Gobble

This past week, Leah and her boyfriend Peter came out to visit us for Thanksgiving. They arrived on Sunday and were greeted with fresh snow. We started off the week with a trip up to Park City. Peter took some amazing shots of the countryside along the drive. There, we perused a few art galleries, tried out a local brewery, and visited the Olympic Park Museum.

On Tuesday, we set out on a six hour hot springs adventure. Down in American Fork canyon, hidden at the end of an hour-long hike, are pockets of natural hot springs. After driving an hour and a half, we arrived at the trail head. We bundled up in ski clothes and hiked along a snowy path. The only way to describe the hike was stunning. Once we made it to the hot springs, we enjoyed a nice long soak in the springs (in our swim suits, not skinnydipping!). The hard part was being soaking wet and getting back out into the cold. But it was worth it in the end. The pictures don't do it justice.

On Thanksgiving day we woke up early to start cooking. One of Leah's requests while she was out here was to learn how to make tamales from scratch. So we did! It was a long cooking morning, but we were together and that was what made it all worth it. We also made dressing and cranberries. We had Thanksgiving dinner at Sarah and Scott's house. Sarah did a great job hosting, and we ate like kings.

Getting in the holiday spirit

One of the Partners in Medicine clubs that is offered is the craft club. We have a member that is one of the most crafty people you have ever met. She can take a tree branch, glitter, and a paper plate and make a ballgown. Ok, well not quite, but she really is one of those Martha Stewart types.

At the last craft club we made our own wreathes for the holidays. These have an artificial base so you can use them year after year. Fun stuff.

Tomato over salmon?

I brought a few bags of groceries into the house the other day, and in them were both tomatoes and salmon. I went back to the car to grab a few more bags, and when I got back inside, Bill was gone. He always likes watching me unload the groceries, so I knew he was off doing something naughty. I went upstairs and found bill by his food bowl chowing down on a TOMATO like there was no tomorrow!



He picked the tomato over the salmon. This isn't anything new. We think he might be a vegetarian cat! He is always trying to sneak in a piece of lettuce or eggplant, never meat. Anyway, I took a quick video of him eating the tomato so you could see how much he loves it.

Home Improvement Project Under $40!

This past work week was quite awful long for both of us. It was so crazy that by the time Friday night rolled around, we were in bed and asleep by 9 p.m. The good part about that was that we woke up refreshed this morning ready to tackle a home improvement project.

We have a beautiful fireplace area in our living room, but it gets lost in the sea of beige paint. So we picked out a nice latte color paint and went at it. Or I should say Grant went at it. I was the sous painter and make sure the tools were ready and the painter was fed! I think we both did a good job.








A home improvement project under $40 and half a day is just the type I like.

Falling quickly

Fall is quickly ending which is both sad and extremely exciting for us. It is sad because the trees are just stunning out here, and it is exciting because we have less than 25 days until the ski season starts. (Just typing it makes me giddy with ski-phoria).

We haven't done a good job of taking advantage of the Fall weather. We were able to escape on a short walk the other day and caught some of the leaves changing.



I just might have to paint this one.





And yes, this is Grant trying to accomplish some studying while enjoying the park while I was running. I don't know how much he actually got done. Could you study with a view like this?

What to do with 8 baby dolls

After procrastinating until the last second to find a costume for my work Halloween party, a quick trip to the dollar store was all I needed to find a gem of a costume. I walked into the dollar store as a mother of none and left a mother of eight! Yes, I was Octomom. The costume was very well received at work, and I surprisingly won second place in the costume contest.



Then for Halloween night it was on to costume number two. My friend Sarah asked if I would be her "sister wife." And of course how could I refuse? So for one night only, I enjoyed the life of a polygamist. I have to say, not putting on makeup and wearing a loose fitting dress was the easiest and most comfortable costume I have ever had.



Scott proudly played the role of our husband.



Later that night (when Grant had a break from being on call) we accepted a third sister wife into the family. She may not be the prettiest of the group, but she sure did get some laughs. Grant only managed to stay in his costume for all of 10 minutes before going back to being a resident in scrubs.



Sarah is a master party planner. Look at the spooky treats she made. They all have Halloween themes. (Hard to see but there are brain, eyeball, and skull cupcakes, finger sandwiches, and which cookies).



Floating apple heads in the cider.



Even Bosco had a costume. He was the mailman!



And if you are wondering how we were able to get our hair to do the front poof, check out the bumpit! https://www.bumpits.com/2/?MID=538366



What a night what a night. Now onto planning for next year's costume.