Elora got to take swim lessons at the local pool this year. As you can see she’s really excited about swimming. She really liked her teacher and I was impressed with how brave she was about...
Archive - June 2011
Our last day hiking in Zion with Manfred & co. we went to the touristy Emerald Pools falls trail. There’s a little spot off the main trail where we’d always hike over to, just to sit down and relax. Elora...
We took Manfred and Ingrid and the kids on an “off the trail” hike around the Checkerboard Mesa in Zion. This was nice to get away from the crowded main trails and wander around a bit on our own. Fortunately...
Every year the church in our town does a “Fathers and Sons Campout” and this year our friends from Vienna just happen to be in town. We invited the whole family to come on the campout, including the wife and...
A friend from my MBA program came to Utah with his family for a month long vacation. They spent a week at our house and we decided to cook a country style meal for them. Dutch oven potatoes, dutch oven chicken and for dessert...
We took Oliver, Elora, and Marion to Zion National Park with us but by the time we got there Marion and Oliver were asleep. So I (Chris) took Elora off on a short walk with me down one of the side canyons while we waited for the...
A lot of people ask how we are doing, are we unpacked, is there a weird culture shock with coming home, are we glad to be back, what have we been up to… so here is a post to answer all those normal questions. Here is how...