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Camp de Vida: Day 2

Our second day of Camp de Vida turned out to be much shorter than we anticipated.  But life happens and life got busy that day!  We had to divide and conquer a bit, but we still had some great memory-making time together.  Well Gulch Mark and “the bigs” left early for a morning hike.  They …

Faith, Life

Camp de Vida: Day 1

2026 Camp de Vida has begun!  This is our third year of doing this really unique thing as a family.  There is something special about family time – the spontaneous moments that let you feel what true joy is like.  But there is also something really special about the more structured times too – the …

Life, Schoolhouse

Schoolhouse // Summer 2026

This summer came and went so fast.  This year has felt incredibly busy for our family.  And I am really hoping for some “normal” soon!  Summer in our “schoolhouse” is always a little different because…well, it’s summer.  But the older two have more activities and camps now and so people are going different directions.  We …

Life

Rett Clinic

Lydia had an appointment at the Rett Clinic last week.  These are always marathon appointments – but always really helpful.  I am grateful for the Rett Clinic and all it does to help the families that are impacted with Rett Syndrome.  Mark was able to come, which was so nice (he hadn’t been able to …

Life

Dream Lake

Mark adds just enough spontaneity to our family to keep life fun!  Last week, he said he had made reservations to go into Rocky Mountain National Park for the following morning and off we went!  We woke everyone up early, packed up our supplies and lunch, and made our drive up into the mountains.  This …

Faith, Life

Trek

Jacob and Sarah had the opportunity to attend a joint Aaronic Priesthood Camp and Girls Camp.  It wasn’t “trek” in the way that I know it, but it was a trek-like experience (although Sarah was really bummed there was no dressing up).  This was Sarah’s first youth camp, and I think it was a positive …

Life, Travel

UTAH & IDAHO: Wedding, Bernings, Fourth of July, Grandma Dixie, and Moldenhauers

We had such a great time the last two weeks being with family. We are so grateful for everyone we were able to see. Our first week was mostly just the kiddos and me because Mark had to work.  Matthew and Carly’s Wedding The reason we came when we did was to celebrate our nephew, …