August 31, 2017

"Sunset skies, bonfire nights, I love the simple things - that's how I'll always be." - Tim McGraw

August 28, 2017

"If God were to reward only the perfectly faithful, He wouldn't have much of a distribution list." - Jeffrey R Holland.

August 26, 2017

White Pine hike!  The flowers, the pikas, the views, the lake, hiking with D - all so cool.  10 miles felt good.  I haven't done a 10 mile hike in a long time.

August 25, 2017

Sitting around a campfire is way cool.  You just don't know what kind of conversation you're going to get.  :).  And you might "dance when you're cold".  Quote of the night from Rylie "if you're going to burp freely then I'm going to fart freely."

August 24, 2017

Name that artist with Mason is an awesome game - even though I'm not even a challenge for him.

August 22, 2017

Making footprints from puddle rain on the sidewalk with Sadie this evening was the highlight of the back to school day.  Also, Rylie's first day of high school picture with her friends made me smile.

(Abby Marsh, Annie Watson, and Rylie - Skyridge High School - 9th grade)

August 21, 2017

Good day!  Eclipse, snow cones with the girls and their friends, and we threw back to school bedtime out the window and went to a BYU soccer game.  (110 minutes of soccer and 0 goals.) Oh, and a big thank you to the random lady who gave us some free tickets.  I saw my BYU college friend and coach Tammy (Horning) Crandall.  And Cam looked so cute going to 7th grade day.  Plus it's President Monson's bday (90 years).  Here's some quotes from a BYU Speech of his titled "Great Expectations":

"Good habits are the soul's muscles.  The more you use them, the stronger they grow."

"In the game of life, a second effort is often required.  The happy life is not ushered in at any age to the sound of drums and trumpets.  It grows upon us year by year, little by little, until at last we realize that we have it.  It is achieved by a body of work done so well that we can lift our heads with assurance and look the world in the eye."

"Follow the example of Christopher Columbus.  Take a leaf out of the log of his journal on his first voyage.  Day after day, as they hoped to find land and never found it, he wrote simply, 'This day we sailed on.' Perseverance will pay rich rewards."

"Remeber that when you help another up a mountain, you are a little nearer the top yourself."

August 20, 2017

Cam talking in her Irish accent this morning was cracking Mason and I up!  She was hilarious.

August 17, 2017

Sure like spending time with my girls.  Today it was Park City shopping (thank you Adidas store) followed by Waffle Love eating (thank you red berries and cream).  While at Waffle Love we met a couple who have been married for 72 years.  They were so cute.

August 16, 2017

Good day!  Morning hike to Dog Lake with 3 moose, afternoon hanging with the girls, dinner out with D and Mason to Texas Roadhouse, and evening Netflix watching of Madame Secretary. 

August 14, 2017

"If you find yourself racing through life, slow down long enough to take along some good friends." - Elder L Tom Perry

August 13, 2017

"When we are in the mountains our thoughts tend to tilt heavenward."  - Brother Gifford

And so begins the leaving of Mason's friends on different journeys for the next little while.  Tanner Beck is the first to leave - mission bound.  I will miss these boys coming around.  Sigh.  (Picture courtesy of Tricia Beck.)

(Muff, Giff, Tanner, Mason)

August 12, 2017

D took me on an awesome hike tonight to Pine Hollow Peak.  6 miles of great hiking.  It took us 3.5 hours.  The hawks were so cool to watch and hear.  The views of Timp were amazing.  The yellow and purple flowers in the aspen grove were so pretty. Seeing and hearing wild turkeys was so wildlife like.  The 2 minute downpour as we ran to the car was refreshing.  Such a great hike!

August 10, 2017

It's just that I really don't want summer to come to an end.  The early morning hikes, the watching movies in the day or late at night, the shaved ice runs, the sitting outside in the hammock, the scootering with the kids, the sitting around doing nothing - sigh.

August 5, 2017

D+A = 23 years today!  How I love Darren.  We make such a great team.  We celebrated with a baseball game (Bees), a hike (Circle All Peak), and a movie (Spider-Man).  Three of our favorite things wrapped up in one overnight stay in Salt Lake.

August 2, 2017

Good hike with the girls and and Kings to Cecret Lake.  That place is becoming a city but it's so pretty that even the crowds didn't ruin the experience.  :). We even found a parking spot.  Skipping rocks and chatting at the lake while sitting on a log was bliss.  And any hike that ends in JCW's has to be a good hike.

August 1, 2017

Great evening with the fam.  Despicable Me 3 followed by shaved ice was just awesome.  I love when D and I and the 4 at home kids get to hang out together.