Lost in the Moment: Christmas

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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Photos Galore...December Recap

Between finals, working as much as possible during the school break, holiday festivities, and sleeping I simply did not have time to even review my photos. And then school started back up (along with several other things) so it has taken me until now to get things straight. So here is a quick recap from the last 2 months of my life.

Many pictures, very few words.

Nov 26 - Messiah Sing-in at Abravanell Hall

Dec 1 - Festival of Trees.
you may notice I seem to like the gingerbread houses best. They are just so amazing!

scene from "Tangled"

the North Pole

There were several versions of a Beehive

The White House

Barbie collection

From "The Christmas Story"

"Nightmare Before Christmas"

Dec 17 - Natural History Museum

Dec 21 - Lights on Temple Square

I counted 17 nativity displays this year

Dec 29 - Zoo Lights

It was a super eventful holiday season, even with all the stuff I had to do. I'm glad I had fun! January wasn't quite so eventful and neither has February been. But, hopefully with spring around the corner I will do a lot more!

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Where I Work

Its only been three weeks since I started working at The Roof.

I. Am. Loving. It!

I am constantly amazed at how well Temple Square Hospitality Corp takes care of their employees. Each night, the head chef cooks a meal for the staff. It is always delicious. They provide us with free downtown parking. The employees are all so very nice. I love talking with people when they come to dine (something about learning about other people makes me really happy). And the best perk... never working on Sundays!

Well about 2 weeks ago, after I'd been working for a week at The Roof, the manager of H.R. called me up and asked if I would also like to serve at The Garden Restaurant. They ended up being short staffed and would do well to train an additional server. And since I have significant restaurant background, they thought of me. Ya know, I may not have had much variety of employment throughout high school and during my time in Provo, but one thing I did right is work in the restaurant industry for a lengthy time. Somehow there always seems to be a job available and my experience (and maturity, so they say...aka age, haha) is also a plus.

I just finished my training at The Garden yesterday and will be working most Friday nights. I am hosting a few nights a week at The Roof and working their reservation desk on Thursdays. And hopefully I will be trained soon as an assistant server at The Roof so I can pick up shifts as needed. These are all blessings for me. School is expensive and I still have bills to pay. I am so very grateful to have these jobs and the great opportunity that comes with it.

Plus, the view from my work is pretty darn awesome!

I guess if one has to work on Christmas Eve, there isn't a better place to be then looking at His temple.

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Family Snow Day

Like I said before, Christmas day is a difficult day to get the whole fam together. So, we do a Christmas Eve dinner on the "on years", but EVERY year we do a family snow day. We were hoping for a big dump of snow so we could build something cool in the back yard, similar in intensity as the images below, or maybe like the snow cave the boys built and slept in a couple years back.

2003 in the backyard


2005 in the mountains

Instead, this year we got lots of rain followed by a small inch of snow the day before we were together. Thankfully, it was just enough to satisfy the kidlings in the back yard! We sled down the hill and played in the snow for a couple hours before it was time for some hot cocoa. Here are a few memories from the day.