Christmas Card 2017


Helloha! That’s Leo’s Hawaiian greeting 🙂 We have been planning this Cornell family vacation for a looooong time. I can’t believe we’re now looking at it in the rear view mirror. Our trip started with a crazy trip through airport security. We went to the skybridge which normally takes less than 10 minutes to zip…
“There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.” –Nelson Mandela After all the excitement at Wimbledon, we could not get out of bed the next morning. Finally we roused ourselves and went for a quick trip to the Tate Modern Museum. I…
This race was So. Much. Fun. It totally exceeded our expectations. And Halle was a ROCK STAR! She went in with the best “can do” attitude, and she accomplished things she’s never done before. She had so much grit and determination–it was a joy to watch her. She scaled walls, threw tires, ran through mud,…
Blake and I were headed to soccer the other day, and having a conversation about getting a dog. It went something like this. Blake: “Mom, when are we getting a dog?” (an oft asked question) Me: “Blake, when you have your own house, you can have as many pets as you want. But right now…
It’s official. Summer is over and we are back in school. It was quite the crazy morning. Halle’s bus comes at 7:32 which is WAY earlier than we are used to being ready for school. We were rushing like mad to pull everything together and were running down the street to catch the bus. We…
For the quarterly Primary activity the kids got to go down and do a tour of the Denver Temple. They took them all over the grounds and told fun stories about specific parts of the temple. The kids got to learn how important temples are in Heavenly Father’s plan for us. Halle and Josh both…
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