one beautiful place on earth...

YAHOO!! oh utah....

I jumped out from behind a wall with a birthday sign and surprised my mom for her birthday in utah! She cried and I cried. It was a great surprise and it was so much fun to be home. Brady had a Housewares show in Chicago and so while he was at work I treated myself to a week in utah!! Perfect! ....and I found very cheap wings that were too cheap to pass up!

Happy birthday Mother! I love you!! I am so lucky to have such a great friend as my mom. While I was there we cooked and laughed and cried and ate. It was so wonderful to be home! And gosh! 8 days away from IV's and ambulances?? Lucky duck I am.  

Speaking of that thing we call 'work'-after a classic 13 hour day in the ER...patients awnry and smelly, homeless friends back AGAIN for some food, no break, cranky co-workers, swollen feet and a fried brain....I want one of these (below)!! They look so peaceful, so non-smelly, non-homeless, I bet they always like you and think you are wonderful!! Someday sam- someday.

Until that blessed time, I will have to live vicariously through my bestest friends who are grown-up Mommys!

Two of my wonderful friends brought new little life's into the world recently while I was in Utah!! What a treat! Its hard for me to believe that we (they) are old enough to have children! 

And before you know it, your best friends are mothers' to children! Weird. And they are the cutest mommy's and have the cutest little babies I have ever beheld. 

Baby #1: 

COLE EMMERSON LEHMITZ

(he really looks like this in real life...like a little porcelain doll)

Baby #2:

QUINN MARIA CURTIS

SOOOO cute!! And i partly feel like i'm related! We do share the same name...

(the mom, my fellow Clifford, Rachel)

And baby # 3...

 GIANNA CLAIRE (who I am ALSO related too I'm very happy to say)

 she is a DOLL!...and she knows it. Look at those eyes...and the lashes!! 

Some people are just luckier than others I guess. Good genes.

"Come on baby....BLOW!!!...."

Me and my matching jumpsuit...hey.

Although the weather is so very pleasant in southern California 11 months out of the 12. (as you can see above) It takes an ungrateful person to NOT appreciate the beautiful utah winter!  Look at the pretty white snow!!!! I'm so glad that I got my taste of winter while I was there.

We enjoyed so much while I was there...a good old Kneader's french toast (maybe a couple of them)

                  

we went to the last of this...

babies...(Favorite godmother of Quinns)

Dessert eating

and then unfortunately, all good things must come to an end...(especially if I am to keep my current job) I will be back utah and your beautiful mountains!