I have to be the luckiest girl in the whole world.  On Tuesday night I went to the US Open held here in New York and watch the match between Venus Williams vs. Samantha Stosur and Roger Federer vs. Maximo Gonzalez.  Both matches were awesome!  Of course Venus blew Samantha out of the water as did Federer against Gonzalez, but it was still amazing to watch.  Its crazy how fast they are all able to serve the ball!  I mean we are talking about 100 mph + with each serve.  Crazy!

If you have never had the opportunity to attend a professional tennis match, I highly recommend it! Add it to your list of things to do before dyeing!   Attending a tennis match is TOTALLY different then attending any other professional football, basketball, or baseball game.  Let me explain. 

At normal sporting events you have people who wear jersey’s, paint their bodies, and yell the entire game.  You even have people that yell at the coaches or referee’s for making a bad call.  Yeah, not in tennis!  There is no screaming or yelling AT ALL, gosh there is barely even talking.  When you clap you can only do so ever so softly.  At one point during the match between Federer vs. Gonzalez I got so excited and accidently shouted out WOOT, WOOT!  Yeah, that didn’t go over so well.  I swear people were looking at me thinking “Who let that girl in?”  Yeah, I didn’t care…Who doesn’t give a little shout out to the players when they have a good rally or returned a good serve?  I mean seriously!  That’s how you encourage the players, right?  As far as what people wear… holy cow!  There were girls that were dressed to the nines!  We are talking huge sun hats, Prada outfits, high heels, up do’s, were talking the whole nine yards.  It was crazy!  You would never see that at any other sporting event (not even in the box seats). 

This whole night was shared with a few of my friends from the city.  We had a great time!  Check out the pictures below: 

The US OPEN Logo: Just to get you excited!

US Open Event Park: Awesome!  Always something going on

Watching Federer Play: AMAZING

Watching Venus Serve: Just 2 weeks after she won an Olympic Gold Medal

Outside the Stadium

Left to Right: Thomas, LIbby, Jenavee, Sara, Shalauna, Trent

This is the first sunset in NYC I have seen since moving here 15 months ago

Fun in the Sun!  Those are the only words that I have to describe Lake Powell!  This was the last Felt Family vacation that we would have with Wyatt for the next two years.  Spending time with him in Lake Powell was perfect.  There are almost no distractions and everything you do you do as a family.   

We honestly had such a good time.  We played Tuesday – Saturday and every day it was over a 110 degrees.  The best part about Powell is if you get hot, you just jump in the water, you cool down within seconds. We spent everyday cruisin’ around on the boat, cliff jumping, tubing, water skiing (Jensen got up for his first time), and fishing.  Does life get any better than this? 

Check out the pictures from our fun family vacation! 

 Steph, Wyatt, Bria, and Jensen just hangin’ out

 Classic Anna – Peace

Getting Ready for a Fun Day on the Lake

Jas – Life is Good

Jensen and Jas Getting Ready for an Afternoon of Fishing

Jensen showing off his muscles – He’s so Strong

Tom Driving the Boat 

Anyone who has been brave enough to get in a tube, strap on water skis, or do any water activity with Tom at the wheel knows that you do so at your own risk.  It can be a lot of fun but you should know that Tom’s whole goal is to test your limits, try your strength, and see how far and how fast he can go before you crack! Of course he does it all in good fun.. J However I feel like there does need to be a warning on the side of the boat for all passengers to see.  The warning sign should read something like this:

Caution: You must be at least 40″ tall in order to get behind a boat with Tom driving. For YOUR safety, you should be in good health and free from high blood pressure, heart, back, or neck problems, motion sickness, or other conditions that could be aggravated by this death ride. Those who are pregnant or may become pregnant should not ride behind the boat. Ride at your own risk!

One of the big events that happened while I was in Utah was Jason’s birthday celebration! I absolutely love birthdays, whether it’s mine or someone else’s, I think everyone deserves a day where it is all about them. Jason’s birthday was no exception.

I really wanted to get Jas something that he A: Didn’t already have and B: Couldn’t go out and buy. In order to pull this off I had to get a little creative. I had the idea of putting together a scrapbook for him, but I wanted to take the idea one step further. Instead of it being just a scrapbook with pictures, I also wanted wanted to add letters written to Jason by the top 10 people that he looks up to and admires most in his life.

As you can imagine, taking on a project like this while living 2,197 (yes, I know the exact miles), was not an easy task! In order for me to pull off this surprise I had to enlist the help of a small army. There is no possible way that I would have been able to pull off the surprise without the help from the celebration team. The celebration team consisted of the highly sought after Professional Scrapbook Extraordinary (Missy K aka: my sister Mishell), Mail and Event Coordinator (Aimee), Public Relations Specialist (Tyson), Head Chief (Charlotte), and of course myself the Birthday Planner. Of course, I cannot forget all the people that made Jason’s top 10 list and were so willing to write a letter and get it over to me. Big thanks to everyone!

Below are some fun pictures of the event. Jason loved the book and all of your letters. I am sure it will be something that he keeps for years to come. Enjoy!

Reading Everyone’s Letters

Hanging out with my Babe

Good Times!