Staying at Home in April

 

   We cleaned the pool cover and fertilized the lawn.  Meanwhile, streets looked like scenes from
   apocalypse movies and Beth was busy making masks.

The Easter Bunny brought welcome surprises while flowers bloomed and we continued to work on puzzles.

One morning the neighborhood moms loaded the kids
and dogs in their cars and treated everyone to a children's parade.

Spring has also brought swarms of bees.  Our neighbors who are bee keepers decided to capture the swarms and relocate them to hives.  This was great entertainment for the neighbors.

COVID-19 Downtime

Good luck to us all as we take precautions to avoid the virus.

In the meantime we drive around on empty streets, go hiking with the grand kids, do lots of puzzles and recently got a subscription to BritBox and the library of British television we enjoy.

When the weather is pleasant, we also like to walk in the park.

As baseball's Vin Scully recently said:

"Pray a little bit more, like most of us will do, and above all, try to smile.  Because when you smile, that makes everybody else feel better."

Incidentally, the photos for this post were taken with our new iPhone 11 Pro. To the girls chagrin we were the last people in this zip code to get a smart phone--but it was worth the wait.  No more lugging camera gear for this cat...

Happy New Year!

Gwen, Robin and Christy enjoyed a mini high school reunion during the holidays.  Meanwhile, Christy's little Isla Rose was definitely excited for 2020!

In mid-January we joined Julie's family for our annual trip to the auto show followed by lunch at Crown Burger -- a good time for all...

Star Wars - The Rise of Skywalker

Julie invited me to join their family for the opening night showing of the final episode in the Star Wars series that began in 1977.  It was action packed and filled with enough twists to leave a viewer dazed.  Although it often seemed like a contrived revolving door to the afterlife, I loved the characters and the stunning visuals and audio.  Certainly great entertainment!  But it does leave many unanswered questions...

Late October Sibling Get Together

In late October we enjoyed several days visiting with LuJean's family in St. George and Brian Head.  The trip also brought opportunities to explore southern Utah back roads and spend some time in Springdale.  

Check out the photo gallery at:

 > Friends and Family > Rob & LuJean > 2019 Sibling Weekend

Autumn Outings

September 30th we headed across Nevada to explore the eastern Sierra.  Based in Mammoth Lakes, we spent a week revisiting Yosemite and checking out new and interesting places. 

This new gallery is found at: > Outings > Photo Field Trips

October 9th we spent a beautiful autumn day revisiting the southern part of the Skyline Drive in central Utah.

This new gallery is also found at: >Outings > Photo Field Trips

Late Summer Adventures

In early September we embarked on a two day Jeep excursion in central Utah.  The results are  chronicled in two new gallaries:

Tushar Mountains and Skyline Drive - both found at: Outings > Jeep Trips

Also in mid September we enjoyed a lunch with LuJean's siblings.

                             Here we have Beth, Naoma, Arnold, Vernal, LuJean and Carolyn.