D.C. Dental Convention Part One

Several weeks ago Brady went to Washington D.C. for an ASDA convention.

The trip was a little rocky at best! While he was there D.C. got covered with over 30 inches of snow. Besides switching hotels and re-scheduling flights he and his classmates had a good time.

First night in D.C. ready to see some sights.

Jon Haynie on a huge snow bank outside their hotel.

Front of the White House

Brady by the back of the White House

Washington Monument

Capital Building

Lincoln Memorial

The reflecting pool in front of the Washington Monument

Jazz vs. Warriors

For Brady's birthday this year I got him tickets to the Jazz game vs. the Warriors. It was LDS Night at Oracle Arena. They had the missionaries sing the national anthem and a talk with Thurl Bailey after the game.

We drove down with the Warburton's.

We stopped and got some pizza and gelato before the game.

We were surprised at how small the Oracle Arena felt. It says that it holds 19,596, but Energy Solutions feels much larger.

We sat near the Haynie's

Jake and Kim saving us seats down on the floor to listen to Thurl Bailey's talk.

Thurl Bailey talked a little about his conversion to the church and a little about playing in the NBA.

Thurl was so nice to stay after and take pictures and sign autographs for everyone.

NBA players are so much taller in person:)

While waiting to take our pictures with Thurl we saw a couple different Jazz players

Andrei Kirilenko was taking pictures and signing autographs with some kids.

We also saw Paul Millsap and CJ Miles

We tired to get Deron Williams to sign an autograph but he had places to be.

The game was so much fun! Go JAZZ!

Lilly

Poor Alligator! We gave lilly this little guy for Valentine's Day. Within a half hour Lilly had the stuffing out and all over the floor. I wish she was a little easier on her toys.

Lilly playing with her Christmas toys.

We've tried having her play with balls and ropes but she LOVES stuffed animals.

Les Madeleines

I don't usually blog about food but I have to make an exception. I went to Utah to a couple of weekends ago to see my sister and mom. Tyree lives downtown and found this amazing little pastry cafe. It's called Les Madeleines and their specialty is call Kouing-aman, a rich butter pastry from Brittany.

I highly recommend this little place for anyone with a sweet tooth!

They had this amazing pictures from India all through out the cafe. I really liked how they mounted them. I want to make something like this for my house.

Here is the Kouing-aman. Les Madeleines were featured on the food network for these little tasty treats! They have a limit of four per customer. We went right when they opened and within a half hour there was a line out the door.

Young Women Project Runway

Last month I planned an activity for our young women about modest dress. I set up material for the girls to do a "Modest Project Runway". I bought some brown paper bag wrapping paper, red tissue paper, paint swatches, and decorative packing tape. We divided the girls into two teams with a leader as their models. The girls did a great job creating stylish and modest outfits. Who thought paper bags could look this good:)

Team A

Leaders: Lisa and Bekah

Girls: Katie, Cynthia, Sarah, and Shelly

Team A's Final Garment

Team B

Leaders: Rischel and Stacey

Girls: Joyce, Minerva, and Gina

Team B's Final Garment

Thanks Stacey and Bekah for being such great models!

2010 Modest Project Runway

Tide Pools

A few weeks ago we went on a little adventure with our friends the Couch's. We drove down to the tide pools in Half Moon Bay. We've been down to Half Moon Bay a few times but we never made it to the tide pools. It was so much fun to see all the little sea creatures. Next time we'll have to go when it's a little warmer.

The cute Couch family

There were so many Amnemonemomnes:)

All the sea lions from Pier 39 were over in Half Moon Bay sun bathing:)

We went at the best time where the tide was super low.

We saw all of the following:

1) sea gull, (2) marbled godwit, (3) rock louse, (4) tide-pool sculpin, (5) turban snail, (6) acorn barnacles, (7)

periwinkles, (8) small limpets, (9) striped shore crab, (10) gooseneck barnacles, (11) chitons, (12) mussels, (13) aggregating sea anemones,

(14) hermit crab in turban snail shell, (15) ochre sea star, (16) larger barnacles, (17) lobster, (18) surf grass, (19) encrusting sponge, (20) brittle

star, (21) purple sea urchin, and (22) assorted seaweeds.

Tide Pool Film

By: Brady Norman