October 29, 2018

Grandma O passed away today.  Love that lady.  One of my favorite things was watching the relationship she had with Darren and Clayton.  Whenever they were together I would laugh as she would be keeping them in line.  It was awesome.  She was a card playing lady.  Her spunk with awesome.  As was her strength and sass. 

Today did have a good Elder Draper email saying the fall leaf service raking has begun.

October 28, 2018

Lots of good stuff this week - lunch with my parents as the girls and I had a day trip to Richfield, getting pumpkins in Richfield, Ry driving ol' Bump Bump with my dad, Sadie's ninja turtle painted pumpkin, fall beauty up AF Canyon, yellow leaves covering our backyard and Baylie trying to find her yellow bone in them, moose wandering through the meadow on Lorien's birthday hike, surprise visit from K and T and then movie with them the next day, good BYU Speech listen from April 2014 - Lloyd Newell, good April 2014 GC talk by Elder Jensen, Kaitlyn Murphy sleepover with ball heads and hoodies.  :)

October 22, 2018

Mason had a Pday excursion to Central Valley High School which is home of the Little Rock Nine.  I googled it.  Pretty cool history.  From his letter, "As far as missionary work goes this week, it's been an awesome week full of miracles galore!  We were able to find 9 new people to teach this week and to put it into perspective, we usualy get about 3 on a normal week.  The Lord really is involved in this work.  It really is amazing to see so many miracles happen each week.  It's great to be a missionary!"

October 20, 2018

I like road trips.  I like when they're to Zion.  I like when they include lesser known hikes and spots.  I mostly like when they're with D.

Day 1 - Lehi to Zion east side via Cedar Breaks.  We hiked Observation Point from the East Mesa trail.  Then it was on to Cedar City after a few quick stops on the east side of Zion.  Dinner at Chili's.

Day 2 - Cedar to Zion Kolob Terrace section.  We hiked the Northgate Peaks trail.  We also found Hoodoo city and had fun exploring there.  Then it was back to Lehi with a stop at Hermie's in Cedar City for fried zucchini. 

October 18, 2018

16?!? I can't believe Ry is 16.  She had a good time celebrating her birthday with friends.  "Hey mom - guess what.  It's my birthday!"  :)

October 16, 2018

It was nice to be able to do something today with each of the kids at home.  Cam and I went and got her some new shoes (Vans), Sadie and I took Baylie for a walk tonight, and Ry and I played a round of Dr. Mario.  (Which I finally won - that hasn't happened for awhile.)

October 15, 2018

Mason is working hard and doing it while biking in the rain.  "In case none of you know this, it's not fun biking in the rain.  But we do it anyways and I've grown to love it.  After it's over wtih.  :)"

October 14, 2018

Good Sabbath.  Ry gave a good talk today.  Amen.

October 12, 2018

Went snowshoeing this morning.  Yep - snowshoeing in October.  Kinda cool.  Now let's hope it melts fast and we get back to fall hiking.

October 8, 2018

Good older kid day.  Emails from Mason and he's doing good.  He's liking living in his apartment with the APs.  Then I had a great hike with Kenz.  We hiked to Willow Heights with the pretty yellow plus snow.  It was so pretty. 

October 7, 2018

Happy Camrie's birthday! That girl is such a joy.  She brings so many smiles to our house and our family.  Seriously, she makes us laugh all the time. 

October 6, 2018

Playing frisbee with Baylie is pretty fun.  Playing Just Dance with my daughters is even more fun.  Also, General Conference is awesome.  Especially the Women's Session.  Actually all of it. Also, Ben & Jerry's is yummy.

October 5, 2018

AF Canyon is beautiful with its fall colors.  We've had two awesome fall hikes in the last two days.  The yellows at the Summit were amazing.  And we saw a moose.  Wahoo.  Then today was another great hike.  Silver Lake had fall colors and it had some snow close to the lake.  It was a cool combination.  I do like fall hiking.

October 4, 2018

ONE YEAR FOR MASON!!!

October 3, 2018

"We all need to feel the warm hand of friendship and hear the firm declaration of faith." - Elder Holland.  Today I've been thinking about how much I love having good friends.  Friends that come and visit, friends that text random things, friends that you have many memories with, friends that you're still getting to know, friends on the soccer sideline, friends that love your kids, friends you've never met but have a connection to, friends you can tell your embarrassing stories to, friends you haven't seen since college, friends that got you through middle school, friends you hike with, friends that guess your movie quotes, friends who know that Costa Vida really is better than Cafe Rio...

October 1, 2018

I do love missionary email day. Mason says Little Rock has lots of hills to bike.  Pday had a nerf gun war with some elders.  Love that missionary boy and the hard work he puts in.