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12-13 October

Ada and Alex were both home for the weekend so we went bowling. Ethan has never been! We stayed and played pool afterward and that was the best part. 🙂

Then on Sunday we invited Jul, Spencer, Weston, Olivia, Miranda, and Kayley over and we frosted cookies for many hours. 🙂

13-15 sept.

Disneyland was all decked out for Halloween. We had a delightful time. Spent Thursday and Friday there. Camped at our favorite spot W T and F.

Left early Saturday and drove back to Cedar and saw The Foreigner. Stayed with Ada and then got up early to get back for teaching Sunday school but was stopped behind a crazy car carrier fire for over an hour. Should have slept in I guess. 🙂

10-12 August 2018

We rented a house up by Jordanelle in order to spend time together and watch the Perseids (the fire smoke really killed that unfortunately). We did have a great time down at the lake and playing games and in the hot tub. We miss the Hoen cabin so much so this was a nice cabin fix.

7-9 August 2018

Flying is so much nicer than driving. Did Disney most of Tuesday, all of Wednesday, and the morning of Thursday (just me). It was crazy hot but very fun.

9-10 July 2018

Drove down on Sunday. Awful. Took almost 2 hours longer than it should. So happy to make it to the Hampton. Went swimming immediately. 🙂

We did a ton on Monday. Tuesday was a little more chill. Teo took tons of pictures and I had a lot of fun with my new infrared camera (well, Lakeview’s new infrared camera). 🙂

Drove back on Wednesday. Late to Big River in Cedar because of waking up to a dead battery :(. Ada took a shuttle down and at least she didn’t miss any of the show. We went to dinner at the Brick House and then saw The Merchant of Venice. Very religiously charged. And Big River is of course strongly racial. Pretty intense day.

Here are my infrared photos. They wouldn’t upload here. Too big.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1P3zA_eeZaLxxyQoB84JQSTTtFYOwSWze

2-6 June 2018

Had a grand time! Ada loves it as much as I do. 🙂 We drove down on Saturday and spent Sunday through Tuesday in the parks. Ada’s feet were killing her most of the time but we had 3 days and Max Passes so we were fine.

Moab

May 2018

I finally got to be on the LA trip. We camped in green river and spent a day in goblin valley, one in arches, and did a river trip. So much fun.

1-2 April 2018

I had spring break so I planned to go to Disneyland for a couple of days. Ada really wanted to come and could spare the time so off we went. Sunday was Easter so we decided to do the Easter Egg challenge and find all the hidden eggs. Monday we spent at California Adventure until they closed and then did a couple more hours at Disneyland. I bought an Annual Pass when I came with the Ransoms and these trips to Disney have been the brightest spots in my life. I look forward to them so much.

15-18 March 2018

I went to an NSTA conference. Met up with my fellow teachers Joilyn Lincoln, Becky Curtis, and April Thompson (that’s us below left to right in front of the MLKJ reflecting pool. Awesome stuff learned. Inspiring places visited. Much soul food consumed. In other words…a triumph. 🙂

March 2018

The Ransoms had never been to Disneyland so they asked to me to come along and help them get the most out of their visit.

On the way down we visited Valley of Fire state park in NevadaThe next day we did Huntington Beach during the day and Crystal Cove in the evening.

We spent Monday at Disneyland and Tuesday at California Adventure. I had the greatest time experiencing things “for the first time” again through their eyes. It was such a blast!

I flew home because I couldn’t spare more time off work and they were planning another day in LA and then the drive home so I actually did some of a third day just on my own before my flight left. It was fun but I missed my new family.