Went up to my dear friend Tessa's house and watched North and South (North and South!) to satiate our need for 19th century British drama and also did a crazy scary rope swing. I love my Tessa, she was my roommate during my Utah State year. I could say so much about this girl because she is incredible, but for the sake of that's weird I'll spare you, dear reader.
Please ignore that ugly space between the second and third pictures, Blogger doesn't let me be as OCD as I would like with the layout of everything. Also, here's a hilarious video of me struggling with said rope swing.
We went snowboarding! It's been a while since I've been, and Chase wanted to go before he leaves on his mission, so my dad took us boarding at Sundance! It rekindled my love for the sport, and we all had an enjoyable time even though the snow was the WORST. The next day I was also reminded of how sore you get after snowboarding, particularly how sore I get with a wrist that's been broken three times.
Chase got lots of compliments on his coat, and goggles + smiling don't really mix too well.
We had a good ol' fashioned lobsta bake! My dad is from Boston (Bahston, Bwaston) so we grew up with a love for seafood, particularly live shellfish! Kevin had never had fresh lobster before, so we decided it was about time he gave it a shot. T'was delicious.
My dad with the first lobster.
We celebrated New Year's Eve with Joe and Jaynee! We all went up to the "Eve" party at the Salt Palace. Kevin and I were only up there for an hour, but we still went down the large inflatable slide several times and partied hard to the live techno group "Musclehawk." Yeah. (PS, after doing a Google search of Musclehawk, I realize that to call them a techno group is grossly inaccurate, they are actually Disco Thrash. Apologies.) Anyway, they were actually pretty cool. They tried to go Daft Punk after midnight struck and one of the band members wore what looked like a robot costume made out of a cardboard box. Going out for me was especially fun, because I've gone to bed at around 10:00 pm for the past few years. The only thing I wasn't missing out on during my time as a hermit was the PDA. Eww, and eww.
This week we also had the opportunity to visit with one of Kevin's favorite families from his mission, the Jacques. It was fun to hear them reminisce, and also fun to see the oldest boy pick Kevin up and hold him like a baby. We also went to see War Horse with Ma and Pa Robbins and boy howdy, I have not cried like that in a movie in a while. We wish you all the very best, and hope that your new year is the best one yet!
-Kevin and Miquelle
Love it! The rope swing video was priceless and North and South is amazing. End of line.
ReplyDeletePS: My Captcha word was "poocids"