September 30, 2017

Bowling with - MDawg, KDizzle, Tanthecanman, Ryce-a-roni, Mamallama, and Daddio - plus Cam and Sadie cheering us on was such an awesome hour.  I hope to remember Mason's smile for many months to come.  And it was so great to be all together.  (And I may have won.) We had pre-bowling fun of old school Dr. Mario competitions.

September 29, 2017

Awesome date hike with D.  Met him in Park City and we hiked Iron Canyon.  It was a beautiful fall hike with leaves changing and an uphill workout and a great view and a moose!  The yellow leaves were so pretty with the sun shining on them.  Red leaves were pretty as well.  Darren heard the moose in the stillness and then amazingly saw movement and we walked through the woods to find it.  Moose whisperer.  :)

September 28, 2017

Can't quite get enough going to lunch with Mason.  Today's eating was at Chick Fil A.

September 26, 2017

"In today's world it is tougher and tougher to be awed by ordinary things.  Make an extra effort to find awe in the everyday aspects of your life and take a moment to say, 'Wow!'." - David W Hart, BYU Speech

September 25, 2017

Drove to Logan with Rylie for a soccer game.  4 hours of driving on a Monday evening was made bearable by dinner with K and T and singing High School Musical with Ry.

September 24, 2017

What a great day!  Awesome farewell talk by Mason followed by lots of family and friends crammed in our little house (it was a cold and rainy Sunday) to show support for the leaving missionary.  There was lots of love felt. 

Clay also had his farewell today.  They both talked about what an influence Brother Moen was as a Deacon leader and Bro Moen was in attendance so that was kinda cool. 

September 23, 2017

I just love when K and T come to visit.  Lots of game playing and laughing and hanging out and fun and family pictures this time.  Pics turned out pretty good.  Kelly took them.

September 21, 2017

Sent Sadie off to Clear Creek today.  She's going to love it.  And come back doing boondoggle.  :)

September 17, 2017

Who knew that the Fort Collins/Denver area would be such a great vacation spot.  But really, what a great vacation!  Seriously, just what I needed and now I will miss Mason even more but glad I had this time with him.  Burgers in Laramie, driving fun, chatting on the hike and avoiding crazy chipmunks, Mason reminding me to roll with things and not stress, movie and candy corn, rainy temple baptisms, Mason loving the Mexican restaurant, M driving us around the nature preserve while we laughed about watching prairie dogs and a hawk for entertainment, playing catch in parking lots, and best of all - the soccer game, cheering and watching crazy Colorado fans do weird clapping and people acknowledging Mason's Manchester City affiliation.

September 13, 2017

When Cam reads things in her accents - puts a smile on my face every time.

September 11, 2017

Awesome morning with Kenz in Logan.  She took me hiking to the wind caves (I've wanted to hike to those for a long time) and then we went out for lunch at Herm's.  Get the club sandwich and skillet potatoes.  (And I don't usually love sandwiches.). Mmm.  Love being with that Kenz kid.

September 9, 2017

Temple night with Mason was great.  He's a great kid and handled everything.  The Draper temple was very accommodating.  

I wasn't going to ruin his night with lots of pictures but I did snap this one that I like.

September 7, 2017

My kids came through for me tonight.  It was a bit of a rough, frustrating night where everything seemed to be piling up and I was making every wrong decision.  Mason was reassuring and positive, Cam was encouraging, and Rylie was amazing as she cleaned the kitchen without being asked.

September 4, 2017

Apparently 2 hours is our limit when it comes to lake beaches.

September 3, 2017

Fabulous Sunday evening.  D made brown butter spaghetti for dinner.  After dinner was Perudo for three rounds.  Then it was a neighborhood walk with all of us (me, D, TK, M, R, C, S) with bikes, scooter, Ripstick, feet, plus a football.  Then homemade popcorn and a little ice cream with a movie. ("42")