utah

The weather reports in Utah were too good (so much snow!) so we decided we better pack up and head to those mountains that were calling our name over Christmas break. Poor Lucy had about 45 bloody noses over this Christmas holiday, so try to look away from that in…

I have a crazy love for Fall leaves. Who else is with me? They are incredible, and I yearn for them every year. I am SO GRATEFUL I have made it a tradition to go hike with my sisters each Fall so I can luxuriate in their beauty (both the…

After that gorgeous hike (that I gushed about in the last post), I got to go greet these two kids after their work: Max is working for the summer with some kids with special needs, a really good fit for him right now, and Abby is working at Built (protein…

Abby recently graduated from college. And I think that’s a pretty wonderful accomplishment that needs to be celebrated since graduation ceremonies aren’t quite what they normally are at this point right now. So I went up to help that girl celebrate. (And also to get a “wing” on those Utah…

I whine about how much I miss my babies on this blog a lot. Because I do, and I always will. But man alive, college kids are so much fun too. There is nothing in the whole wide world like watching your kids become. Oh, there are the tough parts.…

(continued from HERE) LOVED being in Utah despite how wimpy-in-cold we all are. In case anyone is wondering, Utah is COLD! There are so many people we love there so every time we go there are so many logistics to figure out. Phew! It’s hard enough to organize my own…

Ok, not just women, because there are some pretty cool men in this post too, but let’s focus on the women first because look who I got to be with for the women’s session of General Conference for our church a couple weeks ago: Oh yeah, baby. I lucked out.…

I’m still trying to post about Bear Lake before Fall hits in full force. (Not sure what “Fall hitting” really means here in the desert because it’s so dang hot until the end of October I swear, but actually this week it kinda feels like fall because it got cloudy…

This was supposed to post while we were out of town but then we didn’t have internet.  So here you go… The beginning of May found Lu and I in Wisconsin again.   We have been traveling to doctors there quite often lately and we are getting that routine down pat.…

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…