Melissa, Andy and the kids' Blog

Our first major activity of February occurred February 1st (fitting). My niece Savanna was baptized, so Melissa and I headed up to Utah County for the ceremony.  Afterward, Chevon and James hosted a luncheon at their house. This is 3 generations admiring the marbleworks James built a few years ago, inspired by our Dad's little zig-zag marbleworks he has had for about a million years. On the way home we decided to visit Wilson Arch (US highway 191, south of Moab).  We have driven past this arch at least 40 times and only finally decided to hike it in February, with snow on the ground.  It actually made for some pretty spectacular views and it is always fun to hike in the snow while wearing church shoes.  Zoe and I at the top of the path. Zoe is actually 1/3 Mountain Goat as is evidenced by her standing still enjoying the view from a vertical wall. Melissa wasn't really interested in the view looking into the canyon be...

January 11, 2014 Melissa decided to play tour guide.  She had gone to this area with a friend a few weeks earlier and thought I should see it, so there we went.  These photos were taken on Comb Ridge where it crosses the Utah 95 west of Blanding. Sure it was January, but January in a drought is actually a pretty good time to hike! The Utah 95 loops down the east side of Comb Ridge and back up the west side.  This is looking over the west side. We saw a wild mountain dog... wait no, that is Zoe. A beautiful day with a beautiful girl! Thanks for taking me hiking honey! January 25th Melissa had a Stake Relief Society activity in the morning.  One of our good friends, Revina, went to the activity and she and Melissa thought we should all hang out afterward. Revina and her husband Fred thought it was a nice day for a trail ride, so we all headed out to Recapture Wash (just northeast of Bluff, UT). It was roughly a 20 mile ride, ro...

Our 2nd Christmas gathering was with his family on Christmas Eve.  We had a big dinner...like always.  3 of Andy's siblings and families were missing.  We would have needed another table if everyone was there.     Then the kids opened the gifts that we got them.   (Josh, Mandy and Adi)     Love this sweet little girl.     Andy did a good job on picking out Brendan's gift.  He sure seemed to like it!     Adam, Marissa, and Jon. I made her necklace holder to match her room.     Brendan, Adam, Marissa, Jon, Adi, Jonathan, and Andy.     We even let Zoe in for a little family fun.     The next morning we had our 3rd Christmas with just Andy's parents.  They showered us with gifts before we set off for home.     Jon (Dad), Lindsey, (Mom), and silly Andy.      Zoe loves to give us kisses w...