Posted in Becca, Chris, Church, Family, Kids on Aug 26th, 2009 9 Comments »
(image from www.theideadoor.com) This month’s Primary Sharing Time theme is “Temple Blessings Unite Families.” Last week I talked to the kids about how through the ordinances of the temple we can be with our families forever. I shared the experience of me being sealed to my parents and siblings when I was 5 years old, [...]
Posted in Family, Friends, Travel, site-seeing on Aug 11th, 2009 6 Comments »
We had another weekend getaway; this time to Boston. One of those places we had always wanted to take the kids, but had never done it. We jumped at our chance and really loved it. Of course, any trip that involves staying at a hotel ranks high with our kids because it means cable and [...]
Posted in Family, site-seeing on Aug 5th, 2009 No Comments »
Last weekend we had a completely open Saturday. That never happens! So, we took advantage of it by doing something on our ‘To Do Before We Leave the East Coast‘ list. We walked across the Brooklyn Bridge. Yes, we had driven across it, but really, walking across it just to say you did is so [...]
Posted in Family, Travel on Aug 2nd, 2009 4 Comments »
To finish out our week at Fish Lake, we moved out of Uncle Kay’s cabin and into another one as the rest of the “Stephenson Family” came together. Our new cabin came equipped with his very own live bat, which Uncle Donovan and Uncle Joseph had to take care of first thing. Thankfully it seemed [...]
Posted in Family, Travel on Aug 2nd, 2009 No Comments »
We started out the week at Fish Lake having our ‘little’ family reunion – Chris’s parents, their children and grandchildren. The Family The In-laws The Grandchildren We stayed in Chris’s uncle’s cabin and enjoyed relaxing and being together as a family. Here are some of the highlights – Playing around at the cabin: Our best [...]
Posted in Family, Travel on Aug 2nd, 2009 No Comments »
You know we have been back east a long time when, driving from CA to UT through the deserts of Nevada, you could hear Chris and I both make comments like: “It’s so beautiful!” “Look! There is absolutely nothing here – isn’t it great?!” We had a relatively uneventful trip to UT, which was great. [...]