Saturday, August 29, 2009
New Job
Welcome to the Hotel Garcia!
The past two months have been crazy busy and tons of fun!! We had the Grand Opening of the Hotel Garcia about the second week of July when Christopher's mom and Grandma came and stayed with us for a few days, while his brother, David, and dad were in Salt Lake getting things squared away for David to go to the University of Utah. It was fun spending some time with Mom and Grandma and kicking off the Hotel Garcia!
A few days later, my Mom, Dad and little bro, Brian, came to town a few weeks early for our family reunion. We had fun spending time with them and having them stay with us a few nights.
Camping Trip
We were finally able to take our first camping trip, just the two of us July 10 - 11. We decided to go camping a few days before we went, so we left a little early from work on the 10th and headed up the canyon to find a campsite! We first tried Timpanogos Campgroup, but they were full. Three campgrounds and 4 hours later, we finally found a site in Maple campground up Hobble Creek Canyon somewhere. After talking to the campground host for a few minutes, we realized why there were still sites left in his campground - he had just shot a bear there about a week before we came camping! So, needless to say, I spent all night looking over my shoulder and jumping at anything that made noise! We were able to get our camp all set up about a half hour before the sun went down. We roasted some hot dogs over the fire for dinner and sat around our campfire for awhile, having s'mores and chatting. The next morning we got up and had breakfast and then had to hurry and break camp, because it started to rain! Even though we weren't able to camp for very long, we still had a great first camping trip together. It's too bad it took us 4 years to go!! Hopefully it won't be that long before we can go again!!
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
How to keep yourself occupied without your man for 10 days...
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Wonder of Wonder...
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
72 Hour Kits
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
8 Things
8 Favorite TV Shows
Lost
Heroes
The Office
Fringe
30 Rock
Sweat Equity (on DIY)
Glee (new series on Fox - starts in September, but the pilot was good)
Hells Kitchen
8 Favorite Restaurants
Chilis
Cafe Rio
Chungas
Zupas
Jason's Deli
Cheesecake Factory (for the food - not the cheesecake, although I'm sure it's good)
Red Robin
Pizza Factory
8 Things That Happened Yesterday
went to work
cooked dinner for the first time in awhile (I probably shouldn't confess to that)
played with a baby
went to the grocery store (to get the stuff to make for dinner)
hung out with some friends
made Chris kill a spider
the car made the squeeling noise - again!
forgot to check the mail
8 Things I'm Looking Forward
the weekend
warm weather getting and staying here
end of July for a family reunion
my new calling
getting the rest of the decor that I need for my house
learning new things
going to Grad school in 3 years for free!
kids eventually
8 Things I Love About Fall
the leaves changing color
football
birthday :)
Halloween
a break from the heat, but I do prefer wammer weather
start of school - I'm a geek, what can I say
hiking and camping - it's perfect weather in the fall because it's not too hot, but not too cold
Daylight Savings Time ending :)
8Things On My Wishlist
chi
piano
coffee table
decorations for my house
puppy
garden
yard
more time to spend with family and friends