Tommy at State Tournament

My nephew, Tommy Barrett, played a great game at the state high school 5A basketball tournament (Viewmont beat Spanish Fork in overtime). It brings back great memories of my high school days watching Viewmont High basketball (and letting my little brothers, Brent and Glenn tag along). Now Brent's son Tommy is playing for Viewmont. Brent emailed me and said, "It has now been 40 years since Viewmont came from way down to upset Spanish Fork in the first round when you were a sophomore and Bob was a senior. How cool is that, that the same scenario happened yesterday!" By the way, Tommy scored 19 points (17 in the 2nd half).

Snow at Kolob

What Happened to our Cabin?

Looks like it will be a while before we can get in to the cabin this year - and more snow is expected tonight! But after the last five or six years of drought, how can we complain? It's too bad we're not cold weather people - the snowmobiling is great up there now!

Onward Viewmont Vikings!

Scott and I took a trip to Bountiful to watch my nephew Tommy play in the Viewmont vs. Weber High basketball game. It was so nice of Tommy to be the star of the game —just for us, of course — he scored 28 points, grabbed 13 rebounds, had 4 blocks, and several steals and assists (Brent, did I get all the stats right?). We've always had a soft spot in our hearts for Tommy, and it was great to be with my Mom & Dad, my sister Julie, my brother Brent and my nephew Brady cheering for my alma mater again.

Birthday Fun

I had my 22nd birthday a few weeks ago (since I started going back down after 39). Shellie, George and Abby came up and Kenny's family joined us for dinner at Benja's Thai and Sushi. The kids did great - until the end when Abby started getting a little antzy - then Corbin and Bailey danced for her to keep her happy. She got laughing pretty good at that!

Four Wheelin'

George, Brian, Emily, Kirk, Mike and Kenny all went to the Sand Hollow Sand Dunes in St. George to ride 4-wheelers. They had a blast! One of the highlights was seeing Kirk do a "tuck and roll" off of his machine and into the sand when he thought it was going to roll. George said he never thought he would see a grey-haired man move so fast!

They Still Make Their Mother Crazy!

When Mike and his family visited in December, my four sons, along with Brian's girlfriend, Emily, decided to take a trip to the Toroweep Lookout at the Grand Canyon. It takes a couple of hours to get there from Santa Clara - 60 miles on a dirt road to this viewpoint. Those who went said the view of the 3,000 ft. vertical drop to the Colorado river is breathtaking. . . but there are no railings! I love beautiful scenery, but not enough to get anywhere close to this. . . and, I let it be known right away that under no circumstances, were they taking ANY OF MY GRANDCHILDREN!!! My sons still tried to make me crazy by taking these pictures. At least when I looked at the photos, everyone was back home safe.