We picked the hottest day of the week to go hike around in Zion, but notice Amanda still wearing a sweatshirt. She gets cold easier than any girl I know! But we had a great time hiking around.All the kids excited and ready to...
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There aren’t a lot of activities besides hiking we could offer to Amy and Amanda during their visit, but the next town over has three rock shops – so after Elora’s swimming lesson one day we headed over to one...
A few weeks ago we picked up our nieces Amy and Amanda from a summer church camp up at BYU in Provo. The day we brought them home was the big Alton Picnic, a favorite summer activity for all the people in all the towns in our...
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...
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...