Ice Blocking

Thursday I went down to Salt Lake for the day and spent the afternoon with Bryan and his girlfriend, Ricci. She was in Brazil doing study abroad for the last three months, so she hadn't seen Kalianna since she was just a few weeks old! It was fun to hang out with her again. We missed you Ricci! Anyway, the four of us went downtown and walked around temple square for a bit. We stopped by my mom's work so she could show off her grand-daughter a little first. And she also gave us a parking pass. Score! Then later we met up with Kristine and Josh and Ian and went to the park for a picnic of KFC and some ice blocking down the big hill at Flat Iron. Matt and Logan joined us after they got off work. We had a blast and the boys loved it! Hint: The best thing for ice blocking is a diaper! It keeps your butt dry and it sticks well to the ice! (Kristine is the mastermind behind that one)

Girl's Day

Saturday afternoon we were able to go to my cousin Brooklyn's baptism. We had fun eating yummy food, visiting with family, and sharing in Brooklyn's special day. Kalianna was finally able to meet more of her great aunts and uncles as well. That evening was the Gallacher women's Girl's Day. Since the baptism was earlier that day, we decided to do something simple for Girl's Day. We ordered Chinese food for dinner and made these really cute bags. We had two irons set up and three sewing machines, so we could rotate around while we all worked on our bags. They turned out so cute! I can't take all the credit for my bag though, since my mom worked on mine whenever I needed to feed Kali. Kalianna spent mostof the evening with her grandpa while the rest of us sewed. As you can see from the pictures, the bags are interchangeable so its like having two bags in one! And some people made cute pockets to go inside their bag. Ricci stopped by for a little while to say good bye, as she returned to Georgia the next day. She couldn't join us for the whole evening, so Bryan made her bag for her. Who knew he could sew? We were all very impressed with his mad skills. He looks sad in the picture because his wasn't finished yet when the rest of us left. I think it was, once again, a very successful Girl's Day!

What little girls are made of

I keep meaning to write this post, but its been a crazy week and I've been distracted by other thoughts. In our condo complex there are several young married couples. Matt and I have become pretty good friends with two of the other couples. Well last Saturday, Matt went with these other two guys snowboarding. They had a blast! One of the other girls (Jill) who lives across the street is also pregnant with a little girl. She's just due one month after me. The two of us spent the day in Park City at the outlet malls shopping for little girl things. We had so much fun!! I bought a couple little outfits and got some more ideas for the nursery. (The other girl had a wedding, so she couldn't join us.) We both had gotten coupons in the mail for both Carters and OshKosh B' Gosh. So we had fun picking out little things and even got them matching outfits for when they get a little older. I could have spent so much money there! They have way too much cute girl stuff! I had fun picking out her little outfit for coming home from the hospital. Jill and I talked all day and had a really nice, relaxing time. Then that night, the six of us went out for Thai food. Jill's husband served his mission in Thailand, so he wanted us to try it. It was really yummy! Matt and I were planning on registering on Saturday, but then we were invited to go snowboarding and shopping instead. I'm really glad we went though, I think we both needed a day of fun! It also helped inspire me to do the nursery more girly. We were going to do it a neutral theme (winnie the pooh) in case we have a boy next, but I never loved the idea. Then inspiration struck and I decided I really wanted a girl room! After I showed Matt some ideas, he loved the new color theme too. I'm excited to make my vision a reality! We've ordered a few things so far and I'll take pictures as the room progresses. Yay for little girls!

Weekend Fun

Matt and I had a fun weekend, so I wanted to share our adventures before I forget. Sorry, no pictures. My ward has recently started doing enrichment groups and I was asked to be in charge of the game night. Pretty much we meet once a month at someone's home and they teach us a new card or board game and we all play together. I love games, so I said "of course" to being in charge. Normally we will be meeting on Tuesdays, but because I had been sick, we held our first one on Friday night. I taught the ladies Mormon Bridge, though most of them actually knew how to play already. We ate mango salsa and M&M's and chatted while we played. I'm looking forward to more games nights! Being in Primary, I don't get to know very many ladies in the Relief Society. So finally, here's my chance.

Saturday my brother, Bryan and his girlfriend, Ricci came up to Layton. We had a blast! They are so fun! We first went to the store and bought the ingredients for rotti, curry, and lime-wash then we went back to our house and made a feast. Curry is so yummy! It was really funny making dinner together because Bryan was in charge (being the only one who knows how to make curry) but he kept forgetting things. Everything turned out great anyway and we had a ball in the process. Then we played Mario Party and watched some clips of Jeff Dunham. It was getting really late, but they couldn't leave without Bryan's "new" couch. We have my parent's old hideabed couch in our basement, but to make room for baby stuff, we gave it to my brother. I was very impressed Matt and Bryan were able to carry it up the stairs by themselves! That thing is HEAVY! Thank goodness Ricci has a van!

It was so fun having them come up and play! But we promised next time was our turn and we'd make the trip down to Provo. Guess we'll have to do that soon!

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Last night was the Jeff Dunham performance at Energy Solutions Arena that I blogged about awhile back. Merry Christmas to us! The show was AWESOME!! The evening started out by meeting up with our friends at Squatters downtown for a yummy dinner. I heart sweet potato fries!

On our way to the Trax station, we passed by this parking sign and Suzy posed next to it. It was just too good to pass up the photo op. You have to know Suzy.


We made it the the Energy Solutions Arena and found our seats, which ended up being great seats! We weren't on the floor, but we were in the next section, only 11 rows up, right in the center. We could see Jeff and the puppets clearly on stage without needing binoculars or anything.

Here we are waiting for the show to start. Matt and I were sitting in the middle, so he got a picture of me, Greg, and Steve. Then I took a picture of him, Breezy, Braiden, and Suzy. Then, of course, the classic shot at arms length of the two of us.


The show opened with Brian Haner (aka Guitar Guy, if you've seen the DVD's). I had no idea Guitar Guy was so hilarious!! He was hysterical! He said they don't let him talk on the DVD's, but they definitely should! We were all laughing really hard as he told his life story through songs. The guy not only is incredible on the guitar, but he can really sing too. After he finished, there was an intermission before Jeff came out.

Then the main event! Jeff Dunham was even funnier in person then he is on the shows! We were afraid that he was only going to do jokes we'd heard before, but this was definitely not the case! He opened with a hysterical true story about traveling on a private jet, landing at an unknown airport to avoid fog, being surrounded by 50 marines with guns pointed at their heads, then being saved by Achmed the dead terrorist. (The marines recognized him from youtube). He then brought out Walter and did an entire bit on Utah. We were impressed that he researched Utah before coming and made up all new jokes to go along with the area. He made fun of everything from being in Utah in January, to Tooele, to the little orange flags we use to cross the streets downtown (who came up with that idea?) A few of his jokes were ones we had heard before, but he improvved a lot as well as told some all-new jokes. Achmed came out next and did an entirely new bit on infomercials that had us about rolling in the isles. Jeff said "I don't know where that came from, but it might be on the next DVD". Guitar Guy came out again and Achmed sang a brand new song, "The blew myself up blues". Peanut came out next and didn't disappoint. He did a few jokes that are on the new Christmas DVD, but then he got out of control and we were all laughing hysterically. I'm impressed with how much Jeff can improv onstage! Its clear he is having a lot of fun! Matt said his mouth and cheeks haven't hurt so much since our wedding day, when we spent the entire day smiling for pictures. Jose Jalapeno came out for a brief visit, but he's not really my favorite. At the end of the show, we cheered so much that Jeff brought out Bubba J for an encore. I'm not really a big Bubba J fan, but what happened next was so funny! Jeff said Bubba wasn't normally in his show onstage, but he'd received many e-mails recently asking him to put him in the show. Since he hadn't worked with Bubba J in awhile he apologized but pulled out a piece of paper to remind himself of Bubba's jokes. They were all jokes from the DVD, that the audience knew well. The audience was saying Bubba's punchlines right along with him, so it sounded like Bubba in surround sound. Jeff stopped, he was laughing so hard. Then Bubba said "It's pretty bad when the entire audience knows your material better than you do!" Jeff commented on how that had never happened before and it all doesn't sound as funny now that I'm writing it out, but it was really funny to be there!

As we were leaving, I was amazed at how many little kids there were there! Jeff Dunham is Not a kids show! Matt jokingly said "What do you mean? They're puppets, so its like Sesame Street, right?" I said "Yeah, its like Sesame Street on acid!" Anyway, the show was awesome and we had a wonderful time! We got home after 11:00 and crashed, but it was all worth it!

Here's pictures of him with each of the puppets. I know they are dark, but I made them so big so you can hopefully see them anyway:

Girl's Day

Every three months the women on my mom's side of the family get together for a girl's day. Its always a lot of fun and relaxing! For November girl's day we thought it would be fun to have an over-nighter. On Friday I met my aunt Bonnie and Grandma at my mom's house around 5:00. The four of us drove to Park City to get settled into our room. We turned on a movie and snacked and chatted while we waited for my two sisters, Kristine and Julie, to arrive. Once all of us were there we went out to dinner. The food was super yummy, but I did feel jipped on my salad. I ordered a side salad that consisted of lettuce and cucumbers. No tomatoes or nothin'! But my steak was excellent and the horseradish mashed potatoes were super good. Anyway, after our meal we went back to the hotel room and just talked and laughed for a long time. This is one of my favorite things about girl's day! I love sitting around with the girls talking, and getting away from all worries and stress. We finished the movie we had started earlier and then got to bed after midnight.

Saturday we got up and brought breakfast back to the room so we could visit more while we ate and got our things together. Then we went to the outlet stores and enjoyed shopping for a couple hours. I wasn't too interested in the clothing stores, since I can't buy anything right now, but my mom and I had a ball in the baby store. They had a really cute baby store and everything was on sale for really good prices. If Matt and I knew what we were having, I'm sure we could have bought the kid's entire wardrobe there! My mom did buy us a really cute, soft blanket that matches the baby's room and a cute puppy stuffed animal that rattles. Those two things are the very first baby items we have gotten. Yay! After we were done shopping we decided to head to main street for lunch. We took a nice walk down the length of main street (it was cool to check out all the shops) but decided in the end that we were ready to go back to Salt Lake. My only regret is we never made it into the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory.

We drove back to Salt Lake and had a late lunch at Marie Calenders. When we got back to my mom's house everyone was ready to head home. I realized I had left my pillow at the hotel in Park City, so my sweet sister Julie offered to drive me back. (Thank goodness Park City isn't very far) She dropped me off in Layton on her way back to Logan and thus concluded our trip. Thanks ladies! It was a blast!

Girl's Night Out

(Left to Right) Lindsay Lowe, Debbie Bass, Debbie Ritchie, Rose Barrett, Me, Errin Johnson, and Gloria Bacca (the stinker refused to be in it) is taking the photo

Last night a group of ladies from WesTech, along with myself, went out to dinner. Every once in awhile we all go out together and go to dinner and sometimes a movie. Its fun to get out with the girls now and then. The reason for last night's excursion was Lindsay Lowe is moving to California and will be leaving us at the end of next week. She will be missed! Lindsay is hilarious and so much fun to talk to! She tells the best stories! So we wanted to send her off in the best way possible. By going to Chilis, ordering yummy drinks, eating lots of food, and laughing till we almost peed our pants. Good times!