The kids were out of school today, so we decided to head up into the mountains and do one of our favorite winter hikes – Pine Hollow. This year we had everyone except Jacob (he was working) and we brought along cousin Kate Rowberry. We did Pine Hollow last year with the little kids, and I …
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Megan’s Lone Peak Sophomore Season
After much cajoling we managed to talk Megan into at least trying out for the Lone Peak sophomore basketball team. Megan is a gifted athlete and has always been quick and fast, but she wasn’t sure if that would be enough. I told her to win every race the coach threw at the team during …
Super Surprising Valentine
Valentine’s Day around our house isn’t a super-romantic holiday, but Manina usually does fun things for our kids to let them know we love them. This year started with a yummy breakfast of homemade waffles, strawberries, and buttermilk syrup. And it wouldn’t only get better. That evening we had the sister missionaries over for heart-shaped …
Drew Turns Ten
Drew is a pretty easy-going kid. We had to celebrate his birthday a couple days early due to some big celebrations with his Grandpa Mike’s 70th birthday planned. But Drew didn’t mind at all. He’s all chill. We lucked into some Jazz tickets, so Drew and I went up to downtown Salt Lake City to …
Sharing Christmas 2017
The last few years my parents have gifted us cash and asked us to go do something good with it. They only ask that we write it up to share with them. Here is our report for 2017. Like a lot of other families these days, most of our Christmas shopping is done online and …
Manina’s 41st Birthday
Manina had quite the jam-packed day for her 41st birthday. It started out with her girlfriends Hannah Stayner, Penny Bergeron, and Emily Hunter taking her out for breakfast. When Manina came home, we had a quick birthday song and gave her a new bike: a 2016 Trek FX 7.2 WSD. I was pretty proud of …
Katelyn’s 14th Birthday
Our Katelyn is fourteen years old! Manina and I took Katelyn out for lunch at Chick-Fil-A and I took some time to interview her. Here is what I learned: What is your favorite class at school? Foods right now. Usually student council but I have to do announcements this month which is difficult. What is …
Fall Dodgers Trip
My brother Matt lives in sunny Long Beach. He managed to talk me and Dad into coming down to watch a Dodgers game. Dad and I found flights for about $160 and headed out on Sunday, Sep 24. The flight was a piece of cake and Matt met us at the Long Beach airport and …
Family Uinta Hike
We’ve traditionally gone on a hike over Labor Day weekend. Last year we did the Lofty Lake loop and had a good time. This time we’d be bringing along our new dog, Finley. So, we didn’t feel like we could make it a very long trek. We decided to hike to Watson lake, which is …
Solo Summit of Mount Nebo
I thought I had a free pass for the day, so I took off to hike Mount Nebo all by myself on Saturday. It was a beautiful day for a hike. The weather was awesome, but the trail wasn’t super busy. I passed a few groups here and there, but I walked for miles without …
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