bowling update

So in our two games last night Brad bowled a 191 and then a 199. After his brief celebration he suggested that I blog about his accomplishments. So here you go babe, congrats!

In other news, I bowled a 91 and then a 104 and thought I was the best bowler on the planet. Oh well, at least I can still beat Brad in scrabble every time.

In still more news, the girl in this poster is a bit scandalously dressed for a night of bowling, no? I do envy her cute red bowling shoes, I'm going to have to pick some of those up this weekend.

dogs.

So I've decided that I'm the biggest nerd on the planet. I love the Westminster Dog Show! It's probably the writers strike (word on the street is that officially ended today) and the lack of nothing else to watch, but I was completely fascinated for all six hours. I found myself rooting for the Weimaraner because "she was so disciplined" and hating the poodles because "who likes poodles?" and I actually cheered when they named the Beagle best in show. Who am I? Along with listening to NPR I think I can now officially start going to the Opera and eating caviar.


This is the french bulldog I would now like to own...

This is the poster that I am currently searching on ebay for, love it...

Don't worry, I know am ridiculous.

give kids a smile

For the past six months I have been on the planning committee for the Give Kids A Smile event. It's an annual one day event where dentists, hygienist and general volunteers get together and offer free dental care to underprivileged children from local charter 1 schools. The children are chosen by social workers and school counselors who have recognized that they need assistance. Here in Utah our event takes place at three locations and helps between 200 - 250 kids with over $40,000 in donated supplies. Before you think I did this out of the goodness of my heart, the company I work for is actually their major sponsor and a co-worker and I were given the assignment to be the company representatives on the committee. Let me tell you, I don't think I could have asked for a better assignment. Getting paid to plan a charity event was pretty much the best of both worlds. Because of my PR degree they thought I would be a natural fit for doing all the PR work for the event. Which in theory makes sense except that I haven't done a lot of PR outside of the classroom. So since all the PR fell squarely on my shoulders I was under a little bit of stress to say the least. In the end, we made in on the channel 5 news, we had a Sunday article in the Deseret Morning News and the new Salt Lake City mayor showed up and took a tour of the event. All in all the event went better than anticipated and seeing how many children the event helped was so worth all the months of planning. I even convinced Brad to volunteer because we hope that after dental school we can be a part of events like this. I went home that night and Brad and I both fell asleep at 7 PM and didn't wake up until 9:30 AM the next morning! It was great to be a part of, but I am definately glad that all the anxiety is over.

go giants!

So for once the commercials and half time show were upstaged by the game. I love the anxiety of it all, Eli's face with 59 seconds left to go was priceless! I wasn't particularly attached to either team but I cheered for the Giants because who doesn't love a good underdog story? And let's be honest, who doesn't love a Manning? The other highlight of the night was celebrating America's second favorite sport: eating. Between french fries, chicken wings, veggie tray, chips and dip, little smokies, and cheese fondue (yes we made it classy) it's needless to say that Brad and I will be eating only salads for the next three weeks.

I shamelessy stole these pictures from ellie's blog, no remorse. I was too lazy to take pictures.

Rachel, Anthony and I before the stomach cramps hit

Ellie and Eli, can't you just see that on a wedding announcement? Too bad he's taken.