Cuties

These cute kids sure make it great to be back in Utah!

Day 20 - Sunsets

As seen from my office window...

Day 19

Day 19: View of snow-capped mountains

Falling Behind...Days 7-18

Day 7: So, so many wonderful friends
Day 8: A job that stretches me, and I enjoy
Day 9: Snow :)
Day 10: My winter clothes
Day 11: My dad, and celebrating his birthday with him in person, for the first time in at least 6 years.
Day 12: My winter clothes
Day 13: Prayer
Day 14: Crafting with friends
Day 15: Cooking in my own kitchen
Day 16: The great outdoors
Day 17: Good friends who brave Ikea with me, past and present
Day 18: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and that it's the same everywhere.

Gratitude in Pictures - Days 5 and 6

Day 5:  The temple

Day 6:  The opportunity to vote

30 Days of Gratitude in Pictures

Yes, I realize I'm a few days behind in posting something I'm grateful for every day of November, but better late than never, right?  I'll just play catch-up....which seems to be the real theme of this blog this year ;)

Day 1 - Nieces and Nephews (and seeing them almost every week)

Day 2 - A car that gets me where I need to go

Day 3 - Taking time to exercise

Day 4 - A Living Prophet, Thomas S. Monson, whose talk inspired me to take the time to be grateful

A New Nephew & A New Niece!!

Yes, you read that correctly, my brother and sister-in-law had twins last week!

Baby Emma 

Baby Eric


And.... new little ones means lots of time with the bigger little ones!

Big brother, Taylor

Big sister, Megan

They love to ride their trikes and ham it up for the camera!

Megan took this picture - not bad, don't you think?

We're all airplanes!

Catch-Up: Labor Day Weekend

Dane & Angela's wedding - everything was so beautiful, especially Angela!

Birthday Balloons

Great friends - Jon, Jen, Bridgette, Steve

Ande started lighting the candles...

...Josh and Joe came to help 

And eventually, I blew them all out!

Spent the next day with Jon and Elisha and rode The Great Wheel!

It was so fun to be in Seattle again - thanks everyone who helped me have a great birthday weekend!

Catch-Up: July 2012

Yes, I'm still playing catch-up...not my favorite way to blog, but July was pretty great, so I couldn't miss posting these...

Berry-picking with my niece and nephew in WA on the 4th!

Hiking Twin Falls with J

Going away party with lots of great friends, at one of my favorite houses in WA

Candygram from J & E - thanks!!  J understands my love of all things Reese's...

Kayaking in the San Juan Islands with A

Coming back from Mora's Ice Cream on Bainbridge Island

Flowers at Pike Place

View of the Space Needle from Kerry Park with my brother, before driving to Utah the next day

Lovely trees and fog on Snoqualmie Pass

Renovated Boise Temple

Catch-Up: June 2012

Flew to Utah for my brother's MBA graduation!

Went to Eastern Washington for M & R's wedding!

Decided to take a new job in Salt Lake!

Catch-up: April 2012

Yes, as the title says, this is the beginning of catching up on my blog, starting in April...In the middle of April, I went on an LDS Singles Cruise.  I absolutely loved seeing excursion days, and the seminars on similarities between Mayan culture and the Book of Mormon were very interesting (much more interesting than I thought they'd be!).  

Day 1:  Here are some pictures of the boat...

...life preserver

...amazing atrium

... running track on top of the ship

.... lovely coral-themed room

...leaving New Orleans down the Mississippi River

...Towel animals

...me and cruise friend, Colleen at Chichen Itza

... Chichen Itza ruins

... cliff jumping and swimming in a cenote

... mango soup!

... melting chocolate cake!

... snorkeling in Cozumel

... friends in Cozumel...look at that water...talk about blue!

... Cafe Du Monde

... Beignets

... Bourbon St.

... amazing burgers and atmosphere