What a Dad!

Stephen is a great dad. He is so willing to play with his girls. This video is just a sampling of his relationship with them. This was taken at our Ward Family Reunion. When Dorothy Ward Koller, 91, the oldest living Ward family member started playing the organ Stephen and the girls couldn't resist dancing. This video is going to be a family classic.

What we’ve been up to

We spent a weekend away in Park City.

The girls did a lot of this in front of the TV.

And we did a lot of this in the bath tub. We had to do it wearing our swimming suits, because we never knew when a little girl would come barging in.

You can see from our laughing faces we had a great weekend.

Mally turned 5.

Eva is still 2, still beautiful and still crazy. Here she is “drinking” her toe.

We began working at This is the Place Heritage Park again. I can’t get enough of seeing my girls dressed in their pioneer clothes. We love it up there. May I suggest if you go this summer to go on a Wednesday. Not only is there a chance you will see us up there, but it's only $2 per person to get in! A total deal.

We went to Lava Hot Springs for a weekend. We went up to go to a Ward Family Reunion. It was the girls’ first time camping. They LOVED it and were great little campers.

Here are some Ward family members at breakfast.

Now on to my next adventure, girls' camp.

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Dance Concert

This past year I have been in an adult women’s jazz class. I have LOVED it. It has been so much fun to dance again. In fact, that’s the name of the group, Dansagain. Here's a video from our concert.

If you are in my area and are interested in doing it too, here's the info: The instructor is Lacy Seegmiller, 801-427-2115. She has been doing this group, Dansagain, for 9 years. She has classes Tuesday nights and Thursday mornings. She teaches beginner to advance classes. You pick what level you want to take, I picked intermediate. Classes run September to May and are $30 a month. It's super fun!

My FFs (Friends Forever)

Last week I got to have lunch with these ladies.

We were quite the threesome growing up in each others’ homes, being raised by each others’ mothers and being teased by each others’ brothers.

  From childhood to motherhood, I have loved these girls and they will always be my friends. It was so nice to chat and enjoy their company again.

Turning 31 was such a “Gas”

I celebrated my 31st birthday last week and after my scare with possible breast cancer, celebrating my life meant so much more to me. I’m happy I have lived 31 wonderful years on this beautiful earth. I hope for many, many more wonderful years.

The Birthday Fairy visits our home and leaves the number that the b-day person is turning on their forehead in the night. This year the “Birthday Fairy” got up early to exercise, and didn’t want the number 31 on her forehead for all her workout buddies to see. I thought I was being tricky by putting a washable marker in the car so I could quickly write the number on my forehead just before coming back from my workout.

Mally was so excited to see my number that she woke up nice and early with me and surprised me by standing in the dark outside the bathroom door. As I opened the door she was there to greet me and see my forehead. Luckily it was dark, so I told Mally to wait on the bed while I fixed the lights so she could see. I quickly ran downstairs and got a marker and wrote 31. She saw the number and happily snuggled in bed with Stephen while I left for my workout. Of course I washed the number off before going. And of course I wrote it back on my head before coming back. Look closely. Can you see what the “Birthday Fairy” wrote?

For my birthday I got the novel The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott, which I quickly read and really enjoyed. To go along with it, I got the sound track to the Little Women movie, beautiful music I’ve always enjoyed. And I got the last season of our favorite show, Corner Gas. Last year for my b-day I got seasons 1-5, now we have the last season, 6 and our lives and collection are complete. If you haven’t seen Corner Gas, then I totally recommend borrowing it from us. Though, beware. You too will probably love it and feel the need to own it yourself. I have seen this trend happen over and over again.

During this episode Oscar, the old man, says a line that had Stephen and me laughing so hard and for so long we had to pause the show to catch our breath. Go to 7:40 in the clip to see it. We still laugh about it. Seriously funny, what a gas!