Utah fall/winter 2025

12 September – so happy to be home!

13 September. Been home a whole day…let’s go to the cabin! 🙂

So many cabin improvements happening!

14 September. Steve made a beautiful paella. I contributed a tortilla and some chili dip and the fam had a lovely dinner together 🙂

Cabin 26 September

Working from the cabin 27 September

I lost my job as a curriculum designer due to lack of government funding. Now I’m the Director of Summer Camps. They gave me an office instead of a cubicle. 🙂

11 October Speed puzzling! Did events alone, with Steve, and with Em.

Pairs Relay with Steve. A fun new event where you work on two puzzles at the same time.

The puzzle for my solo event

Me…

…and Em getting ready for our pairs event.

Super fun puzzle!

Didn’t win but had a great time!

25 October…slightly late birthday celebration for Alex. 30 years old!!!

3 November MRI of my brain. Turns out I still have one 🙂

4 November Did baptisms at the Bountiful temple before my injections

30 November. SNOW!!

My Aunts Mary and Marie. Mary was sewing clear to the end. Had to finish quilts for the grandkids 🙂

1 December. Funeral for my sweet Aunt Mary. Mars very sweetly agreed to go with me.

Love these cousins

So happy that Noelle, Tam, Mark, and Whitley could make it down

14 December. Got the tree up so that Christmas can be real haha

16 December…Christmas Sing Along with my fam 🙂

21 December – Winter Solstice activity with Jul

Weston, Spencer, Jul, Jul’s friend who has a name. Just can’t remember it.

Made a yule log

Then we burned it. Spencer did the honors.

24 December. Christensen gathering at my house. Did the white elephant game 🙂

Love my sibs. Missing Dave.

The indoor snowball fight was a riot

Taylor gathering that evening. Zay and Alex during the gift giving.

We love playing Wasington!

Anne and Teri bought us an air fryer!

25 December – Santa attacked

The haul. In its raw form. Fresh out of its wrappings.

Matching PJs 🙂 Even Steve got in on the action with a shorts version…

So so happy to be together today. Love these nerds so much!

Lots of fun Lego building and Rory working on their cool art project

Steve being a doof at the Taylor lunch that afternoon haha

26 December. Built the cute bird that Ada and Rory got me!

31 December 2025/1 January 2026. Making lots of noise. Happy New Year!