Morning sky on Thursday, December 11. Anxious about my MRI! I woke up early this morning anxious to get my blogging done before my morning run. So I sat and composed and got a good paragraph in and then my computer went blank! And so, here I am later in the morning determined to write […]
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Sunday, November 30, 2014
THANKSGIVING 2014: This year we woke up early and met most of the family at the Utah Food Bank Turkey Trot. I loved that we were exercising before the big ingest of food and that we were contributing to a really important and good cause. Maggie had run a race just a few days earlier […]
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Family at Newport Beach- Fall Break I have the most darling daughter-in-laws! Elle, Mary and Katie are amazing and I feel so lucky that my boys chose such beautiful, smart, compassionate, loving women to share their lives with! And I have the most lovely grandchildren ever! So I feel incredibly lucky. And Tuesday, I had […]
Sunday, November 9, 2014
My darling Kate after her Primary Program on Sunday, November 9 So I was listening to a TED Talks last night by Debra Jarvis called Yes I Survived Cancer, but That Doesn’t Define Me, I was blown away by what she said and what I could learn from it. She started off the talk by […]
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Sue Oldroyd and I hiked Grandeur Peak yesterday. We enjoyed an incredibly beautiful autumn day with the most gorgeous color of blue sky against the yellow leaves on some quakies but also on the scrub oak that seems to be the last to turn. Grandeur is exposed so it was a perfect fall hike. The […]
Friday, October 10, 2014
Taylor at Mile 16, Joe and Peter at Mile 23, Taylor along course running fast! Last week, we headed for St. George so Joe and Taylor could complete another marathon. Taylor was well trained and very in shape. He had trained by running and biking and was logging faster miles and feeling stronger as the […]
Thursday, September 25, 2014
I am in love with this place, this place where I live. I am 10 minutes away from the most gorgeous hiking trails and a bit further from canyon after canyon filled with lovely trees, animals and seasonal adventures. Today, Patti Clements, Kathy Cahoon and I left in the dark, at 6:00 A.M. and got […]
Friday, September 5, 2014
This morning Joe and I got up early and drove past Big Mountain and parked near the dirt rode that leads to a section of the Mormon Pioneer Trail. We rode our bikes along East Canyon Reservoir and then up a steep hill called Hogsback Summit. We stopped and read the memorial plaque on the […]
Monday, August 25
Maggie’s first day of school- 1st Grade Tomorrow I go back to school, as teacher, of course but this process of having the summer off and then starting again with all the hopes of inspiring lives and committing myself to really accomplishing great things with my students, always gives me pause. I love the teaching […]
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Heaven on Jackson Lake- my favorite place on earth! We just returned from our favorite vacation spot. We have been going to Colter Bay since 1985, the summer I was pregnant with Alex. That makes it 29 years that we have been enjoying Grand Teton National Park and almost that long that we have been […]
Recipes
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Watercress, Pear, and Blue Cheese Salad
11 Jan 2013
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Herb-Rosemary Focaccia Loaves
11 Jan 2013
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Lori’s Cinnamon Roasted Almonds
11 Jan 2013
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Black Bean Soup
5 Jan 2013
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Patti’s Spring Greens Salad
24 Dec 2012
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