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Dinner and a Show

February 6, 2010 By Tom Leave a Comment

Tonight we had dinner at the Pizza Pie Cafe Provo with a most excellent group of friends that we haven’t seen in quite some time. For the rest of the gang that couldn’t make it, here’s some choice updates:

  • Bobby and Kathryn were running a little late because Bobby was called in at the last second to assist with a C-section. I still have a hard time reconciling  the distinct personalities I think of as “dilophosaurus Bobby” and “doctor Bobby.”
  • Jeremy and Kedra brought their adorable newborn Rebecca for everyone to meet. She was as cute as a button, and probably weighed less than all the pizza I consumed that evening.
  • Theron is still working hard on some rad engineering projects and enjoying the new place he bought. Katy and Nate (who unfortunately couldn’t make it) are staying with him until they finish remodeling their new home.
  • Joe is starting a new booking company called Hungry Tiger Agency (with our boy Matty P), and will likely run the music biz in a few years.
  • Richie is taking some classes at UVU and is as wild as the guitar solo Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Free Bird.

It was so good to see everyone, and I’m kicking myself for forgetting to bring a camera.

After some good eats, a bunch of us headed over to Velour to catch the Imagine Dragons show. The energy was high and the band some great new tunes. Here’s a video montage of the trip they just posted (footage from the show begins about 40 seconds in)

Filed Under: entertainment, food, friends, music

Tepanyaki Con Los 3 Amigos

January 9, 2010 By Tom 1 Comment

It had been ages since me, Ryan and Brent got together, so we decided to go out to dinner with the ladies. For some reason Brent wanted to eat at Cabellas, which was a really cool place, but was closed by the time we got there. [Nothing says fine dining like sporting goods outfitters!]

So we piled into one car and headed over to the Tepanyaki in Lehi. Great entertainment comes standard with the food. It’s the only place where the waiters throw food at you, and you tip them better. A quick vid that Ryan took with his phone:

Filed Under: food, friends Tagged With: brent, ryan, tepanyaki

Cheer Party and Homecoming

October 24, 2009 By Tom 1 Comment

The Weidman’s hosted an excellent get together for BYU cheer alumni that Kristie and I were invited to attend. I’ve learned over the years that anytime you get a group of cheerleaders together in one place, they end up stunting. It’s practically inevitable. But this time, everybody took a crack at it…even the non-cheerleaders. For example…

Jeriann was peer-pressured into trying a stunt with KC. Everyone who knew anything agreed she handled it like a pro:

Then everyone got on my case and coaxed me into putting Kristie in the air. Surprisingly it worked okay. Luckily Kristie’s good enough that anyone could put her up:

But easily the most entertaining was when Cami managed to hold up her brawny husband Chandler, completely unassisted. Cami’s face is priceless:

The next evening was homecoming versus TCU. ESPN college gameday was there…in fact everything was perfect, except for the final score. During halftime they had cheer alum come out on the field for the fight song. Here’s some friends down on the grass:

Filed Under: exercise/sport, friends

Pumpkins, Japanese Food and Cougar Football -> FTW

October 10, 2009 By Tom Leave a Comment

On our street there’s a house that was selling hundreds of pumpkins on their front lawn, so we decided to pick a couple up for ourselves.  Can’t wait for Halloween.

That night we met up with Leah and Johnny to make Japanese food and watch the UNLV game. Great game, great eats, and great company.

Filed Under: food, friends

Celebrating with Bobby and Kathryn

September 25, 2009 By Tom Leave a Comment

Kathryn did a righteous thing and got a bunch of us on board to meet up for dinner at Simply Thai in Sandy to celebrate Bobby’s birthay. Only later did we learn that it was Kathryn’s birthday as well, so it was twice the party. It was so good to get that group together again, even though a few key players were certainly missing (you know who you guys are). Here’s a few shots from dinner:

Then a few of us headed to the Beck’s in Alpine for some serious rock n’ roll, cake and ice cream and good conversation. Check out these animals:

And Bobby blowing out the candles as he finally turns 37:

Filed Under: food, friends, out of town

Just Married!

August 15, 2009 By Tom 2 Comments

A huge congratulations to our friends Leah and Jonny on their wedding day–we love you guys. It was a busy one (from start to finish) but we couldn’t have enjoyed it more. I’ll let the pictures tell the story for now.

Filed Under: family, food, friends Tagged With: leah and jonny, reception, wedding

Wedding Dinner

August 14, 2009 By Tom Leave a Comment

Tonight we got a chance to go to the Jesperson residence for a really fun wedding dinner. They had the event catered by Cafe Rio, and it was delicious. Besides the great food and company, we also had the chance to hear the “Jonny and Leah” story first hand from the bride-and-groom-to-be, as well as from their parents–who had some wonderful things to share.

Here’s a shot of Leah fastening a bridesmaid bracelet on Kristie:

Me and Kristie by the pool:

Filed Under: food, friends Tagged With: wedding dinner

VEGAS for Harry and Sarah

August 8, 2009 By Tom 1 Comment

This weekend we had an action packed trip to Vegas to celebrate Harry and Sarah’s wedding reception. We took two cars on the way down, between Richie, Theron, Kedra, Jeremy, Kristie and me. Jeremy and his family were cool enough to let us crash at their place for the weekend.

When we arrived in Vegas we went straight dinner as planned (where we got to meet up with Tyler and Katie). Then we took off and headed to the Sahara to go to a show. At the last minute Mac and Julie decided to come, which allowed us all to celebrate a bit of his birthday together. Jeremy was able to score the tickets for free, so we were treated to “The Magic & Tigers of Rick Thomas.”

It was awesome, and brought to mind flashbacks of Gob in Arrested Development. (If only he could have used “The Final Countdown” as his theme song too)

After the show ended we got word that Dan’s band, the Imagine Dragons, were headlining a show at Vegas’ “First Friday” outdoor festival. We had just enough time to make it, so we jumped in the cars and headed over.

The show was best I’ve seen them perform so far–they’ve been in Vegas doing it full-time this summer, so their sound is on point. There was tons of energy, and it was pretty awesome to dance to the music in the shadow of the Stratosphere.

The next morning we got up and lounged around the pool, played some water basketball and put together a killer BBQ. Relaxation station.

Around 6 o’clock we rolled out to the Reynolds residence for the outdoor reception. Everything was decorated beautifully, and the food and live jazz trio fit perfectly.

Harry and Sarah are one of those couples that you can tell are perfect for each other within 5 minutes of getting to know them. Tonight they seemed as fun, beautiful and vivacious as they’ve ever been.  It was such a blast to celebrate with them, their families and friends.

After the reception we headed over to the Little Chapel of Flowers, the wedding chapel owned by Jeremy’s dad. We took a moment to snap a photo of our mock-renewal-of-vows. If we ever do that for real, I think Vegas might just be the place…

One of the perks of owning a wedding chapel in Vegas is that you get access to limos whenever the need arises. So Jeremy graciously loaded us up and took us over to the strip to check out a few attractions we had on our list.

Richie always has to look like a rock star and show us up. I’m sick of it.

All in all it was an awesome trip. Thankfully there are a handful of unwed Reynolds’ left…so with any luck we’ll get to do it again.

Filed Under: entertainment, friends, music, out of town Tagged With: harry and sarah, imagine dragons, vegas

Leah’s Bridal Shower

July 28, 2009 By Tom Leave a Comment

I always get to write about cute bridal showers that I’m not invited to.But, from what I hear, Leah’s was very cute indeed. Here are a couple pictures:

If you want more details, talk to Kristie…I’m sure she’d be delighted.

Filed Under: friends Tagged With: bridal shower, leah

Bingham-Kehl Festivities

July 22, 2009 By Tom 1 Comment

Kristie’s friend Jessica just got married to her fiancee Brian Kehl. Football fans might know Brian as a former BYU standout, or as a current linebacker on the New York Giants.

Here’s a picture of the crazy girls at her bridal shower:

And a shot of the happy (and blurry–sorry) couple at their reception at the Grand America Hotel in downtown SLC:

Filed Under: friends Tagged With: brian kehl, jessica bingham, wedding
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