2013 in pictures

I always think about blogging more, its the the doing that has been the issue. Instead of trying to play catch up I thought I would do a little year in review since it is Jan 2, 2014 and 2013 is officially behind us!

January

 

Jordan officially started his MBA which has been a lot of work but will be worth it in the end!

 Me and my sisters all bought the same pants--very important

Dreamt about the summer

February

 Made bread with Grandma Smith, I plan to make some more soon!

 Went on a winter hike to Johnston's Canyon

 Dreamt about summer again

March

 We made our dreams a reality and went to summer instead of waiting for it! BNP paribas tennis tournament in Indian Wells. We saw Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, Murry and many more, and Ben and Rachelle came with us!

 April 

 Bought a new couch! This is the Ikea showroom, not our apartment

 Played some Racquetball

 Jordan grew his first moustache, or rather shaved his beard and left the moustache..

May

 We bought bikes and went on many many bike rides

 First race of the season with Laura- 5K

View at the Glenmore Reservoir while on a bike ride. Can't wait to go this summer already!

 I almost forgot! I went to NEW YORK CITY with my Mom and Nikki for about 9 days, it was awesome!

 We also went to Boston for a few of those days to check a few things out there, including Harvard which I have always wanted to see for some reason. Above is the Boston Tea Party.

 Right across from MIT Campus

June 

 The 100 year flood in Calgary

July

 Lake Blaine Tagg Family Reunion

 Utah Smithfest Reunion

August

Spartan Race 

On the top of Vimy Mountain in Waterton

September

 My first 10K race, the Melissa's in Banff

October 

My favorite quilt I made for Jadyn's Baptism

November 

Winter came so we did a photoshoot

 

December

 And then we went to Mexico because it was just too dang cold in Canada!

I have missed you blog.

This has been a good summer. It's Jord and I's first summer together completely, since the last 2 years I was away at school until the end of July. We got new bikes and spent a lot of time on those at the beginning of the summer and still do. We live pretty close to the Glenmore Reservoir which is a very nice path so we go there often. We still want to venture out to Fish Creek Park a little more. 

Of course in Calgary we don't get a real summer. But on certain days it tries to pretend its summer and that is much appreciated. However on the first day of official summer we had what they call a 100 year flood here in Calgary. The city was in a state of emergency for about 2 weeks. It was terrible. I have never witnessed such destruction from water before. 

Of course downtown was shut down and Jordan got to work from home for almost 2 weeks. The saddledome had water up to the 10th row of seats or something close to that. The amazing thing is that stampede was 2 weeks after the flood and they had it all ready with the new slogan "Come Hell or High Water". It was so nice that they wanted to keep the spirit of Calgary alive. It was also crazy how many people went out to help as soon as people were allowed into their homes. I would have like to help out more, but I did have a chance to go to Bowness to help and High River a few times with Jordan. It looked like a war zone... I didn't take any pictures of that though, too muddy. 

The Invincible Summer

This winter has been treacherous. Trying to make it through without major depression was hard. There were many tears shed and even a SAD lamp attempt with some evening primrose oil to combat the sadness. But what really helped was some real WARM weather for 10 days in March. That got me through and is still keeping me going during this long attempt at Spring. 

Watching Federer and Nadal and even Djokovic at 2 in the morning was spendid, especially when it didn't get cold after the sun went down. 

There is something about the palm trees that just make you happy :)

One day I will live somewhere warm, one day.