Happy Thanksgiving! We had planned to travel south to camp, as we did last year, but due to inclimate weather we decided to stay home and relax, get some work done around the house and play together. We invited our good friends
Tammy and Ian over for dinner, as they are our family away from home here in SLC, with their new 4 month old baby Annika it felt like a real family get together. We cooked up a big turkey and all the trimmings, drank wine, and had some awesome apple pie after a nice long walk around the neighborhood after dinner. It was a perfect evening, even while missing those back in MI and CT. Kathy is in Arizona, so we missed her as well, but she was in our thoughts as we stuffed ourselves silly. :-)Black Friday took us away from the crowds and on to the trails. Tammy and Ian (and little Annika) joined us for a hike up Grandeur Peak trail. Grandeur Peak is a beautiful trail up the mountain (3 miles up, with 2419 feet elevation gain) in M
ill Creek Canyon. We w
ent to the saddle, but it was getting windy and chilly so we decided to head down with the baby. We were only about 400 feet short of the summit, so we had a good haul up still before heading back. It was the perfect option to the insanity at the malls and stores!Saturday, Rich and I worked on some projects around the house - I'm painting the "art/massage" room and redecorating it - as it was, it was totally uninspiring and I finally decided to take the plunge to re-do it. I'm envisioning a peaceful, Zen space that will be lovely to be in while I paint, or do art projects. I'll post pics when it's d
one, it was covered in "old man pajamas" wallpaper that just had to go! After stripping off the lasf of the paper, we went for an awesome trail run in East Canyon - 4 miles along a wooded path to the lake and back, although cloudy, it was really pretty in subtle browns and golds.Today, Sunday, we have patched the room and are waiting for it to dry before priming. Not sure what we'll do for fun... hike? run? bike? :-)
Hope you all had a great weekend as well!
2 comments:
wow, u athletic souls certainly didnt 'relax' Hypio style which includes movies, popcorn, blanket and couch :) we got in 2 great rides in St George and while u guys were enjoying the outdoors we were fighting the black friday crowds!
Sounds like you got your exercise in as well! Work for some is simply fun for others, ay? :-)
Let's play soon!!
Karen
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