• Adventures,  Party

    July 4th Without Fireworks

    It’s the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the beginning of America! Usually it would be a big Hullabaloo of festivities, but this year is kind of low…

  • Projects

    Wildfires

    The world feels like it’s on fire. Iron Fire southwest of Utah Lake still burns, and a new Cherry Fire joins it. It’s near enough for us to see smoke and flames from…

  • Personal

    Father’s Day 2026

    If when our kids are grown they decide that they had a happy childhood, then it’s because their Dad put wonder there, created a buffer so that they had more time to play…

  • Kids,  Personal

    Henry is 10 Months

    We call him “Baby Yoda” now after seeing the new Mandalorian and Grogu movie because of their similar mannerisms and cooing sounds. In short, he is TOO ADORABLE. Tomorrow Baby Henry is 10…

  • Kids,  Personal

    Closer

    Health Check Jeremy asked me one afternoon, “Don’t be mad, okay? Can you take me to Urgent Care?” His blood pressure was super extra high, and he had been off his meds for…

  • Kids

    Walker’s 9th Birthday

    Our little guy is not so little anymore! He still loves figuring out how things work and coming up with designs. Lately it’s been which paper airplane designs will fly furthest, and how…

  • Adventures,  Kids

    Rock Climbing Birthday

    It’s our son’s 11th birthday! I am shocked at how big he has grown from that tiny baby charming his way through the NICU. Today this cutie climbed through year 10 and finally…

  • Adventures,  Kids,  Personal

    Let Them Be Kids

    These kids have such big imaginations and I’m so glad they’re able to have so much free play and reading. The tradeoff with letting kids be kids is that sometimes it’s easy to…

  • Kids

    Henry is 9 Months

    Can you believe it’s been 9 months with this sweetheart? He is 6 months corrected age since he was born quite early. The biggest news is he seems to be growing chunky! He…