I love, love, love dishes! I used to have a few sets of china, but I loaned most of them out to friends who actually have their own apartments/houses, so now I just have my Chinese rice set and the blue willow set.

I had to get something out of the chest where I store my china, so I thought I'd take them out and dust them off while I was at it.

 

My sister, Jenny, is a ballerina. We went to Provo and took some pictures of her and Giselle. Dave Terry got some really cute ones!

My cousins, Ashley, got married today, so of course Jenny and I decided we wanted to learn how to do the silhouetted sunset picture. It has room for improvement (o:

 

I went with mom's office to the Thanksgiving Point gardens. They were so beautiful! I posted more pictures on my other blog, but I liked this one just because of the mountains in the background. Utah has some gorgeous mountains.

Everyone lately seems to have bubble pictures, so I wanted a bubble picture. Apparently it's really hard to have to blow your own bubbles. Curse the wind (o: They were lemon scented, though, so the entire thing smelled divine.

I little rock globe I bought in Heidelberg and put on my desk at work.

Really, I'm just filled with the delusion that everyone always wants to see where I spend my work days (o:

A marble and dice game that my friend Sarah's grandpa made (he made the board, not the marbles or the dice).

Giselle is a person in motion. She's refining her concert pianist skills.

Ziggy in the process of hitting me with a balloon he got at the Granite parade. (o:

Dave and I went to Cafe Rio and tried their pina colada and mango (I think?) colada, then we went and saw Hello, Dolly! at Hale Centre.

Jenny and Giselle. Tears and an eye-roll.

I love eating at new places and once a week my mom, our friend Sheila and I go out to eat (but usually at Sizzler because the adults like the baked potatoes). Today we decided to try something new. After driving around downtown SLC, we ended up here. Oh, man! It was a tiny little place with all these awards of best barbecue ever. I am willing to bet A LOT none of those awards were given by women. I had chicken wings (safe, right?) and they weren't cooked all the way through (but over-cooked on the outside) and still had little hairs coming out of them. I am a picky eater, so with blood and hair, I was not loving it (o: Then I realized I have never had really good barbecue in Utah. Any suggestions?

One of dad's many guitars.

Jenny and I went to a photo class taught by our favorite Dave Newman. Jenny also doubled as the ballerina model.

My dad and I used to play Chess together a lot when I was growing up, so whenever I travel somewhere cool (ie: out of the U.S.), I try to buy him a chess set. This one is from Spain. I don't play very well any more. (o:

We went to my cousin Ashley's bridal shower where she received some scandalous gifts -- as one would hope.

I love these bookends in mom's office. I keep asking for them. (o:

Mom and I usually go to lunch on Thursdays (temple meeting day!) with our friend Sheila and we always go to Sizzler and we always have the same waitress and they always have the best gossip ever. Today Sheila couldn't come, so we brought Melanie, went to Wild Grapes and Melanie got a sandwich with ham and cheese and....peaches!

Yes, Giselle is the favorite child. She just has such pretty eyes! I went over to JennyandMark's after my voice lesson to eat all their food, play MarioKart, take pictures and leave. It's a nice life.

I went to mom's office for lunch, ended up taking a nap and got a bedtime story as a bonus! This book was printed in about 1932, so it is old-ish.