Hiking Timp

This weekend the boys hiked Timp. I was invited but declined after a week of literally running around 3 school with no air conditioning. That would be 100 degree weather most days. Everyone was getting sick and I too got a little sick, so no Timp this year for me. The boys left Salt Lake at 5:30, called me at 12:00 when they reached the summit, and got home exhausted at 5:00. Wow a long hike but very beautiful. It was so crowded they had to park a mile away from the trail head. Good job guys!

Professor Brad Dennis

Tomorrow is Brad's 1st day of teaching at the University of Utah. He will be teaching Political Thought in Islam and has been scrambling to finish his syllabus. I won't be at home to take a picture of him like a good wife, as I will be getting heat exhaustion in our 100 degree no air-conditioned utah elementary schools, but I imagine he will look something like this guy minus the hair and mustache. A vest and purple tie would make him the coolest prof. Good luck with the first day of class Brad and remember to go to the right class and professor is spelled with two s's. - Don't pull a Moseby. Love you

Welcome Home Josh

The first hug was moms

meeting Forrest

He brought comfy slippers and hats from Chile

Just a little taller

We missed you "little one"
You have served a worthy mission
Welcome Home

July 2011

Summers are for...

Hanging out at the SLC Art Festival

Summer concerts in the park

Eating hot dogs at the Bee's games

Mountain Biking, Hiking, and Running

Climbing Trees

Snow cones at the city festivals

4th of July Jefferson breakfast

4th of July with the Dennis family

Sugarhouse fireworks

Pool parties

Parades

Funnel cakes

Projects projects projects, Tightwad tuesdays for dollar movies, Making our blog into a book, Perfecting mercimek corbasi (lentil soup), graduating to being a family with a Costco membership, actually having annuals survive the hot summer, deciding perrenials are the way to go in the future, Mary's vacation to Hogwarts and the end of an era with the last Harry Potter movie, Brad preparing for teaching classes at the U, holding our new nephew baby Forrest, and taking our older niece and nephews for ice cream and hiking.

What a fun and productive summer!