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…

Sorry in advance that this is long.  I should do a whole separate post about Lucy and her first try skiing…and probably other stuff in this post too, but I’m putting it all here so I can find it easy when I want to reminisce about this week. So buckle…

We hung around in Utah for a few days after Christmas in that winter wonderland. We skied.  See that little cloud up there on that mountain? We were pretty much inside that thing all day long. …and it was breathtakingly gorgeous.  And FREEZING cold. Dave took the kids one day and…

Somehow the stars have aligned just right so the last two years to let me experience exquisite Fall leaves even though I have lived either in the desert or in a place where leaves don’t seem to turn (here in Shanghai…maybe I just need to be patient). Last year when…

Warning:  This post may win the “longest post ever” category, but man alive, we took a lot of pictures. And don’t worry, no more cliff hangers like yesterday 🙂 Last weekend I got to head up to Utah to celebrate this woman’s life with my family:…and the mark she made…