Happy Birthday Julie!

Seems like the last few years all of us have turned 40 which means we have to celebrate. Friday night was no exception...our good friend Julie had her 40th birthday party.

The weather was perfect for outdoors so I helped Bill (Julie's husband) set things up to celebrate.

What a fun night with fantastic people.

Happy Birthday Julie! (Welcome to the crowd!!)

Carla and Bill
Carla and Jefff
The birthday girl Julie!!
Open bar for all to share. YUM!

Jeff and Mark mixing up drinks for all to share.
(they took the job very serious. ha)

I still love our UTES!!!

TCU 47 UTES 7

Tough game to watch today. However, win or lose today.....
I still love our UTES.

Meeting Danny Trejo

Jeff helped the owner of Castle of Chaos this year with glow sticks for the haunted house. Later he asked us to come to a meet n’ greet with the star of the show Danny Trejo. I didn’t really know much about him but was informed he has starred in a few horror movies with George Clooney, Harrison Ford and more. He was also in Spy Kids (which I have never seen…but the girls said it was good). His newest movie Machete comes out September 3rd in theatres . Jeff had some DVD’s autographed and we also got a photo with him. He was very nice!

For over two decades, casting agents looking for an actor who could convincingly portray the baddest of the bad went to one man - Danny Trejo, whose muscular, tattooed frame and leathery face bespoke volumes about violence and vice in films including "Heat" (1995), "Desperado" (1995) and "Machete" (2010). The conviction behind his performances was due in part to his own life, which was spent partly behind bars; after his release, a chance encounter with a fellow ex-con on the set of "Runaway Train" (1985) led to a long list of bit parts as crooks and killers. His ubiquity and unquestionable authenticity made him a favorite of moviegoers and directors alike, including Michael Mann, Allison Anders and his cousin, Robert Rodriguez, who cast him in nearly all of his films, including a comic turn in his lighthearted "Spy Kids" franchise. In 2010, Rodriguez paid Trejo the ultimate compliment by making him an action hero in "Machete," a gore-soaked tribute to '70s-era grindhouse films. The picture only solidified Trejo's status as one of the toughest talents on the planet.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

It's Halloween! It's Halloween! The moon is full and bright. And we shall see what can't be seen on any other night. Skeletons, ghosts and ghouls, grinning goblins fighting duels, werewolves rising from their tombs. There will be witches on their magic brooms in masks and gowns they haunt the street. Knock on doors for... trick or treat. Tonight we are the king and queen, for oh tonight it's Halloween!

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Happy 20th Jeff!

Last night we had an awesome dinner at Rice Eccles to congratulate Jeff for 20 years at Fidelity Investments. (Others were there to celebrate their 10 and 15 years.) Not only was the food amazing but we got a tour of the stadium (Jeff ran the field), saw the new locker rooms, press box and more. I got to see some old co-workers and catch up with them.

Here we are with Abby Johnson. She will soon be the CEO/president of Fidelity.

What a fun night!!

Happy Halloween

During the torrential downpour yesterday I was driving to McCall’s soccer tournament. I see a garage sale sign and slowed down to see what they were selling. A young gentleman was rushing to bring items in from out of the rain. I see in his hands the “Christmas Story” leg lamp. I stop right in the middle of the street asking if that is for sale and if it works. He tells me yes and I pull in to grab it. He asks me how much I’d like to pay. I thought for a minute and almost said $30. He came back with “How about $5?” OMG….I was so excited and wanted it so bad I simply said “I’ll give you $10 because you are so awesome!!” He must have thought I was crazy since I was beyond giddy! I paid him and drove to the soccer game with the biggest smile on my face. Later in the day I brought it home, dried it off, put in a new light bulb….and wa-la…..I now have the “Fragile Leg Lamp” I have always wanted. It will be up in our window after Halloween and stay there until the first of the year. Drive or stop by if you want!!!

Later that night we had a Halloween party. What great friends we have. Everyone really came through with their costumes and food. We all laughed and enjoyed catching up with each other. Everyone was aw-struck by my $10.00 purchase and wanted to have their picture taken with it. Here are some photos that I took.

Happy Bday Norm!

A few weeks ago we got invited to a very special birthday party for our good friend "Uncle Norm". He turned 70 and wanted to party it up at his favorite bar the “Barbary Post”. It is a biker bar on State Street that he has been going to for years. He is a regular and they adore him.


We had a fantastic time at last night. Norm asked me to dance on the bar with him…..so I did! It was so much fun. I guess now I can check that off the bucket list…ha. Thanks to the Graft family for the invite and all the great times we have had together.

Carla and Jay
Carla and Mickey (I adore her!!)

Mickey and Norm (the cuttest couple ever)

Andrew-Jeff-Jay and Leslie

Dancing on the bar. Yipeeeeeeeeeee

Jeff and Jay