16 Wonderful Days

Not too long from now, I leave work and am off for a beautiful SIXTEEN days. I can't imagine anything sounding better right now. I can't wait to get out of work and start our LONG roadtrip across the country!

Last night Adam rotated the tires, we packed up the car, now all I have to do is add a few last minute things, load up Diggy, go pick Adam up, and we're off!

Only 2,010 miles to go before I'm home!

Christmas At Our Home

Since we are traveling across the country for Christmas, we decided to do a little Christmas celebration with just us and Diggs at our house to get rid of some boxes to pack. It was a great day. We went to the grocery store and bought stuff to make crab risotto, an asparagus and grapefruit salad, and Chilean Seabass. We spent the evening cooking, eating, we opened gifts, and then we watched "It's a Wonderful Life." Adam had NEVER seen that movie!

Diggy wanted to help open presents :)

Our meal was great, we both loved our presents, and the movie was as good as it is every year :) Now we're ready to spend time celebrating with family!

Staying in the Holiday Spirit

Last week Adam was in Evansville for work, so I finished all of my Christmas shopping, wrapped presents, listened to Christmas music, watched movies, etc. to stay excited.

Adam got back Saturday evening, and we went straight to a festival in Balboa Park called December Nights. They decorate all of the park, there are children's choirs, bands, tons of food, drinks, rides, etc. It basically was like a LARGE pumpkin festival celebrating Christmas instead of Fall, but it was neat to see.

Today at 1-3PM I have the Christmas party with all of the programs in my office, it gets pretty crazy with karaoke and electric slide and talent show and all :) I only imagine what these people are like at parties when alcohol is allowed!

Packing up and moving

At work we have been hearing about "the remodel" ever since I started here. I guess like 3 years back, funds were put aside to remodel our office, however, planning has taken way longer than they ever thought. Well, they announced a few weeks ago that the remodel was going to be a reality and it begins on December 11.

The upside of this is that the plans for the remodel are really nice. I will have more room, nicer/cleaner everything, and more privacy than I do now. The downside is that we have to move to a temporary location for a month. This means EVERYTHING has to be packed up and put into storage. It is a nightmare around here. There are boxes, trash, salvage items, etc. everywhere. You can barely walk. Also, this temporary location we are moving to is going to be pretty much shoulder to shoulder seating, which will drive me nuts.

Good thing I will be using vacation time from Dec 18-Jan 4! I can't wait to get out of this mess!

Holiday Concert

Saturday night, Adam and I went to a concert hosted by my favorite radio station (KPRI FM). The headliner was David Gray, but he had two up and coming opening acts. It was so fun. We went to a nice new restaurant where the venue was, then went to the concert at the Abbey. The Abbey is an old church changed into an event center. It was all lit up and decorated for Christmas. The first opening act was called "A Fine Frenzy" and they were really good. David Gray was awesome too! It was a really fun night. It made me super excited for Christmas.

Thanksgiving Kicks off Holiday Season

My favorite time of year is finally here-the holidays! It started off great for us celebrating Thanksgiving. Last year we didn't get to celebrate Thanksgiving cause we were traveling through Europe (poor us :) and the two years before it was just me, Adam, Robbie, and Leigh, so this year it was fun to have a big group to celebrate with again!

We went to my sister Katie's house in Tucson. Her husband Matt's brother and sister live in Phoenix. So Matt's siblings, their significant others, their dogs, us and our dog, Katie's family of 5, and one of Matt's work friends with his two kids all celebrated together. Katie and I started cooking early in the morning, then went for a nice walk, then the festivities began. It was a fun day. Adam got the honor of carving the turkey :)

Katie and Adam finishing up

Me and Kate in front of our feast

The dogs found that the turkey scraps were in the garbage (Diggy and Moby were too little)

Ellie being her silly self

All in all, it was a great meal, great company and a great kickoff to the season.