Frustrations

Today was a day full of frustrations. I felt: disappointed, failure, misrepresented, and upset. I'm really grateful for a husband who drops things at work to talk to me during my bad day and a sister who knows exactly what I went through today. And I thought this magnet was funny.

Lunch Break

Yesterday I went home during lunch to let Winston out. It was such a beautiful and sunny afternoon. We ate our lunch outside. If winters in Utah are like this all of the time, I would be ok with this. The sunshine made me happy.

Getting caught up.

Our holiday season in a nutshell. 

1. Ran the Farmington Turkey Leg 5K on Thanksgiving morning with the entire Craig family!  It was perfect weather and I finished 87th overall, 5th in my age group and at 27:27. 

2. Had Thanksgiving dinner w/the Killpacks.  Because the extended family is so large we had it at a church in Orem.  McKay's family made it very elegant looking for a basketball court.

3. Melanie and Andrew came up for Thanksgiving and I took an entire week off to spent it with my sista.  We had a lot of fun!

4. Endured the craziest wind storm I've ever experienced in my life.  We both survived and thankfully so did our house without any damage.  

5. Finished the biggest part of our kitchen remodel: the cabinets, back splash, counter tops, sink and faucet. 

We did the back splash ourselves.  It took us three days, a lot of tile spacers and patience.

I'll get another picture up once it's all decorated.

6. Got a new office at work!  I have a window that looks out to another window that looks out to a window outside! 

 

7. Got a dog for Christmas, named him Winston and we heart him.

Festive Winston

McKay practicing his clarinet for Christmas, Winston not far away.

The first night we got him, he slept all night long.

 

Sweet Winston taking a nap on me.

7. Returned four fake Christmas trees to Home Depot because McKay wasn't satisfied with their artificialness and the lights went out after using it for three weeks.  We had really bad luck with Christmas trees this year.

8. Had a great Christmas with both families. 

9. Celebrated our 5th Wedding Anniversary!  To celebrate it we drove up to McKay's parents cabin east of Park City.  Our car struggled getting up there because of the icy roads.  We had to park 2.5 miles down the road and walk the rest.  It a perfect winter day, it was sunny.  Once we got to the cabin, we turned on every space heater in there and started to watch a movie.  We got half way through the movie and it was already 4:00 p.m., we had to leave soon after that so we could get to our car before it got dark.  We went out to eat to this little Mexican restaurant in Farmington called Francisco's and it was really good.  I saw three people I went to high school with, that's what you get for living next to where you grew up.

McKay keeping Winston warm during our hike up to the cabin.

10. Had a 60's mocktail party with some of our friends for New Year's Eve.  We had good food, a lot of specialty drinks from World Market, Just Dance, and close friends.

 2011 Family Picture

 

 Even Winston gets a drink.

I don't remember what we were laughing at, but I love this picture.
 

 McKay and I playing Just Dance, we did pretty good.

11. McKay had 11 days off and I had three, boo!

The Rock Gods Are Happy

Last night, McKay and I went to the Foo Fighters Concert at the Maverick Center.  It's been a thing on our "to do" list for a long time.  Last time Foo came to Utah was three years ago.  At that time we were destitute students living from paycheck to paycheck and didn't have enough money to go :(  Fast forward three years later we were able to finally check this off our list.  It was well worth the wait. 

 

Outside the Maverick Center

   

 I do have a nose, I promise.

 

Yippee!

Good ole' Dave Grohl doing his thang!

Overall, the concert was amazing, Dave was amazing, and I was thoroughly satisfied.  Foo played for almost three hours!  Like I said, I think the Rock Gods above were pleased.  I can still hear ringing in my ear. 

Conference Weekend at Cabin

I has the opportunity to take the day off on Friday, let's just say it was much needed.  I purchased a box of pears from a lady in my ward who knows a guy in Washington who operates a pear orchard.  I got a 24 lbs box for $17!  Next year if you want one, let me know and I'll order you one, here is the link.  My Mom came over and we canned pears all morning.  It was messy, sticky, a lot of work, but it was fun knowing I did something for the benefit of our small two person family.  Thanks to my sweet Mom who taught me the ancient art of canning.  

While I was getting our food ready for our weekend at the cabin, I came across this carrot stick, I thought it was amazing, so I decided to take a picture of it. 

Here are some pictures of us at the cabin:

 

Meggle and Chad

McKayla and I

We rode the 4-wheeler until our hearts were content

We took a wee hike around the cabin and found this interesting rock formation

Overall, we had a blast eating, listening to conference, watching movies, relaxing, and catching up with our friends.  Thanks Megan and Chad for a great weekend!