Salsa Time

For all of those who know me well, I am a self-proclaimed salsa guru. I believe that the quality of any given Mexican food restaurant can be determined by the goodness of the chips and salsa that they have for you to eat while waiting for your meal to come. Saturday I went up to Heber City to spend the afternoon with my mother-in-law and two sister-in-laws making our own homemade salsa. It actually didn't take near as long as what I thought that it would take and the finished product was YUMMY! I came home with 14 half-pint jars of fresh salsa...I think that should last Trav and I at least a couple months! :)

Friday night FUN!

Friday night we went up Big Cottonwood Canyon to go rock climbing with our friends Brian and Maggie. Trav has been climbing outdoors before, but I had only been indoor at the rock climbing gym that we have passes to. I was a little nervous at first, but it turned out to be tons of fun and the weather was picture perfect. We had the entire wall to ourselves which was also really nice....Here are some pictures from our adventure (you can click on the pictures to make them a little bigger and easier to see)...

brian and maggie....................the boys..........................maggie................

me climbing the wall.........me still climbing..........yay i made it!!..............

trav on the wall...........trav almost there................me and trav...............

Thanks Brian and Maggie for such a fun night...we had a blast and can't wait for our next trip! :)

Curiosity + Easily Amused

Okay...so I am going to completely blame my sister-in-law Heidi for the existence of this post. A couple of day's ago when I got home from work as usual I checked my email...my bank accounts...and then read through the blogs that I keep up on every couple of days. On Heidi's blog there was a picture of a baby...which was created based on two pictures, one of her and one of her husband Ben (Trav's brother). Anyway...I found this QUITE amusing and decided that I wanted to see what our children will look like according to this website...

Hmmm....not terrible...except for the freakishly huge eye brows and the facial features being super close together! Even though they looked a little strange, I thought there was still a HINT of cuteness to them, but when I emailed the pictures to Trav, his response was that both pictures looked like they were possessed! Sad huh? I told him that the reason for that must come from his side of the family! ...Oh and by the way, like Heidi's comment on her post, this is in no way a hint or an announcement...Just warming everyone up for what there is to look forward to someday... hopefully the real thing will be much cuter! :)

Greetings from Iowa!

Up at 5:45 am...to the Salt Lake Airport...and across the country to Waterloo, Iowa...this is trip #3 for me in the last 5 months! One of my best friends of over 20 years is getting married on Saturday and so of course I would not miss it for anything! Coming home is always nice, especially staying with my parents...since seeing them is not a weekly occurance...or it isn't usually, but I guess lately I have seen them once a month! ;) Anyway, it's always nice to be home and just relax a few days.

Trav couldn't come with me this trip due to work and school. On our way to the airport this morning he assured me that he will have plenty to do while I am gone with his classes, work, and a nice long hike on Saturday...which I know he is looking most forward to since the weather is going to be gorgeous and especially since it has been a few weeks since his last trip! Even though I know that time will fly and we will both be busy, when he dropped me off this morning at the airport I got sad, almost to the tearing up point as I walked toward the airport without him. I know that I will see him in just a few days... but I would so much rather travel with him then without him. I really do miss him when we aren't together...actually, every night when I know it is getting close to the time that he is going to be home (or if it's my late night and I am the one driving home) I get excited butterflies in my belly knowing I get to see him soon! I sure to love that man! He's so much more than I ever could have asked for in a husband and for that I am grateful! :)

Ahhhh....autumn is almost here!

I just wanted to take a minute to express how happy I am that fall time is right around the corner! It is almost time to break out sweaters and long pants and say farewell to shorts and flip flops! Already the weather is getting cooler. The last few mornings I have actually worn a jacket when I leave for work or take the dogs out for their morning "walk". The leaves are just starting to change, and I am really enjoying being able to keep the windows of our apartment open and smell the fresh air flowing through our home. I love the "smell" of fall ...it reminds me of many fond memories that I have of beginnings of a new school year and friday night football games while I was in high school. I can honestly say that I do not miss the 90+ degree temps even a little bit that we dealt with for most of July and August. Autumn is such a beautiful time everywhere, but especially in Salt Lake City. Every day when I look out my front windows, I can see the colors changing up on the mountains. Small patches of red, orange, and yellow are becoming more and more visible. I am so lucky to live in such a picturesque place! Here is the latest forcast for Salt Lake City for the upcoming week... it doesn't get much better than that!!

P.S. Just so that no one thinks that I am crazy..when I originally posted this entry the forecast was 70's all week and sunny....didn't know that the image would update daily :) oops!