November 17, 2020

May have been the worst day of my life. 

November 14, 2020

Governor quarantine allowed D, Sadie and I to relax and watch movies this weekend. Friday was Jurassic World and Saturday was Jurassic World 2 and it was so nice to relax and watch movies.

November 12, 2020

When you only run once a week, it’s always painful. But listening to a good podcast helps. This morning was - Don’t Miss This, Ether 1-5. Good episode. “Faith = confident that He can, hoping that He will, but I trust that His will is good.” Also, God works in disappointments.

November 7, 2020

Pickleball at the church with D, Mason, and Rylie was a fabulous Saturday night event. Then pizza and Just dance for even more fun. 

November 7, 2020

Zion was way fun! I love that this may be an every year thing now that we’ve done it two years in a row. Hiking in beauty with friends for 4 days is awesome! So many smiles, much laughter, and such beauty. I especially love the east side of Zion.

Day 1 - drive to the cabin and quickly head out for a sunset hike to observation point. So pretty as the sun goes down. We chatted with a girl whose birthday is tomorrow. Hike back had the last mile in the dark. Way dark with awesome stars. Thankful for Sariah’s big light. 

Day 2 - we explored the main canyon since we thought ahead and reserved shuttle tickets. Hiked emerald pools. The upper pool was set in an alcove with way tall walls. We ate lunch on the rock pile. The middle “pool” was more of a puddle but it had such a cool reflection. Lower pool had awesome white and black stripes in the wall. It was fall in the canyon with yellow trees all over. So pretty. We saw the girl we saw last night at Observation Point.  We wished her a happy birthday.

We grabbed some ice cream before heading back to the cabin. We stopped at Canyon Overlook and did a quick Covid hike since there was a parking space. Amazing views. 

We also explored some more of the east side and spotted some big horn sheep! Wahoo! Then we ended the night with some game playing. 

Day 3 - long hike day to Deer Trap Mountain. This hike is a destination hike. Not amazing along the way but then you get such amazing views down into the canyon. The light this hike was awesome. There were clouds and then the sun would shine through, lighting the rocks. One time it lit up angels landing and some yellow trees behind it. So cool. We also saw where we hiked yesterday with the emerald pools. 

After our long hike we hit the hot tub at the resort. Ahh. 

More games and hanging out pretty much concluded our stay. 

Day 4 - drive home. We stopped for lunch at Ideal Dairy and my friends were kind enough to do a drive by and wave to my parents since there’s no covid visiting. 

What a wonderful time with friends in Zion. 

November 2, 2020

Started my new position at the library today. Finally took a clerk position. I’ve passed this up many times over my library years but now feels like the time for a change. I like working at the library. The pay stinks but the people are nice, the hours are good, and it’s a good environment.

November 1, 2020

Another good Sabbath. K and T came to visit and we had an epic jokers and marbles game down to the last card. Intense. Ha ha. We also had a visit from Russell.  :)  Also the Murphys (picking up Kaitlyn). It was a beautiful fall afternoon chatting outside. 

Darren feeding the two dogs whip cream was entertaining.