My Second Family

As you know, I am now working at DeVry University

in Salt Lake City.

I tell myself everyday that I can keep up and be totally focused at

what my new responibilities require of me.

The commute to The SL Valley is almost serene.

What I mean, is that it is a time

for me to reflect on the day,

listen to NPR, call friends and family (yes I wear an ear piece!)

When I return home from a "hard day at work" the swede has dinner

ready for me and Dallas.

(I will miss this when he starts back on his travel schedule.)

This is really why I am posting today because

this is my "Second Family", people that I spend a lot

of time with Monday - Friday.

My DeVry Family:

Swoosh!

This is what I 'll be doing up at Sundance Ski Resort tomorrow!

The Swede is going to film me skiing.

I am determined to perfect my style.!

(Pictured at the top of Sundance)

BIG BIRTHDAY HINT!

LET ME JUST SAY THIS..

The Joys Of Aleppo

Yep...

That is where I want to be in February...

Because...

The International Academy of Gastronomy in France

awarded Aleppo its culinary prize in 2007.

This place sounds like Heaven

If you want to get excited

read this..

Bon Appetite!

Snowshoe Saturday

Since moving to Utah..

(I wonder when I will stop refering to this four word sentance)?

I have tried to embrace the winter by being actively

engaged in outside sports!

Last weekend a few family members, myself and the "Swede"

went up to Big Springs (Provo Canyon) and I

might add, The most beautiful spot

to hike, snowshoe, picnic and star

gaze in the Wasatch Mountains.

My nephew's; Ryne, Zak, and

sister Jeana and the "Swede"

We found this great backdrop and set up the camera up on

a broken tree stump to take an auto shot.

Notice the "Swede" has facial hair, I asked him

to grow a beard and

Wow.. I really like it!

Something Extra on New Years Eve

(CNN) -- It happens only once in a blue moon -- and scientists say a blue moon is exactly what we'll see in the skies this New Year's Eve.

Don't expect an azure glow over our lunar satellite, however. The term "blue moon" simply refers to the second full moon in a calendar month, something that hasn't happened on a New Year's Eve for nearly 20 years, NASA says.

"The phrase 'blue moon' has been around a long time, well over 400 years, but during that time its meaning has shifted," he said. "I have counted six different meanings which have been carried by the term, and at least four of them are still current today. That makes discussion of the term a little complicated."

Full moons used to have 12 names, one for each month, such as "harvest moon," NASA said. The term "blue moon" referred to the 13th full moon in a year.

A blue moon on December 31 is rare.

Third quilt down..

.....and one more to go....

Here is the quilt I made Ariel, my third in line daughter.

This one is called: "Christmas Around the Block"

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Christmas Eve

It has been a Christmas Eve tradition for as long as this fifty

something year old can remember, many things have changed

through the years but the one thing that has remained

the same is.......eating dinner together

(including the meat of Jesus...LAMB)

with family.

Here is the table Dad & Juana set:

We shared our memories of christmas past and expressed gratitude

for a loving Father in Heaven who shared HIS son with the world!

(Left to right)Dallas, Katlin, Ariel, Juana & Dad in the back.