March 31, 2016

So fun watching Rylie run the 800 today.  She rocked it and took second from 7th graders.  It was fun watching her try to figure out a pace.  :)  Love that girl and that she's giving track a shot.

March 30, 2016

Checked "The Living Room" off my -hikes to do- list today.  Good hike.  I was glad it was cold as this could be a hot hike in warm weather.  And the stormy clouds looked awesome.

March 27, 2016

Good Easter Sunday.  I love this gospel and feel beyond blessed to have a Savior that provided a resurrection.  Playing Bocce ball after church and Perudo was fun.  I love when Mason joins in.  And having K and T always makes things better.  Also played with a new app - crazy helium booth.  Way funny.

March 26, 2016

Pats came to play.  Good to talk to her and good to go to Women's Conference.  Also, earlier in the day Ryan Torsell and I became the Draper family egg toss champions.

March 24, 2016

Such a good time with Kenz today.  We met in Brigham City and went to the temple and a burger joint called Dixie Grill.  It was awesome hanging with Kenz and splitting a raspberry shake.

March 23, 2016

I love Cam's artistic flare.

March 22, 2016

The kids really like Fruity Pebbles.

March 21, 2016

Most strenuous hike I've done in awhile.  Schoolhouse Springs trailhead to the Second Hamongog.  6.6 miles RT and 2500 feet elevation gain.  Phew.  And awesome.   And somehow we managed to hike it in four house.  Yea for a good hiking friend like Lorien who plans hikes last minute on a warm day when the weather is going to get yucky the rest of the week.  (And I was so brave.)

March 19, 2016

Got out in the mountains with D.  Yippee!  It was so good to get out and I love hiking with D.

March 18, 2016

"Worrying is carrying tomorrow's load with today's strength - carrying two days at once.  It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time.  Worrying does not empty tomorrow of it's sorrow.  It empties today of it's strength." - Corrie Ten Boom

March 17, 2016

It was so good to see Mason and the gang out playing basketball.  Winter can be long.

March 15, 2016

Listened to a good BYU Speech today from January 2016 - "Daddy, Is Jesus Real? Overcoming Fear through Faith" by Scott Esplin.

March 14, 2016

"Obviously the Lord has created us with different personalities, as well as differing degrees of energy, interest, health, talent, and opportunity.  So long as we are committed to righteiousness and living a life of faithful devotion, we should celebrate these divine differences, knowing they are a gift from God.  We must not feel so frightened, so threatened and insecure; we must not need to find exact replicas of ourselves in order to feel validated as women of worth.  There are many things over which we can be divided, but one thing is needful for our unity - the empathy and compassion of The Living Son of God."  - Patricia Holland

March 13, 2016

Such a great Sabbath Day.  Good meetings with a great talk that used the analogy of biking clothes. (Only bikers understand the benefits of biking clothes, other people think you just look weird.  Like living the gospel - other people might think you're weird.) After church there was a nap in the hammock, bocce ball (even trick bocce) with Mason, a game with M and S, and dinner when K and T stopped by.  Add in a driveway bball game, Sadie's activity summary, and a movie with homemade popcorn and that made it a great Sunday.

March 11, 2016

I really like the song, "Tiny Dancer".  It can be sung by Elton John or Tim McGraw.

March 10, 2016

Finally saw the donut part of Donut Falls.  Cool.

March 9, 2016

Mason always get the "gird up your loins" scriptures to read.  :)

March 6, 2016

Nine?!  How did my little girl get to be nine?

March 5, 2016

Great weather Saturday.  Kids rode bikes, jumped on the tramp, enjoyed some hammock time, and enjoyed the spring time feel.  Late afternoon D and I went with Mason to Cabelas and had fun at the shooting gallery.  It's always nice to be out with the boy. 

March 3, 2016

Good outside day today.  The weather was amazing.  6.5 mile snow hike with Lorien with a break on a cool snow mountain, sitting outside soaking up the sun, scootering to piano with Sadie, and two cool bird sighting.  (Geese honking and circling right above me, and Ry and I saw a hawk with a mouse in its claws.)