Adventures Await!

Merril knew he wouldn't really be home for Valentine's Day so we planned a small getaway before he left for Kilimanjaro. Merril fixed something down in Mesquite and scored a free dinner at a nice restaurant, Gregory's Mesquite Grill. The casino comped us a room as well. Sweet!

We had to go to Vegas to swap some machines and stopped at a Japanese market! We found C.C. Lemon and furikake and brought it home for the kids! Merril got some umeboshi because he was out.

We got food in Vegas and Merril came home and threw up in the middle of the night. I've never seen him throw up ever! He said he hasn't since he was a little kid. Oh no! He's supposed to leave in a few days for Kilimanjaro!

Update: Merril just had some food poisoning, we think from the breakfast place. He was back to himself after one day.

Playing in the Snow

I took a lot of video this day but not very many pictures! We came up to Cedar to play in the snow. It was a little windy but we still had a good time.

We almost had the whole place to ourselves. There was plenty of snow and we had a good time.

 

Petroglyphs by Quail Lake

I tried to find these petroglyphs in the fall of 2020. I was hiking by myself but was in constant cell phone reception. I hiked for almost 3 hours but could not find these petroglyphs! After my failed attempt, I talked with others over the next few months and got a better idea of where they were. Merril came hiking with me because he's training for Kilimanjaro. 

They were fantastic! Lots of little designs!

The sun is so in our faces!

Yes! Success! And a perfect little morning date!

Hiking Hurricane Rim

I decided to sign up for one of Katie DeMille's hikes. The weather was cold and windy, even though I felt like bailing out, I went. I wore many, many layers!

We were staggering against the wind.

At one point, I warmed up enough to take off my coat but ended up putting it back on.

The hike was supposed to be around 6 miles, which turned into 7, which became 8 and a half! I was pretty dead but made it.

Gingerbread Houses

Christmas got busy and we never made our gingerbread houses. Even thought it's January, we still decided to make them. The boys ones have garages with trucks and cars. 

This is Maxine's house.

This is Juliet's house.

Mark thinks this is Jack's house.

This is Mikayla's house.

Juliet is a Baker!

Juliet is fantastic in the baking department! Her latest creation is this carrot cake. I don't love carrot cake, mostly because it often has raisins and walnuts but she left those out. The cake was delicious!

This is an aside but I've wanted a wedding band with channel set diamonds for a few years now. I picked an estate jewelry piece from Ebay for $150 and it came! I got a great deal and it's very nice! I figure it's good for our 20th anniversary and now I can have a diamond ring that won't snag things.

I plan to wear it a lot!