January 2023 Randoms

FRIENDS:

I went to Mud Lake to hang out with my Dominoes buddies on January 5th. We celebrated Val's and Rosalba's birthdays at Val's house by bringing a buffet of food to engorge on, talking and laughing together, and playing several rounds of Dominoes. It was such a fun night with my friends!

Val made individualized train markers out of tinsel for us!

Josh and I played Thursday Night Trivia on a team with Darcy & Phil and Crystal Logan at the Night Owl at the end of January. We didn't win the competition, but our team won a prize for best team name (although now I can't remember what we called ourselves)! This was our first time competing in the weekly tournament and we had a lot of fun!

HOME/FAMILY:

This may not be the most flattering photo of Josh, but it's something I love dearly about him: he scrubs our bathtub! It's usually a bi-annual event that he takes charge of, and I'm always so grateful. It looks and smells amazing whenever he gets done with it! He did this at the start of the new year, which isn't how I'd choose to spend my holiday break, but watching him do it sure put me in the spirit of loving him even more!

We bought a treadmill and an exercise bike at the beginning of January! Doesn't that always seem when people want to exercise--right after the holidays at the start of the new year?! We rearranged bedrooms a little bit, so Kanyon's old room became the "exercise room" complete with the boys' weight set, Kanyon's punching bag, and the new treadmill and exercise bike. Josh put the new equipment together, and he and I started a daily regime of working out for 15 minutes after we got home from work each night, in order to feel more in shape to wear swimsuits on our upcoming Anniversary trip to Mexico in April. 

Josh ordained Kanyon to the office of a priest at church on Sunday, January 22. It's our last son to have this gift bestowed upon him by his dad. I'm so grateful for Josh's ability to do this!

EXPLORATIONS: 

Josh went on a solo hike one afternoon near Elk Bend.

See the herd of Elk in the distance?

His shadow looks like he's a stilts man in the circus!

A wintery view of the Salmon River

While visiting Kooskia for Kanyon's weekend wrestling tournament on January 28, Josh and I went to check out the Dworshak Dam near Orofino. Unfortunately, the visitor's center was closed, but we drove around the bottom end, and then up to the reservoir side of it. It is the 3rd tallest dam in the United States and is the tallest straight-axel dam in the western hemisphere. It was a pretty impressive sight!

WINTERY SCENES:

Josh took these photos on a couple of different mornings just as the sun was rising while at work at the city park/golf course and cemetery. He's got such a good eye for beauty!