When I ride my bike, I usually ride on part of the Provo River Trail.  From where I live, I can get to the Provo River Trail a couple of different ways.  If I take one of the ways, I ride by several different types of animals.  And, on the actual trail, I’ve come across a couple of families of quails.

Today, my parents, my sister LeAnn, her boyfriend John, his mom Mary Ann, and my nephew Dustin went to Temple Square. LeAnn hadn’t been there in at least 10 years, probably longer so she wanted to go. She also wanted to take John, Mary Ann, and my nephew Matt there as well. Matt wasn’t up for it so I stayed home with him and my nephew Wyatt. Since I “watched” them at my parents’ all day, she brought me back something cool!

Aren’t they awesome? I absolutely love them! They’re made by Nintendo and they’re candy holders. They came with mushroom-shaped, Sweet-Tarts-style candy. They’re a royal pain to open, but I think they’re awesome. I like putting their “hats” on sideways to make them look like gangsters. Right now, they’re on my desk at work.

Tuesday marked the end of my mini snowman Chaim. He didn’t even make it to Channukah. I was so disappointed. But, he melted in such a great way.

Even though Chaim’s death was very traumatic, it’s not all bad because it snowed again today. Corey and I went to the mall today to get his hair cut. We got there around 1:00 pm and left around 3:00 pm. When we went into the mall, it wasn’t snowing. When we came out, there was four inches of snow on our car. The roads were horrible!  We were slipping and sliding everywhere, yet people were still driving and talking on their cell phones.

It’s still snowing just as hard as it was when we came out of the mall. I tried to get a picture of the snowflakes because they are quite large, but they don’t show up very well in the picture. But, you can see how much snow there is on the ground after only a couple hours of snowing. I think we’re going to get at least a foot of snow before it stops. Hopefully, this snow will last a while and it’ll keep snowing in the next few weeks because I want a white Christmas. We haven’t had one in a long time.

Because it’s snowing so hard today, I decided to resurrect Chaim. I think he’s better than ever. Instead of twigs, he has candle arms now.

Since I was a child, I’ve wanted a train or marble set that let me build cool tracks and just watch the train or marble go. (I once had a marble clock and that was the closest thing I ever got to having one.)

On Saturday, Corey showed me the Magnetix iCoaster and I so want one! I told him I wanted it for Christmas since there’s really nothing else I want that’s within our price range. (My preferred gift is a white MacBook; but like I said, within our price range.) You can build pre-designed tracks or your own tracks and you can even hook it up to your iPod so the marbles roll/bounce/jump to a beat. How awesome is that!