End of October 2019, Including Arizona

After returning from Santa Fe at the beginning of October, we had a fun weekend visit from the Colvers of Vernal. On Saturday evening we went to Dixon and Samantha's wedding dinner at Sundance, and Sunday morning, Daniel made huevos rancheros for us. We had a fun mini reunion with the Robertsons (my cousin Connie's family) at Kreg and Dorothy's in SLC. My cast was removed on Monday 21, and on Tuesday we headed to Arizona for a few days with the Youngs of Peoria. On Sunday we moved to Mesa to spend some time with Grandmother Boynton. It was nice to be with the Mesa family on several occasions.

 The Colvers came from Vernal

 Katy and Arthur got to see Emily's new house

 Opa and Annie with Dixon

 The DATs and SKTs

 Dixon holding forth

 Dixon and Samantha

 Arthur's first (?) haircut

 I love that baby girl

 Daniel making breakfast

 Huevos rancheros

 Evelyn loves to help cook créme patissiere

 UDOT has a sense of humor

 Robertson reunion: L to R Kreg, Jason, Jani, Jerilyn, 

Dickie, Joe and Katy

 Cameron, Ann, Millie Kay, Dorothy, and Uncle

 Dickie, Joe, Katy, Barry and Julie, Kreg, and Jason

 What a relief!

 A Peoria Target run with Finn and Mary

 Beautiful fall evening in AZ

 Good ice cream at Bruster's

 Pleasant outdoors

 Grammy and the Youngs

 Maren cuddling her weirdo

 Maren and the boydeyboys making banana bread:

SHE BAKES, SHE BAKES!

 Fun birthday dinner for Grammy

We sat next to the kitchen, which was entertaining

 They had some good grub: I had meatloaf, of course

 Birthday cake back at home

 A Sunday gathering for Grandmother's birthday in Mesa

 Uncles and cousins

 Peri and Connor

 Grandmother, Kris, and Kim

 Enjoying the weather and internet from the heavens!

 German dinner at Bavarian Point, one of our Mesa favorites;

it feels like stepping back into 1964

 Brigham was all tuckered out and Grandmother put him under

 Matt and Kim's dining/library project is nearly finished

 Just a few more details to complete

 Everyone enjoyed a spot of tea

 Lolly is a sweetheart

 Jalapeño Bucks, north off the edge of the mesa in the 

orange groves: BBQ meets Mexican

 I met Matt and Kim and we took supper home to G'mother's

Final supper with Chip and Sandy at a tasty Irish Pub

called The Harp

November is off and rolling and there will be plenty to post, but this is all for now.

OXO

D.

Santa Fe Fall 2019

We spent the end of September and the first part of October in Santa Fe with Anna and Rob's excellent children. They are very self-sufficient; we merely cooked and washed clothes, and made sure everything ran smoothly. We had some fun adventures along the way.

Santa Fe was in full fall bloom

Shake Foundation with Rob and Anna before they headed to Ireland

Clary Berry's own creation

She is fearless

Mousse Domes

Anders introduced me to Tesuque Village
Market's delicious pastries

Taco Fundación

A trip to Albuquerque: a rare shot of Costco with no people

Temple lunch

Fun shopping for Talavera one morning

Another morning wandering the historic center
of Santa Fe

The ubiquitous Southwest Adobe style

Palace of the Governors

Santa Fe Plaza

Discovered Tommy T in Santa Fe

Creatively painted vigas and posts with the Cathedral
in the rear

East Palace Avenue

I love Santa Fe's hidden courtyards

We always have to check out the newest
Pendleton blanket patterns

This French ex-pat runs a fine patisserie and made
half-a-dozen religiueses au café for me

These are exactly what I was seeking in Paris
but was disappointed at least once

Dinner at Harry's Roadhouse with their tasty meatloaf

Tesuque Village Market for lunch

Huevos Rancheros are delicious

My new favorite Santa Fe area restaurant

DELICIOUS desserts: mousse cake and key lime pie

Tesuque is a sleepy little wide spot in the road on this leafy byway

Clary Berry at it again

Piping macarons this time

Lunch with Tucker at his favorite taco vendor: the quesadilla was
super-cheesy and delicicious

Grammy and I getting our leaf-peeping fix in the
Santa Fe National Forest

Aspen groves are apparently a single organism; this one is incredible

Aspens just reaching their peak

The natural beauty is moving

We wandered up the trail as far as we thought was reasonable
with a clumsy cast on my foot and leg

An unusual patch of orange; there are no Mountain Maples here

Pines and Aspens

An unchanged green aspen standing tall

La Choza is the Hastings' favorite restaurant: SPICY!

Last supper with the binkers

This was another fabulous visit, although we missed visiting at length with Anna and Rob because we headed home early in the morning and they returned at midnight that night. We are now back to normal life in Provo and this is all for now.

OXO

D.