Magic!

When I was in elementary my mom read us this book called The Indian in the Cupboard. I loved that book because this boy would put his toy Indian into a cupboard, shut it, lock it, unlock it, open it and the Indian would be alive! I don't have a magic cupboard, but something close...

Last year the closet in the room I stay in while I am visiting my parent's house became magic. There were birthday presents in that closet for almost everyone for the whole year. Such was the case this year. Since I don't get to be with my family to celebrate most of their birthdays, I try to make up for it by getting them something nice. It's really great to get all of my Christmas and birthday shopping done for the year. I have all the gifts for ALL the nieces and nephews, and almost all for the rest of the family sitting in that magic closet. (Notice they are all in Christmas wrapping paper-can't wait for Jonah to open his in October!)

This year I decided to give Angie her gift 8 months early...we went snowboarding at Brighton Saturday night. She is quite the boarder and could have done circles around me, but instead she decided to try and help me learn a bit more about boarding. It was fun and FREEZING!

I tried really hard to get proficient with my toe edge and still don't quite have it down. I fell plenty of times and have the bruises and sore muscles to prove it!


After boarding we went to Cafe Rio! I love this place and often crave it when I am in Carson. The best thing on the menu is the pork burrito! I ate the WHOLE thing that night-mmmm...so good!