Snowbird

We had the BEST time at Snowbird this weekend!

Snowbird is a special place to us because that is where Darin took me on our first date and where he proposed!  

We did the Alpine Slide, Climbing Wall, Bounce House, Bungee Trampoline, Aerial Tram and Peruvian Chairlift.

We also went for a hike that was a little intense for our small family, but we had fun!

I carried this boy on my shoulders the whole hike--a pretty good workout.

Andrew, however, took a nap on my shoulders for part of the hike.

Here is a little video of our time at Snowbird.

It is honestly probably the worst video I've ever made, but it will be a good memory for our family.

And note to self:  Taking video from below my face is NOT flattering!  HA!

I was trying to record Andrew while we went down the slide.

But it is mostly (unfortunately) of me from a very unflattering angle!  

E-Trade Christmas Party

I am SOOO glad to be back at E-Trade!!

Especially because I LOVE going to the work party!

Yummy dinner, a live band, games (aka-gambling), two movies (A Christmas Story and The Grinch), gifts, prizes, hot chocolate, dessert, and more.

But, my favorite, is always ice-skating on the roof! 

Thanks for being my awesome date, husband!

Employed!

Darin got a job!!

As luck would have it, the EXACT same position that he left a year ago, opened up.

So, we're back at eTrade!

And feeling SO thankful!

Thanks for all the help, thoughts, and prayers, from so many family and friends!

So, in honor of being back at eTrade, I thought I'd better do my eTrade dinner!

Darin bought me these flowers for "Beautiful Wife Day!"

I thought it was perfect that the colors just happened to be etrade colors!

Everything was the same from last year, but my mom helped me come up with this new addition:

I thought that was pretty clever!!

Hooray for a job!

Farewell etrade!

Yesterday was Darin’s last day working at etrade!

In the past month he has had two job offers from different companies, 

and we’ve decided to make a switch.

The timing is a little wild with ending a job, having a new baby, and starting a new job all in the same week, but we’re excited about the change!  And I guess the timing isn’t too crazy since Darin stopped working at Fidelity the day after Matthew was born.

Since Darin has been with etrade for nearly four years, I thought it would be fun to have a celebration dinner!

We had Sloppy DOWs 

(which was very fitting because the DOW was SLOPPY yesterday).

We had NASDAQ APPLs and BLUE CHIPs.

We had Celery STOCK and S&P.

(Yes, I DO think I'm funny!!  Ha ha).

And for dessert...

Darin will be sad about leaving the friends he has made and we’ll be sad not to claim the funny commercials as his place of employment.

So, as a farewell, here is one of my favorite etrade commercials!