Copycat of Me, me, me, me

I am copying my sister - and sole reader Rachel - as if you can't already tell how much I love myself...

Four jobs I have had
1. Sweet Life, Fashion Island 13 years old! - First job thanks to Katie
2. Spaghetti Factory - again thanks to Katie! Best social life with this job ever!
3. Analytics in Real Estate Investment at Pacific Life Insurance Co. - thanks to Katie & Josh!
4. C.F.O. of Norda's, currently, 4 hours a week, low pay, unlimited snowboarding, & I got to pick my title!

Honorable mentions - Concession Stand at Big Newport - for about 2 months - during Hunt for Red October, Coco's Newport Beach (for like a month, I have the tag to prove it!), Yogurt shop in Fashion Island, REI, Courier for Summit Group SLC, UT, Something computer reporting related with CB Commercial/Richard Ellis in SLC, UT, & Analyst at Interact Commerce Corp./Sage, somw random Tanning place (although we lived on the beach at the time, go figure), and some memorable temp jobs. I am very proud of my work!

Four favorite movies I watch over & over
1. Fool's Rush In
2. West Side Story
3. Ocean's 11
4. Out of Africa

Four Places you have lived
1. Corona del Mar/Newport Beach
2. Salt Lake City
3. Phoenix, AZ
4. Tulsa, OK
Honorable mention? - okay just to mention - Casper, WY

Four T.V. Shows you love to watch
1. Ellen
2. The Office
3. Grey's
4. Scrubs

Four Places you have been on vacation:
1. Argentina
2. Spain
3. Mexico
4. New York

Four Websites I visit daily (I don't quite do daily, but when I am on...)
1. My blog to link to other blogs
2. Google
3. Thunderbird site - to get email
4. Google News

Four of my favorite foods
1. Hot Chocolate - I love homemade with Ghiradelli powder or Hershey/Sugar/Vanilla concoction
2. Scottish Scones (not the fried kind, the lard/shortening kind - yum)
3. Mexican including but not exclusively Wahoo's
4. Empanadas - the oven baked - not fried - like in Bariloche

Four places I'd rather be right now
1. Snowboarding with AK
2. On a warm beach with AK & kids & a nanny
3. In Paris
4. Camping in Moab

Zoo, Kindergarten Open House, & Owen's Fun Clothes

AK & I at Entrada de Troon West in St. Curious George with David B. It was awesome and as you can see - quite beautiful! We go again next weekend!

Bear with me - if you read this. This is my journal. So yesterday it dumped snow alllllllll day long. We got 2 feet in the mountains and probably half of that in our front yard. It was a mess and then it rained in the evening - not cool. But today was so beautiful. Blue, sunny, & warm so we headed for the zoo. Everything was still white and snowy and messy until the afternoon when the city was one melted snow river. The kids loved the puddles and Owen ended up in backward shorts - self clothed, and shirtless at Katie's! As a matter of fact I had forgotten that he was shirtless in the car - since his shirt was a little muddy - when I told AK we would meet him at Gateway for dinner. I didn't realize until I opened the door to get Owen out that he had his green tennis shorts on backwards, argyle socks and his brother's sneakers (since his were still wet from the puddles) and no shirt! I convinced him that his shirt wasn't too muddy to wear and we took off and didn't notice his quirky duds until... he was walking around with his hands in his pockets that were facing backwards. He is great and such a funny kid - as you can see in the latest batch of photos at kodakgallery.com.

Sweet Holden and I went to Kindergarten open house. He was a little timid at first but quickly warmed up with some cool rubber band contraption and some funny books. He will most likely be in the class we spent most of our time - unless for some reason we decide to put him in all day kindergarten. But Ms. Pitham and her assistant Mrs. Torres (who is in our ward) are awesome and highly recommended by all who are in the know. I saw a few friendly mom's Emy Dalton Eckling and her daughter Ella, and Marie Thompson and Tanner (H's buddy), and a few new friends (Frank and Ella & Christy (?) from around the corner. All of these people are within 5 houses of us and most I have never seen in the neighborhood before. That is winter for you!

The zoo was fun. We finally renewed our pass and Kate and the boys sans Harrison and Susannah Wixom and her cute boys joined us. Unfortunately my boys were on one and fighting with all around but we made it through. AK golfed today and hated it. Maybe Troon looks tougher than it really is? I am planning on boarding tomorrow - I've gotta check the reports though...

Tax Return Schmax Returns - & More Snow

This is my hot husband AK at Morgan's birthday party last month. Just thought you should know...

Today it slushy snowed absolutely all day. I was all dressed to go out and walk this morning - and it was still clear when I started - but it was dumping snow - so I headed to the SL Sports Complex and did a little bit of my thing. Maybe more on that later - Owen and I were pretty lonely and after watching some tivo'd ellen we went to the library and played. I tried to get him to sleep but he was pretty begbie when he woke up. Trainspotting fans? Andy and I have a new name for our mad dog. And the way he says Big Boy - which he insists he is anytime he hears the word baby - he says Big Boy sort of like 'Beg Bey' and Begbie is quite a mad dog character.

So we have been Desert Hopping the last few weekends, gearing up for summer on our hikes, bike rides, tennis, golf, and swimming fun in the desert, returning to snow and a few snowboarding days for me. I am dying to go snowboarding tomorrow, as I fear it will be the last decent day and also my last this season. Kindergarten open house is tonight and I am freaking out that Holden is going - no not really it hasn't hit me. Well, gear up...oh yeah I bought AK a crazy huge pack for our late summer Wind Rivers back pack trip and more. I can't wait to get the kids hiking and camping this summer. Who's with us?

Sending the tax returns as we sit...