Introducing Realize Structural Engineering, Inc.

It's been a crazy summer. Multiple family weddings, including two in different states. Drama Queen performing at the Utah Shakespearean Festival. Planning and saving for our next big adventure across the pond to Europe. And now this.

It's finally here. It's finally happened. After years of dreaming and months of planning, we have started our own structural engineering consulting firm, Realize Structural Engineering, Inc. It's a little surreal, but today is Mr. Perfect's last day working for someone else. We appreciate everything that's happened at the firm he's leaving, but it's time for him to be his own boss. To take control of the future in a way you can't when you work for someone else. To be fully vested in this. It's all so exciting and scary, but mostly exciting.

We just launched the website, so if you feel inclined, please visit it by clicking the link above. It will help us get some traction with search engines in Google and Bing, and it will make us feel special.

Drama Queen and the Utah Shakespearean Festival!

We were so excited when Drama Queen told us that she was picked to participate in an internship with the Utah Shakespearean Festival this season. We love USF, and we love Drama Queen. It's a perfect combination. We can't take pictures of her in her costumes for Amadeus or South Pacific, but here are a couple of her working the crowd as part of the Greenshow.

So everyone head on down to the Cedar City and catch our girl in one of these fabulous performances!

Most Happy Girl stats (for today)

**Stolen from Dizzy Dandelion's blog**

Just for fun:

WHAT'S YOURS?
Age: 48 (almost 49)
Relationship status: married
Biggest fear: bad things happening to my family
Dream job: wife (nailed it)
Dream car: Something with heated leather seats
Dream house: 7-10 acres with lots of trees and a house that's not too big to clean easily

FAVORITE*:
Artist: Drama Queen
Movie: It's a Wonderful Life followed closely by Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Song: You mean like picking a favorite child?
TV series: Chuck
Animal: Penguin
Book: The Door in the Hedge by Robin McKinley
Color: Green

THIS OR THAT?
Twitter or Facebook: Facebook
Snapchat or Instagram: Instagram
Pandor or YouTube: YouTube
Coke or Pepsi: Don't really like either
Tea or Coffee: neither
Tacos or Pizza: Tacos, no piz-arrrgggghhh!!!
Winter or summer: winter

WOULD YOU EVER?
Get married: Uh...see relationship status
Have kids: Yes
Swim with sharks: Yes
Daredevil stunts: Not really my thing
Jump out of a helicopter: If it's only about three feet off the ground and I have something soft to land on

How about you?

*Some of the answers in the FAVORITE section change depending on the day and my mood

Lawyer-in-the-Works graduates to Lawyer-in-the-Family

We just came back from a lovely trip to Spokane, Washington to visit Lawyer-in-the-Works for her law school graduation. It was truly memorable. Her class ranking was 25th, and she graduated with honors (Magna Cum Laude). It was also wonderful to meet her new man, Seahawk's #1 Fan, and get to know him and his family. Here's a quick picture I grabbed of them after the ceremony.

The Joy of Singing

In August, Mr. Perfect joined the Utah Symphony Chorus. This fall, he had the opportunity to sing Mahler's Symphony #2 (The Resurrection Symphony), Beethoven's Symphony #9 (The Chorus Symphony) and Handel's Messiah. He had a blast! And it was so much fun attending the symphony to listen to him perform.

This month (January 2015), the chorus had auditions for more singers, so Most Happy Girl took the plunge and joined the fun. The music is challenging, the amount of music is frantic, and the rehearsals are filled with non-stop singing for 1-1/2 to 3 hours (depending on what we are working on).

In early February, the women only will be singing Mahler's Symphony #3, so it will be Mr. Perfect's turn to bring the Mamas and enjoy the performance from the audience as Most Happy Girl sings her heart out (in German).