6-month-iversary (3 weeks late)

So I've had this post all typed up and ready to go other than uploading the pictures at the bottom. And then I discovered blogger didn't want me to upload photos, but now I have. So here it is- late. But whatever.

To commemorate this day, we decided to list six things we love about being married:

1. Feeling comfortable being ourselves with each other.
2. Having a dependable partner with whom to face life's challenges.
3. Being able to have open, honest communication.
4. Learning to enjoy everyday tasks together (i.e. cooking, cleaning, grocery shopping).
5. Helping each other overcome shortcomings.
6. Laughing together at the silly things we do.

Bry and I have discovered we love fried eggs. :) This is also reminiscent of a burger I had in Spain.

A tradition passed along. :)

Happy Frosty Friday!

To the Bingham relatives- Bry and I decided to have a (chocolate) Frosty Friday here in Calgary! :)

 

Mmmmmmm. 

I love my sister

So my camera totally does NOT do this cute thing justice. (It came like this minus the ornaments that were included separately- thus why the arrangement may not be the greatest because I put on the ornaments, not my sister. lol.)

 

 

I love Christmas and decorations- no matter how small. =) 



Ally Condie book signing

She is wonderfully nice and it was great to meet her. :) I thank my sister for informing me of this event and encouraging me to go. It was worth the hour-long wait to meet the author of some books that I love.

That's her. Next to me. :)

I tried to crop this but my computer isn't letting me save it. So here's the unedited version.
Thank you to my husband for taking the picture. :)

Below is me with my signed copy of Reached. I haven't actually read this (the last book of the trilogy) yet, but I will over Christmas break. :) 

I got a copy of Reached signed for my sister as well, and I think she'll like the note Ally Condie wrote for her. ;) I'll try to get it shipped off soon so I don't keep her in suspense for tooo long.

California air is my favorite

It felt great to be able to go home for this Thanksgiving break and see many of my relatives. I wish I had taken more pictures than I did, but oh well.

Wednesday we were able to mostly relax. We had a nice visit with my Uncle Sean, after which we had a dinner at Strizzi's. Mmmm. The flavors at Strizzi's were DElicious.

Thursday was Thanksgiving- there was lots of family and lots of food- two of my very favorite things. Together it makes for a beautiful evening and a totally stuffed stomach. I wish I had taken a picture with my own camera of the food table, but I only took one with my sister's camera. Oh well.

Friday we- myself, my hubby, some of my immediate family and some of Isaac's family- went to Monterey. In the Aquarium, I particularly enjoyed looking at the jellyfish because they're weird and incredible. Actually, they're the only things I took pictures of there. If my camera were more apt to taking pictures through glass, I may have taken more and of different things, but maybe not.

I thought these were pretty weird little light jellyfish.

They're incredible, and so very very strange.

And this is me. And Bry. In Monterey after eating a clam chowder bread bowl (Bry's requested California food) and Ghirardelli ice cream (my requested food- I helped him finish his, even). =)

I was kind of tired after going to Monterey and stopping at Gizdich Ranch, but still happily went to Fuddruckers to eat an ostrich burger and a bite of Bry's elk burger.

Saturday was a chill day. My mom took Bry and I to a couple of nearby sites for a relaxed day of adventure. We first went to Mission San Jose and walked around for a while looking at what there is to see there and conversing. From the mission we went to Don Edwards Wildlife Reserve. The weather was clear and wonderful, as can usually be expected. Below are pictures from Don Edwards.

To say the least, I love vacations, however short they last and however long the traveling may take. Family is what matters and family is what I love the most.

(this is a little late, but...)

Hello, snow!! Wow. Last weekend, some serious snowing happened- there's still some snow on the ground and the top of my car and such. This is what the quad looked like last Sunday, though. Sorry the pictures aren't the best- it was cold outside, so I didn't spent much time to snap them.

Poor trees- the snow weighed down their branches and some snapped overnight.

Just like home

Tonight I made dinner with home in mind. It wasn't as delicious as it would have been back home, since I'm not nearly as experienced with making food as my amazing mother is, but it turned out pretty darn good. And it made me happy because it reminded me of home. And it was relatively nutritious. =) Mmmm.

Me and my barbequing skills

My photography isn't the best, but I think I was just so excited to eat it.
Ribs, rice, and brussel sprouts.