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September 2014

September 2014

We spent mst of September, October and the beginning of November at the soccer fields. Alessia joined a new team this season.  She is now playing for the Pumas.  She is playing a year up.  She still has a lot to learn but she is loving it.  Her team lost only one game all season.  We signed her up for… Read more →

August 2014

August 2014

After being away from home all of July we were excited to finally be back in our our home with our own things.  We mostly spent the month catching up on life.  When we were gone on vacation we were able to put on hold all the boring stuff (mostly meetings and doctors appointments).  Once we were back home we… Read more →

Girls Camp

Girls Camp

After spending three weeks in Utah I drove home early to attend Girls Camp. John stayed in Utah an extra few days and drove home with the kids by himself. Girls Camp was with the Stake this year.  We went to Kolob, Utah.  We had about as many leaders as we did youth.  It was super fun spending a few… Read more →

Lehi Foam Days

Lehi Foam Days

Every year the town of Lehi has a fun day called Foam Days. I had never heard of it but when we got to Utah I learned it was happening while we were there. I ended up taking the oldest three to it while John stayed home with Gianluca. It was such a fun day.  The fire department comes and… Read more →

Rochester Reunions

Rochester Reunions

My good friend, Pam Gandola happened to be in Utah (from Cali) at the same time I was.  Pam was my young women leader in New York.  I also used to babysit her cute kids.  She has just been the dearest friend.  She even made me my wedding dress. We haven’t seen each other in about 7 years.  So when… Read more →

Running

Running

I have been trying to run a few times a week since the beginning of the year.  While in Utah I was blessed to be able to run on a fun trail that was just steps from the house we rented.  It was always beautiful running next to the Jordan River.  The family left their BOB stroller and so a… Read more →

Micah's Birthday

Micah’s Birthday

We always seem to be out of town on Micah’s birthday.  This year we were in Utah and so we were able to celebrate with family there.  He choose to go out to eat for breakfast at McD’s for his birthday.  We celebrated with cake with the extended family since we were all together for Pioneer Day.

Grandma's

Grandma’s

We were able to spend a lot of time at Grandma’s house.  We went up there for all the summer holidays.  We also went and had a sleep over with all of the grand kids. Grandma host an outdoor sleep over every year for her birthday.  She was nice enough to push it back a little so we could be… Read more →

Provo

Provo

We were able to go and visit the Provo area a few times while we were in Utah. One day while John was working  I took the kids (I had Keegan for the day, Janeen took Alessia) to Provo to meet up with Shannon and her family.  There was supposed to be a festival.  However, Provo advertised the wrong time… Read more →

Bear Lake

Bear Lake

My college roommate Becca lives fairly close to Bear Lake so I convinced Mary to take a road trip with the kids and I to Bear Lake so Becca and I could meet up and play.  John thought I was crazy to drive there and back the same day but it was totally worth it. Last year was the first… Read more →