March 28, 2025

Mountain air in the morning up AF Canyon and laughing in the evening at Wise Guys with Jenna Kim Jones. Mountain air and laughing are some of my very favorite things so it was a good Friday. 

March 27, 2025

 Have a mentioned I like living by the park? And that I like warm weather?

March 26, 2025

With the Biblers in town we had a zoo trip.  The zoo was less appealing than the last time we went but we loved the baby gorilla.  So cute!  We also enjoyed the young snow leopards, tiger, and red panda.  Mostly enjoyed walking and chatting with everyone in the beautiful weather.

Did you know that Cam's favorite animal is a polar bear? And that Annelise and I are birthday besties?

March 24, 2025

Hearing birds singing in the morning makes me so happy. 

March 23, 2025

I love my little life. Other things I’m thankful for this week in addition to Ephraim, Snow College, having a sleepover with my grinds, having their friendship for 33 years, all our softballs memories, watching softball with them and remember that we were pretty good, laughing and laughing as we added more memories, and playing softball at Snow “in the early 90’s”:

Darren. Having Cam and Sade around.  Sadie’s art displayed. Seeing Ry and Cole for a minute. Alma 7. Sunday dinners in South Jordan. Seeing the Biblers. 

Here we are yesterday on the field we played on at Snow.  

The picture below is from when we won the conference championship in the spring of 1993 on the same field.  (With a shaving cream celebration.)  These two pictures are at the same place just 32 years apart. (I'm the third from the left on the bottom row.)

March 22, 2025

We had such a great time in Ephraim! At the game they announced that there was Snow College alumni from the early 90's watching the game. We stood up and waved to the extremely limited applause. Good thing we’re confident in our old softball expertise. They had to add “early” to the 90's? Ha ha. 

Besides watching games we also drove up the canyon to find our camping spot from long ago, ate at Roy’s pizza, stayed in a cute grandma house Airbnb with an orphan room with 4 single beds, played a game where my friends know me better than I know myself, went to Walmart for ice cream and cookies, watched a movie, ate a yummy breakfast (that took forever) at Routes 89 Grill, teased Tara about forgetting the cookies, and went for a morning Ephraim walk. 

This was such a wonderful two days with these guys. Not very many people know this part of my life and it was awesome to remember it with those who were there. It feels like another life and yet I have so many memories from this time of life and met my lifelong friends. So very thankful for these friends. And so very happy we have stayed connected and see each other so we can keep making more memories. 

March 21, 2025

Where did I go this weekend? I took a trip down memory lane. :)

I’m in Ephraim with Mary, Tara, and Patty. Already we’re having the best time. Our mini reunion turned even mini-er as the others canceled. At first I was mad, then frustrated, and now who cares because they’re the ones missing out. Bo is joining us tomorrow. We have so many good times with just the 4 of us so I’m sure the others would have felt left out. Ha ha. Love, love watching some softball with these friends. Paige (Bo’s daughter) hit a lead off home run for us. We laughed and reminisced all day. Mary was making me laugh extra hard today. 

March 19, 2025

We went and saw Sadie’s entry in the Alpine school district art show. I love her art. 

March 18, 2025

A snowstorm today brought plenty of snow.  I'm more tolerant when the snow is in the mountains.  I enjoyed the white scene up Granite Flat last Friday but am not enjoying the white scene out my front window.

March 14, 2025

When the drive up the canyon has the snow covered trees, you know the hike is going to be good. It was a winter wonderland hiking up to and around Granite Flat. It’s such a great place to be on a bluebird day. It was beautiful! I loved breaking trail through the new powder. There was just enough to make it awesome but not so much you were sinking through too far. And I just love when all the trees are flocked.

March 13, 2025

Needed this reminder, “Striving to be the salt of the earth includes so much more than an endless scrolling of reels on a six-inch screen.” - Elder José A. Teixeira of the Presidency of the Seventy

Tonight after joining Darren for a work dinner thing in South Jordan, we stopped by Clayton and Sandee’s. Always nice to chat with them when it’s just us. 

March 11, 2025

Took Baylie on a quick walk before my before work hike. The clouds had just a bit of pink and I love it when the morning clouds are like that. I also love when my winter hiking trail goes past quakies.

March 10, 2025

Picked up the girls from the airport.  They're home safe and sound.  I love listening to them chat about their adventures.  (Apparently it was windy.)

March 6, 2025

Sadie is 18. What?!? Sure love that girl. We celebrated with dinner last Saturday, some presents last night, she took the week off work, and now she’s celebrating with her sister in New York City. 

March 5, 2025

Tomorrow I will have all adult children. Crazy. Good thing Baylie came and sat by me while watching my movie so I could cope.

March 2, 2025

“Whether descriptively designated as Creator, Only Begotten Son, Prince of Peace, Advocate, Mediator, Son of God, Savior, Messiah, Author and Finisher of Salvation, King of Kings—I witness that Jesus Christ is the only name under heaven whereby one can be saved!” Elder Neal A Maxwell 

March 1, 2025

What a fabulous 24 hours! Darren and decided to do a Richfield/Bryce visit. We left Friday at 5:00 and got back Saturday at 5:00. I loved it all. We took Mason and Rachael to Black Bear Diner. It was nice catching up with those two. After dinner was some Dr Mario which I always love playing. 

Saturday was Bryce baby!

Hiking in hoodoos with views and views, including the tunnel tree I love. More awesome with an ideal dairy sandwich, highway 89, and small towns. 

As we climbed back up to the rim we met some people seeing Bryce for the first time. I thought how lucky they are to be seeing those views for the first time. You can’t see things for the first time more than once. But then I thought how I’m even luckier to have seen those views many, many times. 

We got home to Lehi (I was driving so I drove highway and small towns not just freeway even though Lee at the Eagle Stop in Panguitch told me it’s faster to go more I-15) and then we headed to The Old Spaghetti Factory to begin Sadie birthweek celebrations. (Me, D, Sadie, Cam, Kenz, and Tanner) It was delicious of course and somehow Sadie ate an entire plate of fettuccine Alfredo. I don’t think I’ve ever seen her eat an entire plate of anything.