My HaiR!!!

Oh and P.S. I dyed my hair Brown!! I thought I would try it out and see how it felt to be a brunette. I have never crossed these waters before and it is kind of fun-a good and fun change. I did it the beginning of November and since I do it myself I have tried out all kinds of fun red, chocolate, strawberry, and caramel hues. Super fun for me. I'm pretty sure blondes still have more fun though!

Row 14!

Last Friday Tim's cousin called and asked if we wanted some Jazz tickets in the upper bowl-way at the top. We are always a fan of going regardless where the seats are, so his cousin left the tickets at 'will call' for us. When we picked them up guess where they were at...Lower bowl, row 14! These were just straight across from the Jazz bench and super close to the players. It was really cool.

The Jazz played the Kings and blew them out ( that is one of few wins this season :( ) We had lots of fun and afterwards went down to the floor to get a picture. This was the closest I had ever sat at a Jazz game, actually probably closest seat for anything. Before the game we went to 'Five Guys Burgers and Fries' I Highly recommend. It is inexpensive and gooood. It was a great night, and nice to be able to go on a date with my hubby. The Monday before this game the company I work for had a Jazz night. Hoopes Vision sponsored a Jazz game so Tim and I were able to go. It was fun to be in an out of work element with my work friends. Dr. Hoopes Sr. and Jr. got recognized during half time for being the official Jazz Lasik provider and for doing The Jazz Bear's Lasik a few weeks ago. What a fun week.

Winner!

Keep in mind that Tim does not run as often as he hopes to, I think it has been since before we moved that he has really run at all. He got one practice run in a few days before the fact. So this just shows how amazing he is. On Saturday Tim won FIRST place in his age bracket of 20-29 year olds in the 5K race his boss's wife put on. Mind you its not some small thing, there were a few hundred people there and some good runners too! The race is put on mainly for high school cross country racers-if you have never seen them, they are good! Tim won 8th over-all which is mighty impressive if I say so myself. I wish I could have gone to take pictures, but he got a blue ribbon out if it regardless. Way to go Timmy!

Fire

Tim and I went hiking along the Bonneville Shoreline Trail off of Wasatch Boulevard in September (yes, it is now November) The leaves were just starting to change colors. I love that time of year, it is so pretty. We live by the mountains now so we have a great view. So anyway, I took the picture of a section of mountain that was so brightly colored, and then walking just around the bend it turned into...... Remember when Corner Canyon caught on fire. Well it was closer than I thought. Isn't it amazing what a fire can do? The mountain was actually still pretty in a different way, fascinating really. The trail continued just the same as before but looked like a bone carving through dirt, it reminded me of the Shadow Lands on The Lion King. So dark and lonely. I half expected to see tumbleweed blowing and a skull of a bull lying near the path. Weird.

I picked up some black dirt and it truly was ash. I didn't know dirt could turn into ash! It crumbled in my fingers. The branches were powdery to touch, and just left a dry taste to the air. I have never been so close to the remains of burn. It was all very interesting.

This is us climbing near the waterfall that separtated the lush green mountain from the black burnt mountain. The waterfall is little, but pretty. We tried to get it in the picture but you can only be so picky when you are using the ten second timer.

HaLLoWeEn!!

Halloween is my favorite holiday, I am still working on Tim, he doesn't seem to agree quite yet. I love seeing everyone's costumes, the fun, food, and decorations. It is a great time of year. Fall, so it usually isn't too cold, the leaves are changing and just the right chill in the air to give you that spooky feeling. Tim and I host a Halloween party at our cabin every year. It is so fun to see what people come up with to dress up as. This is the group this year. There were some witches, vampires, mummy, pool balls, bunny, strong man, priest, chef, and mechanic. It was great.

Sarah is pregnant so she fit very well in her 8 ball costume.

Tim and I were both monsters. He was a mummy which took us for ever to wrap and he was still "saggy" I was a gothic style vampire. The dark window hides most of the costume. I used an old velvet homecoming dress of mine for the occasion. I added sleves and made a cape.

Every year the Best family girls go to Witch's Night Out at Gardener Village and mill around looking at all the other witches and spooks around. It has become a fun tradition. Madison used my good witch costume, Grandma a good white witch, and me a bad witch. The face paint gave me a rash on my face! Ha!

My work had an awesome Halloween party and costume contest. Almost everybody got dressed up, it was great. There were some very creative costumes. These are the 'Weather Girls' the front desk receptionists. Snow, Sun, Rain Storm, and Wind. So creative.

But best of all, was our visit from the whole contingency of Presidential Candidates! None other than John McCain, Hillary Clinton, and Barak Obama.

There was a prize for the scariest costume decided upon by the doctors and out of all the awesome costumes to choose from, guess who won SCARIEST......

Barak Obama! With runners up, McCain and Hillary! So fitting for the season.

St. George

Tim and I took a long time needed vacation to St. George last weekend. My grandparents live down there so we were able to stay with them. It is always great to visit with them. Grandma even made her awesome Biscuits and Gravy for breakfast-a big favorite of ours.

We kept busy the whole time, hardly a minute to just sit. We went fishing Saturday evening at Quail Creek Reservoir just outside of Hurricane, it was my first time and Tim was such a good teacher that I even caught a fish! Tim caught one too but I wasn't around to take a picture. :(

That fish kept wiggling around and it scared me so to protect myself from getting touched by the fish I had to stare at it long and hard to detect any movement...my attempts were not successful. Tim got a good laugh at least
It was a cool experience regardless. Thanks Tim!

Tim LOVES to golf so as his wife I am 'obligated' to go too :). We went to some really pretty courses. Tim is really good, and I think I would rank at "fair." It was great weather and we had a lot of fun being out in the sun and fresh air. The more I go, the more I like it, so Tim may not be able to go golfing without me anymore. Sorry honey.

Getting ready to tee off. Tim is preparing to hit the ball over a lake. One of the golf courses had a ravine to hit the ball over...mine didn't make it. I lost a lot of balls at that course. Tim of course had no trouble.



This is my swing. I know there are a LOT of things that can be improved upon. Tim bought me golf shoes so I got a lot better. Ha.

Woo Wee, look at that stance. Looks just like a pro. And cute too!

I didn't get pictures but we went over to the Senior Olympics to watch some events and it was really cool. Who knew old people could be so athletic? They were really good. I had no idea that it was such a big event, people from all over the world came to St. George to compete!
All in all it was such a good trip. It feels so nice to just get away from everything and relax.

The BEST part....We Moved!

Good bye Wasatch Club :) We are so outta there. I do have to say we had a good two years in the 584 square foot apartment....no really. It is nice to be gone though. We have moved to a basement apartment in Sandy. We welcome any visitors, but beware that if it is during "Friends" or during a Utah Jazz game you'll have to pardon our laughing and cheering!!!

We borrowed a dolly and good thing; I'm not sure I could have carried my giant Costco sized Bisquik by myself! Phew!

I forget the order of these things. More motorcycle pics

Poor thing, a huge wilderness and this is all there was to eat.
Mirror Lake, one of the stops on the motorcycle trip
A quick stop on the way home to give their backsides a rest :)
What a handsome fella.