Ice Castles

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Amelia M.

Post-Christmas-January can be a bleak, albeit annual-sale-plentiful place. However this year’s been pretty good. In fact so far February’s been lovely and rainy (Although I recognized that this probably won’t last). Sundance also came and went. I managed to see a few movies including The Double, God Help the Girl (the songs are still stuck in my head!), and the Best of Fest selection, Whiplash. I was happily surprised to see Stuart Murdoch take the stage when I went to see God Help the Girl. He introduced the movie and did a little Q & A afterwards.It was fun to hear his perspective and his inspiration for the movie.

I also saw the Midway Ice Castles (Yes I know everyone’s been doing it. And yes you’ve probably seen 50 versions of this on instagram. But this version has me in it! lol):

Ice Explorers

Olaf was there

Currently: Had a wonderful weekend with my cousins last week in Manti followed by more fun times with Ben this weekend (including the Lego Movie). I can’t believe Josh will be on his mission before February is over!

Here’s what you missed on…

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Amelia M.

All right, so I seem to have taken an impromptu blog-cation. Here is the really fast version of how my Christmas and New Years went:

I decorated my apartment for Christmas.

A little Christmas DIY

Later I attended the Brighton Christmas Party where I danced the night away with all my favorite coworkers and wore a really great red hat (all the best people do).

Love these girls!

My red hat! If only you could see it properly (I was terrible about taking pictures that night). Carol lent this beauty to me for the night.

I also attended another office event with a lovely quartet.

They won my heart by playing from the Amelie soundtrack.

What December is complete without a gingerbread village?

Then I flew away to Sugar Land to see the family. I had a green Christmas (my favorite kind). I was happy to find our orange trees had actual edible oranges.

Oh Sugar Land I do miss you.

Look at that green grass! Gotta love it.

Oh, and there was lots of great food (per usual) .

Yummy Cuban food

For my Mom’s Christmas present, Gabby and I took her to Pinot’s Palet (it seemed to be the craze over the holiday). We had a great time!

Our paintings were supposed to include a silhouette of a happy couple but we all ended up making stubby, horrible stick figures we painted over, lol.

I got to visit a few friends while I was home. I saw my friend Kimberly and her girls (I can’t believe Leslie is four now!!). I also had a gluten free cookie bake off with the lovely Jessica (We have been in different states/continents/cities for far too long). We made delicious ice cream sandwiches with the finished products.

Like any good holiday break my time home also included a new TV obsession: Scandal (oh goodness the drama). My parents also introduced me to Call the Midwife (Very different sort of drama).

Before I knew it I was flying back to Utah. I started a new job the very next day (Crazy, right?). It was hard to say goodbye to the wonderful friends I’d made at Brighton, but I’m excited for this new direction in my life.

Whew, I think that covers most of my blog-less gap (more or less). More concise, coherent posts coming soon (Including one on my trip to the Midway Ice Castles)! Hope everyone started their new year right.

Currently: just finished Code Name Verity (Elizabeth E. Wein) If you haven’t read this yet I highly recommend it.

La Vie St. George

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Amelia M.

This weekend I escaped from real life and hid away in the red rocks of St. George. There was good food, great company, consignment shopping (we all found great treasures at Sandie’s), beautiful scenery, wilderness hikes, and scary movies. Here’s a glimpse: