Love is a Strong Word

Are you surprised to see me on here again so soon? I certainly am.

Zac and I had our own personalized Valentine's Day this year. Rather than going on a date on the 14th, we decided to wait until the weekend (mainly so I wouldn't be stressed about my interview). I did, however, make a special Valentine's Day dinner on the actual day:

Q: Aren't you a little manly to be eating pink rice?

A: Why yes, yes I am.

That Friday, Zac planned a special date night. We decided not to go out to a fancy restaurant and went to Panda Express instead (yes, that is still one of my favorite places to eat--I'm not sick of it yet). Then, we went to a local Borders to ... read? no ... buy books? no ... do a scavenger hunt? yes! Zac picked some categories and we searched to find the best book for that category. Need some examples?

Category: Best book for Zac

Winner: Discover Your Inner Economist (I found that book, of course)

Category: Best book for Amanda

Winner: some book about making decisions 

Category: Weirdest

Winner: Cinderella Ate my Daughter

Category: Book Club Book

Winner: The Book Thief

Category: Dumbest book

Winner: Death by Rubber Ducky 

We had a really great time! (Go ahead and steal Zac's scavenger hunt idea. You know you want to.)

There was also a stake dance on Saturday that we went to. Here are some pictures of the dance:

Leaving for the stake's Valentine dance. 

At the Valentine's dance. There was a delicious chocolate fountain there, so we just had to "rest" every once in a while.

Needless to say, we had an awesome Valentine's day week this year!

And by popular demand, here is a picture of the dress that I made. Isn't it lovely?

The End of an Era

Zac and I went to Sacramento a few days ago to see the Jazz play. We had a great time, and there were even some other Jazz fans near us to help us cheer them on. Little did we know that we were watching Jerry Sloan's last win as the coach of the Utah Jazz - a few days after this game, Sloan announced his resignation. Sad day for Utah Jazz fans, especially for those who, like us, have only known Sloan as the coach. Had we known this was one of his last games, we would have tried to sneak onto the court to get a photo with him (ha ha). Hats off to Sloan for a fine 22 years as head coach. 

Here are some pictures of the night:

No, we didn't get nosebleeds, thanks for asking.

Warming up during halftime

Whoo! Jazz won!

 Thanks Amber for the excellent Christmas present.