Man, oh, man! I think what we will remember most about Death Valley is the wind! It was so powerful on the day we visited, that we thought Jadyn could have been blown away! A mother actually gave me a scolding look as she grabbed Jadyn’s arm when she heard her cry out. Jadyn was…

I had been looking forward to this hike for 10 years! We lived in Salt Lake City for just one year, and I always regretted not having traveled to Bryce during our stay. Oh, well! It made me appreciate this day even more. We met our friends, the Halls for the Queens/Navajo Loop Trail. Six…

We had such a great day together at Sandy Hollow State Park! This is a story about making lemonade out of lemons. The day before I had decided that it would be best to rent wetsuits so that we could hike through the Subway in Zion. If you do a quick Google search on “subway…

Most of our friends and family have already heard our crazy stuck-in-the-mud/snow Easter night story. Gabe wrote a very accurate, detailed post about it the next morning before we even woke up! Isaac wrote his version of it later that day as well. Love those boys!!! It was pretty wild, considering that just hours before,…

Isaac lives life fully! He adds tons of laughter and energy to our family every single day. He is a total extrovert, living in a home of introverts, so he never needs a break. As funny as he is, he’s also the one who asks the deepest questions about life and meaning, people and truth….

Just some quick thoughts about the last month. When we left Durango, we ended up hunting snow like a bunch of dirtbags. We boarded all through Colorado and back in Utah. The kids kept up some reading and I had to keep business going with clients. It was even fun to let them know where…

St. George was a definite on the destination list in my head – because of the Winn Family (well, and Zion National Park. 😉 But I’d been wanting to visit the Winn’s for years! We met them at the tail-end of our time in Salt Lake City over NINE years ago. We hit it off…

Well, I wasn’t planning to hit the Grand Canyon so soon. You all know that sometimes we don’t know where we will be sleeping the next week, or even the next night because we like to stay as flexible as we can. After weighing the advantages of cooler spring weather in this part of the…

Spring has come, and we have all found ourselves repeating this week, “I can’t believe just a couple days ago we were on the mountain in the snow.” It was with great sadness that we all completed our last run, shredding to a breaking stop at the bottom of Pacific Highway at Brighton. No more…

Jadyn Elizabeth Dalrymple is a one-of-a-kind gal and loved by so many. She is a complete package of fun, savvy, poise, confidence, style, determination and creativity. She’s always just a pure pleasure to be around. These photos capture some of the fun moments she’s shared with us this last year as we’ve traveled around the…

This was our Bucket List for Durango, and since we were there for two months, we were able to hit most of these spots! Such a fun hubspot for outdoor activity! Day Trips Mesa Verde Four Corners Silverton Pagosa Springs Telluride Wolf Creek Canyon of the Ancients Canyon de Chelly Hovensweep Hikes Great Resource Horsegulch…

  We were on the road and talked about our family today. The topic of conversation was whether we felt we loved each other more or less since we left Austin. The kids were unanimous and agreed we all loved each other more. It hasn’t been rosy, but it’s been real. We have had conflict…