Thanks to Karl for the last post. I feel bad he had to miss the first highlight of his season – the Buffalo Run. He had been excited and training for it for months. I, on the other hand, happened to see a sign for the Splash&Dash on Wednesday morning at the pool. I thought…

So the Mama of the family decided her first race of the season would be the BYU Splash & Dash. It’s a nice little race that’s held every year and she’s done it many times before. She of course was saying all kinds of things about how she wasn’t really ready for it, how she…

This post is dedicated to the Cherry Chubs. I missed you, girls, so much.Remember this view from our ‘backyard’ in Provo? It is still just as gorgeous. A few weeks ago, we were finally able to embark on this winter’s snowshoe adventure. About 5 years ago, we would do this every weekend, and now we…

Karl gave me a great Birthday present. A coupon. But not just any old coupon. A coupon for 4 Saturdays off. That means I get to do anything I want to do for however long I want to do it. Karl knows me well. It is the best present ever. So a few Saturdays ago,…

I figured I would start this Blog by telling you about climbing Mt. Rainier. It is recent enough, it is something we have always wanted to do, and we have pretty good pictures. Besides Karl and me, our climbing crew consisted of our friends Mike, Brooke, and Paul. We flew into Seattle, where we stayed…