Go Celtics!

For family night this week we went to the Celtics-Jazz game at the TD Banknorth Garden. The Celts won 100-91 for their fifteenth strait win. We decided to get into the Boston Spirit of things and Cheer for the Celtics. Which was funny because whenever the Jazz would score, out of habit Patrick would cheer and then look around and say, I mean Go Celtics. The Blue and purple team have always been the "good guys"... its hard to fight old habits.


We had planned on leaving the game early whenever Alex got tired of the game. Well that never happened. He loved it and watched the entire thing. Only at the end when there were a lot of time outs did he get frustrated. He prefers to see the ball moving on the court. So did the crowd. they were shouting "It's all O-vah!" I couldn't believe Alex's focus he would get frustrated when we would distract him from the game by taking pictures. When we first arrived he was in shock... wait I get soda, french fries, I get to watch a ball bouncing, and I can use my outside voice indoors? COOl! (He must have said cool a hundred times in the first quarter.

I think that this picture makes it pretty clear where our seats were. These Banners were eye level. However, I have to say that we had an amazing view of the game. The Garden has really steep stairs so the veiw of the game is actually really good. Patrick carried Alex up all those stairs from the subway to the top row of the arena in the backpack. And yes we sat on the TOP row. I think that work out will help him be ready for ski season.

I am so glad we sat in the "bloody-nose" section... which I think should be renamed the "Die-hard" section. We sat behind Russell the most Bostonian Sports fan I have ever met. And of course he was rough and unkempt, but he was loud and he loved Alex. The camera guys know the regulars and it is a big deal to get on the jumbotron. Russell helped Alex get on the jumbotron two times. Once while doing the peanut-butter-jelly-time dance. The feeling of the game was amazing. Everyone was so into it. Dancing the whole time and shouting D-fence! We even got Alex to shout defense once. I am so glad we took him. it was an awesome experience.

Peanut butter Jelly Time
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100 Years of Basketball... that's a lot.

Was it really three years ago that Patrick suprised me with front row tickets to the U game on Valentine's Day? I am in awe that three years later we are walking that same campus walk from the parking lot to the game this time with our BABY! I really do love the University of Utah. I can't help it! Not only was I born this way... but Patrick and I fell in love at a U of U football game.



This was a special game it was the game that commemorated 100 years of University of Utah Basketball. I wanted to take pictures of everything so that I could capture the magical nostalgia that perferated the multitude in its entirety.



When they anounced the All-Century Team there wasn't a dry eye anywhere. I thought of some amazing March Madneess moments... the final four with Jensen, Bogut's double/doubles. Many basketball heroes that I remember were there including Keith Vanhorn and Alex Jensen. They filled the court with with former Utah ball players.



Grandma Judy and Grandpa Steve gave us the tickets. It was such a blast. Alex was way into the game it was so fun to watch him. He was so focused.

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Sometimes we sing the Utah Man song when we put him to bed at night. Here we are teaching it to him at an acutal game.

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Raegan and Ratatouille

This week was so much fun. I got to spend almost every day with Raegan and Carsen, which was fun for me and mom but not so fun for Melissa. (She had her wisdom teeth taken out this week... so I got to help out with the kids.)Mom and I went with Carsen to the pool to watch his swimming lessons. He calls it swimming school.

Tuesday Patrick and I went to the car dealership. The dealership had an owner appreciation dinner. When we came home we watched the Spurs beat the Cavs again. It was not a very interesting game. But, we just had to know how the series was going. So, Patrick and I watched our own TV. This is a very rare occasion for us. We almost never watch TV so I tried to make it a special occasion. We popped popcorn and ate ice cream while we watched the game.

Laura invited us to see the prescreening of "Ratatouille". It is this summer's big Disney movie. It comes out June 29. Patrick and I really enjoyed it. I think everyone should go and see it. Laura gave us some posters from the movie and I gave one to Carsen. It is on the back of the door. He tells me that he wants to go to the movie house to see it. I was really impressed that this movie had such a good plot. Patrick and I ate way too many sour patch kids that night. But, we really enjoyed them at the time!

Patrick went on a long mountain bike ride in the heat of the morning yesterday. The temperature got up to 100 degrees. He rode up to the Bonneville Shoreline trail and he dropped into City Creek Canyon. He got a great elbow tan. We decided to go to the pool and try and cool down a bit. After spending the afternoon at the pool, Patrick and I went to the Venture Outdoors Festival. There we heard a Kalai concert. We love Kalai's music. Patrick has seen him perform before. This was my first time seeing him in a live performance. Wow, he was incredible. It was a perfect night to be at an outdoor concert. We were really excited that some of our friends showed up so we had a whole group of people. The Anderson's and the St.Thomas' are in our ward and it was fun to hang out with them again.

A Picnic with the Kohlers

This week has been a crazy week! It seems like we have been double booked every night! We have had fun though. We watched the Jazz lose on Wednesday and they are now out of the playoffs. I wish the Spurs the best of luck as they play Cleveland in the finals. This has been a very fun playoff season.
This has been an emotional week. It has been the last week of tutoring and I have said goodbye to a lot of old friends. I hope that I am able to keep in contact with some of the families that I know really well.
On Thursday we had dinner with Patrick's grandparents. We had a picnic in their backyard. Grandma Kohler made pizza and pie it was very fun the spend the evening with them. Grandma and Grandpa also brought lemons from Arizona and made fresh lemonade. I think I drank all of it. I forgot my camera but I did get a photo of them and I will attach it to this post at some point.
he baby basket
This week Mom and I were digging in the back storage room when we found a treasure. It was the baby basket that my mom put Catherine and me in when we were babies. She let me have it but we had to make the basket more masculine. (it was pink and green with strawberries all over it.) We went and found blue and yellow ribbon and made new sheets for the basket's mattress. It now looks ready for a baby boy.
On Friday night Patrick had six sigma graduation. He finished a big project at work which showed the completion of his training. Afterwards we rushed over to Alex Lowe's house. We wanted to see him before he leaves for a summer internship in the UK. We had a lot of fun and got to spend time with Bobby and Alex until very late. We are so excited for both Bobby and Alex and their cool summer opportunities. Bobby is in Utah for his internship, so it will be fun to have him around. We will see Alex in the fall because he is also attending Harvard MBA school. He is just one year ahead of Patrick in the program.
This has been a big week for the baby. I have now been pregnant for 33 weeks, so he probably weighs around 4.5 pounds. Patrick and I attended a birthing class at LDS Hospital. We will have the baby there in July. The class didn't teach us anything new, but it made the whole experience of pregnancy and parenthood more of a reality. We had a lot of fun except when we were learning relaxation techniques and I got the uncontrollable giggles.

It's warm enough to barbecue!

This week went by very quickly. We had a fun and busy week. Tuesday night Patrick and I went up to mom and dad's and had a barbecue. (We ate citrus lime chicken fajitas!) Patrick took pictures of me cooking on the deck. After the Barbecue we watched the Jazz Game. Catherine and Mike brought over Cool Ranch tortilla chips. We pigged out and it was a lot of fun. The game was very ugly. Especially in the fourth quarter. No one was making any shots and it was really sloppy basketball. At least the Jazz won. I am really excited for this afternoon they play the Spurs. We are really looking forward to the game. On Thursday I went to a retirement party for a women I work with from the private school. It was really fun to hear everyone talk about next year and to think that I won't be there next year. On Friday we celebrated Melissa's birthday and had another barbecue!!! The cake was so good. We got to play with Carsen and Raegan. The weather has been so nice and mom and dad's backyard looks so good. They have decorated the deck to make it so beautiful and comfortable. I love going out on the deck and sitting on the porch swing. Yesterday was really fun. Other than the fact that we got to sleep in, we spent the day planning for the baby. We went and looked at car seats and cribs. We got a high chair, and a car seat. We also looked at cribs some more. I can't wait till this baby comes. I am so excited. I think about it constantly. I love it when I feel him move. (Maybe, this is because he is pretty calm.) I just can't wait till we can play with him. Right now I have to resort to poking my tummy to try and get him to move. Last night Patrick and I went to a fun movie with mom and dad. We say the movie Next. Patrick and I only find time to watch TV if it is a Jazz game, and it has been months since we last saw a movie. It was very fun to go to the theater. It is amazing how intense movies are when you so rarely watch them. Well, it was another fun week at our house.

Mendelssohn's Elijah

This week was a long one but it ended in a lot of fun. Patrick stayed home sick from work on Monday and Tuesday. After he started feeling better things picked up again. On Wednesday I got to play with Carsen while Melissa took Raegan to the doctor. When we talked about the baby, Carsen was glad that the baby is a boy. He told me that boys don't pull hair and that boys walk. I am thinking that he may be a little dissapointed to find out that all babies pull hair and can't walk when they are born. It is still very fun to hear Carsen's perspective on the whole thing. This week we watched the Jazz beat the Golden State warriors twice at home. (We also watched them lose in Oakland.) The series is now 2-1 Jazz. Saturday was a beautiful day. The forecast said that the weather got up to ninety degrees. In the morning we went on a bike ride to the U. We soaked our feet in the Tanner fountain outside the library. Then we went to the park and tossed the frisbee around and drank cold country time lemonade. In the evening, we went to see Mendelssohn's Elijah. Bryn Terfel sang the role of Elijah. It was so beautiful. It was also very fun to be in the tabernacle after they had just finished renovating it. Patrick and I had Jeff Edwards take this picture of us on temple square just before the concert began.