The Flood of epic proportions!

Ok, so maybe it wasn't THAT bad, but at three in the morning when the sound of water pouring into your bedroom wakes you up, if feels pretty epic.

The night before last, it had been snowing most of the day and had turned to rain around 10:30. Around 3 am, I woke up to the sound of water and at first, I thought it was Ace having an accident. I sat up to get mad at him and take him out. Then I realized that: 1-Ace is a ninja pee-er, you can't hear him and he usually hides in a corner when he does it, and 2-Ace was outside for the night. Almost instantly, I knew what it was. I jumped out of bed and my feet hit ice water. I turned on the lamp which woke Bryant up and there it was, a wall of water coming out of the window. And when I say a wall of water, I don't mean a little trickle, I mean a WALL. I grabbed my phone and called my dad and Bryant grabbed some towels and started blocking up the window. We raised the blinds and it looked like a fish tank in the window well. Water and ice were halfway up the window. Bryant then ran outside where he and my dad used a bucket to bail out the window well.

Thankfully, we have tile in our room and nothing was damaged and it was pretty contained to just under the window, we must have heard the water just as it was starting to come out of the window. I had to wash all the towels right then because we used all of them up and would need them for showers the next day. We both thought it was pretty funny and it didn't take that long to clean up. The first thing Bryant said to me after it was all over was, "well, at least this will be make a good story on your blog".

We think what happened was that the rain-gutter re-directed the water to the left side of the lawn, which slopes down and where our window is, and combined with melting snow, it just filled up fast and when it got too high, the window just couldn't hold it anymore and began to leak. It filled up a bit again the next morning and Bryant had to go out and bail it out again, but since then all the water has dried up and we have not had any problems with it since.

Maybe not a flood of epic proportions, but it was definitely and adventure for us!

Hey Griswold, where are you going to put that tree?

I did it! I convinced Bryant to take me to the festival of trees this year! I had been only once when I was still in High School, my dance team performed there and I have always wanted to go back. It was for a good cause too. Everything at the festival is donated and 100% of the proceeds goes to benefit Primary Children's Hospital. So Wednesday afternoon, Bryant picked me up from school and we drove up to the southtown expo center.

This was a coke tree, taken with my grandma Peacock in mind, and the one on the right was actually my favorite tree, it was welded by a middle school's metals class.






A peacock tree (There were actually about 3 or 4 Peacock trees we found, and I just had to take a picture...)






Superhero tree!









Star wars







The Grinch! This one reminded me
of my brother Colter because he
Loves this movie and always quotes it.










Nightmare before Christmas












There were a lot more trees and I took a lot more pictures but for some reason its not letting me post them on here, so i'll probaby put the rest on my facebook withing the next few days.

In other news, I went to the ward relief society Christmas party last night. I have not really felt like a part of the Relief
Society because the first Sunday we moved here, we were
thrown into Primary so I have not been to relief society once in the last 6 months. I hung out with my mom and her friend Deanna Ostergaard the whole time, and it kind of bummed me out that very few people knew or remembered who I was. I had a lot of people say they didn't even know I was back. Bryant And I have briefly discussed finding a BYU ward or something to go to. We just don't have any married friends here and we don't really feel a part of this ward, especially since we have not even seen the bishop once, and the primary president thought we have only been here for a month. Oh well, we like our calling a lot, we love the kids, we just wish we had the opportunity to be more involved and included.

In happier news, only 21 days untill Christmas!!!

Turkey Day

Thank goodness for Thanksgiving break!

Bryant and I started off the week with me dragging him with me to go Christmas shopping. We started off by getting a few games of bowling in at Jack and Jills because we realized we have not been since my birthday. After that, Bryant took me to lunch at a new bakery called Flour Girls and Dough Boys. They have sandwiches, soups, breads and lots of cakes and cookies and things like that. I really like the inside of it, it's small but fun and the few times we have been there it's packed.
After lunch, we headed over to Khols were we picked up a few cheap ornaments and browsed around for some gift ideas. Then it was time to grocery shop for thanksgiving!

Wednesday night and Thursday morning I made 5 deserts. I made 2 chocolate chip cookie pies, a chocolate pudding pie, a banana cream pie and, per special request of Bryant, an apple crisp. We Spent Thanksgiving up at my aunt Paulines house in South Jordan. Not many people were able to come this year, but it was still fun.
Colter, Sawyer and Bryant trying to avoid getting their picture taken.This picture has some explaining needed.... This is carrot pudding. Yup Carrot pudding. When I was little we had this tradition thats been around for a while but we have not done it in a long time and my aunt decided to revive it. Notice the silver tinfoil in it? Those are coins wrapped in tinfoil. Your supposed to eat the pudding and you get to keep any money you find in it, and if you find a penny, you get a prize. I found one and I got a bottle of coke :) which, I have found a way to make it into a christmas ornament, photos to follow soon...

After dinner and hanging out for a bit (long enough for the 2 new babies to wake up so I could see them) we headed off to my grandma Peacocks house for some desert. We also drew names christmas this year. I got my cousins wife Carrie, and Bryant got my cousins new baby Jackson (i'll admit, I kind of peeked into the bowl to make sure we got jackson...)

Both Bryant and I had to work today. I was worried it was going to be crazy, but this year, instead of just me all by my lonesome at the Information desk, They paired me and a girl names Quincy up to be "Info Statues" We were told not to worry about answering phones, or putting away spits (the books people leave on the floor that we have to put away) which consumes a lot of time, especially when there are a lot of people to help. Plus the assigned 1 person in every zone to help customers out and answere phones, recover and put away spits. So Quincy and I actually had it very easy.
Bryant was busy today also. He made the store record for selling the most to 1 customer today, which got us a free dinner at tucanos from his boss!

Tomorrow, I have to work again but not until 4 so Bryant and I have the morning together, which is rare. I really want to put up Christmas decorations tomorrow, and my parents bought us two mini fake christmas trees (apparently they were buy one get one free). I know Bryant thinks its too early, but i'm going to have to enlist his help to encite some holliday cheer into him.

6 Months!

Well, we have been married for 6 months today! Sometimes it feels like we have been married a lot longer than that and some days I think about the day we got married and think "holy cow, it's really been that long?". It's been a really great six months and im so excited to see what the next six months bring.

So i know 6 months is not a HUGE deal or anything, but I still convinced Bryant to take me out to a movie last night. We ended up seeing The Blindside, which I was not too excited to see at first because the football, underdog type movie has been overdone so many times it's burnt to a crisp. But It was surprisingly very good. Definitely one worth seeing.

As for this week, again not much happened. Both of us have been working a lot and I have been able to pick up a few more hours because we are getting into our holiday crunch and the store has been BUSY! Even with the new In-n-out, 5 1/2 hour drive through wait overtaking our parking lot.

On Wednesday, I realized that after 6 months in our ward, our only friends are our 8 year old primary kids, when Rylan unexpectedly showed up at our doorstep, wondering if Bryant wanted to play. It was cute, for sure, but depressing that instead of being invited to ward parties and relief society events, we were being asked to play football by an 8 year old. But I took Ace out and while Rylan, Bryant and the neighbor boy who asked to join tossed a pig skin around, Ace and I had our own football game with his stuffed football.
Needless to say, Ace kicked my Butt.
Rylan had a lot of fun. The neighbor kid got a little competitive so I felt bad, but Bryant was good about keeping it fair. Afterwards, Rylan told us that he would come over every Wednesday to play if that was ok with us.

Today, we went to church and for some reason ALL of our kids were super hyperactive. Noel, one of our girls, didn't want to come to class and her mom asked me if I could go talk to her. I found her out in the lobby and she said she wanted to go home because she had spacers put in her teeth and they really hurt. I knew there was more then that so we spent about 20 minutes just talking and I was asking her about her favorite thanksgiving food and she wanted to know my favorite 2 colors put together. After a while she said she had forgotten that her teeth hurt because she was thinking of other things, and so I told her that coming to the rest of sharing time would help keep her mind off it. So we went back together and I was really happy when the other 2 girls leaned back to her when we sat down and one told her she had a really cute dress on and the other said she really liked her hair. I think that even at 8 years old, people just need a good confidence boost every now and then. After that, she was happy as a clam the rest of the day.

After church, I was able to work on some christmas crafts. Bryant should not let me go to Michaels craft store alone because It's like sending a kid into a candy store. I just worked on a wreath and then I made some pinecone ornaments.

I thought they turned out really cute, but I promised myself I wouldn't put them up until after Thanksgiving (saves me a lot of flack, I know it's not Christmas yet, but when it's cold and snowy, I can't help but get excited...) Oh well, Thursday will be here soon enough.

Speaking of Thanksgiving, my mom made a Turkey with all the fixin's today and we had our neighbors and my parents really good friends the Ostergaards over for a mini-thanksgiving dinner. I think we should have 2 thanksgivings every year!

On kind of a sadder note, which I feel like writing down cause it's been the cause of all my stress this week, I found our that school is going to take me even longer than origionally planned. I went to a counselor last year who admitted me into the History Education program at UVU. He said everything was taken care of and that I was on track to be done next fall if I did classes in the summer too. I was super excited for this and as I was registering for my final secondary education classes (I only have 1 more history to finish) It was saying that I did not have the pre-requisits for the classes I had to do. So I contacted the department chair for the secondary ed program. Come to find out, I AM enrolled in the history education program, however, they didn't tell me that the Secondary Ed program is not technically through UVU. It's an entirely different admissions process and that I had to apply and perform an Interview with the Dean. To make matters worse, I have missed the deadline for spring term, and now have to apply at the end of next semester for FALL semester.

I was really upset about this because I wish the couselor I talked to had told me this. It just set back all of my plans a lot further than I want them to be. And to make matters worse, I will only be able to take 2 classes next semester because I don't need anything else except for those education classes.

I'm really hoping it all works out. Thankfully I'm not the only person who didn't know this. My friend who is in the elementary Ed program said that she didn't know and had to do it all too. UVU's counselors have always been really awful. They don't ever seem to have all the information you need. On the brightside, I'll still be able to get my grant with only 6 credits (origionally I was told I could only get it full time, they were wrong about that too) And I'll be able to work a lot more and save up a lot more money.

Chef Brooke and Sous Chef Ace

So far, its been a great week. On Saturday, I convinced Bryant to come with me after we both got off work to do some Christmas ornament shopping. We headed over to the mall, but after about an hour of shopping around, I realized it would be a heck of a lot cheaper and more fun to just make the ornaments this year. So I called my mom and asked her to pick up some pine cones from outside her office for me. I didn't come away empty handed though, I bought this great hat for only 3 bucks!
Cute right?Bryant tried it on and this is pretty much the funniest picture in the whole world...

That night, it was Bryant's friend and co-worker Eric's Birthday, and his wife invited us to a surprise party at Olive Garden. Afterwards we headed over tot their house to have cake and play some games. We were both really excited to get out and hang out with other married couples.

I didn't have to work today so I decided that I'd make a really big dinner for Bryant when he got home from work. I know he loves lasagna and he has been telling me forever that I should learn how to make it, so I got a little adventurous and decided to give it a try. The recipe said it would take a total of about 45 minutes to make. It took me 2 and a half hours!!! But I had the help of my excellent sous chef, Ace!He was very patient and watched me almost the whole time. I think he was protecting me from the oven, which I discovered tonight is something he's really scared of. He would stare at it and start barking, which is something he doesn't really do unless you bark at him first, and when Bryant came and opened it, he freaked out and ran away.He calmed down as soon as we closed it and he went back to watching patiently. He's a messier cook than me though, notice the pile of crumbs left behind him from an English muffin I put him in charge of...

In the end, the lasagna came out PERFECTLY! My brother even came in and had a plate and he said he liked it. It's a lot of work, so maybe it will be a Sunday-only dinner, but I was super proud of myself, and I was really glad that Bryant loved it.

Not-so-eventful week

So Nothing really major went on this week, but I was just itching to write a new blog.

During the week, absolutely nothing happened and it was even more boring due to the fact that I was sick AGAIN (actually, I think it may be the same thing I had a few weeks ago so I have a sneaky feeling that it's just lingering), So I spent a lot of time watching movies and studying for my Utah History midterm that was Thursday and my American History exam (not a midterm) which was, for some dumb reason, scheduled on Saturday.

Sunday was the most eventful day. We woke up and went to my Aunt and Uncle's ward where my cousin Wyatt was being ordained a teacher. We were only able to stay for the ordination and had to skip out on breakfast at my aunts because we had to get back to our ward to teach our primary kids. Unfortunately, it was our kids turn to do the talks and scriptures, but 2 were gone, and 1 forgot to tell his parents so only Mikaila remembered to do the scripture. Embarrassing.

After church we headed up to visit my Grandpa and bring him dinner and cookies. We decided to bring Ace, which was an adventure in itself. He is huge! But unfortunately, he still thinks he can crawl in your lap so for the first 20 minutes of the ride, he was trying to get comfortable on my lap. It was funny because one minute he would want to lay down and curl up, then the next he wanted to look out the window. He just couldn't decided what he wanted to do.

Eventually, I decided that he was too heavy to be a wiggle worm up front so I tossed him (quite literally cause he didn't want to go) in the backseat, where he decided that it was a pretty good deal, curled up in the corner, and fell asleep.
Once we got to my grandpas, we decided to hook him up outside, and for the next 3 hours, he HOWLED like there was no tomorrow. We realized that that was the first time he was left alone. He is always either with us or with the other dogs. Not once has he been alone. Poor guy, but he has to learn sometime. Grandpa even said he was going to train that dog to meow.

My grandpa seemed to be doing really good. He has a lot of good neighbors that take him out to dinner and come over to visit a lot, which makes me really glad that he's not just alone out there. He was joking that the hardest thing is learning to cook. Looks like we are in the same boat.

After a quick bite to eat, we made the trip home, where Ace sat quietly in the back again, but this time, he kept sneaking up next to us and licking our ears. When he finally got tired, I stuck my hand back there to pet him and he laid his head in my hand. Pretty much the cutest thing in the whole world. He just always wants someone to play and cuddle with.

Halloween adventures!

Halloween was most definitely a success this year. Friday night we had our annual ward trunk-or-treat. We usually do it out in the church parking lot and everyone decorates their trunks and then the kids trick or treat from car to car. But this year it was just too cold (we had snow flurries off and on all day) so they moved it inside to the gym. We are still getting to know everyone (people confuse us with another new couple named the Francoms) but it was fun to see our little primary kids all dressed up (we teach the CTR 8 class).
Bryant was Clark Kent. I really love the glasses, they really made the costume awesome.I was Peter Pan. I made the costume, but my dad made my little sword and I borrowed the hat from my brother, who got it in Disneyland.This is Rylan, he's in our class and he's my friends nephew. He was the Joker from Batman.This is Brandon, Rylan's brother. He was superman too, muscles and all!And this is Daxton, another boy from our class. He was the scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz and he had a LOT of fun teasing and playing with Bryant at the party.And last but not least, my little sister Sage (wearing a troll costume she came up with and made herself) sang the ghostbusters song and won a prize for "most memorable song".

Then yesterday, I ended up having to work all day, but I got to wear my costume. A few people dressed up as characters from books, which I thought was really creative. One girl from the cafe even dressed up as one of our managers. After I got off work, Bryant and I went out to eat at Red Robin with some of his basketball and work friends. It was fun and everyone had really fun costumes. After dinner, we headed over to my friend's new apartment for a Halloween party. On our way home we stopped for hot chocolate and got Shaun of the Dead to watch at home (you always need a good/funny zombie movie to top off halloween).

Today was a perfect Sunday. We got to sleep in a bit (until we were rudely woken up by Ace running in and jumping right inbetween us) and we only had 3 kids in our primary class today which makes it a lot easier to keep their attention and keep them quiet. After church we gave our puppy a much needed bath and he took a nice long nap with us while watching some football.

At 5:00 we went down to my cousins church for their baby's blessing and Bryant got to be in the circle, wich was really cool. Baby Jackson has gotten so big! The last time I saw him he was 6 pounds, and today he weighed in at 11! Baby's and puppies should stay little forever :)

I put my new shoes on....

And suddenly everything is right.

So last week was so crazy that I forgot to write and post pics from our trip home from Mt. Shasta. I didn't even think about it until last night when I was taking some pics of pumpkins and realized I had all these cool pictures from the last couple days of our trip. So here goes...

On our last day of being in Mt. Shasta, Bryant and I went to eat lunch at the Billy Goats Tavern. They have really awesome food there and the ceiling is my favorite part.

On our way back home, we decided to stop at McCloud falls and take a little hike.
This was at the "Lower falls".
I'm convinced that I have to move here someday. It's just too beauiful.
This is the "Upper Falls." and I think this is a really cool picture of Bryant... :)

After the amazing hike, we continued on our way. And out of the miles and miles of nothing.... along comes a shoe tree!
Yup.. A shoe tree. Pretty much the grooviest tree I have ever seen!
I'm not going to lie though... It smelled really bad of stinky feet. Bleh.

So we then continued on our journey through the wasteland that is Nevada, arriving at home, tired but alive, and all the better because we had seen the shoe tree...

Grandma Bushell

Today was such a hard day. After a year and a half long battle with cancer, my Grandma Bushell (mom's side) passed away last Thursday and her funeral was today. We woke up really early (6:30) to make it down to the church by 8:30 where there was a viewing until 10:30. She looked so beautiful. Usually I can't handle viewings. I don't like to see people pale and cold. It just makes me sad. But my grandma looked so peaceful. She looked like she was literally just sleeping.

The Funeral was at 11:00 in the same church that the viewing was in. My mom gave a talk and she did so good. My cousin Heather and my two aunts, Pauline and Kris also talked. The only thing I like about funerals is that everyone always talks about how great the person was. My Grandma was such a great person. Every talk mentioned how much she enjoyed service. She never came first in anything. My Grandpa was a firefighter when my mom was little and anytime a house caught on fire, my grandma would be out, no matter how early in the morning or how late at night, collecting things that the family would need. My mom talked about how she remembers many times carting along as my grandma went to visit neighbors or family members who just needed a person to talk to or to bring them dinner. She made everyone feel so important.

Another thing I remember about my grandma was how much she cared for animals. At the cabin, she used to make sure there was food for the squirrels, and one pot gut always came around for a snack. My grandma fed him so much and he got so fat, that when he would climb up on the table to eat, he would just lay there all day, earning the name "Lazy Larry".

I remember at her old house in Orem, there was a little garden snake that lived in her back yard. She named him "Sneaky Snake". When they moved to Mt. Pleasant, she was so worried about Sneaky being killed by the new owners, that her and I found him and moved him to a big field a few blocks away. I remember I cried the day we had to leave Sneaky.

That was Grandma, worrying about everyone and everything.

After the funeral, we had lunch (which I didn't really eat cause I have been super sick to my stomach for a week now, bleh) and then headed down to Provo Cemetary. Her plot was in a very beautiful spot and it was perfect because the weather was sunny and warm and the leaves were changing color and falling. It was awesome because the weather stayed warm and beautiful enough just long enough for the service. She would have loved it.

When we got home I was pretty tired (funerals are exhausting I have decided) and I was still sick (mostly from the car ride). I was hungary because I didn't really eat lunch, but when I made mac and cheese I over cooked it and it was like Mashed noodles. I really did not have the energy to make anything else, and I was on the verge of a melt down. But I have the most amazing husband in the whole world and he came to my rescue! He rushed to taco amigo and then went to the grocery store to buy me stuff to make chocolate chip cookies. See? He's the best... And I got the whole taco down!

Today was really tough, but it's good to know that my grandma is no longer in pain. She's back with her parents and she told me that she was going to make sure that my future kids aren't causing havoc and annoying the big guy up there. She will be missed, but I know she's up there, giving my kids a big hug right now (and maybe a stern-talking to if they are anything like bryant).

Well i've never been to Oregon...

Until Now! I have officially been to Oregon! So I woke up this morning so excited because I have never been to Oregon and I'm always excited to go to a new place. Our first stop: Kaleidoscope Pizza! Bryant always talks about this place as being the best.
You can't read it, but my shirt says "Kaleidoscope pizzeria and pub" on it. Bryant's parents gave it to me for a birthday present and I love it because it's tie-dye.

So the pizzeria was a lot cooler than I was expecting. You walk in and it's tie-dye, lava lamps and grateful dead posters everywhere.

And as for being the best pizza ever??? I would have to say it's definitely up there in my list. It was amazing! We ordered the Protein shooter, which was pepperoni, Canadian bacon, sausage and bell peppers. Amazing! And the slices were so big that we both could only get through 1 slice!
We ordered the largest pizza they had so we could bring some back.

After lunch, we headed over to the mall because I wanted to buy something without tax! :) I found a really cool store with cheap records so I bought a few.

We had to get some gas and as soon as we pulled up to a pump, a guy came running out and asked us how much gas we would like. Apparently, every gas station in Oregon has to have a guy come out and pump your gas. I thought this was really funny and I even snuck a picture of the guy filling up the car in front of us.
After that we drove around a bit but the weather was starting to get rainy and it was getting dark so we headed on home. It was a short trip but super exciting! The next time we come to Mt. Shasta, we are going to try to come up really early so we can spend the entire day there, maybe even drive up to Portland for a couple of days.

Rainy California

So when you think of California, most people think LA, San Francisco or San Diego, Blue skies, beaches and warm weather. Northern California, however is very different. It is still VERY beautiful. I grew up camping and hiking in the mountains of Utah so I love places like this. Unfortunately, it has been pouring rain for over 24 hours Non-Stop! Bryant was determined to take me out and show me the town. The first time we came here was last November and it was super cold and we spent a lot of time with his family. The second time we were out here, it was for our wedding reception so we were very busy with that and didn't see much of the town, so this time, Bryant was going to take me out and about. So we layered up and headed out!

We first drove up to lake Syskiyou (I hope I spelled that right). It was gorgeous! It was a beautiful lake and we drove up fpllowing the river that fed into it. But there were rocks sliding into the road from all the rain so we headed back before we could make it very far.

Next we drove around the main part of town and showed me all the shops. We didn't go out and explore because of all the rain and it was really cold. We then decided to go to a pizza place called Say Cheese where they have these cool little pizza sticks. You basically choose what you want on a pizza, then they put in on some dough and roll it up and back it. Really yummy!

Next, I wasn't feeling very good so I made Bryant take me to the grocery store where he used to work in High School and buy me some crackers. They had some pumpkins outside so I thought it would be fun to take some home and carve them!

Bryant hard at work!
This is my pumpkin. I like this picture because it looks like a candle is in it. There isn't one but the light from the window made it look really cool.Bryant's pumpkin lost a fang, but still looks really scary! :)

I'm hoping the weather lets up because I really want to go to Oregon tomorrow. I've never been and we are so close to it so I figured, why not? Plus, I have heard there is an amazing pizza place there and i'm willing to drive to a different state for good food.

I hate Nevada...

This week was fairly uneventful until the weekend. Saturday Bryant and I woke up early and went to get my oil changed in my car, then went and got library cards and rented two books on tape. That afternoon we went to visit my Grandma. She has had cancer for the last year and a half and we think she may be at her last week. She looked really good, other than being extremal thin, and she seemed to be in a fairly good mood about everything. It was a really good day, my whole family was there and I was glad that no one was sad or upset. Everyone was having a good time visiting and everyone was happy to spend this time as a family.

The next morning Bryant and I left for Mt. Shasta California where he grew up and where his parents still live. It's fall break next week at my school and I was able to get it off work so we thought it was a perfect week to go out and visit. We left at about 9:30 in the morning and got there at 9:30 California time. It took us exactly 13 hours, which was really good time considering that we stopped twice to eat and a few times to get gas and get out to stretch.
This is Bryant enjoying an In-N-Out double double in Reno. I'm so excited because they are building one in my works parking lot! One of the first in northern Utah! Woo!

A twelve hour drive is not that bad. It's long but our books on tape kept us entertained and I was able to sleep a bit and play some games on the computer. But the thing that drove me nuts was that Nevada is so UGLY. There is just the same thing over and over for HOURS.
And its funny because Utah is beautiful and right now very colorful with all the leaves changing. Then you cross the Nevada border and its just dry and lifeless. Then you cross into California and it's instantly beautiful again. Especially here in Northern California.

But we made it and we are here and I love it here! Mt. Shasta is a really cool little town and tons of fun!

Advenures in Park City

This whole week had been pretty miserable. Last Monday I had woken up feeling a little under the weather, and since I had a lot going on at school at work, I figured I was just wearing down a bit and would be fine. By Tuesday however, I had a full blown cold and there was no way I was going to get out of bed. I had to work later that night and there was nothing due at school so I took the morning off to sleep in and rest up. By 4:00 that afternoon however, I realized I was not going to function at work either and called in sick (which was a pain cause no one would cover for me, which I'm sure made my managers a little mad at me). Wednesday was the worst of all and again, I missed school and luckily I did not have to work. By Thursday I was feeling a bit better but had lost my voice and by Friday I was feeling about 80% normal, minus a cough and still no voice.

Bryant and I had been planning to spend Saturday up in Park City all week and I was determined to go, despite the fact that I was hacking up a lung. So Saturday afternoon we jumped in the car to spend a chilly day in one of my favorite cities.
Bryant next to a moose sculpture. Park City is kind of an "artsy" town and for some reason everyone here really likes moose, so you find these moose sculptures everywhere, and they all have different designs on them. This, I'm guessing is a girl moose.
For lunch, I had to take Bryant to my favorite pizza joint. Main Street Pizza and Noodle!

We used to eat here every time we came up as a family when I was little.
So I think this picture is just about the funniest thing I have seen in a while. We were walking up the main street and we saw this in the window (the front was just a white fur patch over this mannequin) and immediately we HAD to go in and see this store. Come to find out, it was a really nice store that sold super expensive all fur coats. Not really something you go browsing for or impulse buy. So I asked Bryant why he thought they put this in their front window if all they sell were pricey old-rich people coats. He had a good point, seeing this in the window intrigued us enough to go in...

I really liked these posters that we saw in a shop. Park City is a tourist infested place for 2 reasons: The Sundance Film Festival and Skiing.
For our last stop of the day we had to get some hot chocolate. It was starting to get cold so what better place to have the first hot chocolate of the season!
Just a quick shot of the main street before we headed home.
On the way home I was having fun snapping shots of Provo canyon. All the leaves are changing and it was so beautiful! This is a quick shot of Bridal Veil falls.

All in all, Saturday was perfect and tons of fun! We came home, turned on the heater to warm up and watched Snatch. The perfect ending to a great day.

As for today, we enjoyed sleeping in and watching conference in bed while eating PB and J sandwiches.