So, I had big plans to blog while I was away from home – I even took my camera and fresh batteries. Yeah, the camera never got used once. All those cute pictures of my niece Kate – you’ll just have to imagine (or go see her parents’ blog – Weston & Erin). Not to mention the pictures of the snow storm, or my younger son on one of his rages, or my daughter with her amazing block castle… All those great memories, NOT captured for all time. Anyhow – two weeks ago I packed our Pathfinder with: two kids, aged 9 and 10 three duffles full of clothes (including a few grocery bags of mending – I did do ONE constructive thing at my parent’s home) two laptop computers (one is mine, one is a really old one my brother Alex passed on to us – loaded up with all the old kids games that...
I don’t even know where to start – and my sister, Erin, has already done a terrific job documenting all the significant events in our extended family – so… I’ll try and talk about some of the things our family has done lately. I took Andrew and Haley out to Utah a few weeks ago to help my mom with some home improvement projects. I had a lot of fun – it’s nice to do something like this when you don’t have to take care of all the regular chores too! But, talk about tired! Saturday (we arrived on Wed.) I just sat around and napped. I was feeling 40 for sure! A highlight of my trip was visiting my good friend, Shannon Simmons. She and her family moved to Woods Cross last year. She was my walking buddy and personal therapist!! I have sooo missed her this past year. She met us...