How the time flies when you have so many visitors! I am seriously amazed by how many people have come to visit us in SLC, feel sort of spoiled too, it will be sad when people are sick of coming here but until then I am living it up! In November we had Lindsay for a few days and luckily I also had some days off work so we were able to explore SLC unrestricted! Lindsay, Jason and I hiked Grandeur Peak one day…
We also had a fun time exploring the SLC night scene which included a sad and hilarious attempt at “bar hopping” we ended our evening by performing Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing” at a Karaoke bar, it is pretty safe to say we were the only ones with talent, immediately after our performance despite the entire bar’s pleads for us to stay and give an encore, we left the building. Here is a picture of Lindsay from that night…
After Lindsay left Steph came into town for Thanksgiving! We had a good time as well, one of the absolute highlights of her trip was when we managed to come across 7 Newfoundlands at a very posh pet store in Park City, the owner of the dogs (and the store) must have sensed my love for them (I did tell him at least three times “I love them”) and gave us 2 Newfie’s for us to walk around Park City!!! I was beyond excited, in fact I am still worked up about it, made my month!
I love them! Walking them that day has only fueled my love and I can’t wait to have one of my own! One of the Newf’s at the shop was 17 years old which is amazing for a large HUGE dog and his owner told me that all of his dog’s have lived beyond 12 years of age. Anyway, I love them 
Steph and I also made a trip up to Brighton in Big Cottonwood Canyon for a sunny day of skiing. It was our first day out for the season and our first time skiing in Utah, skiing in the sun = awesome! I am so use to the miserable wet, cold and windy skiing in Oregon that I had no idea skiing could be so wonderful and enjoyable!
It was great fun, I am excited for more sunny skiing adventures! While Steph was here she and I worked on a gingerbread house so that we could enter it virtually into the Dukovich-Kreim-Dukovcic gingerbread house contest that our families in Pennsylvania put on every year, this was our submission…
Oh Yeah we were pretty serious about it, our very own little Whoville! Steph and I also cooked a turkey and did the whole Thanksgiving feast (mini style since it was just Jas, Steph and myself). The turkey turned out amazing, although I have to say that while Lindsay was here she and I cooked a full turkey breast in preparation for my first bird and it was by no means an easy task, in fact it was a disaster. Luckily the second bird turned out and was just wonderful, all credit going to Steph since I had to work the night before Thanksgiving when she did most of the work making the brine and everything else. This picture is blurry but check that bird out!
Beautiful. That is what has been going on in my world. Jas is still hard at work but he is already half way through his first year of residency (woohoo!) the next two years should be much less intense in regards to his crazy schedule, so that is good. He and I are looking forward to our break in February, we have big plans to explore the parks in Southern Utah, can’t wait!
I love our mountains, can’t seem to get enough of them and I am so excited for winter when they will be covered with a nice blanket of snow! Kelsey and Michael also came to stay with us for a few days, unfortunately Jason’s schedule was a bit hectic so he wasn’t able to hang out too much. I was able to accompany them up to Little Cottonwood for a picnic lunch and take a ride on the tram up to Hidden Peak…
After a long day in the canyon what could be better than a giant milkshake from Iceberg?
We each split a milkshake since there is more than enough for one person when you order a Regular sized shake! Jason is not a fan of Iceberg Drive-Inn since they forgot his chicken nugget dinner but since I emailed the company and explained our frustration with the service we received, they sent us a 10 dollar gift certificate to make up for our troubles! I do like their sign even though their service sucks 
