Monday, November 8, 2010
Snowing in SLC
We woke up to rain this morning but as the day rolled on, the snow started to fall. It didn't really let up till 3 PM or so. It's starting to feel like snowboard time.
The forecast calls for more snow this week!
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Game Day!
Game Day brought Lance and I an early morning hike above City Creek Canyon. The fall colors and the views were amazing. After the hike the Sparks (Jackie and Ryan) and Krob (Kyle Robinson) came to our house to watch the worst day of football in a while. The Utes Lost, the Ducks Won and the Beavs embarrassed themselves big time. Bummer day, but with great Company, so it was over all, all good.
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| Walk to the trail head |
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| View from halfway up |
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| Cuddle bugs back in action. |
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| SO great to see KROB |
The boys needed some relief from the bad football games, so skateboarding it was.
Happy B-Day Lance!!!
I took the red eye from Anchorage to Salt Lake City and had the privilege of listening to a screaming baby sitting across from me from 1 am to 6 am. Awesome. Needless to say, I didn't sleep much. It didn't matter because I was so happy to be home. Saturday brought us to Lance's B-Day, a Halloween Pub Crawl, new friends (big and small) and an all around great time.We had an excellent birthday lunch at Lance's choice of restaurant, The Olive Garden.
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| Costumes from L to R: Unemployed, Dirt Bag and Red Neck |
What Happens in Vegas follows you home for 400 miles...
So the boys decided they had worked hard enough around the house and they realized they had drinking all the beer. So what better place to relax and re-hydrate? Obviously Las Vegas. With the destination being only 6 hours away and the Hooters Hotel only costing $30 bucks a night, the decision was not a hard one. On Monday afternoon on October 25th the boys started the drive. They arrived in Vegas at 8pm local time, thanks to an hour time change gain. The drive was quick and painless.
Night number one they did a quick tour of the hotels near Hooters and gambled there for a while and drank $1.50 bud lights all night long. Literally.
Before returning to their hotels at 4 am, Dan thought he witnessed the hotel being robbed. So he 'chased' the suspect and let security know of the breech. They kindly thanked him and returned the [drunk fool] to his room. Good night gentlemen. (As the next day would reveal, the 'suspicious' man Dan chased actually worked for the hotel).
The next day the guys woke up at 11am and hung out at the pool, enjoyed bloody marys, the sun and then dollar beers until about 2pm. Actually they enjoyed the pool until Dan dove into the shallow end and drew blood. No Joke.
Then the guys got ready and ventured to the Toby Kieth bar and did a little sightseeing on the way.
When night fell hell broke loose. They took the monorail to the Stratosphereand then it was off to Harrah's and back to Hooters, because they again, could not get enough of the dollar beers. They also could not get enough of the $2.99 12am-6am breakfast. So they did that twice. Once around midnight, and once around 6am. What did they do in between those breakfasts? The world will never know. They made it home after sunrise, slept until 12pm then it was a long tired drive home. Apparently they were pretty miserable. I wonder why?
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| Snow on the drive down. |
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| View from their hotel room |
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| At the Hard Rock |
Before returning to their hotels at 4 am, Dan thought he witnessed the hotel being robbed. So he 'chased' the suspect and let security know of the breech. They kindly thanked him and returned the [drunk fool] to his room. Good night gentlemen. (As the next day would reveal, the 'suspicious' man Dan chased actually worked for the hotel).
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| Old Man Tax Pants |
The next day the guys woke up at 11am and hung out at the pool, enjoyed bloody marys, the sun and then dollar beers until about 2pm. Actually they enjoyed the pool until Dan dove into the shallow end and drew blood. No Joke.
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Then the guys got ready and ventured to the Toby Kieth bar and did a little sightseeing on the way.
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| The Paris |
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| Dan the bird man |
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| Transformers |
When night fell hell broke loose. They took the monorail to the Stratosphereand then it was off to Harrah's and back to Hooters, because they again, could not get enough of the dollar beers. They also could not get enough of the $2.99 12am-6am breakfast. So they did that twice. Once around midnight, and once around 6am. What did they do in between those breakfasts? The world will never know. They made it home after sunrise, slept until 12pm then it was a long tired drive home. Apparently they were pretty miserable. I wonder why?
The First Snow!
Shortly after Dan arrived the first snow did too. Okay so it is not much, and does not really even constitute as snow, but much more came shortly after. However the boys missed it because the were En Route to LAS VEGAS...
Becoming a Ute
While in Alaska Lance was all alone, for a few days anyways. During that time we officially became Utah-ns.
Lance's week alone luckily ended in no time and our dear friend Dan arrived. Dan drove out on a Friday and was there in time to go out to Keys on Main with Jack and closed out the bar. They can home had more beers and good conversation. The Holewa's were exhausted from a long day of driving and bedtime ensued. The next morning they all went to breakfast at Big Ed's a UofU Campus staple. After breakfast Jack had time before his flight to see Park City and get a quick beer and tour there to see where the boys will be working.
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| Utah 'ski' plates for the Hyundai |
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| New (to us) Subaru! Lance cleaned it all up and made it shine while I was gone. It is a 1995 Subaru Legacy with A LOT of miles. |
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| Pooping a pumpkin? |
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| The Jeep made it here! |
October in a Nutshell
Lance's job since he has been jobless has been to update this blog. Well, he keeps 'forgetting' so here I am to give you all a snapshot of what life has been like since we moved in!
Picking up where we left off, we moved into our house and I reported to the SLC office for three days only, before leaving to Alaska for the PDX office. The SLC office is wonderful. I have a great cubicle (right by the window) and everyone is super nice. The office is gorgeous too! It is an old building, remodeled with exposed brick and the older features preserved. I am excited to spend more time in that office. They also have a stocked free vending machine, a lounge with TV's, a foosball table, and all the oreos, trail mix and chocolate covered almonds and raisins you can eat. Maybe it is a good thing I don't spend more time there?
So from the SLC office to Alaska I went. Well not exactly, I took a small detour to Portland for Sunday afternoon to wedding dress shop with Lacy! I can't post those pictures for obvious reasons, but we had the most productive wedding dress day we could have imagined. It was a blast and I am SO glad we were able to squeeze that in. After the wedding dress shopping, my Dad and Suchanun had me and some favs over for dinner. My Dad cooked and most of my favorite people came to say HI! Thank you everyone.
Next stop...Anchorage. The first weekend in Alaska we didn't waste anytime. We had a great day sightseeing and it was really cool to see Alaska sans-snow!
Portage Glacier, AK. This is at the Conservation Center. This place takes in wildlife that can no longer live in the wild on its own due to injury or other natural causes. They take them in and roam around over 140 acres of land.
After the conservation center we went to the ski resort, Alyeska to show Angel. It was not open to ski yet, but still pretty to see.
When the sun goes down, it is time to go moose hunting. They are very active animals right around dusk. We saw 1 bull moose and 3 cows this moose hunting session....see for yourself!
The night before we had all of this fun (above), we went out and had a little fun when the sun was completely down. Chillkoot Charlie's was our destination, also known as 'Koot's.' It is the biggest bar I have ever been to. You walk in and it is like a mall of bars, there are literally over 10 bars in this one place. They also had an area for everyone. A place with a live cover band, a club area, multiple areas for pool, a beach club a biker bar, etc. It is so strange, but very fun. Maybe too much fun...
This was a few nights before when we went to this sports bar called the Peanut Farm to watch the UCLA game. Unfortunately the Ducks won :(
A week night out at Koot's
Although it looks like all I do is play when I am in Alaska, we are just really good at making every moment away from the client count. I mean, do you really want to see pictures of what I do most when I am up there? Pictures of conference rooms with no windows and whale baleen on the wall, laptops, junk food, files and delirious accountants just does not seem to have the same appeal to me...not quite sure why?
Picking up where we left off, we moved into our house and I reported to the SLC office for three days only, before leaving to Alaska for the PDX office. The SLC office is wonderful. I have a great cubicle (right by the window) and everyone is super nice. The office is gorgeous too! It is an old building, remodeled with exposed brick and the older features preserved. I am excited to spend more time in that office. They also have a stocked free vending machine, a lounge with TV's, a foosball table, and all the oreos, trail mix and chocolate covered almonds and raisins you can eat. Maybe it is a good thing I don't spend more time there?
So from the SLC office to Alaska I went. Well not exactly, I took a small detour to Portland for Sunday afternoon to wedding dress shop with Lacy! I can't post those pictures for obvious reasons, but we had the most productive wedding dress day we could have imagined. It was a blast and I am SO glad we were able to squeeze that in. After the wedding dress shopping, my Dad and Suchanun had me and some favs over for dinner. My Dad cooked and most of my favorite people came to say HI! Thank you everyone.
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| The only picture of mine and Lacy's day that I can show! We stopped at a craft store and they had TONS of wedding ideas. |
Next stop...Anchorage. The first weekend in Alaska we didn't waste anytime. We had a great day sightseeing and it was really cool to see Alaska sans-snow!
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| The Turnagain Arm - the drive from Anchorage to Girdwood to Portage Glacier |
Portage Glacier, AK. This is at the Conservation Center. This place takes in wildlife that can no longer live in the wild on its own due to injury or other natural causes. They take them in and roam around over 140 acres of land.
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| The dead trees in the background sunk 10 feet on Good Friday March 27th, 1964 during the Great Alaskan Earthquake. When the land sunk from 7-12 feet, the area was filled with salt water from the Ocean and killed the trees that were there. This is what is left of them. |
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| Angel, Me and Kelli (we had a late night so please excuse our 'roughness') |
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| Black Bear. This guy was pacing back and forth and seemed kind of mad. |
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| Grizzly eating a cantaloupe. Very strange to be so close to this guy. |
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| Bison fighting eachother |
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| Cute. |
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| An old bull moose. |
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| Another bull moose just chillen. See the one in the background to the right too? |
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| A view from the conservation center |
When the sun goes down, it is time to go moose hunting. They are very active animals right around dusk. We saw 1 bull moose and 3 cows this moose hunting session....see for yourself!
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| A little blurry but this guy was running SO fast |
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| This is the moose that was sprinting (above). He spotted something and came to an immediate dead halt. We were confused at first (he stopped right in front of our car) .We noticed it was a dog owner and her dog hiding from the moose in the bushes. It was absolutely stunning to see. We were so close we could see the hot air from his nostrils...creepy! |
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| Hard to see but there is a large bull moose back behind the tree. |
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| This is the only bull moose I have ever seen in the wild. Check out his antlers! |
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| View of Denali aka Mt. McKinley at Kincaid Park, after our moose hunting. |
The night before we had all of this fun (above), we went out and had a little fun when the sun was completely down. Chillkoot Charlie's was our destination, also known as 'Koot's.' It is the biggest bar I have ever been to. You walk in and it is like a mall of bars, there are literally over 10 bars in this one place. They also had an area for everyone. A place with a live cover band, a club area, multiple areas for pool, a beach club a biker bar, etc. It is so strange, but very fun. Maybe too much fun...
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| Kellie and Angel...these girls are the bestest. |
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| It always turns into Tequila shots |
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| Apparently you can pick your friends nose |
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| The worlds largest mozzarella sticks! They were actually not that good. |
A week night out at Koot's
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| Darren, a freaky Halloween monster and Jeff. |
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| Us girls with the creepy monster hanger thing |
Although it looks like all I do is play when I am in Alaska, we are just really good at making every moment away from the client count. I mean, do you really want to see pictures of what I do most when I am up there? Pictures of conference rooms with no windows and whale baleen on the wall, laptops, junk food, files and delirious accountants just does not seem to have the same appeal to me...not quite sure why?
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