Setting Marcus Apart

 Marcus turned 12 on Sunday, March 16th. Steph and Andy kindly set up his priesthood setting apart at there house so everyone could come...

 Marcus, Grandpa Horton and Grandpa Gillespie

 Kelly and Grandma Gillespie

Thanks Hortons for letting us share Marcus' special day!

Roosevelt and Vernal, Utah

 I went to Roosevelt and Vernal, Utah for work. I had a little time to explore and found this beauty shop with this great name!

 I had never seen the Vernal Temple and I was really glad I had a chance to go see it. 

 It was a beautiful day and I would like to return and do some temple work there.

As a funny side note, I just happened to find the library, go figure!

The Central Park Five

I watched this documentary last night and although it is somewhat one sided it was fascinating story. It shows the impacts of social issues on individual cases and how important innocence is. It also shows how the news media can skew so much! I am so glad there are innocence projects in many law schools throughout the United States and I love documentaries that make me think. Thanks Ken Burns!

Nostalgia

 I am a very nostalgic person and I love to collect things from my childhood. Books, movies, toys, records.... I have had a set of records saved for years, the originals from when I was a kid. These babies survived fire, flood, and bed bugs! 

I have wanted a record player forever and I promised myself I would buy one when I could afford it. So you guessed it, I found one on an amazing deal and I have been listing to all of my favorites ever since!

For those who grew up with me you may recognize some of the favorites. It does not take much to make me happy, but this is like Christmas morning!

House Warming

Sarah Waugh threw a house warming party for me on February 8th. 

It was great fun to have so many family and friends at my house for games and treats. Sarah planned some really fun games for all! One unplanned game was how many people can we fit on this couch.

Kaitlyn fixed one "great" dinner! Thanks to everyone who brought food, gifts, and just came to see the new place! 

Love you all!!!

Ground Hog Day 2014!

Red Canyon, Banana Peels, and Scipio Antiques - January 20, 2014

 On our last day we headed to beautiful Red Canyon. The banana war continued to the last day with peels hooked to Dave's license plates by Randy. Too funny!

 Kate and Brooke in Red Canyon

 What a beautiful day in a beautiful place!

 On the way home Brooke and I stopped at a antique store in Scipio. We stopped there on the way in and of course enjoyed it so much that we knew we had to end the trip there too!

What a great weekend!

Zions National Park - January 19, 2014

 On the 19th the group headed to Zion's park. Brooke and I stuck a banana peel on Dave's car for old time sake. It was so black it was hard to tell what it was.

 The group hiked to an outlook while Sheryl and I went to church in town. After church I had the joy of writing in my journal in one of the most beautiful places on earth!

 We went up the river walk to the end of the Narrows Trail. It was beautiful and the temperature was around 60 degrees...

 Milton, Sheryl, and Dave...

 Bob, me, Brooke, Dave, and Kristine.

 Court of the Patriarchs

 Zion's Overlook

 The whole gang and a wizard (I have no idea who he was).

 Photo bomb on the overlook and 

a shoot out with Bob was the end of a beautiful day! Needless to say, banana guns don't work so well....

Bryce Canyon - January 18, 2014

 For Martin Luther King weekend I went with a hiking group to Bryce Canyon. Many of them were on the Maui trip I went to in November 2013. On the morning of January 18th we went to Inspiration Point and saw the moon set and the sunrise...

 The group included (T to B and L to R) Elizabeth, David, Bob, me, Randy, Kristine, Cheryl, Bob, Sheryl, and Milton.

 The cold sunrise was amazing and the view was breathtaking!

 As the day warmed up we hiked trails between Sunrise and Sunset points.

 It was beautiful with the snow. Brooke, Randy and so many others were great hiking buddies!

 Bob Bader was on the Maui trip as was Dave. Bob continually makes me laugh!

 Sheryl is a our leader and a lot of fun...

 Great switchbacks on the trail.

 In the later afternoon we went out to Rainbow and Yovimpa Point. Randy and Dave were crazy with their shorts, but it was beautiful weather!

Out on the point, what an amazing day in Bryce Canyon!