Office Party

I had a work party yesterday at Dave & Busters--think nickelcade on steroids. The event had food everywhere and nearly unlimited games in the arcade. Our favorite games were shooting hoops, horse races, and nascar. The crowd was too thick to get a really good game of skeeball (my fav!) in. Next time...

The best moment of the day was when Steve signed up to play an electronic jumproping game. He swiped his card and jumproped for probably 3-4 minutes straight, drawing attention from many passersby. Some people even stopped to watch his athlectronic feat of glory. I hated to break it to him, but I'm pretty sure his game had ended after the first jump and he had merely been jumping...for joy?

Resistance

So the air system on the interior of my car stopped working. This is bad news for a Houstonian. Google told me what the problem was--the resistor--so I ordered the part and attempted the deceptively simple job. I took out the glove box and started dismantling the passenger side of the car. The picture below is only the beginning. 1.5 hours, 2 buckets of sweat, and infinite grumbling later...the thing was fixed. Naturally, it couldn't be a simple job since I had to fiddle with the actual blower after I made my initial repair. I looked pretty ragged in the end, but my greatest achievement was 0...broken nails! ha ha!

Tourists at Home

If you've ever lived in Houston for any period of time, you may have heard of "the Heights"--a neighborhood off downtown. In my mind it's akin to "the Avenues" of SLC: artsy, historically charming, and somewhat pricey. At the first of each month the Heights offers a free bus tour of the district. Steve and I spent our break in between the Saturday General Conference sessions taking the tour.

p.s. Have I ever mentioned my husband is smokin' hot?

The bus was full of talkative tourist women for most of the ride, but after they got off it was silent. I was expecting more of a Disney-style tour, including a tour guide complete with mini microphone to describe the scenery...but no. sniff. It's like my mom always says, "You get what you pay for!"

Galveston Getaway

Steve planned a road trip for us this weekend with a surprise destination of...Galveston Island! To start things off Steve had made made us reservations at Gaido's (guy-doze), a city seafood favorite. Here's Steve drinking a fishy bottle of olive oil and cutting up:

After dinner we strolled along the beach to walk off our massive dinner before finding the beautiful historic hotel Steve booked for us in the middle of town.

Today we strolled around the city, watched the ships in the bay, went to a film (with a crazy soundtrack) covering the historic hurricane of 1900, checked out the shops, and visited the beach. We were both surprised to see how much the city is still in recovery mode after Hurricane Ike a year ago. As you can see, the Ike water line was pretty high, which explains why none of the parking meters work anymore. Too bad.

We had such a fun time on our weekend adventure, thanks to my thoughtful husband!

Good Example

I thought I'd be the first to sign my nephew's cast--with chalk--before he got it off. Notice the pink "K". The little guy caught on to this fun activity and spent the next several minutes thoroughly decorating his arm in a rainbow of colors.