sunday projects...spark style

i spent the weekend finishing my spark shirts...and here they are. pardon the plethora of photos. they are mostly to help me remember details.


shirt #1...



and shirt #2...

today...

we celebrated the little amount of snow we received...there's never enough for us!

this poor baby celebrated with a 102 degree fever all day.  being a hot investment banker is hard. 

 

and the andersons will be moving to...

New York City, baby!

craig has accepted an offer for a position as an investment banker for bank of america in new york city! we are very excited and i am over the top proud of craig...he has worked so hard to land one of these coveted investment banking jobs.

while i am extremely excited about this new adventure, it is a bit bittersweet. goldman sachs in san francisco had craig in a wait list type situation. they didn't tell him no---but they didn't give him a yes either. if they had given him an offer craig would have snatched it up immediately. plus, my sister lives out in the bay area and it would have been our every dream come true to live near each other and have our kids grow up together. the bank of america offer expired today, and with no offers coming from goldman---craig accepted it.

so i have some mixed emotions...happy and excited on one side, and sad and a little depressed on the other. we were so close to making goldman sachs and the bay area work but it just didn't happen.

we will not be moving until june-ish so we have a while to sort out where we will be living.

oh, and the best part is that he will be going to work everyday in a suit and tie...and that's hot.

anyone want to come and visit??

hmm...

this...


or this...


this...


or this...


this...


or this...(i know better than to put the other one)


and lastly, this...



or this...


stay tuned. the answer will be revealed tomorrow.

sPaRk

i just returned from an amazing and creative weekend at SPARK. this quote from one of the LDS general authorities was one of the inspirations behind this fantastic event...

so we spent the weekend learning new things and new ways of doing the old things we already new how to do. the event was held at this is the place heritage park in salt lake city so the setting was beautiful and historical and perfect. we came away with inspiration to bring more creativity into our lives everyday and to let that creative spark jump to our children, friends and families.

i decided to do a slide show journal for you so you can see what i was up to all weekend. not mentioned in the slide show was the raffle and silent auction we all donated items to for a susan g. komen fundraiser, the grand finale bon fire where we drank hot chocolate and lit sparklers, and the fact that they let us pillage all of the great decorations and take them home with us.
there is a lot of text on some of the slides so push the pause button on those so you can read it all (if you want to).

many thanks to craig for spending the weekend with the boys so i could take part in this.

today and tomorrow i will be sparkin' it up at SPARK...i will post pictures of my creations when i get back.

movie review

so i mentioned that craig and i were going to see this is it last night---and the verdict is we loved it.
just wanted to share some of my thoughts.


favorite performance...
i loved the reworking of thriller, all the new video footage they shot for the concert.


saddest moment...
what made me cry the most, and there was a fair amount of crying on my part, was seeing the incredible excitement of all the backup dancers, musicians, backup singers and crew had to be a part of what was going to be an amazing show. and to see them brought to tears by the fact that they were working with michael jackson.


most surprising...
i was truly amazed by how great michael's voice still was. everything i remembered about the way he sang was there...all the feeling and emotion and incredible high notes. i expected him to lip sync the whole thing but there was no lip syncing at all. his version of human nature was beautiful.


favorite moments...
my favorite part of the entire film was the obvious and utter joy that oozed from michael as he performed. it was so easy to tell that there was nothing in the world that made him happier than being on stage, singing and dancing.


and then there were a handful of moments, just as a number ends, that he breaks into the most amazing smile...those moments made the movie for me.



if you are even just a little bit of a michael jackson fan, you should go see this movie. i really would have regretted it had i not gone. even though it is rehearsal footage and some the routines are walked through (michael jackson style walk through which is pretty much full out), and even though he skips some lyrics here and there to preserve his voice...i found myself grooving in my seat, clapping, crying, smiling and reminiscing with craig about some of our favorite michael songs and moments.