Puerto Vallarta dress

We bought this dress in Puerto Vallarta from some vendor on the beach when I was six months pregnant with MJ. She finally is big enough to wear it! Isn't she cute?

MJ loves riding her bike. She calls it "racing." She doesn't really need the helmet, but we figure that we will get her used to wearing one now and then it won't be so hard to get her to wear one later.

Biking to Work

I decided that I wanted to start riding my bike to work. First I ride to the train station, about 2 miles, then I board the commuter train to go down to the valley, then I will ride from the SLC station up to the University, another 4 miles. Of course, these are some big aspirations, the hill up is daunting. I only made it to 600 east from 600 west and had to get on Trax to go the rest of the way to work. Twelve blocks isn't too bad. Maybe I will do better tomorrow. Safety first, with my sweet purple helmet.

Waiting for Frontrunner, feeling super confident about my adventure, after only riding 2 miles to the station.
The Frontrunner tracks, and the platform where I should board the train with my bike.

On Frontrunner.

I would post more pics, but its hard to take pictures and ride at the same time. Its been awhile since I have even ridden a bike, I'm still remembering how to do it.

cross-stitch progress

Here is my progress from May 5th to now - I know that it doesn't look like much, but I have finished with six different colors, yellow(underdress, sash), light yellow(in the flowers), dark grey green(obi, leaves), light sky blue(in the hair), dark grey(also in the hair), and grey(shading on collar and sleeves, sash, and shading on the bird). Right now I am working on light grey. It's like playing find the differences!

bathroom remodel continued...

We worked hard on the bathroom this weekend! We worked on the tile in the bathtub, we thought it would be hard, but as we got into it, it wasn't too bad.

old hobby, renewed!

I used to craft a lot, back before graduate school and Mary Jane. I have decided to take it up again, specifically cross-stitching. I have been working on one particular cross stitch since 2000. I would work on it vigorously for awhile and then put it away for many months at a time. Since I don't have homework during the summer, I am setting a new goal: to finish the cross-stitch. Below is a picture of where I am at as of today, I have a long way to go. Just to give you an idea of size, 15 ins wide by 20 ins tall.

I like to work with one color until it is totally finished. I am currently working on the yellow color. This morning on the train in to work, I found a mistake and now must undo a section. The bottom left corner yellow stitching is off, its one row too low. Here is a close up while I am taking out the stitches.

So I attended my MAcc Graduation luncheon today. That's Master of Accounting (MAcc). They hold a luncheon for everyone that is graduating this year, I don't graduate until December but they only have the luncheon in the spring. The committee handed out awards to the students, not everyone got something. I received an award, its below.I guess I made an impression with my Star Wars jackets, t-shirts, and other goings on! I am flattered I guess, at least someone will remember me for something during my graduate studies.

big step in the bathroom redo!

I love the way the bathroom is shaping up! The new granite countertop is gorgeous and these pictures don't really do it justice. What a huge change from the previous ugliness that was the old bathroom. And just in case you all don't remember what it used to look like, see below.