Adventures of Seth & Manina and their six kids from 2007-2020
Sunday, February 2 After a great day in Puerto Rico, we woke up excited to head to St. Thomas. Ben Forstner had rented a couple cars for us so he, Manina, and I took off early on foot to go get the cars. After completing the paperwork we walked back to the ship and met …
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I’m not a fan of travelogues, but I don’t write this blog for the benefit of the world. MightyJohnsons.com is a small, intimate, family-centered blog, mainly to record and journal our own memories. I love that family and close friends also read it, but the next several posts are mainly for me to look back …
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We returned yesterday from a Caribbean cruise vacation. We spent the last week visiting islands of indescribable beauty and having a great time vacationing with our friends. But, before I tell you all about the wonderful week in paradise, I have to explain our journey getting home. We boarded US Airways flight 770 from San …
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We traveled down to St. George to have Thanksgiving with Gary and Kathy this year. We missed out on the semi-annual Cryer Thanksgiving extravaganza and Jake was bummed to miss out on our neighborhood turkey bowl, but we had a great trip. We split up the food preparation. Gary took the turkey, I did the …
When the weather man reported a high of 75 degrees, we figured we better jump at the chance to head up the canyon and see the fall colors. Unfortunately, the weather wasn’t quite as good as had been predicted, but the colors were above and beyond expectation. Our good friends, the Denney’s joined us and …
What happened this year that didn’t happen last year, or the year before, or the year before that? Not much really, but that is what is great about family traditions—they’re much the same every year. We missed Joe and Matt and their peeps, but everyone else showed. Greg and Emily Rowberry and family also joined …
As expected, we were able to have Grandma Ria come visit us again this June. Every year the whole family looks forward to her arrival with great anticipation. This year did not fail us. We had another fantastic visit. We kept very busy. We managed to make it up to South Fork campground for our …
This Vegas trip had been in the works for quite some time. As difficult as it was to make it all come together and work for everyone, it was well worth it. Brian and Claire own a large home in Vegas that conveniently fit all of us. It was in a nice gated community with …
Drew is in Bear Hollow Preschool. For their final field trip of the year, they headed to the Hogle Zoo. I partnered up with my good friends Claire and Emily, who also have children at the preschool, and arranged for all of us to be together. This allowed us to see all the sites, but …
We braved the crowds last week and went to Thanksgiving Point to see the tulips at the Tulip Festival. It is a yearly tradition that we make with my in-laws but due to scheduling conflicts, we went with friends this year. As always, the flowers were amazing. It is such a beautiful place to visit. …
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