January

Happy New Year!  2023!

It was snowing as we left Cathey's house and continued all night.  We woke up to about 6" of snow.

It was heavy and wet...even with a snow blower it was a lot of work!

Lovely pano of my face and dental work

The first Friday of January I went in to get the implant screw for my new tooth.  Implants are such a long process!  They pulled the tooth in September, then it needed to heal.  Now they put the screw in and again it needs to heal.  I'll go back in May to see if it is healed and ready for the new crown.  While the process take a lot of time, the actual procedures are less painful than getting a filling or root canal.  

Carolyn and Richie Franklin's kids,
Brand and Kristiana's kids along with Jacob

Sunday, January 8th, we went to Jen Fisher's for our annual Friendsgiving dinner.  We ususally do it the Sunday before Thanksgiving, but last November Brad and Kristianna couldn't come and our family got Covid.  So we planned it for January.  

It was fun to see everyone and visit.  

Kristianna, Brad, Me, Jason, Jennifer,

Richie, Carolyn, Clark, and Gina

On Martin Luther King day Kristina was in town.  She was flying out the following day with Brook, Emily, and Erin to New York to see Phantom of the Opera.  

We met at Heidi's for lunch and had a fun time visiting.

On my way down to Heidi's I stopped by Amy's to see new baby Lucy.  She is so cute!  Looks a lot like Tanner.  

Our class

I follow a woman on Instagram who makes cakes.  Cakes by Courtney.  She is very good and shows you exactly how to make straight sides, smooth frosting finishes, and tasty cakes from scratch.  

I always thought it would be fun to take a class and, as a Christmas present, signed up for a class in January.  Hot Chocolate Cake.

Orson Gygi is the store where the classes are held.  They pre-made the cakes so they are ready to decorate when we arrive.  Courtney did a demo on making the cake, showed us how to frost it, put it in the freezer between steps, the drip technique for the chocolate etc.  It was fun.  My sides were not completely smooth (part of that was due to the buttercream/marshmallow frosting...with the marshmallow added it made it more difficult to smooth), but it was fun to do and tasted delicious!

I was able to get together with our old Relief Society presidency for dinner.  It was fun to get together and visit.  Kristin is having her second baby at the end of March.  I sure like these sisters!

Home from camp

 Jacob came home from school on Thursday (the 19th) and was bored.  Said he didn't have anything to do.  The following day was the scout Klondike camp out. He had decided earlier that he wasn't going to go.  The scouts usually camp Friday - Sunday.  I have a hard time with the Sunday stay over.  It means Jacob misses church 1x a month, but that morning I received an email that they were only staying until Saturday afternoon.  I asked Jacob if he wanted to go and he did.  So the next afternoon we walked over to Scout Master Mike's home (just around the block from us) and Jacob went camping.  He returned home on Saturday and said he had a good time.  

           

Josh came into town on the 17th.  He is here for a week and we all got together on Sunday for dinner at Jared and Stephanie's.  It was fun to visit with him and afterward we celebrated Juliet's 1st birthday.