We went out with some friend boating last week on Utah Lake. I LOVE boating. I don't do it enough. I grew up boating all the time as a little girl, but haven't done it much since. Maybe once a year. Garrett and I both did some wakeboarding, then he did some wake surfing. It's been so nice not working and being able to do stuff like this during the day.



Mom came in town to celebrate Parker's 23rd birthday. We celebrated at Pizza Factory with Amanda and Trent and the customary Dairy Queen ice cream cake. :)




They are doing a girls flag football league this summer. Our old cowgirls all got together for it. We aren't practicing as much as we usually do in the fall, but we are still pretty good.

Lyndsey Cosgrave and I started a side business called Party with Princesses. We had our first party for my nieces when they were all in town. It was so much fun. I dressed up as Snow White hoping they wouldn’t recognize me. At first, Seren asked if I was Jessica, but by the end of the party she was so overwhelmed she didn’t know I was even there. The best part was when my friend Cari, playing Repunzle sang the song that makes her hair glow and Seren’s face was SO excited.

We had another party for Cari’s neice on her 4th birthday. They didn’t know we were coming so when we knocked on the door, the girls were speechless. It was a Repunzle party and they were obsessed with Brittany, the girl who played Repunzle. We played some games, sang a few songs and then took them on a parade around the neighborhood as we dropped them off.

We are slowly getting things started but are looking for other customers. So, if you know of anyone interested with little girls, we’d love to come to their party! You can find out more about parties and pricing at www.PartyWithPrincesses.com.

Garrett has really enjoyed the last few months on the BYU Men’s Soccer team. He’s been lucky enough to be on the travel roster and go with the team to California for some of the games out there. He didn’t get as much playing time as he had hoped for out there, but he happy he had the opportunity to go. They only take 18 players to travel.

Last week Garrett achieved one of his goals. He started the game against Ogden. He told me when he made the team that by the end of the season he’d be on the starting line up. I’ve never seen Garrett not reach a goal. He works his tail off until he gets it. He told coach at the end of the game thanks for the opportunity. Coach told him he had earned it. He played great and really sped up the game.

Their last game is this week on Thursday. We’re still up in the air whether or not Garrett will return to school in the fall. The only reason he would, is to play soccer. But everything depends on his business.

BYU Broadcasting airs their games. The announcers are always really nice and say great things about his play and his businesses. You can watch a clip of his play here: http://vimeo.com/25699327

Garrett’s step-mom Laurie took Chris, Eric and I to opening night to see the final Harry Potter. It was amazing! I decided to go big and even dress up. I did my best to pull Luna Lovegood. Almost everyone in the theatre was dressed up. A group of a dozen or so girls dressed up in boxes as the Hogwarts express. Pretty much everyone else was there… Harry, Snape, Hagred, Ron and even Voldemort.

Earlier that day I was online and there was a Facebook contest having users answer trivia questions. I answered a question correct and won 4 free tickets to a showing on Saturday morning. Question: What flavor of jelly bean did Dumbledore eat at the end of Chamber of Secretes? Answer: Earwax.

Anyway, movie was awesome. Loved it. Both times. Garrett doesn’t like them because they are too dark, he just falls asleep.

Last Sunday we had a great time down in Spring City. We left early in the morning and attended the ward down there. Christina, Shelby and the twins drove from Arizona for the week. We had a delicious BBQ. Joe brought out the mules and gave some of the grandkids rides. Laurie made some sugar cookies. We all just enjoyed the beautiful weather and each other's company.

I've been cooking some new things lately. One of the coolest things I did was a Mother's Day present from Garrett. He and Cory bought Lyndsey and I a cooking class by La Jolla Groves down at the Riverwoods. They brought in an amazing chef who owns both La Jolla Groves and Chef's Table. He also was the chef for President Monson when he held large events. Here are some of the delicious things we made.

We started off learning how to make some fresh pesto. I LOVE pesto. We used it in just about everything we made after. Like, this amazing tuscan tomato soup. I don't even like tomato soup, but this we delicious. He then taught us how to make rice pilaf and the the base of any soup. I learned I had been making soup wrong all this time. He then made panzanella - a breaded salad with fresh sun dried tomatoes, onions, pesto and a balsamic vinaigrette. He then taught us how to make a white sauce that we then used for shrimp scampi. Lastly, he taught us how to make chicken correctly which we then ate with the rice we had made earlier. Everything was delicious. I was full for at least a day. It was a great present. He teaches these classes once a month which I hope to continue to attend. There is one in November and December that is a cooking class for the holidays.

I've also done some cooking nights with some friends from work. We made the lettuce wraps from P.F. Changs and perfect Mango Sticky rice. Turns out you need a special pot and basket that you put your rice in that then steams. It was amazing. This past weekend we went up there and did a vegan night which was also fabulous.

Now, I just need to take some of these recipes home and make them myself.