Last year was the first year that I can remember my mom not coming down for a visit. Due to some health problems she was experiencing, I went up to visit her instead. All of the kids (except Ellie who went with me) missed not seeing her and were especially excited to see her this …
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Girls can backpack too
Megan turns 13 here in a couple weeks. Katelyn is 11. The weather forecast was perfect, and there weren’t any other conflicts, so we decided to head out on their first overnight backpacking trip. The girls seemed pretty excited to go. I gave them general directions of what to bring and what not to bring, …
Spring Break Staycation 2015
For spring break we had decided we would go camping with the Rowberry’s. However due to procrastination in planning, we opted to do a “staycation” together instead. We each took a day and made plans to do some things here locally. The first day we went to the Bean Museum, went bowling at BYU and …
Skydiving
Yep. I jumped out of an airplane. And I lived to tell the tale. But, before you go thinking I’m some thrill-seeking adrenaline-junkie daredevil, let me tell you that I followed my 60-year-old mom and my 86-year-old grandpa! They’re the crazy ones. You see, my mom has always wanted to go skydiving. It’s been on …
Red Cliffs Hike in St. George
The Red Cliffs hike was our favorite quick activity from our President’s Day getaway to St. George. We will definitely do this one again. But, next time hopefully it will be a little warmer (the canyon you hike up has a lot of shade) and we will all be wearing swimming suits (the natural pools …
Coronado Getaway
Work has been very busy the last few months. I’ve had some major projects going live, and lots of deadlines and stress. Manina noticed that I needed a break and so she arranged a surprise vacation getaway for just the two of us. Manina had been in San Diego with Ellie a few months ago …
Next stop…Alaska
After Ellie and I returned from Cali, we decided we had so much fun that we would try again but this time head to Alaska to see my mom. Not really. I had been wanting to head up there for quite some time, but wasn’t sure how to pull it off without spending a fortune …
Stewart Falls Hike
I took the kids on a hike to Stewart Falls right after school last Thursday. We did it partly to enjoy the beautiful weather, and partly to celebrate the fact that we survived a couple weeks together without Manina and Ellie. We had a lot of fun together while Mom was away, and this was …
While Mom is away
Manina has been traveling a lot recently. She and Ellie have been away for basically two of the last three weeks. She went to San Diego for a few days, then went to Alaska to visit her mom and other family. We miss them terribly, but we keep ourselves busy by doing silly things that …
Our California Adventure
When the Denney’s moved to San Diego, our family was devastated. One of the few perks from their move was a good excuse to take frequent trips to Cali. Ellie and I decided to take advantage of the major drop in prices for airline tickets to San Diego. We snatched up two tickets and began …
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