I had an early start.
Adam picked me up at the airport and we spent the day together. Quick work email check at his house, nap, then off to lunch at good friend Niki's restaurant that opened. Last time I saw the place, there were holes in the ceiling and bums living out front. It's open for business now!
Funky seating - Niki and Mike designed it! She also designed the wood panel along the wall.
Nice thing about knowing the owners - you get to sample all their fresh sodas. Raspberry hibiscus, cream soda (which I don't even really like, but this was good!), bitter lemon, and ginger ale. I ordered the raspberry with my meal, but I'm still thinking about the lemon. It was amazing!
Funeral balls with a garlic aioli, these carrots (not on the menu) were sooo delicious, and I had a short rib sandwich. Really, really delicious. I was pleased at how good it was.
Adam opted for the jalapeno and egg burger.
Niki brought us some Utah scones to try, with raspberry jam. Yum, yum. Definitely worth a visit if you're in downtown Salt Lake.
After our bellies were full, I wanted to see some snow. Up to the canyons.
Adam drove me down to PG and dropped me off at little bro's house and all was well.
I decided to be nice and try to take Max on a run. The poor thing wouldn't leave the year since he's used to his electric fence collar, and he was afraid of the shock. Finally, finally, I got him to leave the yard and of course he didn't come back for hour, after he took a nice big mud bath.
Pre-thanksgiving moon.
Thanksgiving morning I got up to help Courtney and Taryn make food for the day. I was on acorn duty - they're sugary delights!
I love that the Wells family lets me crash their holidays.
These girls were crack ups. I think we told knock-knock jokes for an hour.
Time for the annual reading of gratitudes, and guessing who wrote them.
Movie night. Adam and Nick came, the whole Wells clan and spouses, fun times. Except Life of Pi - meh. We all split into three movies, though Life of Pi > Twilight.
Yuki!
Post-Thanksgiving sushi with cousin Daniel. It was all you can eat, and I've never seen anyone eat as much sushi as he did. Wow.
Courtney and I hit Black Friday sales at new outlet mall. We were pretty tame in our purchasing.
Here are some pretty sky photos.
We did a night with the lights at the temple. Cold cold!
Hot chocolate break with baby Davis.
Candy windows at Macys.
Mexican dinner with the Wells gang.
Turkey dinner run up the mountain. Need an energy boost? Grab Max's leash.
Working from home with Max.
Last day in Utah, I went to church in SLC with Adam (though I was tempted to check out the midsingles ward with 800 people - doesn't that sound ridiculous?). We hit up the Messiah that night and laughed our way through trying to sing along. Hysterical. We sat next to a lovely man who struggled right along with us - his wife was in the choir and is a most excellent singer; he humored her by coming along to try and sing.
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It seems I never learn: don't read Lauren's blog posts on an empty stomach. Now I want sushi. Every day for the rest of my life. But I'll tell you what I liked best the picture with this in the backgroud: "ATTENTION sleep apnea sufferers using crap therapy?" I didn't even know there was such a thing as crap therapy. (We might need it for Addison and her potty training woes.)
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