• Adventures,  Party

    Hobbit Feast

    What About Elevenses? Luncheon? Afternoon Tea? Dinner? Supper? Pippin Our friends the Dunns and Winchesters invited us to welcome the Autumn season at a Hobbit Feast and Renaissance Festival! A potluck on tables…

  • Kids

    Fall Soccer 2024

    It’s been so fun this season seeing the kids grow in their skills and enjoying their teams. I’m glad Jer and I could divide and conquer, since many of the games overlapped or…

  • Adventures

    Camping at Aspen Grove

    I go to Nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put together. John Burroughs Another amazing camping trip with our friends the Petersons! See previous years here, here, and…

  • Adventures

    St George Family Reunion

    My side of the family spent a week together bonding over music, food, games, and biking. We have a big bunch—7 siblings with all their families—so it was quite a bit of effort…

  • Adventures,  Kids,  Party

    Laser Tag 13th Birthday

    Our baby is now a teenager! She is smart, caring, creative, thoughtful, generous, beautiful, capable, surprising, and so loved. Her birthday happened to be during the family reunion, so my Mom asked her…

  • Adventures,  Kids

    Idaho Family Reunion

    One of the biggest reasons I wanted to marry Jeremy is his family, especially when I met his grandparents. I actually attended one of their family reunions while we were still dating, and…

  • Adventures

    West Yellowstone

    We spent one day at Yellowstone National Park! We ended up doing 3 of the 8 stops that Jer and his brother planned out, all iconic: I took many photos because not only…

  • Adventures

    Idaho Summer Vacation – Part 1

    We met up with Jeremy’s brother Michael and his family at an amazing cabin to hang out, play games, share stories and laughs, eat delicious food, and enjoy being with our loved ones…

  • Adventures,  Projects

    Sewing Retreat

    Completing a quilt has been a dream of mine, and I can’t believe I did it!!! I was thinking I’d match my newbie level and start out with a simple design, but I’m…