Journals

We celebrated our 8th anniversary on Aug 17th. That was also the official last day of summer before Halle started school. So, Rusty took the day of work and we took the kids to “The Bay” in Broomfield. We had a fun day of swimming, water slides, and snow cones. Then that evening Rusty and…

In Primary yesterday we were talking about temples. The Primary President was making the analogy that sometimes our houses get messy and chaotic, but that the temple, God’s house, was always clean and peaceful. The PP asked the kids if their houses were ever messy and Halle STANDS UP and yells out, “My Mom and…

  Two out of three kids in tears is exactly the response you imagine when you tell your kids about a surprise trip to Phoenix in January, right?  We had expected whoops, laughing, and sheer excitement when we told the kids that our bags were packed and we were headed for sunshine early the next…

Here’s the highlights:When we got of the plane in SLC I turned to Halle and said, “Wow! Thanks for being so good on the airplane.” She looked at me and in her best big girl voice said, Mom, it was my pleasure.” Everyone within earshot totally cracked up. “No macuum??” Josh calls vacuums, macuums, and…

Timpanogos Cave, that is.  We decided that Halle and Josh were old enough to make this rite of passage hike.  I have so many fun childhood memories of hiking the cave with my family, aunts, uncles and cousins, that I was excited to share this same experience with my kids.  It is a tough hike—1…

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