Country Roads take me home....

Welcome me back bloggers! It has been a little while since I posted and time has flown! The past 9 days have been marvelous. I will try my best to recap but will make it short and sweet lest you pass out at your keyboard from information overload!

We got into town last Thursday night (Mc struggled this time on the flight- mobile children were never meant to be confined to the seats of a Southwest flight)- we have been staying @ Mimi's and Papa's house. Friday was full of party prep- 2 different stores for mini cupcake papers, the balloons, food, making paper poof balls- basically all the stuff Mc won't even remember :) The Party was on Saturday- it was great! I have never "hosted" a birthday party before- we had lots of people come and it was so fun to watch Mc delicately devour her cupcake that matched the life size cupcake. She was such a doll and it was fun to have everyone in one place. She also made a haul on presents, tons of toys for the tub (which she loves and the old ones have hit the dishwasher mold removal threshold), tons of books (another favorite), clothes, socks, $$ and best of all, lots of hugs and kisses.

Here are the tasty cupcakes....made 175 of them!

This was the cupcake cake from "So Cupcake" a delightfully sinful gourmet cupcake shop.
Mc's little cupcake matched it.


This hasn't been much of a vacation for my sweetheart. He has been working on our house in West Jordan since we got here. We put in central air, re-roofed, made shutters and repainted the exterior. We did take a break Wednesday night (YOU ARE A LIFESAVER MARSH!!!) and we headed up to Park City to stay. It was wonderful! We left early afternoon, drove through the gorgeous canyon that is barely starting to show it's fall colors, rented "Wolverine" from the Redbox, got from Dunford Donuts for breakfast the next day and had a gourmet meal @ Ruth's Chris Steakhouse. My steak- to die for! I am not a huge meat eater but that would convert me to a carnivorous diet any day! It was a great night and just so different to spend time with the two of us. I was bummed though because the zip line is only running on Saturdays- we just missed it!

Me and my sweetie in Park City. This is the view from the Condo patio

Lots of shopping too- Tai Pan, Gardner Village, Quilted Bear...Mom is a great shopping buddy. All the Halloween decorations are out and I can't wait to get back to put up my fall and Halloween stuff. We also found Mc's witch costume and I scored a darling hat for her @ a yard sale this morning- yes, even in Utah the yard sales continue.


I got fitted for some kick butt running shoes too- amazingly worth it! I have been running every morning since we got here- 3 miles or so. The air is so crisp in the morning and I can run so much further. 5k here I come!!

This is a picture of Mc and her Papa- she has been quite attached to him since we got here. She loves to go with him outside to the garden to watch the chickens. While we have been here Mc has learned to say "baby" and that wherever she points, Papa will take her.

It has been a great and well deserved vacation. 10 whole days but we get back on the plane tomorrow. We do miss our friends in Arizona and our house....Utah just always feels like HoMe!