2012 Recap!

2012 was a fantastic year for us full of exciting events, new adventures and some big changes!  Let's take a look....

~Made our first big purchase and added a new car to our family

~I graduated from USU!!!

 ~Celebrated our one year anniversary in Yellowstone

~Jeff began his career with SkyWest Airlines in June and spent a LONG 2+ months in training

~Moved to California in Sept! 

We tried to take full advantage of living in Cali :)

~And a short 3 1/2 months later moved back to Utah!

What a great year!!!  

Can't wait to see what 2013 has in store for us :)

Christmas!

This is kind of late, but we had a fantastic Christmas this year!  We were so lucky to be able to go out to St. Louis and spend just over a week with Jeff's entire family!  We had a blast!  

Jeff actually ended up getting called into work so he had to fly all the way back to Palm Springs for a couple days just to sit and be on call.  We are very blessed though because they let him leave a few hours early so that he could make it back to St. Louis for Christmas.  We picked him up about 11 o'clock on Christmas Eve night Ha ha!  

He's one lucky duck.  He's at the bottom of the seniority list yet he was able to spend Thanksgiving and Christmas with me and our families!  

The Wegner Family 

(missing Grandma and Grandpa Golightly who left early to beat the storm)

Home Sweet Home

Well it's officially official.... We are back in UTAH!  For good :)  Well, at least for the foreseeable future.

Jeff is still based in Palm Springs at least through January, and it may be 2 to 3 more months even, but we're crossing our fingers that a he will be transferred to Salt Lake soon.  But for now he will be commuting... not so ideal, but once again we're hoping it won't be for very long.  As for now we're looking for a place to live and a job for me.  

We are very happy to be back in Utah, but I have to admit..... (and anyone who talked to me before we decided to move knew how anti-moving to California I had been and wouldn't believe that I'm actually saying this...) .... I miss california! :)  

But it is nice to be back, and having snow on the ground definitely makes it feel more like Christmas that's for sure!

A Quick Trip: D.C.

A few weeks ago we took a quick trip out to Virginia to visit Jeff's grandparents!  It was great to see them and they live pretty close to Washington D.C. so we got to take a day trip into the city.  It was my first time going to D.C. and I LOVED it!!  You always see those monuments in movies and on t.v. but it was awesome to actually see them in person!

The World War II Memorial was pretty cool!

We Love Utah!!! :)

That's one big Abe.

We decided to get in our exercise and walk over to the Arlington Cemetery, and I'm indeed glad we did.  It was breathtaking.

This picture only captures a very, very, very small number of the amount of headstones that cover the grounds...

 John F. Kennedy Memorial in Arlington cemetery with the Eternal Flame (not in picture)

Last stop:  FDR Memorial

We didn't actually make it out to the Jefferson Memorial but I got a pic of it

Neither Here Nor There...

I feel like we are just a couple of Nomads these days.  Our belongings are spread out over three different locations... here in Crestline, my parents basement, and a storage unit in Bountiful.  As you can imagine this often gets quite confusing.  There have been many times when a lack of communication (Jeff wanting to leave something at my parents house and me taking it to Cali) has led to some occasions of Jeff having to wear my dad's floppy clown shoes to work, or his uniform to church - the shoes was the best though ha ha.

While we are living in Crestline, we are probably gone more than we are actually here.  This last week was especially busy!  Within the last 10 days we have slept in our own bed 3 of those nights.  Last Saturday Jeff got a one night trip to San Luis Obispo, CA so I decided to tag along!  We arrived at our hotel (on the beach!) around noon and then had the rest of the day to play!  San Luis Obispo is a beautiful area and the hotel was right along these gorgeous cliffs (see below).

I felt like a creepster snapping pictures of Jeff in his plane before they took off to LA... but I did it anyway ha ha.

So we got back from that trip on Sunday, and then Monday morning decided to fly out to Utah to surprise my lil' bro (who's not so little anymore) for his 13th birthday!!  They were gone to a movie when we showed up so we decorated the house a bit and then hid in the dark before they got home.  Boy did we surprise him ha ha!  It was great. 

Presents...

On an unrelated side note...... 

Does this not look like that creepy fish from Finding Nemo??  The one with the big scary teeth and a light hanging in front of his face?

So grown up!

And yummy pies instead of cake!

On Tuesday we did a bunch of errands, watched the election stuff, and visited with one of my high school best friends that I haven't seen a little while.

Wednesday..... what a fantastic day.  Full of much laughter and wonderful friends!  We finally got a chance to go up to Logan and visit a bunch of people we haven't seen in a while.  Jeff dropped me off on campus so I could go visit my old work while he went out to the airport. It was so good to go back and see everyone!!  I have so many great memories at that place and we always had lots of fun!  We also visited one of my old roomies and very dear friend Cherokee.  She cracks me up so much I just love her.  Then we met up with my other high school best friend and her hubby and went to dinner and chatted until it was time to go.  Good, good times in Logan :)

On Thursday, we didn't do much other than hang out at my parents house... then we flew back to Cali on Friday... ya know, we had such awesome weather while in Utah, but had to leave once it started snowing ha ha.

Saturday we drove down to Mission Viejo for dinner with Jeff's grandparents, aunt, uncle, and brother and his family.  It was fun to see and visit with everyone! 

 Ya know what's really great about getting married?  You inherit a whole other family!!  And if you're as lucky as me, then they are just as Awesome as your own family.  I sure do feel blessed!  

Life Is Good.

Double Trouble

My sisters twins were born in September and are now a month old!  They are just the sweetest little things and I can't get enough of them!  Since they were born a month early, they had to be in the NICU for a couple weeks.  They got to come home but have been on oxygen since.  Within the last few weeks Jeff has gone on a couple 4 day trips so I flew to Utah and my mom and I spent those days in Mapleton helping my sister out.  It's kinda crazy to think my sister went from a family of 4 to a family of 6!  Crazy crazy!  I can't imagine having twins... it sure is a lot of work! 

Brynlee loves her little sisters and was pleasantly surprised to see two babies brought home instead of one!  

 Bath Time!

 I'm pretty sure Brooke is on the left and Carlie on the right..... I think.  Ha.  

Such tiny little things!

On our first trip down there my mom and sister made lots of fun cookies with the girls.  I love these "owl cookies" that my mom used to make with us when we were little.

With the girls being hooked up to oxygen it is easiest to have them sleep in the living room and when ever you hold/feed them you are tethered to the corner.  We ended up having one big sleepover with the babies in their crib, me on the couch and my mom and Katie on an air mattress on the floor.

On our last trip (just last weekend) we decided to stay an extra day so that Katie and Danny could go to church together in the morning and we would stay home with the babies.  Well it's a really good thing we decided to stay, but they didn't make it to church... they ending up taking Brooke to the ER at one in the morning because her oxygen levels were low.  They were able to go back home  on Sunday afternoon and she is doing better now.

We definitely had our hands full, but we had a great time and I sure miss those precious things!

Little Bit of This and That...

This is kind of a random catch up post, because as usual I have neglected my blog for the past month.  I could ramble off a list of excuses... except I don't really have any good ones.  

Here's a bit of what we've been up to the past month or so:

 The very first thing we did in Cali was go to the beach of course!  

(Newport Beach)

 We are about an hour and a half from the coast.  However, in california language that translates into 2 and a half hours of traffic.  

There is a Park City type destination about 45 minutes from us called Big Bear Lake.  It's got a couple small ski resorts, lots of cabins, outdoor adventures, and a big lake!  Oh, and apparently bears too...?  

 We found this big guy after we refused to pay 17 dollars for this itty-bitty zoo, and instead drove around the premises.  Here we are peaking through a crack in the fence ha ha.  Check out those claws!  I would hate to catch this guy in a bad mood.

 We took a short and sweet hike to "Heart Rock" in Crestline.  Apparently it's completely natural, and there is usually a waterfall coming down just to the right.  We also had our first encounter with a rather large rattle snake!  Freaked me out pretty good.

 It took many attempts to try to actually get a picture of us with the heart in the pic as well.  Meanwhile, we're standing on the edge of this huge cliff... Yikes!

 We got lucky this month and Jeff ended up with the first 6 days of October off, which allowed us to finally take a trip out to St. Louis to spend a few days with the in-laws, and then back to Utah for my cousin Jen's wedding.

While in St. Louis we went to a Cardinals baseball game.  Going to a baseball game was a new experience for me.  Honestly I was surprised at how much I really did enjoy it.  Though it would've been more enjoyable had they won the night we went... Now the Cards are in the playoffs only a couple games away from a shot at winning the World Series for the second year in a row!  

 And our most recent excitement was DisneyLand with Jeff's bro and sis, their spouses and cute lil' kiddos!  We had a blast!  And it was so fun to be able to go with them!

Apparently this is what I would look like if I were trapped in an elevator falling to my death......

I didn't even know I could make my neck do that... ha ha.  We even tested it twice and got the same results. Same exact face both times.  It didn't get any less scary.