"It's a Charity Event"

Monday night, we went to the Tampa Tennis Classic that benefits Jim Courier's foundation. It was part of my birthday present from Robert. The below pictures/video are the only shots I was able to get as my camera's batteries died! I had no idea I was running low on battery power, and as luck would have it there was not a single place in the arena to buy batteries. I was just lucky enough to get these, so enjoy them!

Jim Courier who played a charity doubles match with some local kids and Rennae Stubbs.

Victoria Azarenka who played against Vera Zvonareva

The grand finale, James Blake vs. Andy Roddick.

So, I was able to snatch one video before my camera really went dead, but of course...

the one chance I got, Andy missed his serve! Ugh. Oh well, it was a lot of fun to watch his serve live. It is amazing how hard it comes. One of the Tampa Bay Lightning hockey players tried to return his serve wearing a helmet and cup. It was hilarious.

It was a fun night out and our first time ever watching pro tennis players live in action. I am definitely hooked, so I hope to attend a tournament in the near future. Thank you for the wonderful birthday present Robert!

Airfest

On Saturday, we went out to Macdill Airforce Base to watch their annual airshow. It was free, and included a performance from the famous Blue Angels.

It was a perfect day for an airshow because their wasn't a cloud in the sky.

Robert enjoyed playing around with all the weapons they had on display.

F-15 Strike Eagle getting ready to take off for it's performance. I love watching the F-15/F-16's fly, they always remind me of my grandma's house because she lives next to an airforce base and they would fly over often.

Just enjoying a hot day out in the sun for once! We are finally getting some really warm weather.

And, like every good airshow watcher, I came back completely sunburnt, regardless of all the time I spent under my umbrella.

One Year Older...

To kick off my birthday this year, on my birthday eve, we went to the beach to have dinner and watch the sunset. One of my favorite things to do is go to the beach, so we thought it would be a good way to start off the festivities.

We kept my birthday low key this year. I woke up and made a nice breakfast that was delicious. After eating and before work, we opened up my presents. Do you like my cake? I told you we kept it low key. Haha. These were some muffins I had made, and opening presents without blowing out any candles seemed a little odd, so we scrounged up some candles we had lying around. Can you guess how old I turned?

I had to upload this. This was my birthday card from Robert. He tapped into his creative side this year. This was a puzzle I had to unveil to see what presents his family and him had gotten me for my birthday. You may have guessed already, but this year's birthday theme was beach stuff. Since we live right by the beach now, we are going to have to gear up for summer. As you can tell, I got some toys to play in the sand with, a nice beach volleyball, and some beach towels, chairs and an umbrella from Robert's parents. I asked if the body below my head was included too...unfortunately, no.

I got a few other items to mention: my mom and grandma gave me their presents when I was out in Utah which were some beautiful church pictures and a few other miscellaneous items (EFY cd, clothes). My sister sent me a cute shirt and apron plus a nail polish kit. My best friend Jenny sent me some awesome jewelry from Iceland. Thanks everyone for the great gifts!

After work, we went out with some friends to a Tampa Bay Lightning hockey game. Robert's mom, Teri, got us free tickets from her work. We sat in the 14th row behind their bench. It was a lot of fun because it was my first time sitting that close to the action.

Danny and Leigh, our friends from Stetson, actually, this is one of my high school friends too - small world huh? It is funny because now Danny and Robert are best buds.

I'm Back.

Last week, I was out in Utah for a work conference that I helped plan. Luckily, I can say it turned out great! Everything went really well and everyone enjoyed their time.

I helped to present our annual company awards. People started calling me JoVanna...maybe I have some hidden talent somewhere for presenting.

Tiffany! She is one of my favorite people to work with at Simplifile. I have lots of favorites, but she always brightens my day.

As one of our traditions, we spend an evening bowling at FatCats and eating Costa Vida with all the employees.

And this year's Dundee goes to...

Yes, to make it even more exciting we hand out a few bowling trophies. It gets pretty competitive, we even had to have a bowl off to decide one of the awards. I was in charge of the awards again this year, so once again here I am doing my best presenter impressionation. I know cheesy, huh?

After bowling that night, my awesome friends Kaydee and Devin picked me up and drove me out to see their new house! It was beautiful, thanks for the tour guys! It was so much fun catching up.

We were really spoiled this year, after bowling night the following day, the sales team and myself went snowmobiling. It was my first time ever and I loved it!

Park City, UT

After snowmobiling, we met up with the rest of the team for a nice casual dinner on one of the Park City Mountain Resort ski slopes. We traveled by sleigh to get there and back. Another first for me, so it was a lot of fun. Dinner was excellent! We went to a place called Snowed Inn, this cozy cabin with delicious home made food, and live music.

After working hard all week (I know it doesn't look like we worked too hard, but trust me we did), I caught a ride up to Ogden to spend the weekend with my mom and family.

It was a fun visit, where we did a little shopping, lots of eating out, went to the temple, and work. I helped her put her pink letters on her car and tried to redecorate the pink bedroom. I also got to see my grandma, cousins, aunts, and uncle while I was in town. It was great!

Well, after a long full week, I made it home back to Florida, where Rob was anxiously awaiting my return. Probably because the fridge was empty by then. No, it worked out perfectly, Rob had a big memo due the week I was gone. I have a wonderful job and feel extremely blessed to be working for such a great company. I am still trying to catch up from such a busy week, but it was definitely worth it and I had a lot of fun. Thanks Simplifile!