Time ...

Wow, how long has it been since I've posted??!!! Crazy how time got away from me this summer and now into fall. We're doing well.  Emi is back in school (hooray) at Murray High School and loves it. I think they boys love her, because she hasn't had a boring weekend yet, though she may say otherwise. She is also working at Rumbi's which has been a good place for her to be. She gets paid and it's close to home. Plus they give her easy times that work with her schedule. Really works well.

Dain has been bored, trying to figure out the new business of radio. No one is calling, so he's doing other things. He has been doing a TV show on Park City TV. He's on every morning and if you ask me, he's awesome! He's so good on TV. His personality comes through. He's so talented. The bad part is that it's part time, so nothing on which to build a career. But that's been fun. And he took a job with a local sports company where he's working temporarily during their big ski sale. He's one of their ski experts. That's ending in a week or so but it really has been a good for him to do. This has certainly been a trial in our lives. On the good side, my business is doing well and growing. We're moving into bigger digs in about a month. I'm so excited! We've needed more room for so long. This will be great.

I'm off to Boston in a week for a medical interpreting conference. Love Boston. I'm excited about that too! Then in a month, I'm off to Dallas to see if I can finally do the Nascar driving I've tried to do twice already. Both times it was canceled due to rain.

Emi is off to Homecoming this weekend. She's excited. We still haven't definitely decided on a dress .. she has the option to wear a black dress she borrowed but it's not super dressy. We're still trying to find a dressier one for her to wear. Of course, she told her date that she's wearing black, so that might be what she had to stick with. Either way, it will be fun as this is her first formal/semi formal dance.

We're happy with how things are going in spite of the job situation. We're enjoying hiking and seeing family. It really has been nice.

Three birthday! My dad's, Alyssa, and Mine

Alyssa, my dad and I share the same birthday: January 25th. I was born on my dad's 25th birthday and Alyssa was born on my 24th. So when I turned 25, my dad turned 50 and Alyssa turned 1! It was a great party. It's been a few years since then, but we were lucky to be together this year for our birthday. Here are some pictures.

Cake time!

with my dad and Aly

May parents with some of the grandkids

With my mom and sis-in-law Jenn

No party's complete without empanadas

House for Sale, Moving to Utah

Welcome to Utah!

So you all know that we're moving to Utah ... These past two weeks have been crazy to say the least. The house is officially on the market. If you want details, check out Dain's blog. He's written down everything. We packed up a few things into a rental truck, attached a trailer with our jeep, and hit the road to Utah. We drove there is about 3 days ... It took FOREVER. The truck doesn't go as fast and we had to stop every two hours to gas up the truck. I have to admit Dain and I loved the trip. It was nice to see a new route (thanks to Carolyn Fjord), and we just had a nice time on the road. The truck, however, was a different story. They're noisy! And difficult to sit in. I loved being above the crowds but that's about it! The ride through Northern Texas into New Mexico and then Utah was really nice. I had only been on the northern route and it's ZZZZZZZ. Kansas is really, really flat.

We were there for a week as we moved a few things into the condo and then took Christian to the MTC. I blogged about the MTC drop off at his blog. Then Dain had to go to training at Brighton Ski Resort where he will be teaching this winter. I think that's the highlight of his winter. He's very excited to spend time in the mountains with friends. We flew back last Sunday.

We will be here through next Monday (Nov 15) and then we move to Utah permanently. We have professional movers do the big stuff. Most of it will end up in storage anyway.

I've been very nostalgic thinking about our years here in Texas. I love it here. I love Sugar Land. It's bittersweet. I did pick up a couple of new clients so hey, I will be back. :-)

Christmas 2009

We had a great trip to Utah!! We had so much fun and it was so nice to see everyone. Here are some pictures of our trip. First one, we took the kids for a family dinner at The Roof Restaurant and they gave us the corner table overlooking Temple Square. The view was amazing. It was a great dinner.

This is from Christian's ordination as an elder (yes, can you believe it?). We waited to do it in Utah so we could be with all the family. He had both grandfathers there along with uncles in the circle. It was very nice. I forgot church clothes and borrowed some from my niece (Thanks Sara!).

Last and never least :-) we got to ski. We had such a blast!!!

Biting Gecko ... really!

Dain saw this gecko by our back door. He picked him up to put him outside and he bit him!On a different note, I love fall and can't wait to make these: YUM.

Dain went back to Utah last weekend to see his dad who had eye surgery and to get his ski pass for the season. Here are a couple of cool pictures he took. This first one is the Brighton parking lot.
I love fall colors .... Can't wait for January when we finally see a bit of color around here!

Family Time

Little by little, I'm finishing our Utah trip. I didn't realize we did so much! We were lucky to spend time with both sides of the family. The Pickett's and the Craig's. It was wonderful!!!!

Homeless Shelter

One of our Christmas traditions is to go to the Homeless Shelter in SLC to help out. We were there on the second day of our trip. Dain had been going there for years when I met him. He went with the radio station. They broadcast from there and ask for donations. It was like a family reunion since Dain used to sit on their board of directors. Great tradition!