Our official moving adventure began on the morning of June 26th. Andrew and I picked up our 22′ Penske moving truck with car trailer at 10 am. We had lots of moving help from family, a neighbor, and my good friend (who is basically family minus the blood connection) making it possible for us to…
Family
Final Days of Utah Fun
With my limited energy levels, Andrew and I figured that we should start packing a couple of hours each day starting on Monday, June 17. After a good amount of packing fun, we made sure to fill our evenings with last-chance Utah activities: Ragtime at Hale Center Theater. We saw this with Andrew’s family and…
Weekend Highlights:
Andrew and I checked out the the Salt Lake City Farmers Market, something I’ve wanted to do since last August. Now that we have less than two weeks in Utah, I realized it was our last chance. I was blown away by the number of people that were there. We enjoyed looking at all of…
Zion Part 3
The last day of our trip had a few highlights that need mentioning: We slept WAY in. For me that was 9. For Andrew that was 11. As we were approaching Toquerville going north on 1-15, there was a lot of smoke. We quickly discovered that there was a fire in the median between the…
Zion Part 2
Just north of the main part of Zion National Park is Kolob Canyons, a much less visited part of the park. There is a hike that takes you to a spot where you can view Kolob Arch, the 2nd longest natural arch in the world. Andrew is a very seasoned hiker and has hiked nearly…
Zion Part 1
June 11 Andrew and I started our Zion’s trip at 9:50 am – 10 minutes ahead of schedule! We made a stop at Sams Club to get gas and a box of cheese-its (hiking food we didn’t end up eating). When we walked in the front door it was the end of business hours so…
Weekend Highlights:
•Andrew finished his first year of teaching! Memorable part of the experience? Having students yell “Mr. Jackson” in the hallways (and many other public places around town) and give high-fives. Clearly this was a trademark because the cards that he brought home from students either mentioned or illustrated high-fives. •Beginning this household’s 3-week summer vacation!…
Elder Moose
I dropped my brother, Derick, off at the MTC this Wednesday, May 29th at 1:15 pm. While I am glad I will never again have to drop Derick off at the MTC curb and say good-bye for two years, I know that he is exactly where he needs to be. In less than two weeks…
It’s a GIRL!
When we went in for the the ultrasound yesterday morning I was VERY nervous. Mostly with unfounded nightmares of missing limbs or extra limbs or even better, no baby at all. When our baby showed up on the monitor we saw the head and arms right away and all of a sudden, I went from…
Jackson Fun
Now that I’m not teaching during the week, I don’t have to sleep all day on Saturdays. We are now using the time for more fun ventures! Last week we eased in by seeing Iron Man (awesome!!) and eating two large tubs of popcorn followed by a paper tower challenge that we have been giving…