Swiss Days

It has been a Burgon tradition since the dawn of time (or at least as long as I can remember) to go up to Midway every year for Swiss Days. We usually go up on Saturday, but I heard there's better stuff and fewer people on Friday. So, Bryan and I took the day off work and went to Swiss Days and Park City for a fun day of shopping and much needed worklessness.

On Saturday we went up again with the rest of the Burgon bunch. Since we had done the hard core shopping the day before, we got to enjoy more of the entertainment, like the Swiss Miss Royalty (pictured below), the children's choir (if you ever go, don't worry about that part unless you just want an excuse to cool off in the back by the fan), and of course, the very entertaining yodeler! It's an event I always look forward to!

I also got some cute art and crafty project ideas, so if any of you are interested in craft night with Haylie, let me know.

It's Been A While

I have not been a faithful blogger lately, so here is a little bit of what I've been up to the last few weeks...
PICNIC IN THE CANYON

BIRHTDAY CELEBRATION

3 YR ENGAGE-AVERSARY

GIRL FUN

AND A NEW POSITION AT WORK THAT KIND OF TAKES OVER MY WORLD

When was the last time you did something spontaneous & maybe a little crazy???

For me...LAST NIGHT! After a long drought of excitement in my life, I snagged a willing friend totally last minute and went to the Jordin Sparks concert. Since I'm pretty much responsible for Jordin winning American Idol, I thought it might be cool to go hear her, but didn't really give it much thought. I thought the concert was tonight (Tuesday), so at the end of the day at work I decided to look on KSL for some last minute tickets. Well, turns out it was totally Monday not Tuesday. I got my friend Liz (who was also a faithful voter that season), to agree to come with me, got a bunch of names and numbers of ticket sellers, and had her and Bryan start pursuing the best deal. ) Of course, they were all sold already. I gave up a little bit and was a little bummed that my little Monday night adventure wouldn't happen. As I was discussing the lost hope with Liz, Bryan called the Abravanel Hall ticket office. And don't worry...not sold out! In fact, we got 7th row, mid stage tickets. Sweet! Anyway, it was 5:45 and the concert started at 7, so I booked it to change out of my work attire, took Bryan to our dinner plans that I ditched out on (thanks for being understanding), and sped back to get Liz and get our tickets. We had such a blast! I can't remember the last time I went to a concert. Probably when I was the age of all the little girls who were there all dressed up as if they actually believed Jesse would notice them and sweep them off on the romance of their dreams. Here are a few pics...

Prima J (opening act with entertaining dancing)

Jesse McCartney (attracter of piercingly high-pitched screams...and notice the one finger up on the nose thing...I can't decide if that's a trade mark or he doesn't know he's doing it or how stupid it looks)

Jordin Sparks (you're welcome)

(cuz i was just that close!)

The Rainbow Connection

I just wanted to share a pretty that we saw this evening amongst our Saturday night adventures.

A Little R & R

We went up to our family's cabin for a few days this weekend. It was so nice to get away from the heat and work stress and just have some peaceful time in the mountains together.

Family Field Trip

When we were kids, we used to go on field trips to different locations of interest around Utah. One that the youngest 2 kids missed out on was the Kennecott Copper Mine. So, after the C-A-double R-I-G-A-N reunion in the exciting land of Copperton, we decided to make a stop at the mines for some family fun. Quite an operation they have going on up there! It was fun to see the mine close up, and see what ate up the city where my mom is from. And another highlight of the day was that I won the High School Musical board game at the raffle at the reunion! Life is good! :)

College Football '08 Champion!!

So this is my (Bryan's) first addition to the Belnapalooza blog and I'm not so sure how this all goes, so hopefully it works. My posting relates to a tournament that my co-workers and I are having on our breaks. We have an Xbox in the break room and have been playing an NCAA '09 (the video game) tournament. Anyway, after many a grueling game, I emerged victorious!! I am the current champion! All is well with the world! Anyway, just thought I'd put this on here 'cause it's about the only entertaining thing we do at work. Above, you will see a makeshift trophy that was constructed for this tournament by Lucas Mumford Stevens. I am very proud to have carved my name into it with a screwdriver and highlighted it with a Sharpie. Updates will be posted soon regarding the new tournament which has just begun.