British Columbia

A couple of weeks ago I was able to enjoy a wonderful vacation to Whistler, BC with my good friend Kristin. It was a perfect time of the year, and the fall leaves were in their prime! We had nice, sunny weather every day, and though it was a little bit chilly, we were active enough not to notice much until the end of the day when we could enjoy the fireplace in our room! We spent quite a bit of time mountain biking, which I didn't get any pictures of - I would like to keep my camera in one piece, thank you very much, so I didn't take it along. However, I did take some pictures on some of the hikes we did..

As you can see, the lakes are gorgeous! The intense blue hue comes from mineral deposited by glaciers.

We had to laugh at some of the trail names near the villiage. Gee I like your pants??? Wonder how that one got its name?

Have to get a good profile pic of me on a vacation like this..

Here's a glimpse of Whistler villiage. Pictureque shopes surrounded by mountains and engulfed in fall colors pretty much sums it up. We had the place almost to ourselves the first few days before the weekend started, and then it began to fill up. It was Canadian Thanksgiving on Monday, so quite a few people came for the weekend.

Food was rather expensive, so we opted to cook most of our meals ourself. Here, Kristin is about to benefit from my spectacular breakfast-making skills!

More casual biking around town..

All in all, it was a great trip. It was wonderful to see Kristin again and to enjoy the great outdoors!

Another week, another set of pictures! We start out with Monday nights at the Open door. Here is one of the girls, Lanaya, showing off the card she made.





















Next up, dinner and dessert with some friends. It's always nice to get together! Actually, it was a whole week full of food. Tuesday, french sandwhiches and dessert...




















Friday, Mediterranean downtown, and then later Keys on Main (a piano bar). It's amazing how talented some people are!





















Saturday evening I took adavantage of the fall weather with a pie-making party. It was a lot of mess and a ton of fun! It's so much more enjoyable baking with a bunch of people. Angie, our leader, meant business - no pansies in the kitchen allowed!

Little Judah, learning to crawl..

Monday morning was a cold one here in Utah. With such frosty weather and dark skies, it was hard for me to get going in the morning! My car thought so too, and I ended up taking the bus to work. Turns out the battery needed to be replaced, so I got a female friend to take me home and help jump-start my car. Neither of us knew how but we probably could have figured it out. However, we used the easier method. For anyone out there reading this that haven't figured out the simplest way to jump-start a car (perhaps you haven't had the opportunity to be a single female), I will provide instructions: 1) If car is movable, park it in a high-trespass area, preferably near a large pick-up. 2) Open hood 3) Hold spark plugs, one in each hand. 4). Look slightly puzzled. 5) wait for guy to ask how he can help. Generally, this will take less than a minute.

Seriously though, I really do appreciate the people out there willing to help out a stranger. Even though it would be good for me to figure it out myself, I dont' feel very confident at it. I have a somewhat serious goal of taking a "car mechanics for Dummy's" class sometime to improve my car skills. I think it would be well worth the money!

Tonight, packing my bags! I'm heading to British Columbia tomorrow! The weather could be just about anything, so I'm packing half my wardrobe! Speaking of which, I had better get going. Not much time, and a lot more cramming!

I bit the bullet last week and decided to buy myself a new camera. I'm excited to have one again, though I am a bit sad that this camera isn't red like my last one! I know it's silly, but I just loved opening up my camera case and snapping photos with my cute red camera. However, I couldn't find any colored cameras I liked in my price range, so its plain old boring black for me this time. Gonna have to find my perks another way.
Anyway, last weekend was gorgeous warm weather here, my friend Rachelle and I (yes, I have a friend with the same name as me!) decided to head up to the mountains.

The colors hadn't changed much at the top of Little Cottonwood canyon much yet, so we decided to head down to Sundance area. As you can see, it was gorgeous there!

Is this Sturgis??? Nope, it's the Utah Motorcycle Federation's annual toy run at the hospital. It's always fun to see thousands of bikers drive up to Primary's. It's a fun crowd!