When we decided to go to McCall, the Rowberrys mentioned they were starting their vacation a few days early and staying for a couple nights in Melba. Spencer and Jan Crosland and their cute little family were kind enough to let our crew come crash at their house and make a mini family reunion out …
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Farewell Fiasco – Tubing the Provo
We got a good piece of advice from a missionary parent a few days ago: Take the family out to do something fun after dropping off your missionary at the MTC. Since it’s such an emotional time, it’s important to go out and have a fun diversion instead of just going home and crying for the …
Going on a mission
Jacob left on his mission today. It’s been a whirlwind of preparation over the last few months since he got his mission call. The last 24 hours have been tough but it’s certainly something we want to remember and document in our family history. On Tuesday night Jake was set apart as a full-time missionary …
Jacob’s Farewell Announcement
Jake will be speaking this Sunday, July 29 at 9 AM at 5848 W 11000 N in Highland. We will have a breakfast immediately following at our home. We would love for you to join us.
Box Elder Hike
Whew! What a hike! We packed up Friday night, made sandwiches, dried some fruit and wanted to be ready early Saturday morning for our hike. Katelyn invited her good friend, Sophie Lee, and Claire, Drew, Ellie, Finn, Manina and I rounded out the group. Jacob dropped us off at the trailhead up above Granite Flat …
Ibantik Lake Backpacking Trip
Jake, Drew and I had an awesome weekend in the Uinta mountains. We backpacked into Ibantik Lake, stayed overnight, tried to catch some fish, and enjoyed our time together. We made a short little video with a few highlights. The wildflowers were out in force. Temperatures were perfect for hiking too. We took a …
Called to serve
While we were on vacation in Maui, our neighbor sent us a text that Jake’s mission call had arrived in the mail. We toyed with the idea of having the long-awaited envelope FedEx’ed overnight to us in Maui, but Jake decided to wait an open it the night we came home. So, on Thursday, April …
Claire turns twelve
Just like last year, Claire and Manina stopped and picked me up so we could go to Cubby’s for Claire’s birthday lunch. In what is quickly becoming one of my favorite traditions, I interviewed Claire to get a little glimpse into her life. It was fun to see how she’s changed since her birthday last …
Mighty March Madness
We tried out a different version of our family March Madness pool this year. Since the traditional fill-out-a-bracket method is , we thought we should shake it up and try a new method to track the craziness. This year we tried the Bill James Bracketless Bracket method. Rules: Everyone picks their favorite #1 seed, then …
Coach Manina and the Snipers
Manina volunteered to be Katelyn’s Jr. Jazz coach this year. Coaching 8th-grade girls recreation-league basketball takes a special kind of crazy, but Manina really worked hard at it and got the most out of her team. Manina inherited a team that went completely defeated last year — no wins all season long. Manina set up …
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