I think we are all still in shock at Alan’s quick passing. He had a heart attack and, despite surgery and many interventions, he could not recover. Rusty and Brett flew out to Utah, but by the time they got there Alan was already unconscious. All three boys got to be there together to tell…
Nat and Michael and the boys met us in Steamboat for a few days of Spring skiing. We had the best time! The snow was crap, but that didn’t stop us one bit. The kids all skiied so hard, and my boys did their first double black diamond (Simon and I found a different way…
Happy Easter! It was a beautiful church service, some crazy basket hunting–Josh’s was in the Frunk of the truck, and Blake’s was in the sump pump hole, and some very yummy dinner. Pre-Easter Parties. Blake and I hosted a teen egg hunt where some eggs were stuffed with gold, silver, or bronze tickets that they…
I’m writing this now in the van to the airport in Cancun. What an amazing trip. Every trip with Tara is amazing but this one was really special. We woke up Thursday and got on the plane and I told myself if I took a quick nap I could play Civ 6 so I did…
What a trip we had!! We saw and ate it all. Loved being with all the Cornell women. And really missed Halle. I don’t like being in NYC without her. She was sad to miss too, but I think all the baby elephants she’s been seeing significantly softened the blow. We flew into JFK, took…
Stake Conference adventure! It’s been a long time since we participated in this tradition. The weather was supposed to be beautiful, so we packed a picnic and our ice spikes, and off we went! We were one pair short, so Rusty and Josh had to share. It was quite the day. The wind at the…
We took all the animal loving kids to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo over Winter Break. This zoo is seriously the best. It’s so much fun. We loved feeding the giraffes and the birds, and seeing the penguins. We stopped and caught a stellar sunset in Garden of the Gods on the way home. Claire and…
We got to have two Christmases this year! (kinda). Home Christmas and Utah Christmas. Home Christmas is where all the presents were. We contemplated flying to Utah (ended up driving so Dash could come) and the kids had some large, heavy presents, so we combined Dinner under the Christmas Tree with presents a few days before we…
I didn’t really feel like sending cards this year, so I didn’t. But, I did make one just for me 🙂 I thought I was quite clever.