It is finally starting to feel like spring! The snow is finally (almost) melted and birds are starting to sing. It seemed like February would never end even though it is the shortest month. It is finally March and its time for our trip to Seattle and Portland for Alan's cousin's partnership ceremony. I'm so excited to go somewhere new and we have so much planned that I hope we can fit it all in. Alan's cousin Emily has put so much planning and preparation into her and David's celebration that I'm sure its going to be awesome. It has a 1930s there and I love vintage things so I'm sure it will be really cool. Emily and David are being slightly unconventional with their gifts and they want gifts that represent the people giving them so they have a wonderful collection of things like recipes, pictures, stories and other things that represent their family and friends. Its really a unique idea and I've been trying to embrace it fully. I'm not good at telling stories but I am learning what is important to me and what I am really interested in so we decided to make a trip to the bookstore. We wandered around for hours just looking at books and it was really easy for me to leave with 6 books (half of them for me!) that we things that really embodied who I feel I am at the moment. Alan get really frustrated and only ended up with a book about beer (he really likes beer though!). I think he realized that he is still struggling with who he is as an adult and what he really likes. I'm excited to go on this journey with him, it will be exciting to watch him remember who he is after so long in school.
I went to my first NHL game last night and watched the Avalanche with Alan, Gene and Christina. I really love going to sporting events. It really made me miss baseball games though. I'm so happy that the home opener is only a month away now. I'm excited to take Christina to a game this summer too, I hope she likes it as much as I do. I'm also hoping to take my little bro to one this season too is he can make it out here. He applied for a few jobs in Fort Collins and I'd be really happy to have Ryan here again. It would be hard for my mom but he would be happier back in Colorado. I'm realizing again why I love it here too. I'm hoping to take better advantage of the things Colorado has to offer this year, more hiking, camping, things like that.
Lately I've also come to realize that I have a passion for baking. I've been baking since I was a toddler and my fondest memories of my grandma have to do with spending the day with her baking. My mom would always let me take the day off from school before Thanksgiving to help Grandma make apple pie. I remember visiting Grandma and heading right to the microwave because that was where she would keep all of here sweets. I remember every flat surface in her kitchen being covered with cookies before Christmas. These are my fondest memories of my childhood and I've come to realize that I have a deep rooted love for baking. Cupcakes right now have been my thing, I;m having fun with them. I have a dream now of opening a pie and coffee shop. I love making pies and the only places to get pies in town are Village Inn and Perkins. I want to have a sort of diner style country kitchen with fun vintage colors and offer people awesome pies. I've got it all planned out in my head, the colors, the tables, the curtains, the pies, it would be so cool. Maybe someday I will make this dream come true but right now I'm stuck in reality. The Cupcakery in town is opening a new location and I might pursue a job there for the time being. It would be great to learn more about baking as well as owning your own business. We will just have to see what the future brings...
It's great to feel like the grey skies are opening up to beautiful blue skies once again. I'll update again after Portland! Back to watching the Oscars!
