Marissa's First Circus

Somehow, I went nearly 27.5 years of life without ever seeing a circus (except Cirque du Soleil, which lacks elephants and hardly counts). I came across cheap tickets to the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's in Raleigh and we were so there.

Don't Mess.

I spent last weekend with the LDS Darden wives--Emily, Kyra, and Mallory--at the Teuscher's house in Dallas. Summary of the weekend: girls talked, babies screamed. (Kyra was so overwhelmed by the hysterical crying one day that she fell asleep in the car just to escape it.) Those kids are adorable, but my goodness.

1. It snowed 3x this week. 

2. We enjoyed a Sabbath with NO meetings, events, or obligations (beside the usual 3 hours of church). We spent the afternoon watching a movie with a score by Thomas Newman and it was marvelous.

3. Todd's reaction to the red quinoa in tonight's dinner:

"How am I supposed to eat this? It looks like baby grapes that didn't grow."