1) We survived the 16 hour drive from Iowa to Utah with only a couple of stories to tell. I don't know how we lucked out but we've got some awsome little travelers in our crew. Maybe its the reward of Grandma and Grandpa at the end of the drive. But they were awsome.
2) Of course the first thing we did when we arrived was head for the mountains to the greatest campground there is. Granite Flats spot #39 up American Fork Canyon.
3)I was able to use my favorite Karen mantra at least 100 times "thats what makes smart kids" I pretty much gage my effectiveness as a mother as to how dirty my kids get.
4) This moose was just wandering through our campground which was amazing during the day. However, in the darkness that night when he returned with friends it wasn't as amazing. At the same time Travis' chasing them away with nothing but a flashlight and a marshmallow roasting stick was one of the greatest things I've ever seen.
5) I just about killed my dad on a hike to Upper Silver Lake. What was just a fun hike to do with some college friends 10 years ago was a little more challenging to do with 4 kids 6 and under and 2 senior citizens. But we made the almost 5 mile hike with a 2000 ft. incline.
6) Nelson of course didn't give us a break from laughing and his new favorite phrase is "I'm just jokin" and I would say that pretty much sums him up.
8)I played in my first lacrosse game with Travis' family and I had no idea what I was missing out on. It was so much fun and I even discovered a few muscles I didn't know I had when I woke up so sore the next day.
9)I got to celebrate my parents 39th wedding anniversary with them at Tenpinaki. I think my parents have to be one of the greatest examples of marriage to me. I mean Dee and Dorth are as opposite as 2 people could possibly be. I know that phrase is overused, but for them it's an understatement. Yet they are so crazy in love with each other it's adorable.
10) My Dad left for his last rotation in Africa. He's been there working for almost 15 years. Again he's set an incredible example to me of someone who always does what he feels is right. He's left his family for 6 months out of the year not because it was something he wanted to do to get him ahead in the rat race but because he felt it was right. And in doing so he has changed the lives of hundreds of Africans as he has "taught a man to fish" giving people who wouldn't otherwise have the opportunity. It has been so hard for him at times to deal with a very different cultural mindset on work but he's made the world a better place and I'm so proud of him.
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