December 29, 2019

My dad opening his moccasins - his laugh was awesome. Christmas coins from my parents. Playing Rook with my mom and M and R. Cam is so good to my parents.  Quick flat tire fix in Richfield at Big O. Chinese Rice King tasted wonderful for Cmas Eve. Star Wars was great! Totally enjoyed it. Christmas morning - thankful kids and some fun presents for me. “That’s actually kind of cute.” Baylie pillow from Kelly. Getting high score on Dig Dug for 10 minutes until Darren took back the high score. Lots of Good Luck Charlie watching. Also Hostile Planet episode to never watch again. Jackbox game playing. Panda Express with most of us. K and T coming over.

December 22, 2019

Singing Cmas hymns in church - especially “Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful” and “Joy to the World”. christmas season. The view of Timp that I love in the winter. Smashburger with Lorien and Sariah as we completed our 50 hike challenge. Capitol Reef. A long hike with views and views. Sitting on top of a knob eating the most delicious sandwich from Ideal Dairy. The picture Darren took of me on top of the knob in Capitol Reef with my sandwich. The Camrie picture meme with the family - so funny! 

December 15, 2019

Monday was just a beautiful December morning - clouds were a little pink and hugging the mountains as the sun shone through and lit up the top. Sigh. David Archuleta’s Christmas song “Hallelujah”. Temple baptism with my fam. Fluffy downhill snow. Cam singing - “What Christmas means to me” by Stevie wonder. “Bethleham” dinner - twice baked potatoes. Star Wars movie watching with D and Mason. Sadie giving a good sacrament meeting talk. Extra thankful for my little family this week.

December 8, 2019

Sister Eubank’s 2018 Christmas devotional talk. Sister Renlund’s recent BYU speech. Temple Square with DMCS. Watching M and C have fun at temple Square. Listening to the choir perform in the assembly hall at temple Square. Good to be back in the Baptistry on Wednesday.  First snowshoe of the season - spruces never disappoints. Suessical with Lorien and Sariah - way fun and happy and entertaining. Quiet Sunday morning reading conference talks by the light of the Christmas tree.

December 1, 2019

Good Tuesday movie at the theater with D (Ford vs Ferrari). Then watching Klaus on Metflix with Cam while doing some online shopping. Mason having a good time at Snow with tanner and rocking his math test. Mason saying, “I’m so proud of our family,” after we all knew his School of Rock quote. Staying in mesquite. Cousin time for my kids. Nieces and nephews. Bowling in the sketchiest bowling alley ever in a casino. Card playing in beaver dam. Geo ride with my honey. Sweet text from Jenn. Rainy hiking (that wasn’t very rainy) in Snow Canyon (Johnson Canyon and Red Sands).  Waterfalls off red rock because of all the rain).  I do like Snow Canyon. My kids. They make me laugh and totally enjoyed each other this week.  Sunday dinner at the King's.

Ew - smelling like smoke. Losing bad at bowling. Not being able to stop at Kolob.

November 24, 2019

How much Cam likes Christmas. That our tree is up and makes me smile.  Songs Man in the Mirror.  Finding funny things in books and funny book titles to share with my family.  :). Cheap Chinese food when you don’t want to cook. Playing with Jaycee. Getting Cam's permit with a quick side trip to BYU Museum of Art. Vegas getaway with D - especially valley of fire and Nate bargatze. Card playing - Scum with MRC and hearts with DMR.

November 23, 2019

Birthday trip for Darren:

 

Friday - head to Vegas with a good stop at Valley of Fire. Totally enjoyed VofF. Hiked Fire Wave which took us to a kind of cool rock. Kept thinking of Rylie, “Look - a rock.” Then we stopped at Pink Canyon which isn’t on the map but you just walk East from the bottom of the 5th dip. Fun little slot that had some water and I liked. Last stop - Rainbow Vista. We hiked to the Fire Canyon Overlook. I loved it. The sun was going down and the lighting was cool and as we hiked you could hear the sound of bird wings flapping through the canyon. Pretty cool. Dinner was in Vegas at Cracker Barrel. 

 

 

Saturday - we decided to head to Death Valley. We figured if we didn’t go then we would never go. So we drove out and first stop was Zabriskie Point. Then on to Devil’s Golf Course (cool) and Badwater Basin (also cool and below sea level). We drove Artists Drive (getting out on a kind of lame lookout walk) and then stopped at the visitors center before heading back to Vegas. Early dinner at Lazy Joe’s Fish and Chips. Saturday evening was the reason for Vegas - Nate Bargatze (comedy performance). We laughed and laughed and laughed some more. His dad opened for him in a comedy/magic bit that was also so funny. It was a hilarious 90 minutes.

 

 

November 17, 2019

Peppermint chocolate chip chick Fil - A shake with Cam. Jo Bro’s Christmas song. Finding a big rock on a hike by a pool. :). Bowling with M. Train song “50 Ways to Say Goodbye.” Pickle ball with M R and C. Yesterday movie. Also Hobbs and Shaw movie watching with D and Mason. Shopping with Kelly and Steph.  Good General Conference listens, especially Elder Budge - Consistent and Resilient (October 2019 GC) and Elder Maxwell - Brightness of Hope (October 1994 GC).  Darren’s sacrament meeting talk. Taking pizza to the Kings. Taking Keaton and Russell to the park with Baylie.

November 10, 2019

Road trips. Good friends. Zion national park. All things on my road trip with good friends to Zion national park. Hiking. Long hikes (where we see only 2 people). Backpacks. Cameras we carry in our pocket. Views. Seeing a fox. Laughing. Snow College. Fried zucchini. Culver’s raspberry shake (especially with D, M, C, S).

November 9, 2019

I was able to go to Zion National Park for 2 nights and stay in Deb Hillock's cabin and hike with her and Lorien Caldwell and Sariah Kelly.  Way fun!!!  Things to remember:

Sariah’s Nerd box. Surprise new tires in Beaver. Good Red Hollow hike - the lighting was amazing and the slot was fun. Short drive thanks to chatting and laughing. Lots of deer spotting on this trip. Also saw a gray fox. Cabin was great. We had a great time playing games - so much laughter and fun (Pegs and Marbles, 5 Crowns, Guillotine). Sunrise was pretty and we saw the deer eating breakfast. We started our hike at 8:30am in 29 degrees. Ended the hike at 69. Hiked Cable and Deer Trap Mountains - 14.5 miles and 8 hours. Views into Zion Canyon were awe inspiring. Cool to see Observation Point and Angels Landing from the same viewpoint (binoculars- ha ha). Saw 2 people all day. Chips and homemade salsa are amazing after a long hike.  Saturday morning we did a little hike from the cabin where the Ponderosa Pines were plentiful. We headed home with a side trip to Ephraim to watch some snow college soccer and eat at the Malt Shop.

 Some of Red Hollow.

 Starting our hike on the Zion East Side.

 I loved that you could see Angel's Landing and Observation Point from Cable Mountain.

Cable Mountain.

 My hiking friends - Sariah Kelly, Lorien Caldwell, and Deb Hillock.

 Cool view from Deer Trap trail.

 Can you spot Lorien?

 Our lunch spot at the end of the Deer Trap trail.

 Playing a new game we really enjoyed. (Jokers and Marbles.  AKA Pegs and Jokers.)

 View from a lookout near the cabin.

 Saturday morning was smoky.

 Snow College soccer game.

 Red Hollow.

 On top of Deer Trap Mountain.

 One big Ponderosa Pine.

Taking it all in on Cable Mountain.

Fun shadow pic on our hike.  Sariah, Deb, me, Lorien.