Jan 02
Everyone,
This is a picture of my dad and my boys. They are all playing the Wii and loving it.
This was in October when my parents were here for their annual visit to us. This was the visit that the kids ended up totally sick and we hardly did anything but play on the Wii and hold sick babies. It’s a good thing my parents come often and have seen a ton out here!
Anyway, since this picture has been taken, there has been a change. To my Dad. He is now an orphan. My grandpa died in 2004. And on New Year’s Eve, my grandma passed away. She had a stroke. So now my Dad is parent-less.
We are off to the funeral in a few days. I’ll be taking my computer along to (hopefully) be able to blog while we are there. Until then, I am stressing (slightly) about flying with these boys. Anyone have any tips to deal with 20 month old twins on a 5+ hour flight?
Safire
Safiredeath, my Dad, my family, trips to Utah
Apr 09
Everyone,
I love having my parents with us. It makes me want to move closer to them all the time. I would love for the boys to know them better and for Butterfly to have someone who would like to read books to her all day long. The same book. All day long. Mommy gets very bored but Nana doesn’t! Or Grandpa! Love having my parents around. Just love it.
Since they are around and since I intend to spend all my time with them, posting will be sporadic and short. Sorry! I only get to see them twice a year (if that) so these 10 days are important to me. Hey, when you only get to see each other 20 days a year, it’s a big thing!
Tomorrow we are off to gain our title of Ultimate Tourists as my Mom has trained me to be. Which reminds me, I really should print off directions.
Later!
Safire
Safiregrandparents, my Dad, my family, my Mom, visitors
Sep 04
Everyone,
Today Dad and I decided to take another photo walk. But this time we headed to the mountains. We were going to go to Golden Spike (where the east and the west railroad came together) but we got kind of a late start. The boys were cranky this morning, and I wanted to run back to the big taxidermy store and get pants I saw for 9 dollars. Seriously, a good deal since they were even more marked down at 7 dollars! Sweet!
Anyway, we decided to go to Mt. Timpanogos instead. But then the trail head to the cave was closed. We went anyway. I stopped off at the ranger station and got a list of trails in the area. We decided we’d like to see some water so off we went to a place called Crystal Lake. Now, I don’t know if it’s crystal clear because we never made it to the lake but we had a great time taking pictures.
We took the boys with us today and wore them on the hike. It wasn’t too bad, although I was pretty tired by the end. I got some great pictures and my dad and I had a good long talk. The boys did marvelously, sleeping the whole way up and back down. The paper the rangers gave me said the trail was 2.5 miles long. I think we went all but that half mile. We were close, but it was getting more steep and rocky as we went and the sun had already passed the ridge. So it was getting dark. And the last think I want to do is hike downhill on a rocky path in the dark. So we went home.
Here are a few of my favorite pictures. Enjoy!
Safire
Safirehiking, my Dad, photowalks
