December 8, 2018

Dear Ranger Jamie -

Thank you for your suggestion to hike The Golden Throne (not to be confused with The Great White Throne which gave us a few laughs on the hike).  Your comment that we would be the only ones on the trail was only 1 person off.  Also, your comment about the echo wall was spot on - it was so cool and I was geeking out as only a hiker could.  We were able to build a little snowman and we loved the drive through Capitol Gorge.  Thanks again.

Angee Draper

PS - A shout out to Columbia for my comfy hiking pants and our hiking jackets that we love.  (I especially love the color of mine.)

December 7, 2018

Good evening with my parents where my dad shared one of his sayings but I hadn't heard it before.  "Sometimes when you don't say anything, you're saying a lot."

December 6, 2018

Another pretty snowshoe - this one up Dry Creek.  We even got to sled a little.  Fun, I know.

December 5, 2018

I do like living by the cemetery when I can walk and Baylie can run.

December 4, 2018

14 months out for Mason. It's been awesome!

December 3, 2018

Mason email - "This week has been awesome though!  We had a big stake nativity thing over the weekend which was great!  We helped set everything up and it was really cool, because there was an area seventy who was kind of in charge of it all so we got to spend like all day with him.  He has a huge 9 foot picture of Christ that we had to move and honestly it was just a great day.  We were able to talk with him for a while and I learned a lot from him.  A little homework he gave us is to look up how much the word - covenant - is used in the New Testament and compare it to how many times in the Book of Mormon.  That just goes to show how much has been lost and how much the Book of Mormon restores."  He also talked about spending the day yesterday with President and Sister Hansen and how much he loves spending time with them.

December 1, 2018

Snow College girls cabin time!  Oh how I love our 24 hour togetherness that includes the cabin.  Pats, Tara, Mary Ellen and I chatted and watched movies and slept just a little.  Next year we'll try and get 4 movies in instead of 3.