This is one of the
many reasons why I miss living in Utah--the mountains! Mountains protect you from tornadoes, and they look pretty at any time of year--but especially with snow on them. Here is beautiful Mt. Timpanogos this afternoon as seen from Mom and Dad's backyard. It was a gorgeous December day today. Sorry to all of you stuck in Hellinois--I mean Illinois--who are experiencing a blizzard today. :-)
Yesterday Mom, Dad, and I went to see some
cute puppies that some of their friends are giving away. We went to check them out for Aunt Karalie, who lost sweet little Cooper earlier this year. These pups are Miniature Pinscher (the Spikes' breed) and Pomeranian (Cooper's breed) mixes. Their real name is Pineranians, but that sounds kind of like Iranians, so we like to call them Pin-Poms. Isn't this the sweetest little face you've ever seen?! When I sent a picture to Greg, he wanted me to bring one of the puppies home with me :-) but we realized we already have a pretty good house full.
Yesterday evening Mom, Dad, Rich and I went to the Shops at Riverwoods to see the beautiful Christmas lights. It was magical! The picture doesn't do it justice. They had horse-drawn carriage rides, music, and lights galore. It was very Christmasy. They had these really cool moving lights that looked like raindrops, and it smelled delicious outside because of all the restaurants. It was perfect.
And this evening we went over to the Barretts' house to celebrate Mom's birthday--Happy Birthday Mom! (Her birthday is actually tomorrow, but we'll be at a dinner party tomorrow evening with some people Rich works with, so we celebrated as a family tonight.) Ben thought it was all quite exciting, even though he did sleep through most of the party. He really liked it when we sang Christmas carols, and he loved snuggling with Grandpa and Grandma.
And here is the birthday girl with her favorite birthday present--Ben! Four years ago she received a fun belated birthday present when Sidney was born. It's nice to have so many birthdays in December. We had a delicious birthday dinner, a tasty pumpkin birthday cake, and played some exciting rounds of Apples to Apples--sounds like a good party to me. I'm so grateful for my wonderful family and for the time I've been able to spend here in Utah. I only have three days left here, so I'll have to make them count. Happy Birthday tomorrow, Mom!
This is one of the many reasons why I miss living in Utah--the mountains! Mountains protect you from tornadoes, and they look pretty at any time of year--but especially with snow on them. Here is beautiful Mt. Timpanogos this afternoon as seen from Mom and Dad's backyard. It was a gorgeous December day today. Sorry to all of you stuck in Hellinois--I mean Illinois--who are experiencing a blizzard today. :-)
Yesterday Mom, Dad, and I went to see some cute puppies that some of their friends are giving away. We went to check them out for Aunt Karalie, who lost sweet little Cooper earlier this year. These pups are Miniature Pinscher (the Spikes' breed) and Pomeranian (Cooper's breed) mixes. Their real name is Pineranians, but that sounds kind of like Iranians, so we like to call them Pin-Poms. Isn't this the sweetest little face you've ever seen?! When I sent a picture to Greg, he wanted me to bring one of the puppies home with me :-) but we realized we already have a pretty good house full.
Yesterday evening Mom, Dad, Rich and I went to the Shops at Riverwoods to see the beautiful Christmas lights. It was magical! The picture doesn't do it justice. They had horse-drawn carriage rides, music, and lights galore. It was very Christmasy. They had these really cool moving lights that looked like raindrops, and it smelled delicious outside because of all the restaurants. It was perfect.
And this evening we went over to the Barretts' house to celebrate Mom's birthday--Happy Birthday Mom! (Her birthday is actually tomorrow, but we'll be at a dinner party tomorrow evening with some people Rich works with, so we celebrated as a family tonight.) Ben thought it was all quite exciting, even though he did sleep through most of the party. He really liked it when we sang Christmas carols, and he loved snuggling with Grandpa and Grandma. 
And here is the birthday girl with her favorite birthday present--Ben! Four years ago she received a fun belated birthday present when Sidney was born. It's nice to have so many birthdays in December. We had a delicious birthday dinner, a tasty pumpkin birthday cake, and played some exciting rounds of Apples to Apples--sounds like a good party to me. I'm so grateful for my wonderful family and for the time I've been able to spend here in Utah. I only have three days left here, so I'll have to make them count. Happy Birthday tomorrow, Mom!
3 comments:
Hellinois? Seriously? Ouch!! I don't know, my kids were completely thrilled with their snow day. Sounds like you're having fun.
:-) I just call it that sometimes in the winter
Happy Birthday to your amazing mom! I am jealous of your wonderful trip to Utah. I am missing home and the mountains now. But at least I'm not facing blizzards here. We got about a cm of snow this morning and I was a bit overly excited about it :)
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