quarter for every time somebody asked about that or made fun of it, I would have at least $5 by now.

So, I bid $1 higher than one guy a couple times (and he never got on stage the whole game), I failed to kiss Bob, and I spun the wheel twice for a total of 25 cents. What was so great about being a contestant on The Price is Right, you ask?

I DID win these dishes!

Okay, okay, so I'll admit that they are are UGGG-LY, but if I mention that this five piece setting serves eight, and was accompanied by matching boating house canisters, a pitcher shaped as a bookshelf, a cookie jar that also belongs on the wharf, 5 serving dishes, and salt and pepper dispensers shaped as a trophy and a small sailboat, does it get any better?

It was all for the grand price of $565. My first thoughts? I can't believe somebody would pay for these. Later, I realized, nobody probably did--they were probably donated to the show because they'd been sitting on a store shelf for way to long.

I've used these dishes some . . . in college I pulled them out for big meals (we had nothing else that matched and served that many people). When I moved to Delaware, I didn't have any dishes but these, so I took them there (just the table settings--I didn't even haul it all out there), and used them all the time until I got married.

So now, after all these years, X wants to get rid of these dishes (I know, it's obvious who X is when you think about it). When I object, the next suggestion is to save one setting and trash the rest. I'm thinking no on that one too. They are kind of fun dishes, but only because of the story, I admit.

I'm thinking that someday I'll send these off with Guy to college, or something like that. Really, can you/do you blame me for wanting to keep them?

Park City Fun

Last night we met some friends up in Park City. After eating Mexican we had a unique and very fun opportunity--our friend Wendy is working at a museum in Park City. The museum is on Main Street, and since she's been working there it has been under rennovation. It's opening to the public again soon - and if you like museums at all, this is a fun one that I would recommend if you're up in Park City.

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I don't know what it looked like before, but I think it's pretty amazing now. It's all about the history of Park City (mining is a big part of the history, but there were a lot of other things covered in the museum, too). We went through it all pretty quickly, but I could have spent a lot more time there. Here are some fun parts that we caught photos of.This was an old ski lift--it actually traveled through a mining shaft to get to the top of the mountain--that was pretty interesting to me.The basement of the museum used to be the city jail. One honeymooning couple spent most of their first night being married there (while it was still a jail)?!?!?!

Guy's First Beach Trip

One of the last days that we were in Delaware we took the opportunity to go to the beach. Rob's not a big fan of sand, but I love being out there, hearing the waves and just relaxing. I thought it would be fun to take Guy. It wasn't until we got there that we realized what a new and different experience it would be for Guy. There were quite a few waves coming in that day (for an east coast beach), and the roaring water was pretty loud. The sand was something entirely new to him, too. So, it was not exactly the experience that we expected, but eventually Guy warmed up to it--so much so that he started eating sand.

More of Delaware

Guy and his cousin Owen - Owen's a natural as he speeds around in this fun little tractor.
Guy and his uncle Ed - a Delaware State Trooper

One Friday we went to the Franklin Institute. There was a small mirror maze in one of the areas. It was Guy's favorite part of the institute - I took him back through for a second run since he got such a kick out of it.After the Franklin Institute, we went to Dave & Busters.Amidst all the noise (it's a huge arcade . . . like an adult-sized Chuck E Cheese), Guy was able to sleep, thankfully - he REALLY needed that nap (he had had a very rough teething day).
Guy and Abuela-he loved spending time outside with her (in the evening, when it was cooler)

While we were visiting, we hit our 2 year anniversary. That evening Rob's parents were able to watch Guy while we went out to dinner at a pub in Dover. Dinner was good, and we had a nice view of this lake from our booth.

Just a few more

So, while playing with the super nice camera, I took many many photos - here are a few more of my favorites

Flashback Moment

While we were out in DE, Rob's mom took some time to go through some of Rob's old stuff, with the intent of finding some of the books he read as a kid. While she did find some books, she also found this little treasure

Rob LOVED Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles so much growing up! He saved "turtle points" off the boxes of every TMNT toy he got, and got this jacket with the points.