Drew got tickets to a Jazz game against the Miami Heat for his birthday. On the drive up Drew said all he wanted was a Jazz win. The last Jazz game we went to (two years ago) they lost to the Pelicans pretty handily, so Drew was feeling cursed. We got there in plenty of …
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Easy Smoked Pork Shoulder
For Christmas, we purchased a pellet smoker. No, it’s not a Traeger (that’s the first question almost everyone here in Utah asks). After a lot of research and a $100 off sale, we bought a Green Mountain Grill. Specifically, the it is the Daniel Boone Prime WiFi model. It took a while for the grill …
Katelyn’s Sweet Sixteenth
Happy 16th birthday to my sweet KK. Although I often find myself wanting to slow time down, I also find great joy in watching her grow into a beautiful, responsible young lady. She has a giant heart and is so creative and talented. We sure love having her in our family. She wanted to take …
Kings Peak Trip Report
Manina and I have been wanting to hike Kings Peak for a while now. We put a date on the calendar at the beginning of the summer, and have been doing lots of hikes to get ready. Here is our trip report: Day 1: To Painter Basin We got a later start than we wanted …
2019 Cryer Family Reunion
We’ve had scheduling conflicts the last few reunions, but we had this one booked well ahead of time. This year we went to YMCA of the Rockies in Estes Park, Colorado. It was right next to Rocky Mountain National Park and there was a lot of fun things to do. Here are some quick highlights.
Hike to First and Second Hamongog
Just north of our house there is a hike that has been on my list for a while. So on Saturday, we decided to cross it off our list. It’s a difficult out-and-back hike just over 7 miles long with 2500+ ft. of elevation gain. Here’s our Gaia GPS data. When we proposed this as …
Family backpacking to Silver Lake
Manina and I have a goal to do a big backpacking trip later this year, so we targeted this weekend to do a practice run. We wanted to dial in our gear, try a couple meals, and see what works and what doesn’t. We had enough gear and our kids were all game, so we …
2019 AF Canyon Half Marathon
Manina has run the AF Canyon Half Marathon before, but this time was different. It was much more personal. You see, our dear sister-in-law Annie was recently diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer. Annie just had surgery this week to remove the tumor and is currently going through physical and occupational therapy trying to …
Labyrinth Canyon Canoe Trip
Drew and I just finished up a spectacular adventure. Drew’s scout troop decided to do a four-day canoe trip down Labyrinth Canyon of the Green River as their big summer camping trip. Here is the full trip report: Tuesday We met at Scoutmaster Ben Forstner’s house at 6am with all our gear. Drew and I …
Claire’s 13th Birthday
Happy birthday to Claire! Hard to believe we now have three teenage daughters in the house. To celebrate, we took Claire out to lunch as usual. She chose Cubby’s again this year, and this year decided to bring her sister Katelyn along with Manina and me. At lunch, we went through our standard questions like …
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