Merry Christmas

Yes it is possible that my dog totally hates me for doing this to her...but I don't worry too much about it because the second it is time to eat she'll love me again.

Oh It's Love....

Isn't it a sight for sore eyes? Wednesday I went up skiing for the first time this season...and can I just say that it really is heaven being on the mountain. I can't think of any other moment that I am that happy. For early season the conditions were pretty good. As you can see below there is still a bit of brush...but hopefully it will be covered by the end of the this storm!!!

Sick/ Ski Day

My boss says to me..."You look kind of pale maybe you should go home so you can be better for Thursday." So I said "good idea"...to which he replied walking away...."Make sure you don't run into a tree...."

Seriously do I have the best boss ever?

A thought to Ponder...

If the Holy Ghost goes to bed at midnight what time does he wake up?

Guess Who...

Guess who is getting sick??? I think it will hit me on Wednesday.....yes Wednesday sounds good....I already informed the boss I will be sick and I fully intend on taking advantage of this sickness on the mountain....Yes you heard me Canyons on Wednesday. Let me know if you wanna come.....

The way home

This was the amazing view from the window of the plane taking off from Phoenix

Sydnee loves to lay on top of Kate in the car, I think it keeps her warm or something

She is so lazy she couldn't even really move, just turned her head annoyed that I was taking pictures of her again

This picture didn't turn out as well as I had hoped...you can barley see me....this is right before he kissed me back. lol

San Antonio

For work I had a quick 3 day trip to San Antonio. We spent the days in meetings and the nights at the Riverwalk. We took a stroll up to the Alamo one night. It was pretty to see it at night...what a difference a year makes....last year I was here in October during the day. I tried to dig up an old picture but can't seem to find them.

Bullet holes in the Alamo

For one of our dinners we went to Dick's Last Resort. It is one of those restaurants that they are really rude and sarcastic to you. They put these hats on you that say different things and bibs. It was pretty funny, although our waiter was a bit crude. Below is my water...think he gave me enough straws? There were 45 to be exact.

If you have never been to the Riverwalk you should go, below is the Riverwalk at Christmas. Sorry the photo isn't that great, but it kind of gives you the idea with all the Christmas lights.

Addi --

This is my cousin Nat's little girl Addi, these pictures were so cute I had to post them!

The Many Faces of Ryker

Can you tell he started to get a bit annoyed with me?? lol. Such a stinking cute baby...love you Ry Ry.

Chicago -- Chicago

So again I went to fabulous Chicago to see my Steph. This time I took along my buddy Staci...we had such a blast!

Day one: We took Staci to breakfast at the Bongo Room...it was delicious as always! Mmmm. Then we were off to the magnificent Mile for shopping. We hit up H&M and Forever XXI and scored some hot clothes at great prices! Afterward we stopped briefly at Meg's house and took in her amazing view, and we were off to Steph's...but not before we stopped at Choppers for Chocolate-Banana shakes. That night we had girls night at Steph's, Greys and pizza what more can a girl as for?

Day two: Breakfast at home. Then it was off to do errands. Steph's computer decided to die overnight, and if you know Steph, this is an emergency situation! So off to Best Buy we went! Luckily it was still under warranty! Then Steph had a headlight out, so we headed to Pep Boys to get it repaired. I was so confident and excited to show the ladies my mad car skills...but Steph's car is ridiculously difficult to replace the headlight in! In fact you have to take out the freaking battery to do it! So the guys in the shop were all too eager to help her out...then ask her out! Sorry guys she is married! Then it was off to Target for new purses. If you know Steph and I we have a TON of the same stuff, purses, jackets, shirts, skirts...so of course we got the same bag :) We then had an awesome girls night. I was finally able to meet Tiff and spend some time with Nicole! It was good food, great drinks, and amazing company!! Thanks Ladies! Tiff headed home so Steph, Stac, Nic and I grabbed some frozen yogurt and chatted a bit before calling it a night. Well at least everyone else did, Stac and I were not tired so we stayed up till 3:30 watching Lifetime movies...

Day Three: Breakfast at the Bongo Room again...Mmmm. We were lucky enough to score 4th row tickets to the Bulls game!!! Thanks to Craig's list and Steph's sweet talking! So we went to pick them up. Rested for a minute, got ready and headed out to the game.

Can You Say Guilty??

So....

So I get to see these girls in Chicago this weekend!!!! And I am very excited! :)

Let the Season Begin!!!

She wanted to dress up as a Diva...

They are in Love

Depressing

This is what I saw when I left to work this morning...they left with out me :(

Horrible

I have really been a horrible blogger. With crazy days at work and doing 3 jobs in one, it leaves little time to blog. Add in doing really nothing but talking on the phone for hours on end :) and still recovering from being sick (yes it has been over 2 and a half weeks) there is nothing too interesting to say. I did however color my hair. I was feeling a little bored with the blond, so of course the most logical choice was to go with stop sign red...it is fun and sassy and already fading to pink. Lol. Guess I will be coloring it again shortly.

Oh My Tags....

8 TV shows I enjoy watching
1. The Hills
2. Medium
3. Lipstick Jungle
4. Law and Order SVU
5. Dr. 90210
6. Gossip Girl
7. One Tree Hill
8. Samantha Who?

8 Things that happened yesterday:
1. Worked
2. Got almost caught up at work
3. Went tanning
4. Talked to Drew for forever -- thanks for diagnosing me :)
5. Played with Miss. Priss
6. Looked for condos
7. Day dreamed about ski season
8. Decided to get a new car

8 Things I am looking forward to:
1. Not being sick -- it's been two weeks
2. Being lazy tonight
3. Getting my hair done tomorrow
4. Seeing the cute little kiddies tomorrow for T or T
5. Chicago in 2 weeks!
6. Shopping at XXI Forever in Chicago
7. Seeing my Stephy!
8. Visits from strangers in November


8 Things I love about Fall:
1. Hoodies
2. SKI SEASON on it's way!
3. Cute jeans
4. Leaves -- so pretty
5. Cool weather
6. Crisp smell in the air
7. Pumpkin pie
8. Thanksgiving....Mmmmm

8 Things on my wish list:
1. A house
2. New car
3. Winter clothes
4. Bindings for my new skis!
5. Trip to Europe...
6. Pedicure
7. SNOW!!!!
8. And more snow...

People I am tagging:
1. Steph
2. Beck
3. Nichole
4. Mindy
5. Anyone who wants to...

TAG NUMBER 2......

6 quirky things about me
1. I hate the feeling of wringing out a wet wash cloth it makes me cringe
2. I hate all types of beans, except green beans because they are different
3. I hate the feel of carpet on my bare feet, so I usually always have socks on in the house even in summer
4. I wake up in the middle of the night just to put on chap stick
5. I have an eyelash fetish
6. I won't wear sandals unless my toes are freshly painted (minus the 2 times this year I had to)

Thrilling Weekend

Friday night in celebration of Becky's actual birthday we went to dinner at Garcia's and to see Thriller. I had never been to see it before and was pleasantly surprised, it was sooo good! It was a blast to spend the evening with Beck and celebrate, I love this girl!

Palm Springs

So between being sick for that last week and a half and crazy days and hours at work I have had no time to update. Anyhow, a week and a half ago I had the chance to go with the girls to Palm Springs in celebration of Becky's 27th birthday. The first day in Cali Steph and I met up in the early morning for a day in LA. We had a blast cruising all over the city (literally all over) I think we did a full circle of the city, all the while with out temperature gage in the VW Bug flashing at us. The day started out with a search for cheap designer jeans...but every place we tried to find had closed! Can you believe that? By the time we decided we were out of luck we were starving! Thus a new quest began...the search for In and Out. With out tummies filled we thought it may be a good idea to trade our cute little car in for something that wouldn't break down on us in the middle of the desert, we did have a 2 hour drive to Palm Springs that night...we traded our cute little convertible bug for a much more practical Saturn Vue (small SUV) and headed to pick up Becky's sister Heather from the airport. From there we headed to Manhattan Pizzeria at Manhattan Beach, Steph and I discovered this place last year when we can to LA for a weekend. They seriously have some of the best pizza!

Then we went to the pier to look at the water and enjoy the ocean air

Then it was FINALLY time to pick up our Beckers! Then we were off to Palm Springs. Along the way we stopped and got a milkshake to share for a pick me up little did we know how badly we would need it! You would think that with mapquest directions we could make it there with no issues...but we were wrong! 4 hours later we arrived at the condo. Day 2 we slept in and then went to brunch at this great place...delicious!

It was so good we went back the next day. Then we headed back to the condo for an afternoon at the pool.

That night we headed to the street fair that is held downtown every Thursday. They had all sorts of little shops and vendors lining the streets. It kind of reminded me of a mini Summer Fest. We enjoyed delicous carmel and chocolate covered apples...Mmmm. The next day I woke up sick :( I was pretty much worthless the rest of the trip. The girls went on an awesome hike and I slept. We went to the amazing outlets. I got pulled over in California for doing a California Stop...and we had a delicous dinner at Kobe. They had a great fish pond out front, with food to feed them. They would seriously almost attack each other for the food!

And then when we got back to the condo Steph drugged me....


It was so great to spend time with the girls! Thanks ladies, hopefully we can all get together soon again! xoxo

And I am off....Again...

We are off to Palm Springs/LA in the morning for a girls weekend...stay tuned for pictures!

Winter?

The weather man said we would have winter like weather -- well he was right we got 11 inches of snow at our house this weekend...

Sunday Night

Last night I went over to Austin's for his mom's birthday dinner. So a little cheesy, but I love his family especially Dari his 5 year old little sister...she is adorable! We played a game of memory and Candy Land together...and can I say she kicked my butt at both, and I really did try! In memory she beat me 22 matches to 13. Anyhow after we got done playing she drew me a picture on her magna-doodle and wanted me to take a picture of her with it.

39 Days

Only 39 days till he Basin opens....today it is snowing I am in heaven! (well besides the fact that I am working today) Here is a picture for your viewing enjoyment, the current conditions at the bottom of Needles at Earls Lodge...

Thoughts...

Now that things have settled down a little and I can think a bit more clearly on the events of the week. It is very strange to think that just one week ago I had an interview for the job with RSRV, and today I am transitioning into the job. I have found that things in my life never seem to move slowly. Don't get me wrong I love it when I am not waiting around for things to happen. I generally know right off the bat whether or not I like something or someone, I have learned to trust that instinct. I am very excited about my new/old job, I sat in on 2 meetings today and it got me excited to be back in the "mix" of things. But I also had a sad realization today, I am going to miss my job. I am going to miss harassing Charlie every day, having Cody 3 feet away to complain to, and about a million other things...I guess over all I just feel very blessed that I have been so lucky with having such great jobs with such great people to work with and for.

Good Day??

What constitutes a good day??? Well mine has been pretty dang good! Last year at this time I applied for a job, a job that I loved. I have been here for a year now and love the people that I work with, but have been longing to get back to the more technical side of things. So when my old job opened up at a promotion I was excited. I felt a bit torn because my currently job is a blast, but felt strongly that I should apply. I interviewed last week on Friday and tried to push it out of my mind of over the weekend. I knew that I had a heads up on the competition, since I had done the job for 3 years previously...but you never really know. Plus it was a little nerve racking being in a formal interview with 3 managers you know so well. Anyhow, today I came into work with the expectation of finding out about the job, but little did I know what the day had in store. First thing my current manager called me in and presented me with a nice raise and promotion! I was so excited! Then my old manager came over and called me over to his office, he then offered me the job. At this point I was in shock! I formally accepted the job, on the condition that I could help my current manager out until he found someone as wonderful as me ;) lol But really, I would never want to leave him in a bind so for now I have two jobs. The ironic part of this whole situation...that I will be going back to my old job one year and one day later then when I left...funny how things work out.

Conference Weekend

We were lucky this weekend and had the opportunity to attend two sessions of conference. Austin's fabulous dad got us tickets for the Saturday PM session, so we took Becky and Doug with us. The session was amazing, my favorite talk was by Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin, he was so funny and such a sweet old man. Below is a picture of the four of us before we headed inside...I had the old gentleman behind us take the picture and he kind of cut Doug off...oops.


Austin and I had just planned on watching the Sunday afternoon session at his house, but my mom and Mike had extra tickets to the session so we went with them. I was bad and didn't take a photo of the four of us...but I did take one of the choir and the General Authorities...including the First Presidency. Unfortunately my camera wouldn't zoom enough to get a shot of President Monson :( Sunday afternoon session my favorite talks were by Elder Russell M. Nelson and President Thomas S. Monson. We are so blessed that we live so close that we can see our prophet speak in person....

SNOW!!!!

IT SNOWED!!!! Granted it will probably melt today -- but at least it means the ski season is rapidly approaching....