Our big Christmas gift to our kids this year was tickets to Disneyland. We had the opportunity to head down a little early to spend some extra time in Southern California before the main attraction. To break up the drive, we decided to stay a night in St. George. We were looking for a hotel …
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Pine Hollow 2019
We’ve done a winter Pine Hollow hike for several years, and even though it was a super cold New Year’s Day (5° F!) we decided to go for it. We bundled up and hit the trail after lunch and made really good time heading up the hill. We completed the 1.4 miles to the meadow …
Fall Break Encinitas Getaway
We made the most out of our fall break, driving to sunny Southern California for a few days. We had to be out of our house for a couple days while we got our floors fixed, and Manina found us a nice little AirBnB in Encinitas for us to stay at. So, we left Finley …
Couple Orderville Trip
Ever since doing Orderville a few years ago, I have been itching to go back. Manina mentioned it has been a while since we’ve done a couples trip with friends, so we combined those ideas and started making arrangements. I reserved a Zion NP backcountry permit for six and booked a shuttle to the trailhead …
Labor Day hike: Fehr Lake Trail
We’ve done a hike on Labor Day for the last couple years. This year we found another new trailhead in the Uintas and set out to explore it. After a little bit of research we settled on the Fehr lake trailhead for a couple reasons. It was pretty easy, short, and there were three good-sized …
McCall Camping Trip
At the last minute, we accepted a long-standing invitation to join our friends on a camping trip in McCall, Idaho. The Nicol family has a tradition of going there each summer, and they kindly invited us to join them and the Rowberry clan for a final family trip before the kids head back to school. …
A quick stop in Melba
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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