Sunday, October 2, 2011

Uplifting Sunday

General conference day 2
{love how Jade is cuddled in the blanket}
Message meant for me-an answer to my prayers:
Thank you Elder Hales for following the Spirit and speaking the words I needed to hear. Even in your illness. What an amazing example. This is just a glimpse of his talk-what stood out to me. Read it for yourself. I dare you!
All these things shall give thee experience and shall be for thy good {D&C 122:7}.What does it mean to wait upon the Lord? That means have a hope. Planting the seed of faith. It means praying as the Savior did. Pondering in our hearts and receiving the Holy Ghost. Stand fast and press forward with Faith. Thy will be done O Lord not mine.  Sincere prayer is answered somehow, someplace. His answers will come. Let us not give up on the Lord. He knows your sacrifices and sorrows. As we wait upon the Lord we are becoming Saints of the Lord. In my Gethsemane and in yours we are not alone. Thy will be done and return with honor.

Surprise Date Saturday

Friday morning went like this via text:
me to ev: Do you work Saturday?
ev: no
me: got any plans Saturday?
ev: no
me: Ok I am taking you on a surprise date.
ev: where
me: Guess you will have to wait and see.
The night was filled with many guess and questions. I had to throw him off by saying you have been there before{not knowing for sure}, then saying I think you have been there, maybe you haven't. I told him its inside and outside {which is slightly true}. I told him we can't forget the beach towels {this one was the most random, but I had to throw him off bad}.

Hint #1: We stopped at a gas station to get gas and I bought a water bottle and gave it to him.
Hint #2: We stopped at Henry's Market and I gave him an orange.  
Hint #3: I emailed him this.
Where did we end up???
Yep. I surprised Evs with great seats to his first professional soccer match--LA GALAXY-- It was fan appreciation night--so we got there early and alot of fun things were going on. We had such a fun time!
{David Beckham didn't play that great, he's really not one of my favorite players, but apparently he is up on the "popular" scale on the LA Galaxy fan base}
I love his smile and his expression {his eyes tell it all} in the above and below picture. He is just so excited!!
Because it was fan appreciation night they were giving away free things. I think Evs made out like a bandit. He won a set of Adidas Golf Clubs! No, he doesn't golf other than the occasional driving range visit, but he would sure love to work on his swing.
LA Galaxy vs. Real Salt Lake
The match was good. I felt that they played on one side more than the other. I feel like at the professional level they should switch the ball and keep it moving instead of being so predictable. But thats just little ole' me talking smack. All in all it was an amazing match!
Oh ya we are sexy, especially my hat!
GOAL!!!
We won!
Evs with his brand spanking new Golf Clubs. Man he is hott!
We didn't want the dogs to feel left out. We wish they could have come. 
GO LA GALAXY!!!

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Family Time

It was such a wonderful day. Its days like these that I feel overwhelmed with gratitude for all the many wonderful people in my life and for the happiness I have in my life. Its days like these that make the hard times worth it.                                  
Our morning started out with sleeping in until 8:45. That is certainly a record for me. Then we began watching the first session of General Conference.              
{Sage & Jade were rather reverent during Conference}
Then..we headed to Naders soccer game. It was a family affair.
 Bria got an attitude and Evs took her shoes..She threatened to throw the baby book at him 
 The soccer star in the flesh.

 This series of events goes like this:
Fall down on grass
Bria runs over to see whats up and Ru tells her "Daddy wake up" as she slaps Josh's face. 
 Josh doesnt wake up up and Ru continues to slap him.
 "Daddy wake up!! Wake up!"slapping Josh's face
 I ask, "Ru do you want ice cream?" Her response
"Yay!"
I ask again, "Rubi do you want ice cream?" Her response
"Woo! Ice Cream!" 
The girls talking about to chase eachother 
More fun! 
 LOVE
 Then we stopped at Cafe Rio and had some lunch! Yum!
Take 1
 Take 2
Its nice to be close to family and involved in their lives and their kids lives.