I try to convince my writing classes to write a Christmas letter or a year end wrap up because it is a short history of your year and it may be all you write.
January – A glacier formed on my front yard and stayed there
until June. It snowed so much I started
to get weather obsessed. Maren went to market and left Douggy with me for a week. Yikes! I don't have time for a dog.
February – We made our annual pilgrimage to St. George for
the Parade of Homes and the Eccles Art Show.
I biked to the top of Snow Canyon twice and Mike played a lot of golf.
March – We spent another week in St. George with John and
Linda Hoffman. The guys golfed. The women biked Snow Canyon twice, visited
the galleries and watched Emma.
April – Leif came for Spring Break with his girlfriend
Tasha. We had a nice visit with them. Mike retired, finally, throwing his own going
away party. I went to Women’s Conference
at BYU.
May - The Glacier
begins to melt but I didn’t think my tulips would ever bloom but they did. It is still cold and raining. I continue my weather obsession, checking the
10 day forecast twice a day, at least.
June - We did a 2
week road trip with Steve and Viki Whitmer to Arizona. We hiked Wire Canyon in Southern Utah, went
to Eager and Alpine to see my family ancestral home only to be driven out by a
gigantic forest fire. We spent a week in
Sedona. The guys golfed. Viki and I hiked every day—the best hiking
ever. We hit all the galleries we could
and had an all and all great time.
July – Mike had a High School golf tournament. We spent a week in Park City. The Hoffman’s came for part of the time. The guys golfed a lot. The girls perused some shopping and galleries
and hiked to the top of Park City Ski resort and around the Canyons ski
resort. Mike and I saw two Deer Valley
concerts and drove to Cascade Springs, this time finding the right road back
through Midway. Beau moved in with us
for a couple of months as he changes jobs.
August - I threw a
big back yard birthday party for Michael.
He turned 10
.
September – Jennifer and Luke came for a visit. We had another big back yard picnic, including
a puppet show and homemade ice cream sandwiches. We met Mikes siblings in St. George
again. We all went to “Grease” at Tuachan,
the guys golfed and the women shopped and visited.
October - We went to
Costa Mesa to visit Maren. Her TPT Home
store is awesome. She has a cute little
house that I can imagine her in now. We
went to Cape Cod with Viki and Steve Whitmer. We visited Martha’s Vineyard on the ferry, The
Pilgrim Village, drove to Rhode Island and spent a day in Boston. It was a wonderful trip with lots of great sightseeing
and fabulous food.
November - I turned
65, hurray for medicare! Leif and his
girlfriend came for Thanksgiving. I made
Tofurky for the vegetarians. We spent
the month looking for a car for Leif.
One was purchased, still not sure if it was the right one. Leif is in Portland going to graduate school. Maren came for Thanksgiving. Her dog Douggy decides he is my dog. (No wonder I feed him chicken with his dog
food and I play tug-a-war and ball chase when he wants and I walk the hill with
him.)
December - Lots of
cooking and baking. We had a bingo
party with Dave, Colette and the kids. I
made Christmas presents with the kids for their mothers. I had two big dinner parties with the Empty
Nesters and my book club. Maren, Douggy,
Beau and Michael came for Christmas.
Douggy wears me out. I am not his
mother. Mike got me an SLR camera for
Christmas. I am scared and excited about
it. We have put in our mission
papers. Next year will be new and
exciting.
