Andrea
A&W 16 Years
11 Nov 2017
For our anniversary this year Wyatt went all out and took me to San Diego for the U2 Joshua Tree concert. I was super excited to go! While we were there we also did [...]
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Tennis Ladies
11 Nov 2017
A bunch of ladies in my ward get together every Tuesday night for Tennis lessons. The coach from the highschool comes and teaches us how to play. Mostly we just [...]
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Hiking
9 Nov 2017
Over the summer I was talking to Brynn and she told me about her goal to do 52 hikes in 52 weeks. I thought that sounded so lovely, I started the same thing. [...]
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Andrea Goes to Scout Camp
10 Sep 2017
This year I was asked by one of the leaders if I would mind going to Scout camp for one of the days (3 day event) to help out. I did, and man-o-man, it was a blast! [...]
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Unto Us A Dream
4 Jun 2017
On the 15th of May I received a text message from my mom: Uncle Bob had a stroke the evening before. Things looked good though. They were able to get him to the [...]
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Women’s General Meeting
21 May 2017
This year for the Women’s General Meeting I decided to take Olivia downtown to the conference center. We went to dinner first at Mimi’s and then went [...]
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Some Other Beginning’s End
13 Oct 2016
We’re closing a chapter on our lives – and I’m not ignorant of the fact that it may have been the most beautiful chapter of our entire lives. [...]
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I Think I Think Too Much
7 Sep 2016
ON Minimalism We decided we’d put our house on the market as soon as we got home from Hawaii, around May 15th. In anticipation of that I packed the basement up [...]
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Captain Chris’ Swashbuckling 70th
26 Aug 2016
The day after school started I got up bright and early (4:30 am) to catch a flight to Denver, where Andi was throwing her dad a surprise 70th Birthday party. The [...]
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The First Day of School
24 Aug 2016
On Wednesday, August 25th, we finally had to accept reality and . . . go back to school. Of course, I think the kids were thrilled. They were awake and fully ready [...]
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Momento’s – Organizing the kids school stuff
15 Jun 2016
I’m not really a “stuff” person. I have one box of letters and postcards from my childhood . . . and that’s it. No trophies, no pictures (my [...]
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Summer by the Spirit
3 Jun 2016
Summer is here. By all accounts, that means “I’m Busy.” I usually start calendaring the summer over Christmas break, and this year was no [...]
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Hawaii 2016
16 May 2016
*MORE PICTURES COMING SOON* I’m working on getting pics from all sources (my camera, my phone, Wyatt’s phone, Kellie’s phone, etc. etc.) READ PART [...]
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Sunday – The Book of Mormon
1 May 2016
Last winter I was awake in the early hours with a little one. As I rocked the baby in the pink-grey light, I really tried to meditate on the things that challenge [...]
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Sunday: I Was A Stranger
17 Apr 2016
March was a hard month. An incredibly hard month. Wyatt was way too busy, and I was stretched way too thin. Between work and his new calling (which during March did [...]
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