This week started out a bit tense with my first hurricane watch. Attached to the news, our eyes got bigger and bigger as the Tropical storm in the Atlantic was upgraded to a category 4 hurricane dropping right over the top of Washington D.C. I have never been in a hurricane before and here we…
Yes, I am a Licentiate in International Ballroom. What, you’ve never heard that term? Well, neither had I until earlier this summer and I have been in the ballroom world for many a year now. I spent last summer pouring over terms like licentiate, alignment, commence, and penultimate all because I prepared and took my…
A new year for me started off with lilacs and bicycles. My birthday this year was filled with a lot of family time, a lot of fun activities, a lot of rain (which I wasn’t too pleased about), a lot of cake and a lot of ice cream. By pure accident, I ended up buying…
Did you know that when you go to Antelope Island you can find spectacular views of Salt Lake City, camping, hiking, biking, bison, and you even a fresh hamburger? Yes, it’s all there on the island. It had been probably fifteen years since I had been out to antelope island with my family. All I…
It was the first warm Saturday in what felt like months, so we decided to make an afternoon trip up to Red Butte Garden. It turned out to be the best idea we had had in a while. For the past few years I keep trying to make it to the Tulip Festival at Thanksgiving…
Every February around President’s day, the Southern Utah city of St. George is inundated with visitors from all over to go to the St George Parade of Homes. Besides all the hype you hear about these homes, it has been a tradition in my family to go on the tour since we moved to Utah.…
We had some business up in Morgan canyon today so we stopped off at Taggert’s Grill for lunch for an adventure up the mountains. I have been checking the weather all week and sure enough, it was as true on Monday as it was today…SNOW. Today was our first snow of the season. When it…
One of my favorite Fall traditions is heading down to Santaquin, UT and stopping at Rowley’s Red Barn for their famous apple cider slushi. Our family has been enjoying these weird yet incredibly delicious slushi’s for years and this week I was able to introduce Chris to this fabulous tradition. I think he’s sold. After…
Zions National Park Just a hop skip and a jump from St. George, and what I think of as (with no scientific data to back this up) the most popular of the National Parks in Utah, is Zion National Park. It’s easily accessible and with so much to do and see, I think it’s the…
The Grand Canyon Adventure: North Rim The “Grand Canyon”…or as Chris would ask other random park visitors just to be funny, “…so is this the small canyon? Where’s the big one?” 🙂 They all eat it up and think he’s the funniest guy around and so do I. What can I say except for breathtaking…
