Happy birthday, Genevieve!

Bill ran a dusk to dawn team relay out on the Salt Flats. The pictures from it are so cool. It looks like another world out there. 

Happy birthday, Genevieve! 13! 

Braces are off! He looks SO old without them. 

Comfy reading on the upstairs porch. Chloe looks SO much like Bill in this photo. 

 

Mt. Timpanogas

I haven’t done much hiking this summer. I’ve run, but not as much as normal. I’ve been doing physical therapy for an injury but haven’t really seen it heal yet. So when my friends in run club said should we hike Timpanogas this weekend, I of course said yes! 😁😁😁

It was absolutely worth it. 14.6 miles? Sure, no problem. Actually the whole second half was kind of torturous, but whatever, totally fine. It was so much fun. 

Goats! We saw some triplet baby goats in the way. Adorable! 

I woke up at 3am, met up with 16 friends, and headed up. We got on the trail at 5:16am. We got done at 1:30pm. I was pleasantly surprised how fast we got to the top. 7.5 miles went shockingly fast. And then it sort of slowed down, ha! The hike back I was so sore. It was so incredibly beautiful. There were still so many wildflowers. The weather was perfect. Unseasonably cool for an August day. I almost forgot to grab a jacket, but went back for it before I left and I’m so glad I did. It was cold at the start! And then cold from the saddle up to the summit. But the rest was just a super pleasant temperature. Clouds rolled in the second half, so it didn’t get hot. 

Go us!

And done! It felt so good! I may or may not have walked around hazily crippled the rest of the day, but all worth it. 🤣 I’d do it again. 

Happy 40th, Bill!

 Remi is so long suffering. Genevieve has no idea what a great cat she is, hahahaha. 

Happy 40th birthday, Bill! 

I finished this painting yesterday. Bill’s uncle started it but decided he wouldn’t finish it, so passed it on to me. The paint was well on its way to drying out, but I was able to eke out enough to finish the paint by number. 

The cats won’t touch this cat exercise wheel yet, but the kids had a great time with it all day yesterday! 

More cute Remi 

She loves the ottoman and she didn’t care that it was set up on the chair for the vacuum to run.