Here's to the New Year

It's the start of a fresh new year. We can log 2014 in the books and continue to trudge on, right into 2015. We spent New Year's Eve with the crazy Page clan. Playing Werewolves (which, like always I tried to cheat my way through. I got killed right off the bat almost every round. When I asked, "Why do I keep getting killed?" my 4 year old niece replied, "Because you always cheat." Ahhh, touché 4 yr old, touché, eating, laughing, watching fireworks, and running around like crazy. Pretty much a normal get together with those crazy Page's

(Yes, that is the littlest Brown in Chris's arms still up at 12:00am. She's wild!) 

I should be writing about my resolutions, or Christmas, or Ever's B-day I never journaled about. But alas, not going to happen.

 

If anyone ever doubted that Chris and I were meant to be together, today will be the day your doubts will fly out the window. There must have been some magic in that tan, Rusty baseball cap and that red, Billabong shirt that Chris had on. Maybe magic in that pink shirt, jean skirt and black, steel toed, army boots I had on the very first day we met.

 That first moment "Did my heart love till now? forswear it, sight! for I ne'er saw true beauty till this night." (Shakespeare people, Shakespeare!)

It was meant to be! Even our hobbies intertwine together. What could be more compatible, more similar, than horses and architecture? They are one and the same. Horses needing miles and miles to roam free. Buildings sometimes taking up those much needed miles and miles. Right, one and the same. Both being equally brilliant in each of our minds eye.

Sometimes magic happens. Our 2 worlds collide. Horses and architecture. Architecture and horses. Together in perfect harmony.

This exhibit

In this amazing building

We went to the Natural History Museum. It was wonderful. I had horses, Chris had architecture, and the girls had

The museum is so fun and interactive. Even little Evers had fun

 

The museum had everything, Dinosaurs

Hands on activities

Animals

 The building of cells

Views

 

And my personal favorite, horses

What a perfect way to spend the first day of the new year!

  

 

 

     

  

 

 

 



Got To Love Grandmas!!!

 Elanora is such a happy little thing. She flits and fluts from here to there, singing and laughing, ooooing and aahhhing at everything.

She loves many things. One of my favorite quotes is by Vincent Van Gogh, who just happens to be one of my favorite artists (Coincidence? I think not). "Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well."

Nory Bug loves many things but most of all she loves her family. When she is falling asleep at night she says all her cousins names over and over again. While driving in the car she says their names over and over again.

Grandmas are the best and my lucky gal has two of the best and boy how she loves her Grandma Brown and her Grammy Page.

Last weekend Elanora got to go to Grandma Brown's annual kids Christmas party. She was so happy to see her Grandma and cousins that when Chris dropped her off she said "Ok, bye" and ran to play.  That little baby had so much fun! She made a gingerbread house (with the help of sweet cousin Ashley), looked at all the neighborhood Christmas lights, Christmas tree ornament painting, a pancake with sprinkle breakfast, running around like the wild child she is, and fun, fun, fun

 

 

Chris surprised me with a little get away to Park City. We stayed at the Newpark Resort.

Chris chose the hotel because of the architecture

 

 

 I loved the awesome bubble bath 

 

 

We both loved the view from the hot tub that was on the porch of our room. We enjoyed the wintery goodness while staying toasty warm

 

(clearly this was taken during another season)

Thank you Grandma Brown for the wonderful weekend!!!

Part 4: Will These Vacation Posts Ever End?

Please oh please let's wrap this up. I'll try to make this fast, but when I have so many cute pictures of Nora girl it's hard to only post a few.
We went to the Getty Musuem. I guess I lied, we did ride a train and I completely forgot. The Getty Musuem is on top of a mountain and we had to ride a train to the top.

The architecture was beautiful. Chris explained that the architect, Richard Meier, believed that if he used color rather than white, it would distract from the form.

The art was breathtaking! How can I pick just one or two pictures to show?
I'll spare you the naked ones, even though they were tastefully stunning (just don't notice that the statues have no clothes)

This is me telling Nora that she'll love art, especially Van Gogh.

We couldn't get enough of the Getty, although Elanora did. We were running from painting to painting and sculpture to sculpture trying to soak in all the beauty, while the Lil' Miss let us know that it was time to go.

What a wonderfully cultured day we had!

I changed my mind, everyone needs a little nakedness in their life, especially if the statue has a tail