Classtime.

We get to visit this guy in class this morning for parent teacher conference!

Very focused on learning about currency.

Monday morning sunrise in the desert.

It was incredible!

Looking East from out backyard.  No filters used.

Everything glowed pink for about a minute.  Again, no filters used.

The cemetery after dark.

The cemetery near our house decorated their grounds for Christmas.  Lots of LED lighted ornaments and a tree with probably over a million LED's.

Wow!

The tree.

The boy next to an ornament for scale.

The movie "Coco".

We saw it the day before Thanksgiving since Skyler was out of school for the holiday.  The movie doesn't disappoint!  Very well done Pixar!

The colors and lighting are incredible throughout the film.

12.2 miles on the Denver & Rio Grande rail trail.

It has been unseasonably warm here in Utah lately.  Like warm enough for Snowbird ski resort to open on Thanksgiving and abruptly close yesterday since the temps are in the 60's and 70's.  Yesterday was a perfect day to ride bikes on the rail trail.  We picked up where we left off in June at Glover Lane in Farmington.

Zooming away!  He can consistently keep up with me at 15.5 miles per hour!

What's this??!!

OH MY GOD!

Miniature railroad on 10 acres.  Public welcome June to August first Saturday of the month.  Guess where Skyler and I will be next summer?!

Old signal foundation overturned.

Gorgeous Fall colors.  

Headed back to the truck.  Here he is doing 17 mph!

#optoutside at Yellow Fork Canyon.

We did not go shopping like every other American yesterday.  Instead, we opted outside and went for a hike!

And again, the photos are not in order...  Sigh...

Looking West.

At the top looking East.

Somewhere along the trail.

Twinky little stream.

Resting his legs.

Killer November sunlight.

Aspen grove.

Single track!  Now we need to bike this trail!

At the top on the Tooele County line.

Flat road.

Reaching into his pack for some snacks at the top of the canyon.  It was an easy 4 mile out and back hike.

Post Thanksgiving.

Everything worked out and (I think) everyone enjoyed themselves.  We even managed to get in a 5k walk in the morning.

Skyler found himself a scale pony on our walk.

Whipping up some whipped cream with Mommy.

Setting the table.

The smoked turkey.  It looked a little brown but tasted great!

Time to eat! Mommy made some delicious cranberry sangria to go with dinner.

Special thanks to Grandma for the tasty sweet potatoes and to Karen for the delicious Julia Child creamed green beans.

Skyler got to sit next to Grandpa, probably his favorite person in the entire world.

Thanksgiving 2017.

It's like a foodie Christmas!

Retro-awesomeness!

Preparation.

We have the turkey!  It's brining in apple cider and spices.  Mommy made the herb bread last weekend with Skyler.  He helped dice it on Sunday using his own special knife.  Today, (after we see the movie "Coco"), I will make the cranberry compote side dish.  It's foodie week!  Everyone celebrate!

So careful.

Concentrate.

Cubes!

Doing great!

Speaking of bridges.

Skyler got to see G&G Sunday afternoon and told Grandpa all about the new bridge he saw earlier in the day.  Grandpa's magic talents emerged and Skyler had himself an actual domino suspension bridge!

Under the bridge is the rail line.  :)

A bridge, a train, and Chucky Squirrel.

We headed out to the new suspension bridge that completes the 47 mile Jordan River Parkway trail yesterday morning.

Antique Allis Chalmers mini road grader.  So cool!

Looking South towards the new bridge.

Salt Lake, Garfield, and Western Railway right of way.

Thank you Mayor Biskupski!

Water drop for the power plant cooling water intake.

Gadsby power plant.  It was not running yesterday.

Hot rail!!!

15,000 tons of power!

Skyler was thrilled!  The engineer even honked his horn when Skyler waved.

Watching the stack train pass.

On the bridge.

Jordan River.

Fisher Mansion.  Word has it Salt Lake City is going to restore it into an event center.

Chucky Squirrel!

Maizey was beside herself attempting to climb the tree after Chucky Squirrel.

Gorgeous November day on the river.

A gaggle of geese near the Fairpark.