Group hugs in Abundance..

ShayLee and Kristie visited home a couple weeks ago and we had a delicious reunion. The sort of good time that leaves your soul feeling refreshed and at peace... just plain happy.

Almost on empty, I drove up Little Cottenwood Canyon. I drove and drove but, hadn't found an acceptable trail. Finally, I pulled off. (Thinking that I better stop soon before we can't drive for much longer.) It was a gorgeous day for mid-November.

We started up the trial and after hiking, eventually came to a waterfall coming off of a steep, smooth rock. It was beautiful. We decided to climb up higher and higher until we were as high as we could go. On a small ledge, we leaned against the rock wall of the mountain. We talked, laughed and cried about life and how sweet it really is. Over looking the miles of the beautiful mountains that belong to our hearts, we had one of those "I'll remember this moment forever"-kind of moments. Beautiful.

Didn't know I was so cheesy, did you?

We made it back to our car just in time, before the sun was too low and the cold too much to bear. "Let's spoil ourselves with a nice dinner," I suggest. We got into the Spaghetti Factory without a wait at all (there's a first time for everything..) You just can't beat that delicious Spumoni ice cream that I've loved my entire life. As we made our way home, ShayLee "tuned" the ipod to "This Kiss" by Faith Hill. We sang all the way.

Weekend visit from Kristie

Finally, I was able to go up to the mountains to admire the leaves.

Fall is my favorite time of the year!