My dear faithful followers,

I am so sorry to have kept BOTH of you waiting so long for another update! ;) I’d like to say that it’s because I’ve been so busy with awesome adventures, but alas, it has just been life. And as I’ve said before, I’m a terrible blogger. But! I made a halfsie “resolution” this year to be better at blogging, and try for once a month, so here goes.

                Last summer was a rough one – I was in a completely new place with people who I mostly did not know. And if you know me, you know just how painfully shy I can be. But I made a couple friends, and as hard as it was having Dan gone for upwards of 12 hours a day, we did get to do some fun stuff. In Alabama, we had AMAZING apartments (it was so hard to come back and live in our crappy Provo apartment!), and, most notably, we took a weekend to go down to New Orleans. That place really has been destroyed by all the hurricanes, especially in the French quarter where most of the touristy stuff is. FYI: Bourbon Street smells awful! It was so stinky, but it was cool to see all the shops and hear the artists playing jazz on the street. We also went to the Audubon aquarium, which was pretty awesome. But probably our favorite part was Café du Monde! It’s this tiny little café that’s insanely popular and they only have one food item on the menu: beignets. Basically scones/donuts drowning in powdered sugar. It was probably the best part of the summer.

Guess what? Sometimes Piranha's are pretty!

 

                For Thanksgiving, we decided to spend it just the 2 of us and went to Vegas. It was crazy to me how many casinos and bars they have just in that little part of the strip we saw! And it smelled so badly of smoke, however I will admit it was cool to see all the popular hotels and whatnot. It will definitely not be on my “family vacation” list, as it seemed to be for many others there (same holds true for Nawlins’)! Too much smoking, drinking, and prostitution for my sheltered little eyes! But we had a lot of fun and, of course, our favorite part was the eating. For our Thanksgiving meal we went to one of the many buffets (how many buffets do you need on one street?!). Though pricey, it was totally worth it. The food was amazing and we ate so much! Definitely made ourselves sick that night.

 

 

 

                For Christmas we went up to Montana again to see my family. Which was nice since I still did not have my green card. It was a ton of fun – have I ever mentioned how much I LOVE hanging out with them?! We had some amazing snow up at Big Mountain, despite the freezing cold temperatures. And I loved getting to meet the newest addition to our family – my adorable niece Tatum Gray! She was so precious and probably the most well-behaved newborn I’ve ever seen. To top it all off, I finally got a onesie like I’ve been asking for for months – with a hood and everything! It’s pretty sweet. After Christmas I graciously allowed Dan to go see his family (aren’t I a good wife??) in Arkansas for a week. It was probably the worst week of my life! I was so lonely; I’d get home from work and basically mope around watching tv all night. So I was one happy camper when he finally came back!

Isn't she the cutest?!

                Good news: on January 1^st my green card finally came in the mail! Which means…. I can go home!! I’m so excited – now all I need is some time to actually go up there. I’m so excited to finally go back to Lethbridge and to see everyone. It’s been way too long. But for now, I am working at an accounting firm as an office assistant. It’s pretty good so far, but things are about to get crazy! Pray that I make it through the next 3 months. And Dan? Well, he’s working on the Junior Core at the Accounting Program. And loving every minute of it. Which is good, because it sure keeps him busy; hopefully the long hours will all pay off in the end! (I was gonna put a picture to show you, but Dan says that would be bad... probably a good idea!)

                And that is our life for now! I know, it’s kind of a crappy post, I whipped it out in like 15 minutes. But otherwise it would have had to have been like a full on novel. I didn’t want to write that, and I know you don’t want to read that. So now we’re both happy. I promise I’ll try to write a better one next time!