Randomness

The logical side of my brain would like this blog to be in chronological order but I'm trying my best to ignore that side and just focus on the fact that considering how hard it has been to get in some sort of "habit" of blogging I should just be happy for whatever actually gets put on this site and call it good! So....here is a bit of randomness from this fall....

I realized I never documented our last birthday date of the year. Probably because it was a photo fail unfortunately. I need to be better at snapping a few pics! But we had the girls over for the weekend and the highlights were getting to see the new American Girl movie Isabelle and Sophia Grace and Rosie's Royal Adventure. We had never heard of S G & R before so it was a new experience. I think it was the only time in his life that Josh was glad he had finals to study for and could use it as an excuse to get out of watching! I got to experience both of the movies multiple times during the weekend though. And our ward did a clothing swap that weekend so I took the girls to see what we could find and I scored some amazing things for them! They went home with a huge bag of clothes and were all decked out in new jewelry so all in all it was another successful birthday date! I did snap one pic at the clothing swap so I guess one is better than none!

I left work early one day after one of my deadlines that required some long hours and we went out and enjoyed the beautiful fall weather. We went to a little museum, got some dinner, and went for a walk to feed the ducks. The weather was perfect and it was a good way to wind down from the stress.

Another week we went to the Zoo and again the weather was awesome!

Josh doesn't like snakes....

And we had a double-date with the newlyweds :)

Not a ton of randomness I guess. Maybe my brain can handle it after all :)

Mr. Beaver and company

We are within walking distance to a fantastic trail and we walk there as often as we can, time and weather permitting. This spring we spotted a beaver living along the river and we have been spotting him off and on ever since. We got our first picture of him in May.

 

We also saw a raccoon that same day (jackpot!). This fall we discovered there are actually two raccoons living there. They were in the bushes on one side of the path and luckily we saw them in time to stop. They checked us out for a while and then figured they were safe and went sauntering across the trail to the other side and slowly up a hill. It was awesome to watch them! They are so cute even if they are mischievous! Every walk we go on we try to spot Mr. Beaver and a lot of the times we don't see him but the times that we do are exciting. Josh got a shot of Mr. Beaver in the water in September.

Then in October we got the coolest surprise when we discovered Mr. Beaver was starting to prepare for the winter.

We have been documenting his progress ever since. It has been so much fun and we have even braved the recent frigid weather to go check out his progress because we just gotta know how he is getting along!

We have gotten so much enjoyment out of watching Mr. Beaver this summer and especially watching his work the last couple months. What an amazing thing to watch unfold, in the midst of the big city we live in! The simple pleasures of life are awesome - going on walks together and seeing what we can discover in our own "backyard"!

Sail Away

We love having new adventures together and so for Josh's birthday I booked a two-hour sailing excursion. It was a brilliant idea and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves! I've always wondered exactly how you could maneuver in different directions using only the wind and so it was an extremely fascinating learning experience. I think we are kind of hooked on sailing actually! We've been looking at boats in the classifieds ever since so I think we have a new goal to add to our someday life list!

 

Opa!

The same day that we went sailing we also had gone to the Greek Fest so it had been a really fun day. I love going to the Greek Fest! I love eating Greek food! ;) I think Josh is even starting to get used to the food I make him try there ha ha! We got to enjoy the outing with the parents and with our good friend. Opa!

 

 

Birthday Silly-brations!

In August, Josh got to blow out some more birthday candles. We had a couple silly-brations (as Josh likes to call it!) for the birthday boy, a double date with the parents at a play for his actual birthday and a joint silly-bration for our two August babies later on.

 

 

 

And we actually went to Disneyland! It was a sort of last minute decision and turned out to be a great idea of course. We really needed a break.

 

 

 

A unique little experience - we got stuck inside the Indiana Jones ride. It all the sudden stopped mid-way through and we got to experience the official Disneyland ride evacuation procedure. I snapped a picture of the interior of the ride early on before they started telling everyone to put their phones away ;)

 

We've now been to Disneyland and Disneyworld together. Pretty awesome if I do say so myself.



Texans in Town

July was the most jam-packed month on record and I may never get all of our happenings on here but that's ok. One of the many FABULOUS things that happened though was a visit from J&D and fam! We went from a house of 2 to a house of 8 and it was like a giant camping party but with electricity and plumbing and stuff :) Activities included a little gathering at the parent's house, going to This is the Place Historic Park, Temple Square, watching the movie at the JSM building, going to the Discovery Gateway museum, hiking to Timp Caves (which was my idea and I almost got dis-owned on the hike up but thankfully was forgiven when we finally got into the cave ha ha!), swimming, a quick stop at the Hill AFB Museum, and going to the Ogden Temple open house. I probably missed something but that's a pretty good sized list of stuff!

 

Wedding Bells!

My sister is married! It has been exciting to watch their journey and we are grateful for this blessing in our family!