Family Pictures

We got these pictures taken right before we left Pacific Beach last summer. We felt sorta silly, like they were engagement photos again, but I'm glad we did it. We LOVED living a mile from the beach and all these places are places that were really important to us for those 2 years.

Oh, the places you'll SLEEP

I left for my big trip three weeks ago today. In reflecting on the trip - I wanted to put down in writing where I've slept since then...

1 night on a plane to London
1 night in Qatar
3 nights on a spare bed in Dubai
1 night in different bed in Dubai
3 nights in Tiff's spare bed in Qatar
1 night on a plane back to London
1 night at my mom's new house
3 nights with my mom in a Marriott in Palm Springs
3 nights with Peter in the same bed at the Marriott
1 night on a pull-out bed/couch with lots of kids on the floor
1 night in a different bed in the Marriott, alone finally
2 nights in our bed in Tucson

So- there it is. This is probably more for me to remember and enjoy than for your enjoyment, but it's 11 beds in 21 nights. Seems like I'm in my early 20's again... I was always crashing and staying at friend's places. (right, Tash?)

Pictures of my to trip to Dubai, Qatar and London

I'm back in Tucson after 3 great weeks out and about this planet!!

I had a fabulous time, and it was a perfect trip to the Middle East!

I uploaded my photos to Facebook from my trip. I think it would be too much to post that many photos to my blog-ito, so I'll attach the links for the people that don't have FB (ahem, Anne), so you can see them.


Dubai



Qatar


London

Thirtieth Birthday Trip!!

My 30th birthday is this week and it's been on my mind for months. It could be said I'm going through a "Third-of-Life-Crisis." So, I'm doing something about it, I'm going to Dubai and Qatar in 2 weeks and I'm so excited!! To me, and to people that knew me in my early 20's, this is the perfect trip for me.

My longtime girlfriend, Tiffani Clark Bates (check out the MTC below) lives out there for the last few years with her husband and darling children and has always offered for us to come for a visit. Unfortunately, Peter is just so busy with school and I'm just not busy with anything else. I wish he could come, he wishes he could come, but he gets that I need to do this trip (and it gets him off the hook for a big birthday gift). :)


QATAR SKYLINE

DUBAI SKYLINE

DUBAI'S PALM ISLAND

Fabulous old pictures of Hermana Clark and Siostra Romney
Sep 2003

Das Gemüse

Just got back from the Farmer's Market. There's something so satisfying, domestic, fulfilling and tasty about having a full fruit basket in your kitchen.


The title of the post is an inside joke with my sister Liz, even though she may not even remember it. If you think back to "Called to Serve" video, it shows an MTC teacher drilling vocab and saying this over and over again. It translates to vegetables. At the time I didn't know how to say 'I Love You' in Polish, so we used this phrase. As she pulled away from saying goodbye to me from my mission in 2003, we kept yelling "Das Gemüse" at each other. We wrote it on our letters. Silly memory, but I like it.

You Remind Me of the Babe...

All thanks to Awkward Family Photos, I found this picture. My brother Dave and I LOVED the movie Labyrinth and this picture makes me smile. When we were about 12 and 14, we pooled our money and special ordered the soundtrack for $17.99 from Sam Goody, that was a big deal and a lot of money back then.

I hope the picture makes sense to you, and makes you smile too.

First Home Football Game

This past weekend was the home opener, and we had a great time! I love being around a ton of people screaming for a fun reason. This was one of Peter's first College Football games, he thought it was way over the top. I thought it was fantastic.
Take note - I am wearing blue, which is a common denominator with this school and my favorite school, but I am never giving up my Cougars. I called it ambiguous Blue.

The sunset was beautiful!

The Marching Band spelled out U of A. I thought that was way cool!
Take note - it was 9:45pm and still that hot!

It was a good time!