Natal Festivities Part 3

Friday, October 3rd. Our story continues...
It had been a festive, fun-filled week of frolicking with my friends (and occasionally family). Friday night rolled around and I was tired. I had nothing scheduled on the calendar and I was looking forward to just being home. I happily remembered that it was Conference Weekend and that meant BYU plays Utah State on Friday night! Hooray!! I can stay home and watch football! I drove Jared to football practice, picked up some Little Sleezers, and came home to settle down and watch the game. I realized that I had enough time to soak in the tub and really wind down.
So there I was just relaxing in my bath, when all of the sudden there began loud, persistent, knocking on the bathroom door. I assumed it was Michael. I thought the game must have started and BYU had scored a TD already. I called out, "Did they score?" I was answered with more continuous knocking. I started to worry that something was wrong. And then I thought something better be wrong, because this knocking is SUPER annoying. I finally told the knocker to come in. The door slowly opened to reveal three of my friends...Diane, Angie, and Tanya. They had come to kidnap me for another birthday celebration adventure. They packed an overnight bag and let me get dressed and they drove me to Park City where they had rented a condo. We went out for a great dinner and then played Pinochle into the wee hours of the morning. We worked really hard to get a picture of all of us together on one of the beds. (Diane's exchange student Michelle came along too.)













We weren't able to stay and play (shop) in Park City because Jared had a football game that I wanted to get back for. It was the playoffs and they almost won....almost.






















Diane, Angie, Michael and I went to Outback after the football game! I love me some Bloomin' Onion. Then Michael and I went to see the Leonardo da Vinci exhibit at University Mall.











One of da Vinci's inventions... a mirrored room where you can see yourself from all sides without turning your head.











I've often been told that I bear a striking resemblance to the Mona Lisa. It's probably because my smile is mysterious and demure. I rarely open my mouth when I smile.









The night ended with a game of Settlers of Catan at Jennie's house. Complete with a fabulous dinner with pizza from Pizza factory. I had to take a picture of the board. Can you see the oddity with the random layout of the numbers? All the red numbers ended up on sheep. If you play Settlers, you know that that is just plain weird.


THANKS SO MUCH FOR ALL THE FUN TIMES EVERYBODY! I'M BLESSED WITH THE BEST OF FRIENDS, THAT'S FOR DARN SURE!!!!