June is hiking in the beautiful backcountry - and Chad and Audrey run a marathon!

 

This is a view from above Lake Mary. It was a beautiful evening hike!!

Chad relaxing at the desolation trail SLC overlook. Great evening hike in the shade of the West facing mountain. Beautiful views! Made us miss Kate, because we realized we did this hike with her last. 

Sherry, Audrey and Chad at the top of Gobblers Knob, Great 8 mile hike, but now we all want to come back and do Mt Raymond, the neighbor peak!

Sherry and Audrey at Hidden Falls before we set out on the Mill B hike to overlook. We didn't stop at the overlook, it was so pretty, we went another mile or two. Now we want to go back....

Doing the Living Room hike in the early morning with Lindsay, Sherry, Brittany and Allison

Audrey and Chad finish the Utah Valley Marathon!

Sherry and Lindsay at Bells Canyon Falls on an early morning hike

May is fun outdoors!

Kate and district exploring the monkeys on Pday.

Here is Kate thriving on her mission. She is an STL now and doing great things.

Kathy and Lauren at our family campout over Memorial Day in Mt. Pleasant

Hiking the slot canyon in Maple Canyon near Mt. Pleasant

Gary and Kathy - we honored Kathy on this night for her birthday with all recording a word that reminds us of Kathy.

Graham had a skiing accident on May 1. Here he is as I found him at IHC hospital after he had been transported by ambulance. He has a concussion, but otherwise healed quickly.

Sherry and Julie celebrating Julie's graduation with a master's degree!

 Hiking group is back! Here we are on a hike in Mill Creek Canyon. Sherry, Katie, Brittany, Michelle and Allison.

April is full of soccer, dogs and graduation and dances

Here is Audrey battling in her intermural soccer playoffs. We came to watch, and it was super fun to see. 

Sherry, Chad and Audrey

Graham hit a curb and landscaping rock - and this is the result. The car ended up totaled and he "had" to get a new 4Runner, a manual this time and super cool. it is a 1994.

Dogs, Chad and I on a hike to the suspension bridge.

Easter - We had Sage and Oscar the dog come and join us. 

Easter egg hunt!

The dogs went with me to the alien tower. We had a great hike. 

Swinging on the swing at the alien tower, who knew there was a swing here!

Graham takes Livy, his girlfriend to Alta High Girl's Pref

Here is their dance group

We did a couple weeks of dog sitting for Grandma and Grandpa Iverson. Their dog, Ollie, had a great time. 

All three dogs on a walk together. They ran and walked with me very well. We even did an 8 mile run together.

BYU graduation!! Audrey graduated in Psychology!

So proud of Audrey!

Hike to Stewart Falls together following the University graduation.

Cristal also graduated in Psychology! We found her and got to celebrate with her, also! 

March is a warm and time for gardening

 
I planted my garden in the 85 degree March weather. We have had beautiful weather. Still wondering where all the snow is.... Snowbird has only had 248 inches vs 500 inches average.

The garden is planted

Look at all the pretty flowers around our yard already!

plants growing in the window

Planters getting ready to go outside.

Here is the most recent doggie grooming results: Einstein before:

Einstein After:

Bagel before:

Bagel after:

like usual, all the kids think they look like weird doggies, but I am always relieved when there is less hair to take care of.

Here is Kate with her mission leaders. They are so good to us and Kate. I get personal texts from them every once in a while. It does my mother heart good.

Graham got his license!! He is driving, and boy, that has that changed my life. I was a chauffer for 25 years, now I need new employment!

Ivan Marin stopped by to see me. What a wonderful young man and family. I am so grateful for the entire Marin family in my life.

I finished a table in the Alta High Wood Shop! I am pretty proud of it. It was abandoned by a student, and Mr. Newman helped me finish it.

I visited the Lindon Temple open house. It was so busy, but beautiful. The Celestial Room was so peaceful and beautiful. It is such a blessing to have so many temples in our state.

Kyla Iverson, Mason's wife is having a baby girl! We had a shower for her.

Breanne, Audrey and I at the shower

So many presents!! Fun day!

I have been picking weeds at a neighbor's house for a couple weeks, and on this day, I had a little furry friend. Her baby came right up to me and sat down and watched me. I didn't get a picture of the baby, but I was ready when later, the mom did the same thing.

She would scare away, but then come right back.

She kept her eyes on me, and was so curious what I was doing.

What an awe inspiring experience. My dogs would be so jealous!!!