BYU Wins!

Normally Phil doesn't care what I post on "our" blog, however, he has taken a special interest in this one and threatened me if I post anything bad about his precious Utah team, my background will be gone and he will post mean messages on my friend's blogs...so beware! Haha! Phil and I have a big rivalry between our two schools and we have never gotten to go to a game where they play each other. But, on Saturday my mom called us up two hours before the game and said she got two extra tickets for us! There was a lot of trash talkin' on the way down, but I am happy to say BYU came out victorious! I thought we had lost when Utah scored the first touchdown of the entire game with 1:40 seconds left in the 4th quarter (It was a pretty boring game until the last couple minutes). But, the true school prevailed! Phil thought it was funny that the BYU fans rushed the field, it wasn't like we were just invited to the Rose Bowl, but oh well, we won! Go Cougs!

Ultimate Install

Here are some photos from the press release.

A couple of months ago Phil's company entered a Microsoft contest for a home automation install. They didn't think much of it, since it was a national contest, it was for the best job in an entire year & there would be a lot of competitors that have been in business for years. On Friday night, Tyler (my brother & one of Phil's business partners) got a call from Microsoft announcing they had won the "2007 Ultimate Home Install!" Can you believe it! This small little group of guys working out of a home office and a truck, beat out all the competition! A Microsoft competition! Yeah! There isn't a monetary reward, unfortunately, but they will get flown out to Microsoft headquarters in Seattle, get national recognition & be published in a lot of electronic & home magazines. Most importantly, it gives there little company recognition and credibility. I couldn't be happier for them. They have worked really hard for a long time & it is starting to pay off! If you want to read a full copy & photos...link to this page.... http://www.cepro.com/article/the_ultimate_media_center_installation_revealed_imperium_smart_systems/

or check out this one from Microsoft... http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2007/nov07/11-07UltimateInstallWinnerPR.mspx

or if you already didn't get enough from CNN Money (which I'm sure I'm the only one who could read more)... http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/AQW12707112007-1.htm

Mommy/Daughter Day

This Saturday we a had some Mommy/Daughter time (Even though we missed Ashley who is up at school & Rachel who had a baby shower to go to). I always loved those events growing up, when it was just me & my one parent. I always felt so special. Now, I love it when the whole fam is together. When we had 3 kids on missions & scattered all over, it really makes me appreciate when we can all be together. Allthough I still do love some girl time! We had a lot of fun! My mom had some tickets to the Want Women Want Show at the Southtown Expo Center, so we went there & to lunch. Jamie got her underarms lasered... I had a bad experience with laser hair-removal, so I opted out of it. My mom had this anti-wrinkle demonstration done on one side of her face. Jamie & I were really skeptical about the whole thing, but the results were a lot more than I would have thought! Within 30 minutes there was pretty drastic results. Under her eyes was less puffy, her skin was firmer. It was weird. We tried to convince them to do the other side, but of course they wouldn't because they wanted her to get the product. Maybe for Christmas...it was pretty amazing, even though you are already beautiful Mom! We went to Rumbi for lunch. I highly recommend the sweet potato fries...sooo good! It was some much needed girl time!