Murder Mystery Dinner

If you have never done a Murder Mystery Dinner you're missin out! I had never done it before, but we did it the other day and it was a good time. Thanks to Shan and her wonderful mother we had a great meal and a great night! The setting was in a 1930's mansion so we all got to dress up and play the part.

Mal (doctor), Ali (author), Donny (banker), Flo (banker's wife), Randy (movie star), Rog (mountain climber...and murder), E.R.A (Sir Roger's secretary), Pro (golfer)

all my ladies

the gents

Brad and Ky, I mean Mr. and Mrs. Brooks, were by far my favorite. They played the part so well!

It was such a fun night! Next on the murder mystery to-do list... Burritos and Banditos. Aye aye aye!

To Grandpa's House We Go...

This year for fall break my family and I decided to venture off to visit Grandpa Allen in Vacaville, California (a little town near Sacramento, if you didn't know). There is never a dull moment on an Adams family vacation. Allow me to give me a brief outline of our trip...

So we attempted to leave Wednesday afternoon. My dad is a pilot so we get the benefit of flying for free...if there are any empty seats. This is quite the risk for a family of 6, and just our luck, we didn't get on the first flight.

This is us all sad. We got bumped.

And that is our plane taking off without us.

Some pilot left her jacket at the gate so McCall is doing what McCall does best...striking a pose.

We then had seven hours to kill at the airport until we could try the next flight. We could have gone home...but what fun is that? We decided to leave all our luggage in the crew lounge and take a shuttle to Temple Square! Thats always fun right?

Especially when you play Ninja Destruction on the streets of Salt Lake.

Finally after a long day...we got on the 10:00 flight! And hey, we were even all sitting together!

Grandpa's house is fun because we drive golf carts around the orchards,

Swim in his pool,

And hang out on the back porch.

Until Matt gets stung by a bee of course. Then his hand swells up like Popeye, and we have to take him to the hospital.

This is in front of the Golden Gate Bridge. Pretend the fog isn't there and then you could see it.

The streets in San Francisco are SOOO steep! We thought the car was going to tip over and roll down the street. Pretty intense.

Here we are at the top of the most crooked street in America...Lombard Street.

What else do you do on Lombard Street but hang out the sun roof and take pictures?

We visited all the Piers, toured San Francisco, hung out with Grandpa, and had a jolly old time. Now for the attempted flight home...

Don't worry...we got first class! In first class we only drink bottled water...with our pinkies up. Wee wee!

Well thats about the gist of our trip. It was fun to get away with the family for a while, but it is sure nice to be home. In my own bed. With my non-fluffy pillow. And its nice to see big families and trucks driving around. Its fun for a few days, but I could never live in California.

Dear future boyfriend/husband:

These men are amazing. You should probably be just like them. Mmmmk thanks.

Ode to Today

Well...let me back up a bit. Lets start last night

11:30pm: Shantel and I are delirious (I won't go into detail) from way too much homework and not enough sleep. There we were frantically trying to get our HUGE financial PROJECT done when we find that there are only 23 sheets of paper left in our printer...not even close to enough! Instead of running to walmart quick (because it is obviously past our bed time), we figure we will procrastinate just a smidge bit more and print it all at school the next day.

6:00am: My trustee companion Mr. Alarm goes off. Not ok. I skim through some scriptures and start getting ready...totally skipping the shower stage. Again, not ok. I get ready, clean my room, make us some lunches and by 7:15, we're out the door.

7:30am: We arrive at the lovely campus of UVU. We get a rockin parking spot so we have some time to chill in the hall of flags. Across the way we notice a creeper takin pictures of us (or so we think), so we jet off to our classes.

8:00am: Somehow everyone in my Physiology class decided to come on time today so when I walk in, the only seat left is in the back corner next to the guy who snores the whole time. If you are wondering, it makes it really hard to concentrate.

9:00am: Ethics is ethics. Blah. Who really cares? Meanwhile....Shantel doesn't have class so she attempts to start working on the finance project again. Unfortunately, the internet in the institute building got blocked for a few days because some people love to do naughty things. In the institute building. Really? So she packs everything back up and makes her trek to the Library.

10:00am: I join Shan and we finish our projects. It was a great feeling. We were about to go print it all off when the freaking alarm goes of...."Attention, an emergency has been reported in this building. Please evacuate immediately. Do not use the elevators. Repeat, do not use the elevators". don't forget the alarm is ringing at the same time and everyone is frantically leaving the building. We leave. With our projects still not printed.

11:00ish am: Shantel has a bright idea to go to her grandma's house nearby to print. Come to find out, she is out of ink. Now what? All praise Mike Gardner! He was hero #1 of the day. We go to his apartment, print our projects (hallelujah) and eat our lunch. I accidentally grab the sandwich with no mustard (clearly Shantels) and eat it before I can even think about what is happening, leaving Shan with the sandwich loaded with mustard (clearly mine). My bad.

12:00pm: Buildings are still closed off due to a natural gas leak so class gets canceled! Which means we head off to the John Bytheway devotional. It was great. That just might be the one thing that went well today :)

1:00pm: Finance. Turn projects in. Felt great. We love finance, but not today.

2:00pm: Free at last! Hello weekend! We go home. I eat an otter pop.

3:00pm: I had all the intentions to do the dishes but I decide i'll get ready for work first. I go upstairs and get all my stuff together but one thing is missing...my wallet. I tear EVERYTHING apart looking for it. Yeah, no where to be found. I trace back through the glorious day and come to the conclusion that it has to be at school somewhere. I call the school. Sure enough, someone was a dear and found it in the library. I must have left it on the table while trying to "evacuate immediately". Great.

4:00pm: Work. Great. Balloons. Home Teaching Message. Good times.

7:00pm: Make the trek back to the school to rescue my wallet. Not one penny or dollar or card or smoothie king coupon was touched. Thank you hero #2. And hey, I don't even go to BYU!

8:00pm: Shopping. Dinner at the homestead.

11:00pm: Go to bed.

12:08am: Wake up by McCall and Hayden telling me there are mice running around in our walls. I go downstairs and sure enough, there they are just running through the walls in our kitchen. I almost threw up a little bit in my mouth. Hayden, hero #3, being the gent he is, sets mouse traps and we tell what if stories about mice crawling on us while we are sleeping. Oh the joys of living on a farm. And good thing roommates have boyfriends or else we would all be lost.

Moral of the story: Don't procrastinate huge projects. Don't lose your wallet. And thank goodness for heros. I love life!

Ode to today. May tomorrow bring just as many interesting times and memories. Good night.