Max sent in his mission papers a few weeks ago. Then a week or so ago we got a notification “assignment made 8/28.” It made my heart jump (as everything related to the mission call has). We were into September by then so we figured that mission call would be arriving any day (Max…
The G Family:The T Family:
I have some gift ideas for the mothers in your life. Because mothers deserve to be celebrated. And with that celebration there should probably be a little pampering, right? I mean, I was just with Abby and Murphy and was reminded the of the motherhood wrestle that happens with babies and small kids. And all…
When you think of New Zealand what do you think of? Before I visited there, my visions of New Zealand, for whatever reason, were filled up with lots of adventure. Ok, lots of green hills and adventure. And during our trip there, those visions were certainly fulfilled. There are endless high adventure things to do…
I really thought I could get this all in one blog post, but alas, I ran out of time yesterday. The first part of this adventure is back in that post, but here’s what we did on the South Island of New Zealand. Adventure amped up on the South Island Flying in through the giant…
Back in March we skipped a whole day flying twenty hours ahead to a land filled with emerald green hills, no trash, umbrella ferns waving in the air and the kindest people. We had to pinch ourselves because it was a pretty huge bucket list item for both me and Dave. We traveled there with…
There’s one thing I forgot to say in my conversation with Eva Timothy. I think I mentioned that she and her family came to stay with us when she was doing a couple firesides here in the desert. I’ve talked about Eva before. She is a friend my sister Saren met on her mission in…
It was a strange Easter this year. Strange as in different, but also pretty awesome. Strange because first of all, it was rainy and cold. That doesn’t happen very much in the desert. It was 80 degrees and sunny the day before and then dropped twenty degrees with gray skies for Easter Sunday. We’ll take…
Since it’s April I better get my booty in gear and get our “2024 Snapshot” published! I like to do this at the beginning of each year so I can freeze that “moment” in time. I want to remember how it felt right here and now when I’m looking back some day. Let’s start with…