Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Merry Christmas!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
I hope everyone's Christmas is going well. My Christmas is going really nicely. I flew to California on Friday and will be here until the new year. I was delayed 6 hrs getting out of Utah on Friday but other than that, the vacation has been nice & smooth. I've been hanging out with my sister/bro.in.law/niece/nephew a lot. My niece & nephew are soo adorable. Lily is such a trip - very entertaining. I swear, I think I dream about Little Einsteins every night. Lily sings so well and just chitchats up a storm. I love it. =) She even did my workout and yoga dvd with me - hahaha cracks me up. Today, we drove to LA to see our parents. My ma has been working and will be working on Christmas too. I made some Muddy Buddies and Chocolate Covered Pretzels for her to bring to work. =) We had a nice Christmas Eve lunch today at their apartment before she had to work tonight. Good times, good food.Group Shot = )
Me & Lily laughing on the floor

Sunday, December 14, 2008

Friends, Food, & Snow!

This weekend was full of get-togethers.. it's my last weekend in Utah and so I'm glad I got to make it to these events =) I went to an Ugly Sweater Soiree on Friday and to be honest, I actually liked the sweater I wore =) heh. That was a fun time. Yesterday, Melanie made lunch for me and the guys. Very sweet of her. I contributed with a loaf of Cinnamon Streusel Bread. Good times. It also snowed a lot yesterday and driving through it was a bit sketchy. But the mountains are very very pretty now, with a nice fresh layer of snow. It looks like Christmas time now. heh And today, my friend Mike had a Brunch at his house - full of wonderfullly yummy food and wine! =) It was a very nice weekend, for sure. I ate so much =P
Adam, Joel, Melanie, Tom, & Me in front of Melanie's Christmas Tree
Neha & me standing in front of 3 of the 5 Christmas Trees at Mike's house..Neha, Mike, and me in front of another Christmas Tree at his house - this is the copper tree

Saturday, December 6, 2008

Rock Climbing

Man, I wish I brought my camera!

My friend Melanie has been asking me to go rock climbing with her many times now. And I finally said yes. heh We went tonight to Momentum to do some Top Rope climbing..because everything else is ridiculously harder. heh I got the tutorial in the beginning about tying the knot and belaying. And Melanie's friend Sarah was there to help us out in the beginning too. She's a pro. Momentum is a really nice place too. Full of talented climbers! So incredible. I'll probably do it again with Melanie. It was a lot of fun.

I wish I had pictures to post =P because I actually climbed to the top twice! I haven't been pumped up like how I was when I touched the top bar in a very long time. It was such a rush. And being able to do it twice - I never would have thought I could do it. (I'm also pretty scared of heights too) heh Melanie & I also tried to do a more challenging route - I went about half way on those guys. We were pretty tired by that point too. All in all, it was a really fun experience and I'm glad I tried it. Next time, I'm definitely bringing my camera! =P

Monday, December 1, 2008

Belated Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving! (belated) =) I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving ..
I am very thankful for everything in my life - all of its blessings and lessons. I am so grateful for my loving family, my precious friends, and my amazing fiance.
I feel so blessed to have each and everyone of them in my life.

This year, I spent another Thanksgiving with Tim and his family. I flew in Wednesday night and left late Sunday night (delayed because of the snow!). It was a really nice vacation, very relaxing and chill. With lots of eating =)

For the most part, we stayed at Tim's brother's house. But we hung out a little bit in downtown Chicago on Friday. We met up with Daisy for lunch and Samara and her boyfriend at night. It was nice to hang out and just walk around a little. We didn't really do the whole shopping thing, but we did check out the Water Tower Place for a little bit. Got some cupcakes and hot chocolate at Hershey's. Yumm.


Here we are! (I look so drabby) =P

Here's everyone, but Kareem..

Here's Gabriel, Tim's nephew, just walking around the beautiful dinner table full of good food! (He's a cutie)

Here's another group shot.. this time Gracie is missing...