Weather

It's been a crazy week with the weather here in Salt Lake! Here are just a few pictures I took with my phone the last few days. From this:

To this:

And I'm so dumb that I forgot it was going to snow and walked outside that morning with my sandals on. I cleaned my car off and everything in five inches of snow and tried to warm my feet up on the way to work. Not a mistake I made today, mind you!

I really miss California sometimes.

Family Fun Times

My sister Megan and her husband Shawn and my two brothers Michael and Tanner came up this weekend to go to the Jazz game. They got here a little early, so we decided to go find something fun to do.
Jared took a turn at the batting cages.Megan, Michael, Tanner and I played Miniature Golf.
Megan couldn't seem to get her ball up the hill. It took like twenty tries, but eventually she got it. And we all had a good laugh. (Notice Meg trying not to pee herself.)
Our score card. Notice who lost? Me! That's what I get for putting one handed.Jared and Shawn got a bucket to hit at the driving range and we all took turns.
He can't ever take a serious picture, can he?
Well, maybe.

After Mulligan's we went to eat dinner at Sampan. We ate ourselves to bursting and then headed for the Energy Solutions Arena for the Jazz game. The Jazz were playing the Los Angeles Clippers.
Our seats! 2 rows away from the tippy top!
All in all, it was a good day and we had a lot of fun. I love it when my family comes to visit. I don't get to see them as often as I like. I was trying to convince my sister to move up here. But, probably they won't. Oh well!

Halloween Fun

Jared and I both went to Halloween parties this year. Jared went to one his friend throws every year, the Saturday before Halloween. He went as a wizard. Doesn't he look sinister?

And I went to my friend Malene's house on Halloween night. I dressed up as a Drag Queen. My drag queen name is Charlamaine Intervention, baby!

Me, Megan and Malene (they were Edward Cullen groupies)
We crammed ourselves into my car (all 6 of us) and went on a little tour of Bountiful and Northern SLC's supposed ghost stories. A lot of screaming and hilarity ensued. It was pretty fun.

Halloween Pumpkin Carvings

Every year, like the children we are, Jared and I carve pumpkins. Each year we try to do something better than we did the year before. This year, Jared decided to do a bat theme, and I decided to go with the two main characters from my favorite TV show, Bones.

Jared's Bat Themed Pumpkin
The bats carved into the sides of the pumpkin

Allison's Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan Pumpkin
Allison's Spec. Agent Seeley Booth Pumpkin

And, to show you what we've done in the past... a little slideshow showcasing five years worth of pumpkin carvings!

Goodbye Star!

It's sad, but Star (Jared's father's great dane) has found a new home. We will miss her loveable nature, her energy and her playfulness. But we will not miss: the thundering up and down the stairs, the pee puddles in the front entryway, the banging against our door, the barking and the chewing of EVERYTHING!

She was such a cute pup!



And so helpful!



We really hope that she has people who will be more active with her than we could be. She deserves a loving and attentive home. We will miss you, Star!

Jared's Trip to Germany and Austria August 2008

This August, Jared was invited by his father to join him and two of his brothers, Sean and Jeff, on a trip to Germany and Austria.  They covered a lot of ground in just ten days!  They made it to Berlin, Dresden, Mitterode, Dachau, Munich, Koblenz, Darmstadt, Salzburg and many other cities.  The purpose of the trip was to go to Mitterode where Jared's Great-Grandfather was from.  These are just a few of the 900+ pictures he took.  Enjoy!

He had a good time on this dream trip and can't wait to go back with me! :)

Our Trip to San Francisco September 2008

I have been wanting to see Lucy Lawless in concert for a while now, so when the opportunity to go to a show in San Francisco came along, I bought a ticket.  We decided it would be better if Jared came with me, just to be safe.  We went to San Fran on our honeymoon in 2004 and we were both excited to be able to go back.  We wanted to see and do a few things we couldn't before and re-do some things we did the last time.  This included the Ghirardelli Sundaes!  So here's a small slideshow of our trip!

It was a ton of fun, and we felt like we were there for a week and a half when in reality it was only a day and a half. We were both ready to go home, but we had a great time! We wouldn't want to live there, but we can't wait to go back.

Our Volkswagen Baby

So, this is what our kids are going to look like according to VW!

Isn't he cute?

If you want to see what your kids will look like, check out the Volkswagen site here: http://www.vw.com/vwhype/babymaker/en/us/

Howdy

This is the first post for our new blog. I'm not sure why I decided to do this for us, other that that everyone else is doing it. Even my luddite sister has a blog (hi Meg!). Now to get the other one on it. Haha.

If you don't know who we are, it's probably best not to keep reading as you'll probably find it really boring. And this probably won't get updated all that often because we don't have kids to brag about or anything. Just cats and tropical fish, and a great dane that visits once in a while.

Well, that's all for now!