Utah – The Berning Bunch

Bernings

by Eliseupdated on July 24, 2025July 24, 2025

After the Clegg Reunion, we made our way back down to Utah to visit Grandpa, Grandma, and Uncle Brian. We made a stop at Maddox (it had been way too long!) and it was just as delicious as ever! It was a first for the kids and they LOVED it. And then Mark and the …

Life

Fourth of July

by Eliseupdated on July 17, 2025July 17, 20254 Comments

For the first time since we’ve moved to Colorado – Mark had the Fourth of July off! This holiday is definitely the one that makes me the most homesick and so I was grateful to have him here to celebrate with us. But we decided to do something a little crazy and decided to head …

Faith, Life

Manti Temple

by Eliseupdated on March 23, 2024March 25, 20243 Comments

A couple weeks ago we were talking about temples in family study and it sparked an idea! We wanted to go to the Manti Temple Open House. And we did it! It seemed a little crazy when we were first planning it but it actually ended up being a big blessing. It gave us something …

Life, Travel

Backpacking

by Eliseupdated on August 25, 2023August 24, 2023

The Clegg family tradition of summer backpacking has risen again! Every summer growing up, my Dad would take us girls on a daddy daughter backpacking trip. We would go with other dads and daughters and it was a wonderful tradition with so many happy memories for me. My Dad asked if I was interested in …

Life

Little Haunts

by Eliseon November 3, 2021November 3, 20211 Comment

I love autumn activities. Basically, I just love autumn (also, Jacob really wants us to call it autumn now because he thinks it sounds so much better than “fall” – haha!). I love the crisp weather. It is easily my favorite season. The week before Halloween, we went over to Salt Lake for some family …

Life

Grandpa’s 80th Birthday

by Eliseupdated on June 30, 2021May 23, 20212 Comments

A couple weeks ago, we went over to Utah to celebrate Grandpa’s 80th birthday! It was the first time we had been to their home in over a year and it was SO nice to be back! It took the kiddos about 7.8 seconds to run downstairs and start trying on the dress ups 😂 …

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Hogle Zoo

by Eliseon February 11, 2021February 11, 20213 Comments

Since we’ve been making so many trips the last couple of months over to Salt Lake, we decided it was time to add some fun to the mix. PLUS, this was the perfect activity to wrap up our mammals unit we’ve been doing in science {more on that later!}. But the MOST IMPORTANT reason to …

Life

WitchFest

by Eliseupdated on October 21, 2020October 22, 20202 Comments

Another Halloween tradition is going over to Gardner Village to experience WitchFest! This is such a simple, easy tradition but one we truly enjoy. The kids love looking at the silly witches and we grown-ups do too {and spying the new ones each year!}. Gardner Village is filled with the most darling shops and we …

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BooLights

by Eliseupdated on October 21, 2020October 21, 2020

For the last several years, we have been going to Boo at the Zoo at Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City for Halloween. This has become such a fun tradition that the kiddos really look forward to. This year, because of COVID, Boo at the Zoo was cancelled – however, BooLights was not. So we …

Life, Travel

Dinosaur National Monument

by Eliseupdated on July 28, 2020July 28, 20202 Comments

“The Green is greatly increased by the Yampa…and the waters waltz their way through the canyon, making their own rippling, rushing, roaring music.” — John Wesley Powell — Last week, we were supposed to be heading north for our Berning Family Reunion but it was cancelled. We were so bummed (but completely understood). Since Mark …