Tuesday Thoughts

I can't really do a high-five for Friday post on a Tuesday, right? So, I think Tuesday Thoughts works as a title for what I would write on a Friday post.

1. The most common thing amongst people all over the U.S. right now is the soccer world cup! Of course we are watching it all day, every day.  Scott is loving being able to watch soccer all the time.  I'm not usually a fan of watching soccer on t.v. as it can get a little boring to watch, but it is much more exciting during the world cup. Especially when the United States is playing! 

2. Last Friday the 13th, I invited my friend Amanda to go see an outdoor movie (Despicable Me 2) with me.  Scott had to work that night and the movie was free, so why not?  It was so good to catch up with her!  The movie started at 9:00pm and Kylie didn't fall asleep before it started so she was awake for all but the last 10 minutes of the movie.  It's a late night for her, but I figure that if it only happens once every two weeks then it's not a bad thing.  We talked about going to see an outdoor movie together every other Friday this summer.  It'll be fun!

3. Last week, we headed down to Provo to take care of something real quick.  We got done pretty quickly and had some time to kill before meeting Kyle and Brianna at Boondocks.  We walked through the Wilkinson Student Center and Scott wanted some ice cream.  He shared with Kylie and she loved it.

We also stopped by my mom's office at the BYU library, but she was up in Salt Lake that day.  So we put Kylie to work to help out. :)

Can't pull her away.

4. Scott always jokes about how much he doesn't like Maddie and will "yell" at her when she sits next to him, but I know how much he really loves her.

5. Kylie is so active throughout the day that she falls asleep pretty quickly for her naps and at night. Sometimes I don't even rock her or sing to her before putting her in the crib. I caught her sleeping like this and just had to take a picture! It is too funny.

May Goals

So, the month of May was not so successful in accomplishing goals.  My motivation slipped a little bit, but it is back on for June!  It's interesting to note how up and down accomplishing my goals since January has been. As long as it doesn't stay down, I think I am doing well.  I think I gave up on spring cleaning the house.  I feel like I need a whole day to myself to be able to really get it done.  My goal for Kylie was to update her baby book, but I didn't get to that.  A date night didn't really occur either.  We tried to do one out of the date jar, but we weren't even together to have the milkshake together.  Sonic has half price shakes after 8pm and Kylie was already in bed, so Scott had to run out to get one and it took like 30 minutes to get it.  We shared it, but I guess it didn't feel date-ish.  Kylie and I didn't go to a soccer game nor did I do a craft. We also didn't make it to the temple.  We did have a fun get together with friends!! It was at James and Nichole's house this time and it was super fun. Kylie was walking laps around their kitchen, but she was a little fussy as she didn't get good naps during the day.  I am so glad we are having these monthly dinners. It gives me something to look forward to each month.

As you can tell, I got one goal accomplished there. Not great, but I am firm on doing better in June.  We did do good on out of the house activities once a week.  The first week of May, we went and fed the ducks at Gardner Village.  There weren't many and it was a little chilly, but it was fun.

The second week, we walked to the park down the street and put Kylie in the swing.  There's pictures of that on the 9-month post.  The next week we went to Vegas and did plenty of activities there.  Our activity the last week of May was the hike we went on for memorial day.  I did great with meal planning, but not so great with exercising.  I'm starting to keep a health journal where I write down everything I ate that day and if I exercised or not.  I'm not being super specific on writing down everything, but it does make me think about what I'm eating as I want to see more healthier choices on it.  It's hard as I want results right away and get disappointed when I don't see them.  I need to slow down and make it more of a healthy life change instead of a temporary change.

I think June's goals will go well as it is summer now and lots more activities are going on!!  I'm looking forward to being out and about with Kylie.

Memorial Day Hike

Memorial day turned out well! Since we are headed toward Yosemite to hike Half Dome in August, we need to get in shape and start hiking.  We headed out to Bells Canyon and it was a popular hike to hide that day.  Despite the number of people on the trail, it was a good hike and the waterfall definitely cooled us down.  Kylie did great as well!  We tried out the carrier in the backpack position for the first time and she enjoyed it.  I lost the hat I borrowed from Brita in Vegas so I had to buy Kylie a new hat.  This one is a little too big so it's a little hard for her to see sometimes.  At least I know that her face is covered from the sun.

After the hike, we stayed the rest of the day at Grandma Omer's.  Andrew and his family came up and we all had a yummy dinner.  Everyone was exhausted from activities earlier in the day, so we all just talked and relaxed.  It was a nice day.

Look at those eye lashes!

Group shot!

Vegas-Day 4

Tuesday was Scott's last day of conference, so he got done at 12:30pm.  Becky had to work again that day and Scott's parents and Andrew were leaving later in the afternoon.  We had plans to leave Tuesday as well because Kylie had her 9-month appointment the next morning.  We wanted a little more time to do a few things so we called the doctor and got her appointment switched to Friday.  We still had to leave Wednesday morning as Scott worked that night.  I'm glad we had an extra day.

Kylie and I picked Scott up from his conference and we wanted to go somewhere for lunch.  I remember seeing that Guy Fieri (from Food Network) had a restaurant when we were driving the day before.  I looked it up and it seemed like a fun place to go.  Scott's manager Kathryn and a co-worker Kim came with us.  The food was absolutely delicious!!  Scott and I wanted to try a few things so we shared what we ordered.  Scott got an appetizer, which was these crispy breadsticks wrapped in pepperoni with a cheese fondue to dip them in.  They were good, but definitely an appetizer as Scott still felt unfilled after those and half a burger.  I ordered Guy Fieri's award-winning mac n cheese bacon burger.  The burger itself might be the tastiest burger we've had! It was done "smash" style, meaning that when they put the patty on the grill, they smash it down flat.  Despite all that food, I ordered dessert for us- a s'mores monte cristo! Everyone was super happy that I ordered it as it was amazing! Ordering desserts at a restaurant doesn't usually happen for us, but it probably is the best dessert I've had at a restaurant so far.  I would go here anytime I go to Vegas.

Kylie wanted to eat our food!

After eating, Scott's manager and co-worker left to go back to Utah and we went to walk around Caesar's Palace which was right next door.  Caesar's Palace is huge!! We went in the shopping center entrance and it took quite a while to get to the actual hotel where the aquarium is at.  It is a place to shop that's for sure.

Playing in the fountain!

I don't think this hat is for Kylie.

Loving the fish.

After Caesar's Palace, we headed back to Becky's to say goodbye to his parents and Andrew.  After they left, it was nice to just relax and let Kylie take a nap.  After Kylie's nap, we went swimming!  Kylie loves the water! The water in the actual pool was a little chilly, so we took her in the hot tub for a few minutes.  I'm planning on buying a little pool for her to play in this summer.

After swimming we went out to eat at Ricardo's Mexican restaurant.  It was fine, but Mexican food isn't really my favorite.  Once Kylie went to bed we played a few round of Clue, which was fun.  We left around 9:30 the next morning to head back home to Utah!  It was so nice to get away and have a little vacation.  It was so nice of Becky to let us stay with her and so good to see Dean, Nadine and Andrew.  What a great vacation to Vegas!

Vegas-Day 2 and 3

Sunday morning Scott had his conference at 8:00am and we had church at 9:00am.  As usual, Kylie was social and hung out with everyone but me.  After church Scott met us for lunch and then had to head back to his conference for another two hours.  After Scott was done, we headed out to go see the Vegas temple.  It was super windy out there which is a little unusual for Vegas weather.

After seeing the temple, we headed down to Fremont Street.  I went there once when I lived in Vegas and probably because I was single, I remember it differently.  I went at night so it was fun to see it all lit up (it's just a strip of casinos) and we saw a motor cross show there.  I also don't remember there being a ton of smoke.  Right as we walked in, I immediately felt uncomfortable being there with Kylie.  There was just too much smoke and it really wasn't an atmosphere for a baby.  However, we were hungry and wanted to eat so we found a nice non-smoking, indoor place.  I forgot the name of it, but it had delicious french toast which I shared with Becky.  Kylie again squealed the whole time and made a mess everywhere.  That girl sure gets excited about eating.  When we were done eating, it was later in the evening and the street was all lit up.  I (and probably everyone else) didn't care to walk the whole street, so we left.  We played a round of Clue at Becky's and then went to bed.

Monday was more of a relaxed day and I was totally fine with that.  Scott had his conference all day and Becky had to work.  I had plans to meet up with my friend Brook at 12:30, but she had a doctor's appointment she forgot about so it got pushed back until 2:00pm.  Kylie got a great morning nap and I got to catch up on a few of my shows.  It was nice to hang out with Brook and see that everything is going well.  Her baby, Stella, is cute and it was nice to just chat.  I picked up Scott from his conference at 3:30pm and headed back to Becky's to change and get ready for the show.  We ate at Chipotle for dinner and then Becky took Kylie and Andrew back to her place.  It was so nice of her to baby-sit and I'm sure Kylie had fun hanging out with an aunt she doesn't see often.

Selfie with an elephant!

Inside the Mirage.

Elvis skeleton outside Scott's conference.

We saw Terry Fator and he was great!! He won the second season of America's Got Talent and he's a ventriloquist/singer.  He writes his own songs and sang a few of those, but he also sings while doing ventriloquism.  I think that's what makes him stand out a little from other ventriloquists.  He put in a few serious moments in his show which we though made it a little strange as it was a comedy show.  I think it was mostly to promote his new CD.  I thought the comedy was great and we all had an enjoyable time!  After the show, we got frozen yogurt for a treat.