The bus was nearly 10 minutes early, so while we thought we had plenty of time, instead we were racing to catch it, and this is the only picture I got before school:   which, unfortunately, was not clear enough to read the number or the picture on the bus (I forgot to check, in all…

With just a couple of weeks left of summer (which to us ends when school starts now!) the kids and I abandoned all work that could be put off – which you could tell if you came to my house – and made the most of our remaining carefree, schedule-less days.  Here are some pics…

Download MOV03934  Here it is… the sequel to the blastpad.  Starring Emma.  Enjoy!  

We finally did it… ventured out of our backyard to a real campground.  We finally found one more like what we were used to in Utah… where you can't reach out and touch your neighbor's tent while you sit at your fire… Anyways, we went up for one night and had such a great time.…

Since this is our year to have a family trip [Duluth] instead of a trip to UT, Nate's family planned a "meet in the middle" reunion so Nate could see his brothers (I get out there with the kids and see everyone, but he doesn't.)  Here are some highlights of our trip:   Mt. Rushmore.…

This is Camo, our pet frog. The kids caught him with the neighbors one night, played and played with him, and then put him in a “cage” for the night. He escaped. They caught him again the next week, and we had another fun-filled summer night of holding and catching and watching our hopping pet.…

One of those joys of summer. 

Almost as fast as a drive-through restaurant, my parents made another of their drive-through visits this summer.  Nothing like celebrating pioneer day by driving as far as the pioneers went in a matter of 4 days!  I swear, they are saints… adding on an extra 7 hours each way to stay at our house for…

"If the temperature at First Security Bank reads 62* or below, the pool will close."  But with the temperature at the bank at 60*… the lessons went on.  Good thing, since it was the last day.  We started out with a sprinkle of rain.  You could see the steam coming off the pool into the…

Not staged, they just all love it.  Hooray that Carter is growing into books!   (Not so many weeks ago I was taping a massacred library book that he had gotten a hold of…)