Good News, Games, and Gelata

Friday night Ross and I headed up to Ogden for a friends temple trip. Afterwards we wanted to get ice cream. I wanted to go to Zeppes because today is the last day they are open for the season; however, everyone else wanted Farr's ice cream. So we went to Farr's and then I went to Zeppes to get my peach gelata shake. I have never had to wait in line before, but I figured I would have to that night since it was a Friday night and the last weekend they were open.

Yeah this was the line on one side of the building and there was another line on the other side. I waited for a half hour and got to listen to all the high school students talk about how Weber just got their butt kicked at their homecoming game. Poor Weber just hasn't been the same since they moved up to 5A. These pictures aren't great as they were taken with my cell phone and I tried to take them discreetly so that no one would be weirded out - I don't know if that worked though.



Even though I had to wait - it was worth it. Poor Annabelle stayed up pretty late that night as a result though. Thanks again to the Dinsdales for watching her.

Saturday Ross and I went to the BYU game and even though the game wasn't exactly intense we still had fun. (BYU won 44 to nothing)

My uncle has season tickets with some pretty sweet seats. He was gone to Lake Powell so it was me, Ross, my dad, my uncle Scott and my cousin Alyse.


It was supposed to rain and be cloudy so I dressed accordingly only to have it super sunny and hot. I am now tan on my right arm and no where else. Ross is so candid.

On the way back we passed this boat that had 'Poverty Sucks' written on the back and the side. I thought it was kind of funny at first, but then it kind of annoyed me. Poverty DOES suck and he could probably help a few impoverished families with the money he spent on that boat. But I guess I don't know that he hasn't done that already so I should just keep my mouth shut.

Thanks to my cousin Pam and her family for watching Anna while we went to the game. She has so much fun when we leave her places - it makes me worried that she really has no fun with just her mom and dad. On the way home from their house she said 'Fun day! Pam!'


In other Annabelle news on Wednesday night we decided it was time to say goodbye to the binky. She had only been using it during her nap and at bedtime, but still it wasn't going to get any easier to take it away so why put it off? I cut it, showed it to her and she started to cry 'Binky broke!' She cried for about a half an hour before she fell asleep and woke up 3 times during the night. Her nap the next day took her about a half an hour to fall asleep, but that night was better and it only took her 10 minutes to fall asleep. She woke up a few times that night, but less than the night before. I am happy to report that she slept through the night last night! Wahoo! She still wakes up every morning and after every nap and says 'Binky still broke huh?' in a super sad voice...but I can deal with that. The hard part is she talks a lot now before she falls asleep - before I guess she must have just laid there but the binky kept her quiet. She will just lay there and talk for an hour straight about the most random things before she falls asleep.

Also, she did awesome the first 2 weeks of nursery and then it went downhill. She wouldn't let me out of her sight or even leave my lap sometimes. We made progress a few weeks ago and she would be fine if I left half way through class (when they put the toys away and started the lesson...and snack time). So last week we had a little play date with a boy who is in nursery with her names Daniel in hopes that she would then like nursery a little more. It totally worked. Today after Sacrament she said 'Daniel? Anna's class?' and as soon as I took her to the class she practically jumped out of my arms to play with the kids. It was the first time Ross and I had been able to both go to class together and actually listen. Who knew you could learn so much in church?