Snow

Woke up this morning to snow... I knew it was coming, but it didn't make it any better. What made it slightly better... more home made hot chocolate and Æbleskivers with Nutella

5 dollars, a hay ride, and a pumpkin

Today I went to a pumpkin patch with some friends... I thought I should do something related to Halloween before its over. We took a short little hay ride over to the field and then picked pumpkins. Today was the last day, so farmer Bob (or Bill...) said to take as many pumpkins as we wanted. I got three (one for carving, and two for my work Halloween party). Most of the pumpkins were old and quite squishy. Still, it was fun!

One step closer to Zion

As I was listening to conference, I heard a line in a talk by Dallin H. Oaks... Actually it was from a BYU devotional talk given by Neal A. Maxwell (tried to find the original, but there was only the audio). Elder Oaks says "Where is our ultimate loyalty? Are we like the Christians in Elder Neal A. Maxwell’s memorable description who have moved their residence to Zion but still try to keep a second residence in Babylon?" That is me! I have moved to Zion aka Utah while trying to keep a residence in Babylon! Ok I know California isn't Babylon (well it could be close enough). But really I can't help it. I love CA! Anyways... after a big snafu with my insurance company and the CA DMV I finally had to do it. I registered my car in UT... moving one step closer to Zion.

Ethel's Sugar Cookies

Family Traditions... One of my favorites! Making sugar cookies (thanks Ethel)





You know where my heart belongs

There may be some hope!

There may be some hope for me living here in Utah afterall! Last Saturday some of my new peeps from my ward invited me to go snow shoeing... We went on the Doughnut falls trail. I actually really liked it. I think it is something I can do here in the winter to get out and have fun, since I'm not one for skiing or snow boarding. So the weirdest thing happens here. There is this thing called inversion and it oddly keeps the cold air trapped below the warmer air. Bad for those in the valleys, but nice for those in the mountains. So the temperature was around 15 degrees warmer up in the mountains. I could actually feel the warmth of the sun which is something I miss dearly during the winter months here. Hope!