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Last Saturday morning SHOULD have been an ordinary Saturday morning.  The children have "Saturday chores" that they are required to do before they move on with their day.  There are a few exceptions.  This morning Spencer had an exception because his scout troop led by Destry went on a rock climbing expedition.  It was a gorgeous day!  They had a great time thanks to Destry's former missionary companion and friend, Dallin Ward, who shared his talents and expertise with the group.  Spencer was the star as I was told.   For those of us who stayed behind, it should have been chore time after they left.  They were all playing together nicely for a while and I just let them.  It is fun to see them getting along and playing well.  At around 10:00 I reminded them  to get get started because Emma had her first basketball game of the season and Estelle had a birthday party that both started at 1:00.  That should have been no problem. ...

Today could quite possibly have been called a perfect day.  I had a slow morning, followed by  getting some laundry started, cleaning the kitchen and mopping the floor and vacuuming the rest of the upstairs.  The little girls played together nicely, Spencer and Emma went to the blue barn together and Taylor and Zach Skinner hung out with their electronics (Zach's family went to Lake Powell for the weekend.  He wanted to go on the scout camp out Friday night instead of going to Lake Powell--what is wrong with him??, and his mother didn't want him to stay home alone for the rest of the weekend so she asked if he could stay with us.  Of course he could).  Destry worked for a couple of hours at the Oborne's on a small remodeling project they hired him to do.  I also had a nice visit with Renee who is homesick.  I am sad for her.  Her hubby is out of town again.  He has been working lots of overtime since they got to Alaska.  Renee and t...

While I am not a fan of hashtags, I am a huge fan of summer, motherhood, and family time.  We have had a wonderful eventful summer.  Renee and her brood spent the month of June in Utah.  We had fun at parks, Thanksgiving Point, pedicures and just "hangin' out at the house."  We ate at Cafe Rio and JCW's, both were on Renee's "must-do list."  A highlight of their stay was the time we spent in a cabin in Bear Lake with the whole Smith Clan.  My mom payed for the cabin rental and we all pitched in on the food that Kevin and Christine so graciously bought and brought.  We went through a cave and spent a day at the beach paddling in paddle boats and a canoe.  We of course engaged in a water fight.  We had fun "Smith Family Olympics" thanks to David and Jessica with the Crumps and Erika performing a lip sink to a Taylor Swift song, "Trouble," for the opening ceremony.  The goat version.  I wish we would have had a camera on the audience w...

Today began a little earlier than most, especially for a Saturday.  We were awakened, or rather jolted out of bed by a phone call at 5:00 a.m.  When it rang Destry and I knew who would be on the other line, what we didn't know until we answered was which one of Taylor's ailments was the reason for this call.  Asthma.  Not surprising.  It's spring.  Pollen count is high.  He is hanging out outside and sleeping in a tent in the boonies an hour away. Taylor's scout troop is camping out near Mona.  Good cell service--yay!  Fortunately for us and most especially fortunately for Taylor,  Destry's brother JR Macdonald lives in Santaquin which is much closer to Mona than Saratoga Springs is  AND his sweet daughter, Allison, has a nebulizer.   So, Destry called  JR and asked him to take their nebulizer and pick up Taylor.  Hooray for family!  Destry immediately left to meet up with JR to bring Taylor home.   They w...