Eat at Joes Crab Shack

Saturday April 25, 2009

Me and Devin had our first outdoor soccer games in SLC. Devin had 2 games one at 8:30 so... we had to get up at 5:30 AM just to get to the game... sigh I was so tired but we love soccer that much haha. Devin's first game went into penalty kicks.. me and Elysa watched from the car cause it was COOOOOOOOLLLDDD. When Devin stepped up as one of the shooters me and Elysa were chanting ( well I guess just me ;) ) " Keep it down keep it down keep it down!" ( Devin is notorious for his shots going OVER the goal instead of in haha.. he used to play defense and as a defender when the ball comes to you you CLEAR it so that the offense can't get the ball.. for those of you who don't know much about soccer when I say "clear" the ball what I mean is you just kick the ball as hard as you can to get it on the other side of the field ;)  ) so that is why Devins shot always go OOOVVEERR the goal!

So me and Elysa were telling papa to "keep it down..!" and he did :) he got his first goal of the season! Elysa clapped for him, she just loves clapping now it's her favorite. All you have to say is "Yaaaaay baaaaby" and she starts clapping it's cute.

My game was at 12:15 and we won 6-1.. yay! It was cold and wet tho.. I was ice soaked to the bone! Elysa stayed with her aunt and uncle Vance ( Thanks for watching her!) and she got to go to RC Willey and get a hot dog.. oh sorry.. a FREE hot dog ( my uncle is notorious for taking the family out to lunch.... to RC Willey... cause it's FREE.. haha). Devins last game was at 2:15 and he got soaked to the bone also.. Me, Chris ( Devins mom), Britton ( Devin's little bro), and Elysa sat in the car on the sidelines siping down carmel apple cider from Starbucks. They lost 3-0 :(.. 

Because we had games in SLC we decided to get RSL ( real Salt Lake) tickets to the game especially since they were half price ( we found out why later). We had planned after the games to go to the hotel and shower then eat then go to the game but we were all so starving so we decided to head to "Eat at Joes Crabshack" then we'd go to the game.

These pictures are from Eat at Joes:

Elysa was so ready to eat.

Elysa pleading with her puppy dog eyes for some french fries (she loves french fries)

Devin with his "Let's Get Crackin' " bib on and his giant pot of crab legs.

Britton with his bib and giant pot of crab legs.

So after we ate we decided to skip the game because we were tired, full, and it was freezing... we didn't want lil' Lysa to freeze! So we headed to the hotel! What a fun day even tho it was freezing!

Easter Weekend

We went to Idaho with my parents for Easter to visit the family. While in town I couldn't resist this cute outfit for Elysa, apparently she liked it to, she was so excited to have pictures in her cute new easter outfit. 

She had so much fun with her cousins Benjamin, Noah, Thomas and baby Jacob. You can see here that Elysa was a little tougher than the boys thought.. she sure could pinch.. poor Noah.. but they all did such a cute job entertaining eachother.

Saturday after visiting Aunt Amy and having a delicious meal ;).. we stopped at the Alligator farm. I had no idea alligators could live in Idaho in such a cold climate. It was WAY windy! When we first got there not a single gator was moving and we all thought for sure they were just statues.. you couldn't even see if they were breathing.. after about giving up on the gators cause we thought they were fake something was swimming towards us.. once it finally got towards sore we all saw it was a living gator..  we were all in awe and excited so we decided to stick around a little longer and look around... on the higher pond there were gators moving all over.. it was so crazy and cool! Me and Devin were noticing the fence surrounding the gators and how it was starting to curl at the bottom.. after that we all started walking more cautiously around the canal on the other side of the fence wondering if there were gators hiding out on the other side of the fence by us and we decided to high tailed it out of there.. but it was a fun adventure.

Easter Sunday wasn't so fun for me. I have been on an Isagenix diet where you go on a 9 day detox and you drink the Isagenix and eat lite for 9 days.. so the days prior to the weekend ( I started Monday the 6th and have lost 5 pounds and 1 inch off my waist I might add ;)  ) I had eaten really lite meals and that weekend there was so much food! I couldn't resist myself and I think I had over done it. I had the worst stomach ache and eventually threw up everything I'd eaten from the weekend :( Sorry Grandma Jean.. I really made a mess.. Oh and Thanks mom for buying me the "Duck Jammies". I really didn't think I'd need to bring extra clothes since we were only gonna be in Idaho for 2 days so I just brought the same jeans.. I am a horrible packer and always forget the neccessities.. I was too concentrated on making sure I had everything for Devin and Elysa I forgot about me haha. Anyways so I sucked it up and we went to the Falls.. It was a beautiful day.. I just felt dumb walking around in Duck Jammies haha.. But the Falls were beautiful and there was so much water.. I hadn't been there in such a long time.. I think the last time was when I was 6 or 7.. My parents were saying that they hadn't seen the Falls with that much water in a long time. It was also nice to visit Derky's ( I have no idea how to spell it) Lake.. I really haven't been there since I was a kid.. My mom used to take me and my brothers there all the time and we'd catch blue gill minos.. those were the good ol' days. 

Overall, besided the Sunday sickness, it sure was a fun weekend.. it makes me so excited for summer vacations.. now if it would only warm up!

Little Miss Piggy

We have a problem on our hands... at least until Elysa starts crawling or walking ( which she's getting really close to.. I think she'll be walking before she starts crawling). Elysa LOOOOOVVESSSS food..

Maybe alittle too much..

Or maybe she just "loves" food because she loves bath time..

Cause she sure loves "splasha splasha" time.

No but she really does love food and I blame it aaaallll on her dad who feeds her WHATEVER she wants. We can't go a single meal without her wanting what we have, even if we have just fed her! We literally have to hide what we eat or her little hands go "gimme gimme" and the fuss fuss starts up. If you couldn't tell by her cute little hamma hams she loves food.. were just going to have to make sure she keeps active when she gets older.. she already has a soccer ball, next is the little cleats :)