Tara's New Space

Well, until our next awesome sister excursion, in about 18 months, I'll be documenting my solo adventures HERE. In case you'd like to check it out...

Trish on a Mish

Well, friends and family, Trish has taken on a new adventure: serving a full time mission for our church--The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and will be in Kirtland, Ohio for the next 18 months. Write her a letter, she'll love you forever! Scroll down for day-she-left pics.

Sister Zirker
Ohio Cleveland Mission
2070 W. 117th st.
Cleveland, Ohioo, 44111

Uhhh, we may or may not have opted for the art museum and ice cream instead of getting Trish to the MTC on time (she may have been about three hours late)...





This is while I was still composed...

Mom pinning on Tricia's (Sister Zirker's) missionary name badge...

Trish with her girls...

Random Trip to Kentucky

This weekend's winds took me on a somewhat random adventure to Kentucky for ethnographic research with Cherry. Sadly, the project pretty much fell through, but we still had a blast together (Ali, next time it's going to rock!). Some highlights:

• Hot Brown, oh my gosh delicious!
• Butternut Squash soup at Wolfgang pucks in SLC and Cincinnati. I know I usually dislike chain restaurants. This place is an exception.
• Hanging out with Cher. Just like old times, except she's married now and I'm still single. Hmm.
  
• Airport romance. Sigh.

Okay, okay here's the story. A beautiful-haired man sitting in front of me from Louisville to Cincinnati told me, with his eyes, that he loved me. I promised myself that if by some random and ridiculous chance he flew to Salt Lake I would, without concern for his sexual orientation, religion, or general ideology, offer him my hand in marriage.

Not seeming like a Utah dweller, you can appreciate my surprise when he wandered to our gate right before boarding. Making shy smiles at each other the rest of the way home, an opportunity finally presented itself for us to officially meet. At that exact moment a very nice woman began a very intense conversation with me. When I looked up, he had vanished. (Beautiful man: if you read this, I stay true to my promise. I am yours. Please do not be married as that would foil the plans I made for us.)

Cherry and I visit the Louisville temple. Can you see us?


A blown glass model of the Kentucky Derby. Yours for $3 million.

Kissing a leprechaun. Part of guest services at the world famous Kentucky Derby racetracks, he regularly dresses up. His most favorite being when he gets to wear the jockey costume ("I have women pinching my tush all day! It's great!").


Dining at Mark's Feed Store. Terrific!

In front of the science museum.

Causing a little mischief at the Louisville Slugger factory.


As always, great times!

Friends from Baltimore

How did we not get pictures of Dwyer and Porter too? Anyways, here's Laurreen, Mia, B, and I chilling with Amy's (and now ours too) friends from Baltimore.



Good times were had by all.

Zirker Sister Par-tay

Another successful Zirker sister party.

Everyone's waiting...

for Trish and Rune to start up the dance PAR-TAY.

Dance Tara, DANCE!

Derek is uhhh...we're still not sure.

Meanwhile Shan and Jake clean the kitchen...

while Derek finishes his cool dance move...

and then gets a back rub from Laureen...


as everyone else falls asleep.

We're On!

Trish and I, being savvy Internet proprietors, used to own www.trishandtara.com. It died but people loved it. Well guess what y'all, we're back and bigger than ever (not necessarily in our pant size but in our dynamic and engaging presence)! Here's the basics:

Trish:
Flying around the U.S. for "work".

Tara:
Starting new job for Veteran's Affairs in SLC.

Both:
Gorgeous and brilliant. Enough said.