Our Saturday was full of adventures. We left our little apartment and headed for Columbus to do a temple session. About ten minutes into the drive our check engine light came on. We drove to the temple and did a session. We had a wonderful time in the temple and are so glad to have that in our lives.
After the temple we went to the Costco in Columbus. Darrin has been dying to go to Costco so we decided to just stop while we were up there. We got to Costco 10 minutes before they closed so our shopping trip was very rushed. (our check engine light was still on).
We loaded our groceries and headed for Newark Ohio. It was about a 45 minute drive from Costco. My sister Lizzy found a "Picnic Basket office building" and she told us we had to go find it. So, we set out to find this picnic basket. We found it on main street in Newark. It was definitely a site to see. We don't know the story behind it but we are going to go back during the day sometime for a tour. (We also need better pictures. They didn't have it lit up very well so the pictures are not good).
On our way home from the picnic basket, our check engine light went off (a blessing from attending the temple). We also saw a car engulfed in flames on the side of the freeway. The firemen were just getting there as were drove past.
We were grateful to be back home after our little Saturday adventure!
We loaded our groceries and headed for Newark Ohio. It was about a 45 minute drive from Costco. My sister Lizzy found a "Picnic Basket office building" and she told us we had to go find it. So, we set out to find this picnic basket. We found it on main street in Newark. It was definitely a site to see. We don't know the story behind it but we are going to go back during the day sometime for a tour. (We also need better pictures. They didn't have it lit up very well so the pictures are not good).
On our way home from the picnic basket, our check engine light went off (a blessing from attending the temple). We also saw a car engulfed in flames on the side of the freeway. The firemen were just getting there as were drove past.
Darrin and I started a new tradition this year. We thought it would be fun to have a candle light dinner the night we slept under our Christmas Tree. We had a delicious Apricot Chicken dinner and then slept under our tree (a tradition that my family has done for years). 
During the break we went to "The Greene" (an outdoor mall like the Gateway) and took a carriage ride. It was a lot of fun but it was FREEZING cold! 
We had families over two different nights to decorate. We had a great time with our friends. We feel so blessed to have such great friends out here. It sure makes it a lot easier to be away from family. 
Living out here in Ohio allows us to experience new things almost every day. One thing that we don't have back in Utah are white squirrels. We have white squirrels here in Ohio but we have had a hard time getting a picture of them. They are fast little creatures. We usually see them at the park across from our apartment or running across the power lines. The other day I opened our blinds and there was a white squirrel sitting on the garbage outside. I grabbed my camera and I was able to get a few pictures of this little guy.
