Okay, it comes as no surprise to me that I probably don't have any blog followers left... except maybe my mom, who always has hope. So mom, this one is for you. Thanks for always believing in me (haha).
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Well, two months should elicit at least 20,000 words from me, but since I don't have time to write a complete biography, I'm just going to let the pictures do the talking. Here is a little bit of what I've been up to the past couple of months:
Enjoying a Christmas party with friends
Making cupcakes with Trinity
Christmas Day
A gathering of old friends
The many faces of Eliana
Trin playing with the little forest animals we made together
Is there any question that I am the luckiest aunt in the world???
Other highlights from my trip home:
- Relaxing
- Making and eating great food
- Singing Christmas carols
- Fresh oranges from Mesa
- Staying up until the wee hours of the night playing "Clue" with my parents and Matti
- Playing "Speed Scrabble" and winning (usually...heehee)
- Having heart-to-heart talks with Angela
- Falling asleep at 10 pm on New Year's Eve and realizing that, when your brother wakes you up at five till midnight and shoves a glass of Martinelli's into your hand, you'll drink it even though it doesn't taste very good with your current degree of halitosis...
- Hanging with Tatton and Rachel
- Wrestling sunbeams with my mom
- Chasing Eliana ALL OVER the place 24-7
- Being a ballerina with Trin
- Jumping on the bed with Trin
- Helping my dad shop for my mom's Christmas presents, and getting it all done in an hour and a half
- Seeing great friends
- Watching "Its a wonderful life"
- Trinity jumping up and down while they mix sprinkles into her cotton-candy ice cream, then becoming intoxicated by all the sugar and saying the most hilarious things.
- Trinity giving my dad a big hug and saying, "Papa, this is the BEST day ever!!"
- Eliana consuming all of my mom's dark chocolate ice cream.
- Spending time with my family and feeling so much love.
I really enjoyed the Christmas break, and the time I was able to spend with family and friends. Now its back to the grindstone, but I find myself still feeling happy and grateful that I am so blessed.
By way of update: I am officially DONE with culinary school, and it feels great to have achieved that. However, I can't seem to get enough of school, and am now working on finishing my bachelors degree with a different major-- Community Health. So far I am loving my classes and the things I'm learning, and everything just feels right. I am still working for the catering place I've been at since May, and feel really blessed to still have a job in this economy. I love my co-workers and the work I am doing, even if it is exhausting. I am thankful for this new year and all of the possibilities that come with it. Hopefully I will be able to make it my best one yet!
7 comments:
It was wonderful to have you home. We did have some good times. I win at speed scrabble too!.. sometimes. :) Trinity is also very excited yelling, "KALLI BLOGGED!" when I told her. haha. of course she loves how adorable she looks in every picture.
love ya!
Yea!!! Good to here about your Christmas!
Kalli- you silly girl, of course you still have followers. I loved the pictures and reading about how you're feeling regarding life at the present. Hope things continue to go well!
Kalli is the best.
Her break was a good rest
And how she joins the Fest
Up in Provo that is cool
She likes her family
Her cooking is like a dream
She isn't ever mean
Unless your really dumb
Yay! She's back!
Congrats on being done with Culinary school! You should take a vacation on a beach now so you can "bake" in the sun!
sorry.
Great pictures! There was just one thing you missed!- you never came by to see me!!! And I still check all the time to see if you have posted again. So keep it up. It is fun to see how you are doing.
This was a great post Kalli, even though I'm reading it it March! It always makes me miss you to read your blog. :? I wish you could come sit on my couch and talk the night away with me. (And I think I've lost all my blog readers too! I'm awful at this blogging business.) Oh well, life carries on and on and on and On.....and it is WONDERFUL.
Love YOU!!!
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