landed in reno

today we finally made it to our rental house in Reno, Nevada. 

so much has happened in the last few months...

• dream-job offer for A during our 10-day road trip, backpacking CO 1-year anniversary
• accepting that dream-job
• planning our move move
• quitting my job
• visiting Lake Powell for a summer vacation
• packing up the house
• actually moving out
• staying in Greeley
• driving to Reno, then flying back to CO
• staying on Pearl St.
• a wedding in Fairview, Utah
• going home to Page
• a wedding in AZ
• driving to Yosemite
• driving to Reno 
• staying in Carson City
• and now... actually getting to sleep in the same house for 8 months!

and look at what was left in the garden at our new house waiting for us!

genie

watched this TED talk by Elizabeth Gilbert, Your elusive creative genius

my notes:

genie in a bottle
genius in your mind
the elusive creative genius
the creative blast that thunders past you
what do you do when it comes at an inopportune time
very rarely release the genius
time stops
step through a portal
everything aligns
all of a sudden, you are no longer just human
the divine is present
that is god
you do something impossible and magic
ole ole ole
a glimpse of god
then you come back to your human, mortal form
will you ascend to that height again?
how do you get back to that place of divinity?
this divinity is not from you, but was occupying you
a genie in a bottle
released
granting your wish

two days of climbing in maple canyon utah

wedding in central utah

today our dear friends got married at a lovely, quaint, and very down-home ranch wedding. congratulations to D&C, we love you!