It's Spring

You can tell it's Spring because there's green on the hills.

Planned Power Outage Adventure

Remember that power outage we had a couple years ago where we all headed out in the van and had some fun throwing rocks in the river and stuff? I do.

Recently we were told of a planned power outage. It could last up to all morning and afternoon (or less). The kids would be gone to school most of the time and Jeremy would be at work the whole time. So that left Jet and me to make plans. He had an appointment at the pediatrician's office that morning so after he played Peek-a-boo with another toddler in the waiting room (it was so cute), we went to the Orem Library for a little while and read several books.

After our library trip, I figured a drive to Bridal Veil Falls would be good. You know I love Bridal Veil Falls. As we were driving in Provo Canyon, we found there was an accident on the other side of the road. I hope everyone was okay. Since the traffic was getting backed up on that side, I didn't want to contend with that so Jet and I stopped briefly at the viewpoint for Bridal Veil Falls then continued up the canyon. 

We turned on the road that goes up to Sundance then just continued on and drove Alpine Loop coming out of American Fork Canyon. I like driving up in the hills. As I drove, Jet and I sang, "I love the mountains. I love the rolling hills. I love the flowers. I love the daffodils..." It's fun to sing with Jet. We sang a few songs, saw some turkeys cross the road in front of us, looked at the trees with their green leaves, enjoyed that the air was cleaner up there than in some places down in the valley, and eventually Jet fell asleep after I continued driving around a little more. The power was back on by the time we got home so it was on when the kids got home.

That day was September 12, Hug and High 5 Day. There was a lot of hugging and high five-ing going on in our family that day.

That day was also Boss/Employee Exchange Day so Jr. suggested he and I trade jobs that evening. So I did his chore while he made dinner.

Catch of the Day

Old Rock Day 2021

January 7 was Old Rock Day. It was also National Bobblehead Day. To celebrate, Jet and I went for a drive since the weather was beautiful that day. We invited Jr.'s bobblehead along (with permission from Jr.) and took pictures of it with old rocks- hills and mountains. Of course I got distracted by birds for a bit. It was a nice drive.

And... the moon is an old rock.

Another Day, More Adventures

Today was another busy day.  In the morning Jeremy was building a balloon sculpture for an afternoon gig so I took some quiet time out at a park while the kids were still asleep.  Beautiful time for watching the morning sunlight move across the valley to where I was up in the hills.  Lovely.

After Jeremy left for work, the kids and I got ready, then we went to work... or rather we went to where Jeremy was working.  The people we go to see Star Wars with every December hired Jeremy again and invited the kids and I to come to their event.  We went last year and had a good time.  This year we had a good time again.  The kids came home with a bunch of stuff.

After we came home for a little while we headed out again.  This time Jeremy didn't have to work.  We went to celebrate the birthday of our good friend who was the bishop of our singles ward when Jeremy and I got engaged.  He and his wife were such a good influence in our lives.  Good times.  Good memories.  We've kept in touch over the years and have been able to see them from time to time.  It was so good to see them again this evening. 

The birthday celebration was held at a park so the kids enjoyed getting to play on the playground and Jeremy and I enjoyed socializing.  It was a very relaxing evening.

 What a wonderful day we had today.

Grey Day

One thing to say about the weather we've had lately with all the rain and the gray skies.  It sure makes things more green, including the normally brown hills.
Great way to celebrate National Grey Day, May 26.