Nothing's As Precious As A Hole In the Ground

Wednesday, I took the kids to Kennecott Copper Mine.  My bestest friend Nicole said she wanted to do something with all of our kids.  Whenever she says that I think, "I don't want to do stuff with my kids!  They don't do what I ask them to do and all they do is fight."  But it is good to take them out once in awhile, I suppose.  So that's where we decided to take them.  To see a giant hole in the ground that is so massive, you can see it from space.

 It was pretty windy there.

 Aaahhh!  The drill bit caught my hand!  It's getting eaten!  Oh, no!

 Zach wants to be in a soda commercial someday.

After the mine, we went to the park and ate pizza.  It was a really fun day. :)

Please! Somebody Go, and Melt Her!

Last year, my bestest friend Nicole got tickets to see this highly acclaimed play that everybody is clamoring to see.  If only the tickets weren't $200 a piece!  They all cry.  Well, for my birthday (last year), she gave me one of those tickets!  I was so excited!!!

Last night, she and I got all gussied up and went to dinner at the fancy restaurant known as The Garden Cafe at the Grand America Hotel.  I told Nicole, "This place it too fancy for me!"  She said, "Me, too!"  I ordered the Poulet Roti.  It's a roasted chicken with a Porchini Succotash.  It was yummy.  Then for dessert, I ordered the Chocolate Terrine.  It was divine.  The portion sizes were perfect.  I didn't feel hungry after, but I was not overly stuffed, either.  Perfect.

Then we headed over to the Capital Theater for the main event.  We got to see Wicked!  I have wanted to see this show for a very long time.  It doesn't really follow the book all that well, but I liked the adaptation, and the story.  It was a really great show, and I do think it is worth the $200 ticket price.  Especially if you want to see it done right.  You know, before they allow community theatres to do abysmal productions of it. Not that that would happen here.  Our community theaters are above par.  My only complaint is that the lady playing Nessarose didn't have quite as strong a voice as the rest of the cast.  She did really well, but her solo was a little lack-luster.  She's also way more evil than Elphaba.  Just sayin'.  The set and the special effects were fantastic.  I loved the portrayals of Glinda and Elphaba.  Those two women can sing.  I can only dream of singing like them one day.

 I guess I broke the rules and took a few pictures of the set before the show.  I don't really see what the big deal is that I used my actual camera when everybody was using their phones to take pictures.  How is that any different?  It's not.  They're lame.  The end.

 So I took this picture with my phone, and posted it on facebook.  Muwahahahaha!

Send Us A Blindfold

So Thursday, I also dragged my brother with us on the hike and asked him to take some new head shots of me.  It was a really hot day.  102 degrees or something.  I learned a few things on this photo shoot.  It's probably not the best idea to shoot in 102 degree weather, for one.  Also, don't take your kids.  Seriously.  We took most of the pictures at my brother's apartment building, but they wouldn't stay inside and I gave them one job.  To make me smile.  They really only made me angry.  Zach is the only one who obeyed.  Except for when he locked Riley and Kaleb out of the apartment.  Yeah.  My kids are the best.

I chose the middle one because my hair just wouldn't lay right due to the heat, or I probably would have chosen the bottom one.  The top one is a little too soft-focus.  That's what I get for having really long hair.  We took a couple at the waterfall, and that is one of them.  With the others Michael told me I just looked really hot and it was hard to get a good picture.  I look at these and think, I swear I wore make up.  Where did it go?  Ah well.  I just needed more time and my kids to not be there.  :P

Well, let me know!  Which one do you like best?

There's No Map, And A Compass Wouldn't Help At All

Thursday, I took the kids on the shortest hike I have ever been on.  It was awesome.  There was a waterfall at the end.  It's this place up Big Cottonwood Canyon called Hidden Falls.  I took a bunch of pictures, and will share them with you now.  I'll warn you, though.  They are a bit overexposed.  But I think there's still good.  :)

 When you get to the start of the trail, you see this sign, but don't go up that way.  The waterfall is to the left and over a fallen log over the stream.

 So my kids see this and automatically want to do the opposite of what the sign says.

 My friend invited me along with her and her sister and a bunch of other moms and kids.  It was fun.

Pretty cool place, eh?