I returned last night from our annual family campout to Tanner’s Flat campground (up Little Cottonwood Canyon). We had a great time. We couldn’t have asked for better weather or a better day to go. We left Wednesday morning and the area we stayed was empty. It took away any extra worries about our kids …
Category Archives: Family
A visit from Oma Ria
We were fortunate enough to have my Mom come to visit us again this year. She stayed a full two weeks but it just flew by. It was a busy time for our family with baseball games, swim events, end of the school year stuff, etc. so it was really nice to have an extra …
New Wheels
After fighting reality for more than six months we have succumbed and purchased an eight passenger vehicle. Both Seth and I tried to convince ourselves that we could make do with two smaller cars (after all they did total more than eight seats together!), but we couldn’t deal with double-buckling kids illegally and four kids …
Schools out for the summer!!
This has been such a fun year for the kids. They had to move to a new school, meet new teachers, and make lots of new friends. Each of them agreed that this has been the best year of all. That being said, they are super excited for summer. The last day of school was …
Highland Dance Festival
Every other year Highland Elementary has a dance festival. It was such a fun little program that required a lot of practice. Jacob danced to “Dancin’ in the Street”, Megan performed to “Rock and Roll Music” by the Beach Boys and Katelyn did a partner dance to “Stuck on You” by Elvis. They all did …
Katelyn’s Graduation
My sweet kindergartner graduated this week. It really is amazing how quickly these little ones grow up. That is probably why I have so many children…just don’t ever want them to get big! The program was cute. They sang songs, recited poems and received their diplomas. I could tell she was a little sad that …
Hiking in Moab
We decided it was time for another hiking trip. It has been several years since our last Moab trip, so we decided to go again. Spencer, Rachel and their kids joined us which made the trip even more fun. Together, we rented a condo instead of a hotel and that was a genius idea. We …
Long overdue
This past weekend I had my first “girl’s weekend” since I have been married. Yes, that means it has been TWELVE years since I have slept away from my kids and my husband (I have been without Seth and without my kids a few times but never both at the same time). It isn’t something …
Ellie’s Stats
This is mostly for me, but anyone who cares to know can read it as well. Yesterday I took Ellie in for her 4 month checkup (a few weeks late). After our scare a couple weeks ago I was hoping that we would see an increase in her weight and we did! Bulking her up …
Happy 4th Birthday Claire Bear!
Today was Claire’s 4th birthday! She was so excited and practically announced it to everyone she spoke with. She woke up to banners and treats and was absolutely thrilled. Seth and I were asleep and at 7:30 am she came running into our room yelling, “Thank you so much! I love you, I love you!”. …
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