Archibald's

Yesterday Kevin and I had a night out with his brother Aaron, sister Lisa and friend Todd. We went out to dinner at Archibald's Restaurant. The restaurant is located at Gardener Village in West Jordan, Utah and, although I have been to Gardener Village in the past, I have never eaten at the restaurant. I have to say that the food was delicious and I had a great time. Anyone who has been there also knows that Archibald's also has a shop where they sell home decor and other household items. The style is sort of like antique and Americana and very cute... but way overpriced. Maybe I'm just cheap. The building used to be a flour mill over 150 years ago and was converted to a restaurant/shop in 1990. It's also on the National Register of Historic Places.

Today my younger brother Justin was ordained an Elder so my Grandparent's came up from good ole San Pete. We had lunch with them at my parents' house and was fun to visit with them. Afterward Kevin's sister Angela and her husband were at our house for dinner. Angela found some fun dollar finds at the store and gave them to Abi. She got a pair of sunglasses and some holiday tights. She looked really cute, so we took some pictures.

And, of course, Oakley had to get in on the action.

Movie Madness and More...

So, I went to the movie and thoroughly enjoyed myself. It wasn't as crazy as I thought it was going to be, but there was a ton of people there. Plenty of people had festive shirts, as was expected, and there was plenty of screaming during the show when any particular vampire or werewolf showed up on screen both half naked and clothed. I guess it doesn't take much to get some girls all "crazy-d up." There were also some interesting comments made by some interesting people. First, there was some confusion as to the whereabouts of the "express concessions" at the theater. Some guy tried to tell us that the express concessions were the little stands down the hallway by the individual theater doors, when we were trying to tell him that there was actually a kiosk where you order and pick up the order at the main window. He kept insisting that we were wrong. He was so sure... so sad. Also, some girl, who probably reads books with her eyes closed, was convinced that the Italian vampire, Jane, was black. Now, who's read the books? Is Jane black? No, she's not.

The shirts turned out great and it was fun to be one of the weirdos. Although I was uncomfortable for another reason. Well... here's some pictures of Mel and I.


Cute, right? Well yeah Mel looks cute, but I look like a sausage stuffed into a blue and red casing. Does a camera really add ten pounds? Or does my mirror lie to me every day? I swear I don't think I looked like that before I left my house and my shirt definitely did not feel that tight. It's what I get for having a baby and not doing anything about it afterward. I guess it's time to buckle down and start losing some weight... maybe. Anyhow, aside from my embarrassing evidence, I had a really great time.

I also went and saw this show again the next day with my husband, Kevin. He was a little sad that I went to see it without him the first time.

But this is all old news, right? I mean, the premiere was almost 2 whole weeks ago. I'm just slow at getting things updated. In the meantime, there was Thanksgiving, which we spent down on my grandparents' farm. It was nice to see my family and of course the food was great.

Also, Abi is getting bigger every day and she is starting to crawl... well, sort of. She can get up on her hands and knees, that part she has down. She can also move her legs forward and back, but her arms are a different story. She can't seem to balance on one hand enough to pick the other off the floor. Instead of using her hands, she just lets her elbows buckle and falls head first onto the floor. This gets her a couple of inches, so technically she is mobile. This morning she inched her way to the dog bowl. It's fun to watch the milestones.