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Our February Birthday Getaway

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Sue and I decided to have a getaway this weekend, starting with my birthday on Thursday. We headed south to warmer weather, which was a good thing, since it was freezing in Alpine when we left (it was supposed to be warmer later). We decided to go to southwest Utah and decided to stay at the Driftwood Lodge in Springdale, which is about 5 minutes from the west entrance to Zion National Park. We spent Friday at the park. We went hiking on a couple of trails, Emerald Loop Trail, and Weeping Rock Trail, and also went east through the park, through the tunnel.

Here are some of the pictures:

Wherein we mourn the loss of a faithful friend

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Today we replaced our microwave, the only one we’ve ever owned.  We purchased it in 1985, the second year of our marriage, when we were still students at BYU. In 27 years of service to our family it’s never given us one bit of trouble and cooked many a meal. It’s traveled with us all over the country and has been with us longer than our oldest child. Pretty impressive for a household appliance, however, we resisted the urge to play “Taps” or fire a 21-gun salute.

It was replaced today by a flashy new one that is 1/2 the size, 1/3 more powerful, and cost 1/5 what we paid for the original. But can it go the distance? If it does, there will only be one more microwave in our future. Wow!

Goodbye old friend!

Brian returns

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Brian returned from the California Carlsbad Mission on Tuesday and we met him at the Salt Lake airport.  It was so great to see him, especially for Mark who hadn’t seen him since he left on his mission in May, 2008.  So happy to have him home for the holidays!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Celebrating

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So I’ve been slightly stressed because I want to have Christmas all done before our missionary comes home THIS TUESDAY! 

But in between all the stress, we’ve enjoyed some holiday fun.  We went to Celebration of Christmas by the BYU combined choirs & Philharmonic Orchestra at the beginning of December.  It’s always wonderful and is a great start to the season.  They had some really beautiful arrangements that just made me sigh.

I sang in the Alpine community Christmas concert last Sunday night, conducted by Marvin Payne, and got to sing with a bunch of my friends.  We had some lovely music choices and it really made me feel in the spirit of the season.

Tonight I’m sitting in the LDS Conference Center waiting for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir concert to start because we were lucky enough to get tickets. We walked around looking at lights on Temple Square after eating at Crown Burger, so it’s already been a fun evening.

Tomorrow we are at the Alpine Christmas show to see Todd McCabe & April Moriarty & friends, so that will be fun, too.

Monday is the Christmas book club lunch when I get to see my pals.  Can’t wait!

So it’s been fun with more to come.  Mark came home from BYU on Wednesday, Brian comes home on Tuesday, and let the party begin!