weekend update

you know, like snl? haha. maybe that's what i'll start calling all my weekend posts because that's when we have the most fun!

friday / /

pretty much right when we got home, we headed up little cottonwood canyon to the storm mountain amphitheater and saw our dear friend cory mon perform! (i call all our friends our dear friends. i'm just noticing.) have i ever told you about how devin and cory met? they used to climb together all the time, and then one day while they were climbing, cory suggested that devin come see one of his shows some time. and devin was all you play music?! haha he had no idea the entire time! so he started going to his shows and they climb together much less now, but cory has remained a close friend, and has proven to be a very, very talented musician. the first time i met cory was at starbucks, which is much less exciting, but he's such a good person. we love cory and we're so excited about his upcoming marriage! he did so well and the opener from denver, her name was Megan Burtt and she was incredible! i can't wait to buy some of her music. the point of the show was sort of to announce the release of cory's good friend, wes kirkpatrick's album, and we saw wes play with cory about a year ago and have loved his music ever since so it was a trifecta of awesome music that night! dustin christensen was there too, on the keys and the now-famous-because-he-was-on-the-voice, ryan innes made an appearance, although he didn't perform, but sat in the audience in front of us on his phone the whole time. (famous people. psshaw.) haha anyway. great show! remember how we came to the same place last year to see cory but it was pouring rain so we all went and stood under a big overhanging cliff in the back of the amphitheater and cory played a few songs? haha it was so great! much better without the rain this time though, i'd say. i was especially excited that cory performed my favorite song, Minnesota this time, so we recorded it! my phone ran out of memory (because i have such a hard time deleting old photos, even though they're already saved to my computer), so it stops in the middle, but it was still amazing!

(I can't get the video to upload to my blog, but you can find it on my facebook page!)

saturday / /

devin had to work saturday morning, so after i slept in a little bit, i went straight to the gym to test out my new nike free's! i love them. i just focused on cardio since we were going to be climbing later that night, and i noticed that i burn more than twice as many calories on the elliptical machine than i do on the bike, which is just my luck because i sort of hate the elliptical and the bike is my favorite! oh well. i stopped at the grocery store on my way home since we hadn't gotten groceries since before our trip, and then i cleaned the house and played outside with cooper for a few hours (still no sign of sun on my legs, though, of course!) after a few episodes of parenthood, devin texted me and said he was off work early so i packed up my climbing bag and headed to the gym! do remember the last time i posted about climbing in the gym? no? exactly. because it's been forever. we brought cooper and tied him up on the grass outside which he loves but also hates, and we climbed with some friends for a few hours. i got really pumped right away and called it quits after about 4 routes, and i was so mad! devin said it's just because i haven't climbed in so long, and i'll agree with that. i'm still sore though! we had a lot of fun and i'm starting to really understand the technique and movement that make such a big difference to your climbing. devin's a pretty great coach, and it's nice that he sets a lot of the routes at the gym because he can have my climb specific examples of things i'm trying to learn. it's so helpful! after that, we headed to zupa's for dinner with a few friends and pretty much went straight home and went to bed!

sunday / /

after church on sunday we had some lunch and spent the entire afternoon catching up on The Voice while devin looked up tons of routes on mountain project (it's a rock climbing guide, basically) and i edited that video from out trip! for dinner, we went down to orem to see amanda and jason's gorgeous new house and have dinner with the family to celebrate devin's birthday (a little late, since he had to work during the last party). i had so much fun playing with my nieces and nephews. i never get tired of those kids, holy cow. they are all so, so smart and so funny and i love them all so much! even baby ben was in a good mood and let me play with him for a little bit! i feel like i've gotten pretty attached to that addison, though. she and i are buddies and i love it! man. all those 4 kids that have made me an aunt are pretty special, but there's just something about that addison! when we got home, i showed devin several example pictures of the kind of coffee table i want, because now that he's got that miter saw, he's really anxious to build something, so hopefully next weekend we'll get it done! i'm really excited and now i want to redecorate the entire house! we'll see... haha i can't believe it's already monday. the weekend went by way too fast!

 

this dog has become so obsessed with people watching. he goes nuts any time he sees someone outside the house, and even watched people really intently when we're in the car. it's so funny!

 

these girls are so, so cute with their baby cousin, Ben! they are so sweet. i'm so glad we will all have makayla to babysit our kids! she'll be so awesome!

love this photos i snapped of mom and baby! chloe's such a good mom. i'm glad i have her and amanda as examples for when i become a mama!

And a few other photos from our weekend / so far  this week...

 

when it's not muddy buddies, it's chocolate chip cookies. too bad i took the rest of this batch to the boys at work, because they were delicious!

 

just started this book. i'm having a little bit of a hard time understanding it because it's written from the view of a 5 year old boy who has never left this one room his entire life, so he talks about objects in the room as if they are people and friends, but it's so good and so interesting! i would recommend it to anyone.

oooh boy, did this guy give us a scare this week! i came home for my lunch break, like i do sometimes, and found that he had eaten an entire prescription! only 2 of the 28 pills had been taken and he had eaten all of them, plastic included! i was so angry, because the prescription was expensive, and so, so worried about what might be wrong with him! we were so relieve to find out that he should be fine, but we are keeping a very close eye on him for the next few days to make sure he's not acting funny, but man! it was a pretty awful afternoon. 

day 29 / soundtrack

almost done with this challenge! fwew! today i get to share five songs or pieces of music that speak to me or bring back memories. game on! i love this! it's hard to pick just 5 because music is a constant in our house, but i'll do my best!

1 / "Still" by Tim McGraw 

I've got a pretty special place in my heart for this man. I remember the first song I heard of his was "I like it, I love it" at my friend, Amy's 7th birthday party. I asked for the CD for my birthday a few weeks later, and I got his first Greatest Hits album from my grandpa and worshiped it. Then, in 2010, I went to see him in concert with my best friends, and holy cow, this man can entertain! I was so blown away, and will never forget that concert. He performed this song somewhere in the middle, and I think it's absolutely beautiful. No special meaning to me or anything, but man. Tim McGraw. 

2 / "Queen of the City" by Joshua James 

Okay. I know, I know. This music video is sort of dark and disturbing and creepy, but isn't it sort of brilliant at the same time? This video and this song is so very Joshua. He is a dear friend of my husband and having the pleasure of knowing this man is pretty neat. He is so talented and imaginative and creative and he is so unique. His style is so different from anything I've heard and I've been a big fan for a long time. I love this song so very much!

3 / "It's Raining" by Inara George

This song is just beautiful and simple and everyone deserves to hear it. I sort of forgot about it until now-ish. 

4 / "Call Your Girlfriend" by Lennon and Maisy Stella

I've posted this video before but ohmygosh these girls are the darn cutest things. I'm so obsessed with them, I think they are so incredible and should be more famous than lady gaga and that nicki minaj lady. and they're so little!!! obsessed. 

5 / "Jake & Jill" by Katie Herzig

Okay, I'll admit it: the first time I heard this song was on Pretty Little Liars. Pretty sure it's in the pilot episode. But that show plays great music! I knew about Katie Herzig because she's done some music with one of my old faves, Andrew Belle. This song is so gorgeous, but in sort of a creepy way, almost? Which makes me love it more. I just love it.  

our weekend {really long}

f r i d a y / /

I had been looking forward to Friday all week long! I mean, that's usually the case, but this week seemed longer and harder than usual, so the weekend was very welcome come 5:00 on friday! On my way home, Devin called and said he was just driving back from the dog park and wanted to meet me at Home Depot so we could pick out a pot and a plant to put on our front porch, which I had been wanting to do for a long time! Our front porch looks pretty bare, so I thought a big, pretty plant or a topiary would fix it up. We had also been playing around with the idea of building an herb garden, too. We couldn't find any large plants that we liked, or that would look normal on a front porch in a pot, haha, and we both started leaning more toward doing the herb garden instead. we saw a lot of planters that would have worked for what we wanted, but in the end, we decided to build one instead! we were running out of time to get all the supplies we needed, so we left with some garden soil, seeds for chives, rosemary and basil, and left with a long list of what we needed, so we could go back the next day to get it all!

we wanted to try and take trax up to salt lake again, but with the places we wanted to go and the times we needed to be there, it would have made for way too much walking, so we drove instead. first stop: why, ekamai and bruges, of course! yellow curry from ekami with a vegetable spring roll is my favorite meal lately. i love that tiny little hole-in-the-wall place, and if you're ever in salt lake and feel like eating some good Thai food, ekamai is the place to go! the women who cook the food and everything are so cute and recognize us by now! ha! but we couldn't stop there, the belgian waffles next door our completely irresistible, so even if you've stuffed yourself with purple rice and curry, you find a way to make room for dessert. we usually share a waffle, because they are pretty expensive, but the last few times we've gone, we've both been a little selfish and wanted our own. we highly recommend you get the torpedo waffle, which is stuffed with belgian chocolate, and it would be a crime if you didn't get some creme fraiche on top! their other toppings include various fruits, some weird things i can't pronounce and don't know what they are, ice cream, and more belgian chocolate drizzled over top! it's heavenly. i talk about these places way too much!

we still had some time to kill before our next event, and we both needed to go to the bathroom. i asked devin, "where's the one place in salt lake city with bathrooms we can trust?" and we headed promptly to the temple square visitor's center! haha! the church always seems to have the cleanest, best smelling bathrooms. but it was nice to take the time while we were there to go ponder at the Christus and walk around that big, gorgeous temple, all lit up and shining as the sky went dark. it was such a nice spring evening, not even too cold, and it felt very romantic to stroll around the temle grounds while it snowed cherry blossoms.

after that, we found our way over to Urban Lounge, because doors were opening at 9:00 for a show by our dear friend, Joshua James! sort of funny confession: this was my first time in a bar, okay well second, but the real first time was in kamas and i just got a burger and diet coke and lady called me "sweetie" because i looked so young and i didn't have my ID so she was really worried about letting me order my diet coke (heaven forbid!).... remember that? yeah. i'm not gonna count it. but anyway, i was all sorts of nervous and kept asking devin the silliest questions. he thinks i'm very irrational sometimes, but that's okay. because i am. i felt pretty out of my element when the people in line behind us were discussing the "brownies" they had baked earlier that week, and once we got inside when the crowd got louder and louder as they finished their first drinks. nonetheless, i started feeling much more at home as gym members at momentum started coming up to say hi to devin (joshua is a member at the gym, so a lot of other members had come out to support him!) we waited (read: drained our phone batteries) for about an hour before the first musician came out, another one of our favorite locals, Isaac Russel! i had never seen isaac perform live, but he was absolutely amazing! like i said, the crowd was loud, and within the first few seconds, you could tell that isaac was really, really frustrated with all the noise. surely enough, after about 3 songs, he stopped playing and said "wow. you guys are awful." and went on to tell everyone to be quiet (but he didn't say it quite that nicely). the crowd listened, and he was able to play a few more, but during his last 2 or 3 songs they got loud again, and he looked so relieved to have finished his set, and got right off that stage! poor guy. i don't understand why people would pay $15 to come to a show, just to sit in the crowd and talk louder than the musician?! pretty rude, if you ask me. luckily, we had gotten there early enough to score a seat in the front near the stage and we could hear everything great.

we waited another half hour or so and joshua james finally came out with his band. by this time, it was 11:00 or 11:30 (which is about an hour past my usual bed time) and i was pretty exhausted. but when joshua started playing, i was completely blown away. he is one of the best live performers i have ever seen, and to know him outside of his music career, and just as a friend gives you a different perspective when you see someone on stage like that. i was completely beside myself. aside from his raw, natural talent (which, whoa.), it was so incredible to watch him just completely succumb to the music. he wasn't in that room. he was off somewhere else when he was playing and it was the coolest thing to witness. i had never seen a musician become so completely saturated in their music like that. he was so passionate about it. you could tell by the way he would close his eyes and move around the stage as he played his guitar and you could tell by the way he rarely even looked at the crowd. it was almost a spiritual experience, really. i feel like i can't even really describe what it was like to be in that room, so you'll just have to trust me. but really. i had never experienced anything like it. at about midnight, i was getting sick of the crowd, and the beat from the speakers replacing my own heart beat, but there was one song i was still really hoping to hear, and right then, he played it! and it was absolutely amazing! and i told devin that i could leave happily now. i so badly wanted to stay for the whole show, but i was so, so tired and that crowd... so we went home. but man. i will never forget that show! as we were walking to the car, i inducted the show into my own personal concert-hall-of-fame. now, he sits there, in my mind, next to tim mcgraw, journey and a few select others that left me speechless after their shows.

s a t u r d a y / /

after being out so late (to us, we're wimps!) we definitely slept even, even though we hadn't planned to. we took the morning pretty slow and cleaned the house, and then headed down to home depot again to finish our shopping for the herb garden. i drove separately from devin so i could leave as soon as i got a call from kayla telling me she was close. we were meeting up so we could drive together to Gardner Village. she let me know she was close in the middle of the trip, so i left devin to the list and the shopping cart, and headed to Ikea, our usual meeting place.

from there, we drove up to Gardner Village, where we were meeting my mom and kelli. my mom's birthday is this week on Thursday and for her birthday, all she wanted was to spend the day with us up there! i hadn't been to gardner village since I was really young, and it was a lot of fun to go back! they had so many cute boutiques, craft stores, consignment shops, and a gorgeous quilt shop. we had so much fun joking around, going to lunch, telling stories and shopping together. we were there for 5 hours and we didn't want it to end! we all left with some cute stuff, and tons of candy from the awesome candy shop! it will definitely become a tradition! my sisters and my mom are my best friends. i love spending time with them like that.

while i was out with my sisters and mom, devin was building the herb garden planter. he photographed it all for me because he says he knew i'd want to put pictures up on the blog. he knows me so well! ha! when i got home, it was the best surprise to see it completely built, sitting in the garage! i am so impressed with his talent. he has built us so much furniture for us, and he loves it! i definitely don't mind either. we were both very anxious at this point to get our garden planted!

after a trip to the grocery store, and some dinner, we laid on the couch and ended the night with pitch perfect. because that movie hasn't gotten old yet! we still love it! i was so tired from being out all day and devin was pretty worn out, too. my favorite part of the week day is lounging around on the couch with devin, catching up on shows and finally feeling relaxed, and it feels good to do the same on the weekends, too.

s u n d a y / /

we had been asked to substitute in primary on sunday, and we were pretty excited about it. we have never had a primary calling, just nursery and now young single adult representatives, so it was a good change. we had the valiant 10 class and we taught them about missionaries. they were awesome! so smart and so funny. i love 10 year olds! it was a blast. we had printed out some missionary badges and they all wore them into sharing time, it was the cutest thing. primary is really loud and a little frustrating, but i think i liked it better than relief society, haha! i'm glad we signed up to be subs for primary, and i hope we get another chance soon!

we've been slowly trying to get cooper used to being in the house by himself, instead of locked in his pen, so we will leave him out when we go to the grocery store or run quick errands, but on sunday, we left him alone in the house for the full 3 hours of church and he did awesome! it looks like he may have chewed up the cap for one of devin's cameras (not the ones he uses, just the ones he collects), but nothing else was ruined! i'm so impressed with him. such a good dog! sunday was such a gorgeous day so we spent most of the afternoon outside after lunch. we stained the planter (it's perfect!) and filled it with gravel and dirt and decided it would get better sunlight on the back patio than the front porch, so we're back to looking for a big plant for the front again! i think our best bet will be ikea, so we'll just have to try looking there. anyway, all of the herbs we got can't be planted until about June, so we are very impatiently waiting! the planter turned out exactly how we wanted though, and it will be fun to see if we can actually grow something in there!

later sunday night, we drove down to Orem and celebrated all the April birthdays with my mom's side of the family. we ate way too much food, and kayla, who works at sweet tooth fairy, baked an amazing cake for the party. she is so talented! she did an ombre rosette frosting pattern and told me she would make me a similar one for my birthday! we had a lot of fun with the family, and then headed to devin's parents to hear about their trip to Moab they took this week. i have never been to Moab and now i'm even more excited to get down there some time.

we got home a little late and i got some etsy stuff done and also made a first-time-ever appointment for friday (more on that later. you'll all be shocked and amazed!) and we called it a night. it was the best weekend! it felt like a really long weekend, but at the same time, i can't believe it's already monday. here's hoping the next weekend comes fast!

what my childhood sounded like

As a child, it was very easy to identify my mother. Everyone who knew her knew her loves, and they have never changed in my entire life. I will forever know the things that make her undoubtedly happy:

my father, her high school sweetheart

m&m's

pepsi

birding

and Dan Fogelberg

I'm almost positive that a Dan Fogelberg song is probably the first song I ever heard. Though I'm sure my mother would never remember, it's a very educated guess. She had tapes upon tapes of Dan, and they were always, always on in the car. And during my childhood, without even realizing it, I memorized every single one of his songs.

This is literally no exaggeration. Play any Dan song, any time, and my mother and I could serenade you, word for word. Along with the rest of my siblings, and probably my Dad (he was also a fan of Dan, but had a bit broader music selection, as opposed to my mom's "variety" which was just different Dan albums).

Dan Fogelberg was always playing. Always. And nobody knew who he was. It is something I associate solely with my mother, because I've never heard of him from anyone else. You can imagine my surprise when we heard "Run For the Roses" playing in the mall one day when I was young. I didn't know what to think. How did this candle store know our Dan? You can imagine my surprise when I found a song by Dan on Devin's iPod when we were dating (red flag #1 that we were soul mates. or would that be a green flag?) We used to give my mom such a hard time about it. It was all she ever listened to, and we would tease her so endlessly, but now that I'm older and know how to appreciate good music, I can't say that I blame her. I'm on a Fogelberg kick now and I think I'll listen to him for days on end, too!

Dan is so, so incredibly talented. I can't believe that I still love his music after hearing almost nothing but it for most of my childhood years, but I do. When I hear a song by Dan, it puts me in a good place. It makes me feel happy, and I always think of my mother, and her love for him and his music.

My mom had gone to probably every single concert Dan ever played in Utah and all of it's surrounding states. She would make regular road trips with her sisters and friends to Denver for concerts, and she had a collection of mugs, t-shirts, autographs, guitar picks and drum sticks to prove her devotion. She would wait in line outside of concert halls for hours. She was like a Dan Fogelberg encyclopedia.

Obviously, as I grew older, I listened to Dan much, much less, and mom eventually realized she thought country music was okay, and even threw in a little Elton John to mix things up a bit every once in awhile. So now, when I come across a Dan song, it's more nostalgic than ever.

I remember in 2007 when he died. I think it was prostate cancer. I just remember being in the living room with my siblings and my dad came out of his bedroom, where he and my mom had been watching TV or something. He gathered us all together and briefed us. He told us that mom had just found out that Dan Fogelberg had died, and that we needed to be sensitive to her about it, and be extra obedient and get things done around the house. We watched her cry the next day. I remember thinking that she was taking it a little too seriously, but I also remember feeling awful for her. We all knew how much it meant to her. It was the end of an era. At the time, it made sense, but was also a little funny.

He was a huge, huge part of her life, and by association, a huge part of mine, too. I'm glad I was raised to the tunes of Dan, and I wouldn't have it any other way. I thought about maybe posting a video here of one of my favorite Dan songs, until I realized I don't have one. They are all just amazing. All of them. But for the sake of it, here's Leader of the Band. A true classic.

The Zero Summers (making me one very proud sister)

My classically trained sister now sings for the indie rock band her husband is the drummer for. They are seriously AMAZING. I had no idea my sister could sing like that (i've only hear her sing arias!). Take a listen here.

call your girlfriend

have you seen this yet? it's been circulating lately, and i think these little girls are AMAZING! seriously. both of them are so talented! i love their voices and their harmony. i love finding stuff like this!

velour and other things

every time we go to a show at velour, i gather a huge list of interesting thoughts. do i remember any of them the next morning? obviously not. well, mostly not.

here's what i do remember:

>>the drummer of the opening band wasn't wearing any shoes.

>>the obnoxious fans of the opening band ruined the opening band for me. (they were really good though)

>>i remember we came to an andrew belle show for one of our very first dates and feeling totally star struck when andrew walked right past us, through the crowd. now, i realize that's the way the music scene works around here, when brinton jones (lead singer of The Devil Whale) walked right up to devin and hugged him as we were walking toward the stage. also, Brinton and another band member, Jake, went to Devin's mission farewell. isn't that cool? my husband is almost famous.

>>i remember Devin pointing toward the backstage area and saying "there's a celebrity in the house". I had absolutely no idea who he was talking about. Turns out, it was one of the band members from Neon Trees. also cool.

>>i learned i have low tolerance for standing in a room full of hipsters for long periods of time so close to the speakers that their booming replaces the feeling of my heartbeat. so low, in fact, that we left after The Devil Whale finished, before the main band, Desert Noises even started. next time, boys.

it was a good way to spend a friday, nonetheless.

OTHER THINGS...

we may have finally found a medication that will help devin start feeling better, thanks to his brother Sean! what a hero. i am crossing my fingers this "feeling better" is a long term thing, and not just for right now! i don't like having a sick husband :(

i have found that devin is some sort of detector. he must have a built-in-radar. for genuine people. he is completely surrounded with them. so i know that if Devin likes someone, then they must be a really great person. because he wouldn't have it any other way. he's the same way himself. so sincere.

i finally got my eyelash extensions done again this weekend. i feel like saying i get eyelash extensions makes me sound high maintenance, but i really don't think i'm that way. i know a lot of girls that have their own things to splurge on regularly. some of my friends always have a fresh manicure, or acrylic nails. some dye their hair/touch up their roots regularly. some get massages at the spa twice a month. some have an allowance for shopping. my thing is the lashes. i don't know why. i don't care for acrylic nails, i hoard nail polish pretty much and do it on my own all the time. i've never dyed my hair because i've always loved my hair color. but long, full, dark eyelashes just get me. i love them. sometimes i feel like i look too... much, like when i first get them done, and none have fallen out yet, but i reserve the right to spend $30 every 6 weeks to feel a little prettier than usual. i think everyone should have something like that! i love eyelash day. and i love being able to do my make up in less than 5 minutes.

my cousin, Nichole had her bridal shower today. I love that girl! Nichole, me and our other cousin Kenzie have grown up together and were inseparable when we were younger. now we're all grown up, getting married, and have crazy lives! devin and I took nichole's bridals last weekend, and they are going to turn out beautiful! my mom and i got her a ton of spices in a cute baking dish (all of that was mostly devin's idea, really. he's a genius). i'm so happy for her!

we started watching Arrested Development. and we're almost done with season 3. it's absolutely hilarious. Buster is our favorite. and I can't believe how little Michael Cera looks. also Jason Bateman. it's such a classic show. 

we're most likely heading back to Velour tonight to see the good old DC! Dustin Christensen is playing and so is Allred. I'm beginning to feel like Velour shows are only worth it if we get in early enough to sit down. It's hard to stand for so many hours! worth it though.

I don't remember the last time we cooked... 

twilight

the weekend was great. we went to Shoots for dinner for Friday. we made the plan to go earlier this week, but in my head, we were celebrating my new job. it was delicious. they have the best soy sauce. and the wonton chips? i could eat them every day. i love that place. favorite chinese restaurant, definitely. after that, we wandered over to Zion Mercantile to meet up with Shawn, who we had Coldstone with the night before after we went climbing, which was also a great addition to our fun weekend.

Devin and I have realized that we have pictures of the temples and even the proclamation in our home, but no pictures of Christ, so we wanted to change that! we love Simon Dewey's work, and will probably get one of those prints eventually, but Devin decided to get a Christus Statue. Good move, babe. I love it.

After that, we headed down to Pleasant Grove with Shawn to watch Benton Paul at Sammy's for free. Devin has gotten to know Benton pretty well, just from going to shows and spending some time with him. He is incredibly talented, and even though he only played for half an hour, it was awesome! We were joking a lot with him after that all of his fans are young girls. He said, "it's all the touring I did with David Archuleta. and the Jonas Brothers thing probably doesn't help either." (he has done some writing for the Jonas Brothers, and is good friends with them.) It was entertaining to watch these girls swoon over him and sing along. I told Devin that Benton should be on The Voice. I think he would do awesome.

After that, Shawn really wanted some Cafe Rio, so we went next door and got some frozen yogurt at Menchie's to eat with him. We were disappointed with that place. Farr's is definitely the favorite. Except I tried this thing called "Lychee" which is like a sweet grapefruit, and it was delicious. And they strawberry popping boba's, not just orange ones.

On saturday, we slept in until 10:00 and Devin got up and did some homework and studying, and went to take a test, and then we went to Sundance. We got twilight passes for skiing (which is my new favorite time to ski (2:30-9:00p.m.)) and spent a good 5 hours on the mountain. It was awesome! I think I forget how much I love skiing until I'm actually skiing. (again, there are lots of duplicates. i'm getting my money's worth before picnik closes. and by "money's worth", i'm not implying that i ever paid any money... but it is worth it. anyway... pictures...)

 

getting all our gear on

 

pausing for a photo before our first run

 

not realizing how bright it would be to take off our goggles and get a picture

making stupid faces

 

lunch. devin got a bread bowl and soup

i got a pulled pork sandwich

and we shared those chili nachos. yummm

 

making really stupid faces

 

lunchtime

 

getting a few more pictures before it got too dark, after we had shed layers of gear

 

best picture of the whole trip. he kills me!

 

prettiest views at Sundance

 

i am horrible at devin's signature move

in the middle of a twilight run

we are both pretty positive we're going to get colds after the day we had in nursery. naturally, kids don't understand germs and how they spread, so they will get right in your face and cough and sneeze all over you. it was a giant incubator for a cold in there, today. i can feel it already! good thing those kids are all so darn cute. 

we have absolutely no plans for the rest of the day, just the way we like it. 

tomorrow, i start training at work and i can't wait. i have missed the world of work, and i'm anxious to learn exactly what this job entails, and to meet my co-workers. it's going to be a good day!