JANUARY
{1.8.25}
If the snow won’t come to us, we will go to the snow! The kids were troopers and hiked almost 4 miles. We didn’t make it to the frozen waterfall (the goal), but we did see a LOT of magical winter vistas.
{1.28.25}
My first time Adventure Sledding must be documented . We hiked up the mountain about 2 miles in order to sled all the way back down. Feeling so grateful for a husband who encouraged me to go for no other reason than “it will be fun!”
I was talking to a friend about memories after reading “The Art of Making Memories” and it made me think about how impactful reading the “Power of Fun” was. I have had so many new experiences to add into my bucket of memories and I feel like I am just truly enjoying this life that I get to live.
FEBRUARY
{2.4.25}
Hike to a Frozen Waterfall, check!
One of Austin’s goals for the year and we did it, but it was SO cold and there were tears. We got back in the car and I asked “Was that amazing or was that a disaster?” The responses were split. But now that we are warm and cozy, and we have these awesome pictures, I’d say worth it.
{2.11.25}
Feeding the cows on a beautiful, and COLD, Monday morning. Life lessons included: how to drive a tractor, how to calculate degrees below freezing if it is only 1^F, and why you should always pack your cowboy boots EVEN if you packed your snow boots, because you might end up chopping ice from a frozen water trough in your new sneakers and get cow poop all over them. (The last lesson was mine.)
These are my favorite days.
{2.14.25}
It looks like Valentine’s Day here at our house and I’m so proud of my kind, creative, brave children. We made boxes for a Valentine Party yesterday and today; participated in a service project making Valentines, and then put on a program and played Bingo at a local retirement home memory care unit. I am feeling so grateful to spend my days with these sweet valentines.
{2.21.25}
A dilemma as shown in pictures. 1-Lucy was brushing my hair when she accidentally tangled a comb in my hair. 2-I couldn’t get it out and neither could @_amyperkins so I clipped it up and waited for David to come home. 3- @davidpeaden saved the day by carefully cutting the comb out with a pair of scissors. 4- feeling so glad my hair isn’t cut into a bob, which seemed like it might be the inevitable solution. I came out relatively unscathed.
Please laugh with me.
{2.25.25}
We went to our first theater performance at The Ruth this weekend. We caught “Ragtime” on the very last day of the performance run and it was absolutely fantastic. I’m always so impressed with the quality of storytelling and depth of emotion. The venue was beautiful and we are hopeful that it will be able to maintain the personal/intimate environment. The show itself was profoundly moving. In a day when there is so much divisiveness and questions about what America is, was, and could be - I felt inspired to be better and make my country better. The role of one woman, making a difference where she can. “What kind of woman would I be?”
MARCH
{3.28.25}
A long-overdue trip to Logan with our fellow Aggie friends. 🍦 Fun fact: the first time we met- I accosted her in the hall of our Lehi church building because someone told me that they went to Utah State. The conversation went something like “You’re Aggies? Let’s be best friends.” Who knew that years later they would have moved across the street, became my kids besties, and been such good friends to us. ❤️ Now just to convince them to start homeschooling. 🙃
