Babymakers

So Jason and I are on a co-ed softball team. It's pretty freakin' fun, minus the fact that we royally suck. Up until last night we had lost every game by about 15 pts. Not necessarily the best record... Anyway, we had a game last night at 9:30, and everyone on the team was really hoping for a rain out or something to spare us from more embarrassment, but we weren't so lucky. The weather cleared up in just in time for us to play the game. Lucky us! We may have a terrible record, but we have a fun team and we enjoy hanging out. Everyone on our team is a bit crazy (hey, you have to be when you have a team named "The Babymakers"), so it makes it fun to play even when we lose. Eventually the game started, and strangely enough, we were playing awesome. Everyone was catching the ball, and hitting like crazy. Jason hit an amazing triple--it was such a pretty line drive. I had three good hits and made it to base everytime. I played second base and I actually didn't embarrass myself, so that was a good change of pace for me!! Our whole group was actually playing like a real team, and we won! By a lot! The other team was super fun as well--they were joking and trash talking just like we like it. I can't wait to play them again. We play every Monday. It's a great way to get out of the house and have some fun.

So this weekend my dad finally visited! He showed up on Friday and I was able to give him a tour of where I work. It's pretty cool, and I think he liked it. My dad is big into machinery and whatnot, so I think he enjoyed seeing how we make fancy plastics. :P After we left the plant, we went at ate at Settebello's in downtown SLC. That place has great authentic Italian pizza--I highly recommend it. After dinner, we went to the Clark Planetarium and watched a 3D Imax movie. The planetarium is super cool, but the 3D movie was unreal. I haven't been to a 3D movie in a long long time, and I can't believe how realistic they look! We watched the one about Sea Monsters, and the creatures looked as though you could touch them. If you ever get the opportunity, go see the 3D movies. You won't regret it!

On Saturday we went up to the Bingham County Mine (also known as the Kennecott Copper Mine). I've never been there before and it was really cool to see. It is HUGE. There are these gigantic trucks that haul around the material, but when you see them down working in the pit, they look tiny. They look just like ants. It's really hard to grasp how big the mine really is. Your brain can't quite take it in. While we were inside the visitors center watching a movie about the mine they blasted some part of the mine with dynamite. It shook the building so bad I thought it was an earthquake. It made my heart race something fierce, but I quickly realized that it was a blast from the mine. Thank goodness! I'm not ready for the big earthquake that is supposed to hit SLC...

We had to leave the mine early so that I could make it to Jason's sister's baby shower. She is due in just a few weeks! She looks amazing--I hope I'm that cute when I'm pregnant. It's so funny to watch Sharon (my mother-in-law) with Shantel; she is going to be such a happy grandma. I bet she will have a hard time not being able to see the grandkids every day. It's probably a good thing for Shantel that she lives in Logan! :)

After that, my Dad and I went for a picnic and short hike up Big Cottonwood canyon. There's still a lot of snow up there, but the base of the canyon is definitely transitioning into Spring. It was so pretty. I miss hiking, and I want to go a lot more this summer. Jason can go mountain biking, and I will go hiking!

After the hike, we all went out to dinner at the Bombay House (excellent Indian food) with Jason's parents. It was so tasty. I love Indian food. If I ever move away from this city, I'm really going to miss all the different restaurants. It's so nice to have variety!

For Mother's Day, we went over to Jason's mom's house and had a BBQ. Jason's lil brother is on a mission in Mexico City, so we were able to talk to him for a bit. After that, we just lounged around the house and hung out. It was really nice. We went for a walk with his parents around the neighborhood and checked out the houses for sale. Hopefully we will be able to buy a home soon; Jason and I are both sick of being cramped!

Time to go--hope everyone is well!

Motivated!

Hello!

This will be a short post because I'm at work and definitely shouldn't be blogging (oops!). Anyway, yesterday Jill and I signed up for the Self Challenge 2008 and wanted to share the link. It's free, and I think it is a great way to keep motivated. It's a 3-month program with cardio workouts, strength training workouts (all with video), as well as healthy recipes to keep you on track. There is a place to log your workouts, as well as keep track of what you eat in a food diary. Oh yeah, and it's all free. Anyway, I figured I'd share it as swimsuit season is rapidly approaching, and if you're anything like me you're not ready for it! This 3-month program is a good way to get on track. Hopefully I'll be super sexy by the end of July! :P
Anyway, here is the link:

http://www.self.com/challenge

Every time you log in and post something, you get entered to win a daily prize and you're also entered to win a trip to Mexico for two. What a better way to celebrate your new body? Anyway, I'm done with my plug (Self should pay me...), but check it out. Much love to you all!

Movie Reviews

Hello again!

So this weekend Jason and I caught a couple of flicks. On Friday night, we went down to the Megaplex at the Gateway mall. That theater is the best--reserved seating! You never have to worry about waiting in line or not being able to sit by your friends. Anyway, we watched Iron Man. It was surprisingly good. I really enjoyed it, and i wasn't expecting to like it at all. It was very clever, and I thought the special effects were done really well. Is there anything they can't do anymore with special effects? If you are headed to the movies, definitely check this one out. There is a short clip after the credits, but if you are not into the comic strip itself then it will not be very meaningful for you.

On Saturday, I went out for a girls date with my old roommate Jessica. We ate at Z-Tejas and then went to the movie Made of Honor. I was disappointed--it wasn't very good! I really like Patrick Dempsey, but I thought the flick was kind of tasteless and just not very well put together. I was hoping for a much better chick flick! I think they were trying to use a lot of sex humor to make it funnier, but it ended up not working out so well for it. And I ended up feeling really bad for some of the other characters that I don't think they wanted you to feel bad for. Anyway...thumbs down on this one!

Jason and I also watched Dan in Real Life on DVR. I was actually impressed. I've decided that anything Steve Carrall is in is definitely going to have a horribly uncomfortable/awkward moment in it. The Office is full of them, and this movie had a couple. However, overall the movie was really good. I recommend it. The awkward moments were something that would happen in real life, and it added to the story so they were useful. It was good.

Anyway, it sounds like all we did this weekend was watch movies, but we actually did a lot more than that. Jess and I also went shopping (I bought much needed jeans...), and Jason and Danny went for several motorcycle rides. They love their motorcycles... Jason and I also went to his parents' house today for dinner. They are so nice, and dinner was amazing. Afterwards we went around looking through nice neighborhoods for houses for sale. Hopefully we will have an affordable house soon. Wish us luck! And of course, Jason also went mountain biking. It finally stopped snowing and warmed up in time for him to hit the trails. I need to learn how to ride so that I can actually go with him. I tried, but I'm not necessarily the best at it!

Anyway, time to get to bed. Be proud--two updates in one day!!

Becky's Trip to Florida

Hello Everyone!

This week went by SO fast. I had my business trip to Florida on Monday and Tuesday, and then spend Wednesday with some clients. I had no spare time! It took me until Saturday to get my schedule back to normal.

Florida was a lot of fun, but I didn't really get to enjoy the nice location too much. I got into FL at 7 pm and had just enough time to throw my junk in the hotel room before I had to go down and meet with all the Designtex sales reps and managers. We were staying at the Sawgrass Marriot in Jacksonsville, and all the functions were held within their many ballrooms. The dinner was nice--they had a whole lot of cocktails and random seafood. Too bad for me I don't like either of those items!! All the different people I work with kept offering me drink after drink, to which I replied that I don't drink. Well, the Dtex people are a curious bunch and wanted to know why I wouldn't drink, so I let them know that I was LDS and it is against my beliefs. That brought in a whole new interesting discussion about me being a second wife, blah blah blah! This whole FLDS thing has brought so many questions my way. It is nice to have an opportunity to set the record straight and clear up the confusion for the people who aren't familiar with our religion.

Anyway, after dinner I stayed up with some of the people that I work with daily from the NY office. We chatted until a little after 11 at which point it was time for bed. I woke up at 5:30, had breakfast, and got right to work. We had (3) back to back seminars to discuss our product with different groups of sales reps. It went well. They had a lot of questions, and I wish we would've had more time to present. We finished at 12:30 and I had to leave immediately to catch my flight. I never got to go to the pool or the ocean and I was super close to both! How sad!! The hotel we were staying at is the location for The Players PGA tour (it is going on right now I believe) and there was golf stuff EVERYWHERE. You could play golf right off the grounds, like the guys below are doing. It was pretty cool. Too bad I don't golf!!

My flight from Jacksonville to Houston was an hour late, so I had a whole lot of time to kill in the airport. Unfortunately, there was no good place to eat and I was starving. For some reason, the airport has all the food restaurants at the place prior to going through security, but only ONE restaurant after you go through security. This doesn't make much sense to me, because most people are anxious to get through security and get in place for their flight, and then they grab something to eat. Anyway, I got stuck with a nasty hot dog, which is not what I recommend for a turbulent flight! My connecting flight in Houston was supposed to depart at 5:55 and my Jacksonville plane was scheduled to land in Houston at 5:55 pm. Yikes!! Luckily for me, my arrival gate and departing gate were right next to each other so I actually made my connecting flight! It was awesome. I couldn't miss the flight either because I had clients waiting for me in SLC for dinner. The second I landed in Salt Lake, Jason and I picked them up and headed to Martine's in downtown SLC. If you are ever in Salt Lake and want a very good and not very crowded restaurant, this place is AMAZING. I tried pistachio coated goat cheese for the first time, and it was surprisingly good. Goat cheese just didn't sound very appetizing...

Anyway, it was a good week. It was fun to go on my first business trip and pretend to be a businesswoman. I hope they send me somewhere again soon! Hopefully next time I will be able to actually appreciate the location!