Park City v. 2

This is a post where I pretend I'm still in Utah by posting lots of pictures of my trip...because busy season has hit at work, and that means I no longer have tons of extra time to post current happenings on here. If I were to post current stuff, it would be about tax returns and about how my car is already on the fritz. Not in the best of moods currently. So...let's turn this into a happy post with pretty snow pictures!

Every restaurant serves coffee, and this makes me very happy

 

Egyptian Theater

Yay for free coffee and a free cup!

me & a bear

Celebrity sighting--Pauly Shore

These girls to the left were fawning all over him. He walked off and they asked who he was!! They just saw other people taking his picture, so they decided they would as well.  

 this ski lift goes straight to the middle of downtown--that would be skeery

such a gorgeous little downtown! 

 

 

Goodbye Old Faithful

After ten years of faithful service, the Infiniti has been laid to rest at Landers Ford in Collierville, TN. She has served our family with over 220,000 miles.

Oh look...there she is on our wedding day driving us away.

oh no! Someone pulled a prank on us!

She's taken us to many concerts...Who are those skinny kids?

 She takes us to Orange Beach every summer

 Our son really enjoyed riding 

She will be replaced by a shiny new Ford Fusion hybrid. (no, the car doesn't actually fly as shown in the commercial--It does parallel park itself though. This is something that is frivolous and unnecessary, but growing up in town where parallel parking was never needed, our skills in this area are lacking. I personally prefer a flying car though.)

We tried to buy this car in November, and we just now got it. It was supposed to be in at the end of November. Is it possible to have a completely smooth car buying process? I don't understand how people buy cars every other year and don't go crazy with all this. Makes me want to pull my hair out.

Oh well...it's finally over, and it's nice to actually have a car that has modern features! And at 47 mpg, I'm excited to have a smaller gas budget now. Not excited about a car payment though.

Tour of Temple Square - Weeekends Update

My weekend hasn't been very eventful. Our plane was delayed getting back due to leaking hydraulic fluid, so I was very thankful we landed safely and were on a plane that actually stopped.

Then we met my family to pick up our son. I've missed him so much!

My sister with Tucker on their way to meet us

And we've also been trying to unpack and do laundry. I know you're jealous.

Since my weekend has been so chock full of excitement, I'll share our tour of Temple Square in Salt Lake City this past week.

Temple Square is over 35 acres in SLC belonging to the Mormon faith. We were given a tour by two girls serving on their mission. One of them was Sister Romney who is, in fact, related to Mitt.

It was extrememly convicting to see how passionate they are about their faith. They were so young yet so knowledgeable about their religion's history as well as the Bible. They spend at least 2 hours per day studying the Bible.

 I pray that I myself would be this passionate about the Lord so that all those around me see His light shining through me as I did with these two ladies.  

 

thousands of organ pipes 

Italian Marble Statue

Temple

 Me & the Temple

Rodney & the Temple

 

Blogger Book Swap Reveal

 

We just got back from Utah, and realized that we forgot to have someone get our mail while we were gone. We had four packages on our front porch, so I'm so thankful we live in a town/neighborhood where nobody would steal our stuff. Yay for coming home to presents!

Kimberly had the wonderful idea to do a blogger book swap. There's nothing I love more than getting non-bill related mail and reading a book, so this swap was perfect!

I was coupled with Stephanie over at Life, Actually, and she is such a sweetheart! We have similar taste in books, so it was super easy to decide what book to send her.

These are the two books she sent me. I have heard so many wonderful things about Kate Morton, so I can't wait to get to reading these books!

Thanks again Steph!! :)

How to Keep from Killing Your Husband

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If you're reading this expecting to find out how to keep from killing your husband, you'll be disappointed. I'm actually hoping for your advice instead.

We're still in Salt Lake City for the Sundance film festival. The other night, we had two movies back to back, but there was plenty of time to make both of them. 

This is a 2.6 mile trip you're looking at here.

Small backstory: If you really knew me, you would know that I'm out of shape and I never work out. (Yeah..I seriously need to work on this, but these are the facts.) I get out of breath extremely easily.

Salt Lake is over 4,000 feet above sea level. Memphis is about 300 feet above sea level. We've honestly had a hard time breathing, so you can definitely tell a difference in the altitude.

We walked out of the first theater and didn't see a cab anywhere (apparently, they're all in Park City--none to be found in Salt Lake). Rodney was like..awww..we can walk it. We have time.

After spurts of jogging and mostly walking, we finally got to the second theater ten minutes before the movie was supposed to start. The tickets say you're supposed to be there fifteen minutes before, so we were five minutes late.

It is so frustrating to bust your booty to do something only to be told no when you arrive. There were 3 other ticketholders in front of us when we arrived that were also waiting to get into the theater. Somehow, they were already filled to capacity.

And did I mention that the movie we were rushing to see was Mud? With Matthew McConaughey?

You're telling me that I just jogged and walked in 7 degree weather to see this cutie and even though we're five minutes late and we have tickets, we can't get in because you've already filled the theater?? What's the point in even having a ticket?

Needless to say, I wasn't very happy. I told Mr. Hubs that we should have called a cab, but he was sooo sure that we could walk it in plenty of time. 

I never know how to react in these types of situations. I obviously was upset and frustrated, and so was Rodney. He starts getting mad then I get mad at him for getting mad. Such a vicious cycle. At this point, there was nothing we could do, so getting mad about it wouldn't help the situation. 

I obviously didn't want to actually kill him (for those gullies that actually think I was begin serious), but I wasn't very chipper about the situation. How do you react when things like this happen?

 Instagram picture from the mishap

This whole story is the crappie. Not to mention I now have blisters on my feet.

The happie is that now, we're taking cabs everywhere. Yay for no walking in the freezing cold high altitude! Also, this movie was a premiere, so it will be out in theaters for sure at some point. It's not like we've missed it and will never be able to watch. Oh and I got a good workout also.

Worst Gift Evahh -- First V-log Evahh

Ok..just try not to make fun of my accent --- mmmkay?

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Professional Skier Y'all!

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Before you watch this video, allow me to leave a disclaimer. I have a very thick Southern accent, so be warned. :)

This shows you a little what our ski level is. I have a difficult time not laughing at Rodney's expense, so I thought you might want a laugh as well.

Our ski instructor couldn't get Rodney's name right. He kept calling him Ralph instead which I thought was hilarious. Rodney didn't think it was as funny. That's why I kept calling him Ralph in the video.

Hope this brings you a good chuckle as well.