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Reflections

Does anyone else feel like time is just FLYING by?  I do.

October is gone:

 We played with friends,

Had a major scare when Daniel and his Dad didn't come home after a hike.  A call to Search and Rescue and many hours later, they were fine...

I took a trip down to Cedar City to watch the kids I student taught take 1st in every category at the Utah Shakespeare Competition,

We had a fun Halloween cupcake night with Theatre Ed friends.  Daniel won Spookiest Cupcake...
 

We celebrated my birthday...at the laundromat.


But then made up for it by going to Vegas!  We shopped...

We saw O at the Bellagio (courtesy of Daniel's parents)

We ate fabulous food at Wolfgang Puck's restaurant
 And had a fantastic view from our hotel room (courtesy of my parents)

 I do the choreography and acting training at Park City Glee, and my girls performed on Main Street in Park City!
 
November came and went:

We got a new car!  2008 Escape Hybrid in Ice Blue...
 Pretty...

Thanksgiving break was MUCH needed.  I made turkey cookies...

We had a great Thanksgiving dinner at the Faulk residence.  Notice the fruit cornucopias I made!

Daniel and I went to see my uncle, Jason Tonioli perform as part of the FM100 Christmas Concerts at Southtown Mall.  He was so good!

For the third year in a row, my sisters and I helped decorate the Faulk family tree.  We also went with the Faulks to the Lehi Messiah Sing...a yearly tradition!

And December is almost halfway gone!

What's next for the Faulks?  A week from today we will be on a place to DUBAI!  We'll be there for two weeks visiting my parents.  United Arab Emirates...here we come!  I just can't believe that in a week we will be here:


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