making the best of january

It’s freezing. The air is seriously awful around here this time of year. It’s freezing. There are too many cold sunny days – and it’s freezing. But still, there are times when I’m actually glad I’m in Utah (did I really just say that?!) for winter. There is a ton of snow this time of year up in the mountains and although I don’t do any form of winter sports, I can still appreciate it. A couple of weeks ago, Shannon and I went up past Sundance to where you start the Stuart Falls hike and took some pictures in the snow (lots of pictures – I was playing with my new baby).

the snow was deep

putting on a good face...even though she was really cold and really ready to leave by this point

We also got to go up to Park City this past Saturday night with Lindsay and Mark and their friends Katie and Kai to go watch part of a snowboarding competition. I think it was the qualifier for the Olympic snowboarding team. I couldn’t see very much since there were SO many people there and we were basically standing on an ice/snow hill the entire time. We traipsed through snow fields to get there…and the snow was even deeper than above Sundance. On our way back to the car, I got stuck in the snow up to my waist and couldn’t get out until Eric and some other guy (thanks, random guy) pulled me up and saved my life. Yes. That dramatic. A few pictures:

huge crowd

it was really hard to get a good picture of the snowboarders since there were so many people there.

Hopefully I can keep up this semi-positive attitude about winter for a while. I foresee this lasting about a couple more weeks. Oh boy winter!

picture link and stuff

I put this link on Facebook, but in case you didn’t see it, here’s the link to the pictures we took in Alaska (all from Maggie’s camera): http://picasaweb.google.com/maggita5986/MaggieAndAdrienSBigAdventure?feat=directlink

In other news, school started for both Eric and I so we’re back to being busy little bees both day and night. This weekend I slept over at Lindsay’s apartment (and Eric had the requisite sleepover/gaming night with Mark and Zazu…I mean Eric Mullis) and we watched the Disney Robin Hood and Peter Pan after a barbecue with everybody, including Shannon. I realize that sentence was probably more convoluted than it needed to be. But it was fun. Lindsay and I also went to get our hair done on Saturday afternoon and now I am blonde again! Yay! I think the girl doing my hair got a little lazy towards the time she got to my bangs since the dye isn’t anywhere near the roots and the weaving she did is a little chunkier…but I still love it. I love being blonde.

a whole month??

I kind of can’t believe how long it’s been since I’ve posted on this blog! We’ve had a lot of fun the past month, in between being busy working and Eric taking a class this summer.  We got to go on a camping trip down to Moab with Mark and Lindsay a few weeks ago, and Eric and I were able to take a short trip out to California for Katie’s wedding about two weeks ago.  We drove out to San Francisco first for a day to get a little vacation in, and then drove back to Elk Grove for the wedding, which was, of course, awesome.  I loved the outdoor reception.  Congratulations to Katie and Shaun!

And as far as summer movies have gone, we’ve seen Star Trek and Angels and Demons and are well into our list.  We LOVED Star Trek and highly recommend it.  I like Angels and Demons better than the Da Vinci Code, and it had great shots of Rome throughout.

What else…Eric’s brother Kelly got home from his mission to Milan, Italy on Friday so we spent the entire weekend with his family catching up and hanging out.

Work is going well for both Eric and me. And that’s about it.

I’m posting a Facebook album of our little jaunt California, so you all can check that out.

Hopefully it won’t be another month until I post again…

on the golden gate bridge...windy!!