On Christmas Eve the whole family went up to my grandma's house and shared stories about her and past Christmas memories. My Aunt put together a great DVD of pictures of my grandma. It was a lot of fun, and we all had a great time. It was a hard time for all of us but it was good to be together.
Rock on!
The day after Thanksgiving my family and I go out into the forest and cut down a tree. We have to get a premit ($10 per tree) at a local store. For a long time we went to the Utah/Wyoming border this year we headed up to Idaho. We always have a lot of fun hiking around in the snow.
My parents dogs came with us and they loved the snow.
My aunt and I looking for the perfect trees.
This was my cousins first year going and they want to come with us next year too.
My dad carrying my Christmas tree.
My dad and I enjoying the day of hiking. We are already looking forward to going back next year.
I'm thankful for my great family and all the time that I get to spend with them. 
Cheers!!!
Sudeep bought a great condo about 6 mouths ago, and he finally decided to have a house warming party. So now the pressure is on for me to have one since I moved into my place 8 months ago. All joking aside we all had a great time, and Sudeep's house is so cute. 
I was so excited to cast my vote, I did it on the 1st day of early voting. It really happened, and it's almost been 24 hours and no recount. I am so proud to say that Barack Obama is the United States of America's next President. The race was called at 9:30, November 4th, and I thought I would have to wait all night. President Elect Barack Obama is definitely the RIGHT man for the job. Obama gave an amazing acceptance speech that moved the whole nation. I am proud to say that this election the youth vote (under 30 years old) really got out there and represented. 
About 10 years ago my Aunt told us about the scariest movie in history. She assured us there were no special effects and we thought that here was no way that The Changeling could be scary. So we hunted down a VHS copy (that's right... old school), and now every Halloween night we watch it. No matter what time I get home on Halloween the night isn't over until it's viewed. So yes I watched this year too, and yes it is just a scary as the first year I watched. So scary that Heather (my sister and roommate) would not watch it. So if you haven't ever seen The Changeling before, you should check it out. By the way, it is not the one with Angelina Jolie in it, but that one does look good too. 
Jessica had her 2nd annual Witches night out on Friday. It was a lot of fun! When a group of Witches get together there's no telling what will happen... 
Doing want I love... Pottery is something that I have been doing here and there for about 10 years now. I started in high school, and have taken classes at Salt Lake Community College, and the University of Utah. My mom has been taking a class on Friday mornings from the same professor that I had at the U. Last Friday I went with her and it was so good to catch-up with the Diane. It was also great to make some pottery again. The picture below is of what I started. 
This is the first reservoir.
By the reservoir there are a lot the these big granite boulders that were brought down from higher up in the canyon.
The trees in the canyon were already changing colors. 
This is the first waterfall. On the way up I talked to a guy and he asked me if I knew how to find the waterfall. I told him I didn't. He said "Watch for where the stream crosses the trail. Then just up a little on the left there will be a big pine tree with a trail next to it and that's the way to the waterfall." I thought I would never find it with those directions. But about 20 minutes later the stream crossed the trail and there was a big pine tree on the left. I even gave the same directions to a couple on my way down.
I loved the waterfall. It was gorgeous and I could have sat there all day.
The hike was about 4.6 miles round trip up to the first waterfall and back. A great hike on a day off.
And I think it's time for a new pair of boots. This happened on the way up and I should have taken a picture of the duct tape bandaid.
Overall Medal Count | ||||
Country | Gold | Silver | ||
22 | 24 | 26 | 72 | |
39 | 14 | 14 | 67 | |
8 | 13 | 15 | 36 | |
11 | 10 | 12 | 33 | |
4 | 11 | 13 | 28 | |
12 | 7 | 8 | 27 | |
9 | 7 | 7 | 23 | |
Special thanks to my Aunt Suzy and Judy for letting me stay with them and showing me the sites. 
Come on.....I know you wanna go!!!
