Do you see what I see?

Hey! So we've had an amazing and busy December. It started out by Justin (My little brother) getting his mission call to the Tempe Arizona mission. We are all so excited for him. It is going to be so great for him! Here is the fabulous picture that we took in the hospital of Justin reading his mission call. We are so proud of him and he is leaving on Janurary 23rd. We'll miss him but Rosie is excited to get his bedroom. Also this month we have had so crazy weather. At first it was freezing but the last few days around Christmas have been so warm that we went and fed the geese and went rollerblading and playing frisbee. Back when it was cold we made a great little snowman and here he is! Yes that is parsley for hair and those are grapes for eyes. We had to use what we could. We also experienced a loss as our nephew Tyson passed away this past month. He was incredibly fun to be around and he will be missed. On a lighter note we had an amazing Christmas with the exception of the little fact that I (Tori) was puking the majority of the day. Lucky me! We got some great presents though and still had a fun day. Kevin's favorite present seems to be his new Chocolate fountain. I love my new photo software and fishing vest. MERRY CHRISTMAS and a happy new year!

November News

The weather this fall has been amazing so we decided to take a break. It was a good idea since Tori has been studying too much anyway. We decided to dust off our rollerblades and drove to Sugarhouse Park. The park has some pretty steep hills which was a good workout but going downhill was by far the most fun. We also took time to feed the geese and ducks (local residents at the pond). We used an extra loaf of the over 2000 loaves of bread that Kevin helped slice and package at the LDS bakery here in Salt Lake (as a service project). Kevin figures that if he fattens the geese up this year, all the more to hunt next year. If the geese only knew, hehehe.

Here is a picture of us at the creek in Sugarhouse Park. It was so pretty we had to stop and take a few pictures. So as we retrieved the camera from the trunk, Kevin left the keys in the trunk of the car. We had plenty of time to get the right lighting, and time to get the right breeze, and time to wait for our friend to pick us up. Thankfully, Marci our newly wed buddy lives close to the condo and was willing to be bribed by the offer of a free dinner in exchange for a ride.

Kevin has been pretty busy this year being the Volunteer Director for AED (Alpha Epsion Delta) the pre-med honor society at the U. He helped organize the annual Fall Leaf Haul in Salt Lake City. We helped some elderly people by raking up their leaves before the snow hits. It's a good, active service project that has been fun for us to do over the years. Here is a picture of this year's group.
We also found out a few days ago that Kevin's paper "A Safe, Effective Novel Treatment For Head Lice: a lot of hot air" has been accepted by the Journal of Pediatrics which he is very excited about. If you would like to know more about the project click on the following link. http://darwin.biology.utah.edu/ProjectsHTML/CASPeRPage.html

Also in November Kevin, Rob and Justin went duck hunting. They had a great time and were all able to bag some ducks. Here's a picture of them after they dug the four-wheeler out one of the muddy ravines.

October Happenings

Well here we are, both graduated from college and looking to the future. Tori is in her first year of Medical School here at the U and studies like mad. She is currently taking Anatomy, Histology, Embryology and Psychiatry. It sometimes seems difficult to make the time to have some fun but we do get out and play ultimate frisbee every Wednesday with some of our friends. We went to see Romeo and Juliet (Opera) at the Capital Theater two days ago and it was a lot of fun. We are also regulars at the local dollar theater (tight waud tuesday is our night). Who can beat 1 dollar movies? We also had a pumpkin carving picnic with our ultimate frisbee friends. Here is a picture of Tori's pumpkin, she is good with a knife.
Picking grapes and making homemade grape juice is a family tradition. Here is a picture of my parents and I picking this years grapes. Tori also decided to give me my annual flu shot. I must say, I was VERY BRAVE as you can see. This was Tori's first time giving a shot.

Lake Powell

Tori and Rosie baking in the sun on the "too cool". Tori and I tried sleeping on it one night, with life jackets. Needless to say it wasn't our best night sleep.





Lake Powell was a fun trip with Tori's Family. We even got to go fishing.

Fixing Up The Old Cabin

We spent the full month of July fixing up the old cabin. Tori and I Started with the tongue and groove then worked on the floors, windows, stain, varnish etc... Lynn and Linda's family was a great help with the stain and Dad helped out with the varnish, walls, windows and flooring. Brian's family helped with the window and carpet. Together we all got a lot done. We started putting hard wood flooring (pergo) downstairs but we ran out of steam. We will finish it all next year.
We also did our fair share of fishing since we both have our wyoming fishing licenses. We managed to fish for a few hours up the Grey's River after working hard on the cabin each day.