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Spring!

Well, Spring is here! I have never been so excited for this time of year! The sun is out, the rain is pouring and tax season is over. We survived!

I was expecting to be working 15-17 hours a day last week to get all the processing/auditing done the last few days of tax season. Luckily, the longest day I put in was 15 hours. It really wasn't that bad either. I loved it! I enjoy having purpose to life.

I have been enjoying my lazy week though! It's nice to have some down time. Gary has a bit of a cold so we've been sleeping and taking things slow. We are spending a little time in helping Gary's dad move offices this week and next. He's moving just across the street practically. It'll be nice to be in a busy, more visible location and I LOVE moving into new places! I can't wait to unpack and get things all settled.

I've been babysitting a bit and was thrilled to schedule about 10 future dates to sit for friends in the ward. I love spending time with kids and having something to do now and then. Other than that, I've mostly been cooking, cleaning and shopping!!!!

My new red purse! Though you can't see all of it....

Speaking of shopping, Tanya and her friend are coming to visit me next month! I'm really excited to spend some time with girls and do some shopping with them. I'll be setting aside that babysitting money to splurge when they arrive!

Well, I'm off to go cook dinner and get ready to go sit! Oh! and I also wanted to mention that this week, we tried Filipino food! We even tried oxtail and tripe. I wouldn't really recommend the tripe but Filipino food is pretty awesome!

Easter Eggs!

Gary's siblings act a little different than my family....

 I guess they just REALLY love eachother!

Boring March

^The fish in December, only 2 months old!

^Little fish in Decebmer

^The fish in March, 5 months old

Gary sold 37 Angelfish he raised! That was a big event. We drove to Centenial which is about 30 minutes away. Tricky thing is, we headed there right before a big snow storm. Right about when we arrived the snow started coming down hard! It just kept going and going. We ended up driving back in the middle of it all. It wasn’t too exciting other than the four car accidents we passed and the fact that it took us about 2 hours to drive home.

These are 4 of the 6 that we kept.

My little brother turned 12 this week. That’s scary to think about. He’s apparently five foot six inches which is about a foot larger than I remember him.

Taxes are still going well. I’m sometimes impressed with how much I know considering I knew nothing as of December. I’m a little afraid of running the office the last week of the year. I guess that will be a true test of my knowledge. Only about 3 weeks left till tax season is over! Then I’m going to organize my house in a detailed manor.

Speaking of house, the house is back on the market. That’s good and bad. We hope it sells for Kent’s sake but the showings can be annoying. I clean like crazy every morning making sure it’s spotless. Then agents leave lights on, doors unlocked, mud on the floor. Of course the messy rude ones are also the ones who don’t leave cards. But, we don’t mind the showings when we are already gone and I love showing off my cute house!

 Gary and I holding the 7lb burrito from Jack N Grill! It fed 4 of us 3 times!

Spring is Near!!!

Oh goodness, I'm excited! It's been so nice around here! This week has been a sunny and warm one. My flowers are even starting to bloom again and now that it's warm, we get to bring out the motorcycle!

Today Gary drove me around downtown Denver on the bike. It was spectacular! I LOVE being free, living in Denver and I especially love this warm weather. I'm sure it's not here to stay though, since March is Denver's snowiest month of the year. You know though? For being a snowy state it sure didn't snow much this winter. I think I can handle this Colorado stuff. In fact, I'm seriously in love.

Speaking of love, we bought a love sac with our tax refund money! You may have heard, we can't fit a couch through the living room door so, a beanbag has to do the trick for now. I'm excited though. These things are so huge and comfortable that even after we move and get older, we can still put the bean bag to good use. Guests can sleep on it, we can throw it in the office as a nice reading spot. It's just so unbelievably cozy! Here is a picture of Gary (as we speak) enjoying it as he plays a video game. As you may be able to see, it easily fits 2 adults or 4 very close friends (Gary's family wouldn't hesitate to all get cozy on that thing)!

 

Other than that, life is still the same. Tax season is still moving along. I'm far from as fearful about taxes now though. In fact, I'm not afraid of this whole tax thing at all! Gary has been busy helping with taxes as well but he's still managing to get some web stuff done for his own business as well. He's a hardworking guy!

My restaurant blog is picking up! It's now Colorado's 6th/7th (depending on the day) most popular blog (out of 41) according to Urbanspoon. It's becoming quite a bit of fun. In fact, this Tuesday, we are attending a VIP event in Boulder as a celebration of Smashburger's first location in Boulder. We'll be mingling among the Smashburger executives and other foodie people trying the new menu (on the house) the day before the store's grand opening. I'm thrilled!

There you have it! That's all that's happening around here as of late. Thank you for reading my blog, I appreciate it!

Happy Love Day!

I love Valentines day. I think most of you know that already though. I don't love it because of the huge commercialism it has brought to our nation. I love it because of the colors! The decorations. I just love it! Growing up, my mom always made the day special by giving us special little treats. One year she make a huge heart shaped chocolate chip cookie for me with my name on it! It's just special!

This year Gary and I started a new tradition. Well, I suppose I started a new tradition and Gary participated. I've decided to make crème brulée! It's a fancy, French dessert and it just shouts "Valentines Day"! I also wanted to make a special dinner so I threw some things together and ended up with pecan crusted salmon with steamed asparagus. It was simply amazing!

As I was out purchasing my ingredients for the crème brulée Gary decided his gift to me would be an Orchid. I've wanted an Orchid for about a year now and was so excited to finally have an excuse to get one! 

So our Valentines Day was simple, but fun! I look forward to making our new special treat each year!