Worst.Blogger.Ever.

Really?? Has it REALLY been 3 months since I took the time to sit down and blog?

Wow. I can't believe it! And to be honest, the past 3 months haven't even been that crazy. I have no excuse.

Let's see...

Of course we made it through the holidays and had a wonderful Thanksgiving and Christmas as our first year as a married couple and in our new home. There was something special about recieving a phone call from my sister at 6:30am Christmas morning telling us to hurry and up and come over for Santa.

So we bundled up (flannel pajamas and all) and headed over. Of course, we weren't quite fast enough (maybe I shouldn't have taken the time to make coffee?) and ended up getting a second phone call about halfway through our walk around the block. "ARE YOU COMING??"

It was so fun being able to wake up that morning and walk through the quiet, snow-filled neighborhood around the corner to my parents' house. A truly magical Christmas morning!

The New Year took off in a whirlwind (Did I say we hadn't been busy? Maybe I lied...) beginning with a trip to Salt Lake City the first week of January for the Send Out Cards Recruiting Mastery Event.

It was awesome getting to see the home office, see all of our SOC family and experience a new state and, yes, some more snow. We had a really fantastic time!

Rob decided to come with me on the trip at the last minute... which resulted in yet another hurried move of the horses. This time, to Premier Park Equestrian Center just down the street. It has been wonderful to be once again imersed into the Dressage atmosphere, and we are absolutely loving calling that place our barn "home"

Things were rolling along great for about a day and a half after Salt Lake when I recieved a frantic phone call from Patty telling me Ken had been kicked in the head and I needed to get out there right away.

Looking back, I really wish I had taken a picture, but to be honest I was too shaken up and too worried about the outcome to do anything like that at the time. My horse had a dent in his head. Right between his eyes a big, giant dent. His nose was bleeding and it was horrible to look at.

THANKFULLY, it ended up appearing much worse than it really was and we were able to take him down to Dr. Brock in Lamesa where he underwent facial reconstruction surgery (yes, that's what it said on the bill) and we have breezed through recovery with just minor complications since then.
To be honest, as horrible as it was, I have appreciated this bonding time Kenney and I have had. Hours and hours of hand walking, hundreds of treats and a lot of quality grooming time has been shared between the two of us over the past 6 weeks and we still have 2 weeks to go until we can begin riding him again. We have become the best of friends.

The last week of January we took a trip to Niagara Falls for our anniversary.

Insane pretty well describes the premise of that trip. Why would someone who hates the cold plan a trip to Canada in the middle of January?? Yep, insane is pretty much the only answer I can come up with. Well, that and the fact that a romantic trip to Niagara is one of the items on our pre-kid bucket list. So I guess there lies the true reason for the trip.

Despite the cold, snowy conditions we really did have a wonderful time exploring Canada together. We walked arm in arm around the area (more for warmth and to stay dry under the umbrella than for romantic effect) and saw all the sites including taking a trip to the underground tunnels behind the Falls.

We took a taxi up to a little town called Niagara on the Lake and sampled Ice Wine which was really delicious, ate at a little English-type pub called Corks and explored all of the little shops.

Our last night we had dinner at the hotel restaurant overlooking the Falls, enjoyed a beautiful fireworks show and exchanged our anniversary gifts -- Rob gave me the 2nd band to my ring, and I gave him an engraved watch. It says "Play Full Out" -- something he promised we would always do together in his wedding vows.

February has slowed down a bit... we have both been busy with work and squeezed in a wonderful home-cooked Valentines Day dinner. It was actually warm enough to grill outside with the back door open and we had filets, shrimp and home-made chocolate covered strawberries.

The evenings are beginning to get a little warmer and we've had Tim and Ashlea and Brian and Kristi both over for dinner and s'mores on our new fire pit in the last couple of weeks. It's definitely making me look forward to summer :)

So there you have it -- 3 months and you're all caught up. And HOPEFULLY it does not take me 3 MORE months to update this thing!