Jazz vs. Warriors

Chad grew up in California, so he grew up watching the Warriors basketball team. To this day, he still loves them. He knows every player, their statistics and the pros and cons of each player. Once he found out they were playing the Jazz, he decided to score some awesome tickets. 

We love going to Jazz games and we love sitting close, but we hate paying the retail price. Chad always knows how to get them for cheap. The cheapest tickets we could find were $150 each on row 4, center court. We never pay this much, but since it's Chad's favorite team, we couldn't pass them up.

Tonight was the big game. We anxiously waited in the "will call" line at the Energy Solutions Arena as the clerk searched for our tickets. Minutes later, we found out that we never purchased tickets... Our transaction was never completed online.... Bummer! 

We both whispered some words of anger under our breath as we exited the building. As we were walking back to our car, we found some scalpers on the street that sold us tickets for $35 each on row 17. Our attitudes quickly changed as we realized it was probably a blessing the transaction didn't go through. We saved over $200! Who needs seats on row 4 anyways?! 

Jazz didn't play that great... At least we had ice cream. Ice cream makes everything better. 'Twas a great night with the Mr.

Swiss Days

My family has been going to Swiss Days every year since I was a child. It's held in Midway, UT. Chad was going up to Bruno's dog show early, so I decided to go to Swiss Days with my family and meet up with him later.

Swiss Days gets busier and busier every year. Since it's such a small town, there isn't a lot of parking. Me, my parents, Mike & Somre and their family decided to leave early Saturday morning so we could beat the people and the heat. We arrived at 9 am, and only had to walk about 1/4 of a mile to the booths, which is a record!

I love seeing everyones crafts and creations in the different booths. I'm always amazed with what people come up with. Once it started to get hot, we bought the famous "pie and ice cream". You can't get the whole Swiss Days experience without the pie and ice cream. It seals the deal.

I got a killer deal on necklaces, which of course, I couldn't pass up. I got 3 darling necklaces for $20! I'm a sucker for good deals.

This is one of my absolute favorite traditions in our family. I love being with family and shopping :)

Birthday Boy

On Feb 27, Chad turned the big 2-6! Since we both had to work, we didn't get to do anything too exciting during the day. I surprised him with Cafe Rio (his favorite!) for lunch. We went up to his parents house and ate together, which was fun since we never see each other until we both get off work at 5 pm.

Garrett, Chad's brother, bought us Jazz tickets for his birthday. We went with a few of his other siblings. We had great seats on the 18th row! The game was pretty intense, but they ended up losing :( Im pretty sure I cursed them with my last post. It was fun to be with the family and especially to celebrate Chad's birthday with everyone.

As we were leaving the parking garage after the game, there was a huge line of cars because everyone was leaving at once. There was one car that decided to skip the line and cut in front of everyone by going through the parking stalls. Well, none of the cars would let him in because it wasn't fair that he could just cut to the front. We eventually got up to him, and Chad didn't notice that the car was forcing his way into the line. Once he noticed, he looked over to the car, but kept driving.... which resulted in us bumping into the car in front of us.

We pulled over to check out the damage. The brand new Subaru that we hit, had a little scratch, but Chad rubbed it and it went away. We still exchanged insurances, but since we didn't involve the police, we are hoping our  insurance premiums won't go up. Wish us luck!

At the end of the day, we didn't have a lot of luck tonight. But it was fun to be together and eat ice cream :) I am grateful for Chad and for the example he sets for me everyday. I am so excited to spend many more memorable birthdays with him!