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Our Ding, Dang (Damn!) Adventure
My employer gave me Veteran’s Day as a paid day off this year, so we checked the kids out of school (except Jake, he couldn’t miss a class), borrowed trailer, and drove down to Goblin Valley State park on Thursday night. Because is was Thursday night, we didn’t have trouble finding a spot. So we …
2016 Fall Break Adventure
Day 1: Bryce Canyon On Thursday of our fall break Manina and the kids made the four-hour drive down to Bryce Canyon. Jake and I would drive down separately later that evening. The girls (and Drew) stopped for lunch and met Rachel and Spencer and their family, with whom we would be spending the long …
We bought a beater
Jacob has only been a licensed driver for a couple months. In the short time he has been driving, he has had the following incidents: First, he got a speeding ticket and tried to keep it on the down-low. That didn’t work out so well since the first thing the police department does with a …
Timpanogos Summit Hike
Manina has wanted to climb Mount Timpanogos for quite some time. I have been up there several times with my scout troops, but never just with her. So, we decided to make a date out of it. I took the day off on Friday to hike it with her. We sent all the kids off …
Orderville Canyoneering Adventure
Remember back in 2008 when I did the Narrows hike? Yeah, it’s been a while. Ever since being released as scoutmaster about a year ago, I’ve missed going on big adventures. Sure, we just went on a Labor Day hike with the family, and I took the big kids backpacking this summer, but I was …
Labor Day Lofty Lake Loop Hike
For Labor Day we decided to head up into the Uinta mountains and go for a family hike. I did the hike last year with my brother Eli and his dog, Bert (short for Albert Einstein). So, I knew what to expect and where to go. We didn’t have any plans for the holiday, so …
Grove Creek backpacking with the kids
Last year, I took Katelyn and Megan backpacking up American Fork canyon. This year, we brought Jacob and Claire along with us too. We were also joined by the Rowberry family. My Uncle Greg and I were out talking one night and he expressed some interest in exploring the trails just east of the Pleasant …
Jake’s summer business: Lawn Rangers
In the summer of 2014, Jake started his own business. He started edging lawns and got several neighbors interested. So, Jake plunged in. We had an old edger that Manina bought from a yard sale. But Jake knew from edging our own lawn that that machine just wasn’t an option for a commercial lawn care …
A new commute
My commute to work today was much shorter than it has been for some time. You see, my employer, Ancestry, moved its headquarters to nearby Lehi. I’ve been working at Ancestry for about a year, and before that I was at a neighboring building at Morinda for 10 years. I burned about an hour a …
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