Playdate with Summer

Today I spent a couple hours playing with my favorite 5-year- old, Summer. We had fun reading books, coloring and playing in her fort. Her face split into a huge smile when I walked in. I'm always amazed at how happy she is to see me. She gives me so many hugs and loves while I'm there if I could just store them up I'd be set. I love her sweetness and energy.

Hiking in the Haunted Hoodos

Well actually I just pretended the hoodos in Bryce Canyon were haunted, since it was Halloween and the sky was onimously threatening rain. I had a great time on this hike.


I got to hike Snow Canyon the next day and Kolob Canyon on Sunday. I spent a couple days at my friends condo in St George which was a great location to get to all these hikes. It was so fun to get away for a weekend.

Happy Halloween

Since I don't get to dress up this year for any Halloween festivities. I thought I'd wear my costume on my blog. I had a lot of fun putting this together a couple of years ago. For years I never seemed to have a good costume so I decided to make one and since then I've only had occassion to wear it once. Happy Halloween.

A Field Trip for UEA

I probably should have worked today, but instead I played hookey and went to Hoogle Zoo, lunch and Gilgal garden with the Nelsons for UEA. It was perfect!! I won't mind paying the fiddler tomorrow for playing today.

Hiking Stewart Falls

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My neighbors, the Nelsons, and I hiked Stewart Falls yesteday. It is a short 4 mile roundtrip hike but very fun. We let the almost-3-year-old Abbey set the pace and so it took us a while. She hiked all the way to the falls and over half of the way back. After walking a mile she told me that she thought "this is very fun".

A Great Birthdate: A Great Lady

My Grandma, Menita Daines, had a very cool birthdate; October 10, 1910 (or 10-10-10). She would have been 98 today! Here is the only picture I have with her and me when I was 4.

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Ode to Napoleon

I dislocated my left shoulder 2 weeks ago, owwww. My ode to Napoleon is I've been walking around with my arm pinned to my side. Although I think my face looks more dour than his.

I've been to the doctor's 3 times to have it set. It is finally in and now I just need to let it heal (easier said than done). It's really painful and I don't even want to think about how much pain medicine I've taken. However more frustrating than the pain is all the things I can't do. But I am getting by. I wear a sling around the house but not out in public. Not that I've been out much. The walls of the house are starting to feel padded and very white. I didn't have any plans for this monhth so I guess I should be thankful that I can sit around for a couple of weeks and do nothing. I'll be glad when I can move and not think about my shoulder.