4 more miles

On Saturday, we met up with some of the long-time friends of the Grover fam, the Stewart fam.  Grovers and Stewarts have a lengthy history that began at the beloved Camp Loll.  We hiked up to Lake Blanche, and enjoyed the views.  It was a fantastic time.

you guys.

I can't believe that we're coming up on Memorial Day weekend.  Memorial Day weekend.  It's like the beginning of summer.  ah!  The end-of-the-school-year has entirely snuck up on me this year.  All of a sudden we only have four days of school left.  And with report cards printed and ready to be mailed, a weekend packing list ready for Hebgen, and a watermelon in my fridge ready to be sliced--it may as well be summer.

We should have hamburgers for dinner tonight.

oh hey it's may

it's been a wild month-- lots of things going on at work for both Samuel and me.  and lots of things going on at home as well.

I'm gearing up for the last eight days of school (but who's counting?), looking forward to heading to hebgen for Memorial Day, planting my "salsa garden" of tomatoes, peppers and herbs, reading (finishing up the Hunger Games books), planning projects for summer, and trying to get rid of the extra "stuff" we have around the house.

Samuel recently participated in a luau at work (where they roasted a pig and everything), washed both of our cars, landed an interview for a great new position in the company, did 7 loads of laundry, and got a haircut-- among other things.  he's the best.

here comes summer...

as promised.

Here is the last video from the SHIFT training, my personal narrative:

what I've been up to

I'm here in St. George with 2 amazingly fun teachers from my school!  We've been working at learning how to incorporate film into our curriculum.  Yesterday we planned, filmed, edited and produced a "9 sentence" film (a film written in only 9 sentences, with no dialogue).  Luckily, Lyv was in town and stars as our adorable actress.  Check it out:

Our second video was a Public Service Announcement:

Stay tuned for the Personal Narrative (which should be completed within the next few hours...)

a new song

brings a plethora of possibilites for family band:



(that's right-- there are five people playing one guitar).

happy day

Samuel and I are celebrating our 2 year anniversary!  We took the day off yesterday to go to the tulip festival, have lunch, and do some shopping.  We spent the night in Park City, and are back home today to get things done around here.

Two things I love about Samuel, after being married for two years:


1. When Samuel works, he works hard.  But when it is time to relax, Samuel stops to take photos of beautiful vistas or pretty flowers, he drives me out of the way to go to little book stores, and turns down the music to share his big ideas.

2. Samuel is very loyal.  When he commits to something or someone--especially family-- he will stick by it to the bitter end.  A great quality in a spouse, if you ask me.

Happy anniversary, Samuel.  I love you a lot.