family

Sometimes I feel a little guilty after writing about our family time at Bear Lake (the last two posts). I feel guilty because each year when I write I get some comments and also emails filled with awe about those relationships we are lucky enough to have. How did that…

Right now I am in the business of dropping off my big girls at college. And it is weird because as any parent knows who has gone through this, it is a rollercoaster. I love that they will be together on this island, but how am I going to be…

One of those things we (actually I should say Dave) figured out in those logistical negotiations was that most of the flights we found went through Dubai.  And that we may as well extend our layover in that unique place to check it out. So we did.   We had one…

These are my parents: Look at them!  Do you see that light just oozing out of those smiley faces?  I love them so much.  And they have loved each other for over FIFTY YEARS.  Yep, their anniversary is coming up this summer. So they have been trying to figure out…

There is something almost holy to me about having your whole family together after some have left. I don’t think you can ever explain it until you are in it, and even then, there are not words.  There is just love just filling up the air and oozing out of…

Back in September Dave and I headed to Carlsbad, California with almost all of the adults in Dave’s family. With nine siblings sometimes that’s tricky to come by, but I love how Dave’s family does it: someone throws out a date and a place well in the future and everyone…

There’s a big chunk of my heart sitting over at Lake Powell. Dave’s too. We adore that gorgeous spot probably more than any other spot.   Cannot get enough of these vistas: …that transform as the sun shifts: …and these faces: I grew up going there every spring with my…

On a date this last weekend Dave and I got Max’s p-day email right as we were walking out of a movie.  (We get his letters on Friday nights now since his p-day is on Saturday while he’s in the office and he’s fifteen hours ahead of us.) And every…

After all that time the girls and I spent on the road over the summer, we were pretty glad to have Dave with us to drive home.   And these kids of ours were over-the-moon that that drive included a stop to visit these cousins (Dave’s sister’s family). In the…

FOOD Food is a big deal at our reunions.    Because the majority of us like to cook, and we also conveniently like to eat:) There are some whiz-bang cooks in this family of mine.  The in-laws included.  And I love getting new recipes from them each year. I know…