Heading to Winter Wonderland today...

Snowbird, Utah

Park City, Utah

Winter Solstice

Happy Winter Solstice! The first day of Winter & shortest day of the year...when the earth tilts the furthest distance from the sun. Throughout the world there are amazing celebrations & in places like Newgrange, Ireland & Stonehenge, England the sun falls through these beautiful ancient structures...aligning perfectly on this one day.

Stonehenge, England

Newgrange, Ireland - Every Winter Solstice the sun lights up inside this 5,000 year old structure through a perfectly positioned hole in the rock. A lottery is held every year for those lucky few who get to view this from inside, as it is so small. I watched it live on the internet one year & it was beautiful!

Christmas Love

Merry Christmas everyone! We are heading back to Utah next week & are so excited to see family, friends & soak up the mountains.


Thank you Emily for our very cute Christmas package. Pilot found his treats right away & loves them! :)

Ryan & I found this cute dachshund cookie cutter a few months ago & have been making Pilot gingerbread cookies since....our place smells so good.



Ry brought me my coffee in bed the other morning...so cute. Yes, we love our puppy! ;)

Denver Trip & Scuba Santa

I went on a little adventure to Denver last weekend to visit Corissa, Emily & Sally Jo. Corissa & Sally Jo are amazing mothers & it was so good to spend time with their little ones; Emma, Maddox & Lucia. Emily is getting married this March on a tiny island in the Bahamas, Eleuthera. We had a bachelorette party for her Saturday at this yummy Denver restaurant, Duo. Our last day we visited the Denver Aquarium where we got to see scuba Santa. It was so cute to see the kids faces light up & were so curious why Santa was swimming with all the fish. :) I feel so lucky to have such great, old friendships...so much love there!


Maddox has grown up so much since I saw him last. He is the best little boy & so well-behaved...Corissa is an incredible mom.




These are Sally Jo's shoes when she was a little girl. Her mother kept them all these years & now they are Lucia's...love that.

Lucia is such a happy baby & just giggles so much...she takes after her mama, Sally Jo:)




Cute Emma is just 6-months old, but already so smart~ truly an old soul.

Emily & Emma

Sally Jo soaking up the beautiful aquarium...so peaceful.

rise n°1 salon de soufflé

escorgot soufflé ~ my main course & just melted in your mouth:)

chocolate dessert...hmm.


A local school hand-makes their pottery dishes

The wine glasses are made of recycled wine bottles...beautiful green!

I joined a Gourmet Dinner group in Dallas & they just love good food & wine, a perfect match for me. :) They meet once month at one of the many delicious restaurants here. I met with them this week at a great restaurant, rise n°1 - salon de soufflé & wine bar.

The entire menu is filled with various soufflés....everything from escarcot to pumpkin. I could not remember the last time I had such a perfectly fluffy soufflé, these were incredible! The restaurant makes you feel like you are in the French country side with the cozy atmosphere, fireplace, French dishcloth napkins, pottery dishes & short tumbler wine glasses. I could have stayed in this restaurant all night! This was a fun group of new Dallas friends, great connections. :)

Happy Birthday Mom!

Happy Birthday Beautiful Mom! My mom raised three girls & we are all best friends...she did such an incredible job & passed along so much love. Enjoy your day under the December full moon. Love you so much!

Who-ville Ice Village

Harbin, China - Ice Festival (inspiration for Who-ville in Dallas)

This was one of the cutest things I have ever seen...Dr. Seuss 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas' made of two million pounds of hand-carved ice! Mackenzie & Mike invited us to this fun show called "Ice." 40 artists from Harbin, China come to Dallas each year to create Who-ville from 5,000 blocks of ice...it is amazing! In Harbin, China they make a complete outdoor village of ice (another place to put on my wishlist). They give you giant blue parkas so you are nice & toasty in the 9 degree indoor space. Such a funny night complete with a ride down an ice slide. :)