One of my New Year’s Resolutions is to start posting more. There is no excuse for me having not posted in so long other than just pure laziness. One thing I have done is keep a pretty good list of items that I should have posted had I not been so dang lazy. Unfortunately, that… Continue reading New Year’s Resolution
Summer Trip – Hiking, swimming, ghost town
Our summer trip finished up with a day of hiking at Cedar Breaks and Cascade Falls in the Dixie National Forest. I always enjoy the drive up Cedar Canyon and visiting Cedar Breaks and Brian Head. I’ve been taking trips there since I was a boy to visit my grandma and grandpa. It’s even more… Continue reading Summer Trip – Hiking, swimming, ghost town
Wrapping up the summer
Ainhoa’s visit over the summer wrapped up with a flurry of adventures: Hiking in Little Cottonwood Canyon A trip downtown and to the state capitol building A visit to Kennecott’s Bingham Canyon copper mine Timpanogos Cave National Monument A week at girls camp I never would have thought you could pack so much into a… Continue reading Wrapping up the summer
Sam’s attendance
Sam missed only 2 days of class in 4th grade. Good enough to get an attendance award. I’m not sure he was too happy about getting his picture taken in front of the class. Next stop, 5th grade.
Summer Trip – Les Miserables, Aladdin, and the 4th of July
Some other highlights of our trip included attending Les Miserables at the Utah Shakespeare Festival. Les Miserables isn’t exactly Shakespeare fare but I’m glad they staged it nonetheless. We have the CDs and videos in our house and it’s a particular favorite of Anne’s so practically everyone in the family knows the play and the… Continue reading Summer Trip – Les Miserables, Aladdin, and the 4th of July
Summer Trip – Cedar City via Cove Fort
This summer we had an exchange student come and stay with us for a month. Ainhoa is from Zarautz Spain, in the Basque country. The start of her stay coincided with a trip to Cedar City to visit Grandpa Kent and Grandma Connie. It was fun having Ainhoa along although one problem with increasing our… Continue reading Summer Trip – Cedar City via Cove Fort
Anne’s Birthday
Anne somehow managed to finagle a friend party for her 15th birthday. I’m not sure how she managed to pull that off because Nancy is pretty much “partied out” from doing birthday parties over the years. Perhaps the fact that our exchange student Ainhoa was visiting helped Anne convince her Mom of the need for… Continue reading Anne’s Birthday
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Lots of things happening this month. The kids had their spring recital but I haven’t put the video up yet. Anne got an award at school for academic achievement, Diana got some teeth extracted so her adult teeth could grow in properly, and April showers certainly brought May flowers. The cherry blossoms and white flowers… Continue reading Untitled
Diana’s Birthday and Baptism
A Birthday and a Bear
Sam recently had a birthday and turned 10 years old. He and Diana have birthdays fairly close together so they got to jointly select the location for their birthday dinner. Their choice? Golden Corral. It was the first time any of us had ever been to Golden Corral and I think the kids were influenced… Continue reading A Birthday and a Bear