Mt Nebo/Silver Lake Hikes

 Last weekend, a group of us intended to do King's Peak, the tallest mountain in UT. The weather had other plans and we were forced to pivot. Of course the days we had planned 6 months ago ended up being the only horrible weather days for many months. Ugh. But what do you do? We saw videos later of flash flooding in parking lots and stuff, so we were really glad we chose to postpone. Instead, we did two day hikes and did Mt Nebo the first day and Silver Glance Lake on the second day. The first day, we didn't quite get to the peak of Mt. Nebo before weather caught up to us there too- lightning was close by there, so we hurried our butts on down. We will have to go back another time and conquer that one! Silver Lakes were amazing.  There were three lakes, all gorgeous. Both hikes were hard and we were beat after the two days, but personally, this is my idea of a fantastic day these days. Aren't I so old and grown up? Glad for those that will adventure with me. Devin intended to come, but ended up not being able to get work off. He did come down and stay in the hotel in Provo with us and having dinner with us, so that was good. 

Mt Nebo: 

The wild flowers were amazing on this one. I took so many photos, but did not include them all here; you are welcome.

Silver Glance Lake:

Such a different look. White stone mountains and towering trees!

A fantastic weekend with some equally fantastic people. :)

Lizzie's 10th Birthday

Lizzie turned 10 on the 18th! It is wild, wild that our baby is a decade old! She is still full of sass and is the most independent little soul. It may be because she came with that personality, or that we gave up on parenting ages ago, or a combination of the two. Regardless, she has learned to work her way around life and can do many things on her own. She has a ton of friends and is a social butterfly. She wanted a repeat birthday party from last year when her cousins came from Idaho to hang out for the day, first swimming at the Brigham City Pool, then having homemade pizzas at home, then her friends came over for cake and ice cream and a movie. She hoped for a backyard movie, but it was too windy, darn it. So indoor movie it was. She is spoiled, but man we love her. She brings a lot of life and fun to our family. Happy Birthday Lizzie Biz! Here are a bunch of pictures of the fun day. Special shout out to Grandma Lisa and Popp-e for bringing the cousins down. I forgot that they also slept over that night- see them all crammed into Lizzie's room. Glad her cousins are her best friends!

 

4th of July 2026

We have no established traditions for the 4th, so we wing it every year. This year, we went to Lost Creek with Jana and kids and then had some friends over for a BBQ- Annette and Truyen, Jana, Brandi and Tim, and Brandi and Trent. Glad we have some buddies who will spend some time with us!

Bear Lake Annual Photo Progression

We started a tradition of lining up the kids from oldest to youngest in 2020. Look at how they have grown! We missed 2024 because we didn't go that year; instead we did the Canada/US national park tour. 

2020

2021

2022

2023

2025 (Minus Mishell, who was in Ecuador)

2026