Sacramento

We have been doing a lot of driving lately. We got to go to Sacramento for an interview for Jamir (vacation for me) and see the city a little bit. It is beautiful (and warm) there. I love all the trees and plants covering the streets. We were able to visit the temple, and spend some time down town at the parks, old town, and the capitol. 

Hemos estado manenjado mucho ultimamente. El Lunes y Martes estuvimos en Sacramento California fuimos a Sacramento por una entrevista de trabajo que tuve. A Amy le gusto mucho los arboles y el clima, esta caliente en Sacramento en comparacion a Elko y Provo.  Visitamos el templo, el centro de la ciudad, el edificio de gobieno y un parque.

The only downside is driving in downtown...next time we will take the bus.

The beautiful capitol. The tree to my left is a sweet orange and it smelled soo good.

I was really excited about the poppys. I can't wait to grow a garden!

I loved how tall the pines were. Reminded me of Fl, although I think they are taller here!

By the way, the interview went well, so fingers crossed!

Making the Best of Winter

For our Christmas present, Uncle Phil took us ice fishing. It was great for Jamir to improve his skills for scouting. I caught two fish and Jamir caught one (but his was the biggest :) Phil gave us a picture frame for our big fish picture because now we are master fishermen and have a pic of our fish! 

Learning to drill the hole.

Worming the hook.

They weren't biting at first...so waiting was the hardest part.

The first fish caught by Phil.

I won't touch the fish. I can't handle it :)

We had some fun riding the 4 wheeler.

Back in Provo. We took these on the first day of snow...I was excited, now not so much.

We went with the Lopez family snow tubing in Midway.

I've never been a fan of snow, but might as well have fun with it while it lasts right?

Happy Three Years!/ Feliz tercer aniversario!

Jamir and I celebrated our third anniversary this last weekend. It's funny how in Utah we feel like we have been married a long time because everyone is newly married here, but in reality its not that long at all. But they have been a great three years. I never could have imagined marrying such an amazing guy who has everything I need.
En español
Amy y yo celebramos nuestro aniversario este fin de semana. Han sido 3 años increíbles. Soy muy afortunado de tener a Amy como esposa.

Where we ate. We love hamburgers and this place was really good!

We saw Elf on U of U campus. It was really cute!

We stayed in Salt Lake on Friday and then had an awesome Kneaders breakfast. I want to eat there everyday it was so good!

Then we wandered around Temple Square to be at the spot right when we got married 3 years ago. 

It was nice because there was hardly anyone there compared to nightime when it is swamped with people.

Then we met Jamir's family and had lunch at the Grand America Hotel. It's a cute old place with a lot of charm.
This is Oliver, the new nephew.

The hotel had displays of elves and Christmasy stuff and I thought of Ruby here so took a pic

Very LARGE gingerbread house. Why we came. It was pretty cool how detailed it was.

And then we went ice skating at Gallivan Plaza. 

Jamir's mom was learning to skate-must be a result of no cold in Mexico

Our attempt to stay balanced...didn't quite work.

And then Sunday we had to stop at the temple to get a couple pics with the lights on.

Turkey Enchiladas/ Enchiladas de Pavo

That is what we did with our left over turkey.  Hey world! I was doing really good with the blog thing and kinda slacked a little.  Well, here's an update.  We ventured to Elko for Thanksgiving. I don't know what is wrong with me but I didn't take any pictures! I forgot the camera every time. We ran the turkey trot, ate at the Hubbard's, cut our Christmas tree and I caught up with Agnes.  I even got her to sit on Jamir's lap. I WILL convince him he wants a cat.

We didn't go to Elko last year, so it was nice to eat the same food and have the same traditions.  I decorated the tree by myself. It was kinda sad not to have Cam there. But it was a much needed break from Provo and work.

I worked from 7 to 7 on Cyber Monday. I can now say I have worked 12 hours in a row.  It really wasn't that bad. My boss is awesome and brings us food :)

En español:

Hicimos enchiladas de pavo con el pavo que sobró del día de acción de gracias de mis suegros. La semana pasado visitamos a mis suegros en Elko Nevada para pasar el día de acción de gracias. Corrimos una carrera de 5 kilómetros que se celebra a las 11 de la noche el día antes de acción de gracias, también convivimos con la familia de mi suegra, los hubberds. Amy cada que va se encariña con el gato de sus papas y piensa que me va a convencer de comprarle uno.

The Amaryllis I started growing. This is early in the morning on Cyber Monday from my office window

And this is the next day. We had a crazy snow storm! Time for snowboarding and sledding!

Jamir and the awesome turkey enchiladas!

Our tree! It's the biggest so far. It's a little bare since I got rid of a lot of decorations. I didn't want to unpack all of the ornaments either...feeling a little lazy

Our stockings. I made Jamir's and Grandma made mine when I had my first Christmas. It's a big tradition. She showed me all of the stockings through the years and she has made over 10! It took me forever to finish Jamir's.

Jamir got his Woodbage beads at the last court of honor. It is a big deal. He was one of two guys that got it. I guess all those days gone for training paid off!

So yeah. Life is good. I know that with Thanksgiving, it really helped me think about the things I am lucky to have. I got a job right when we needed it and allowed Jamir to go to school full time and have internships. I am healthy. Jamir is healthy. We both graduated from a great school. Jamir passed his engineering test. I have everything I need. I need to remember this more and be content. There is this quote circulating on Pinterest that I really like. It's "Someone else is praying for what you have." Very true.