It's hard to believe that it is already 2019. The older I get, the faster the time seems to go. I think I keep saying that, but I think at my age, it's allowed. January has been a fairly typical month with family visits and some travel. I was barely back in town from Oregon when the Oregon Petersons came for some skiing and to drop off Joseph, who is now attending BYU after transferring from the US Naval Academy. It was so fun to have them come for a visit and it was nice that there was plenty of snow. Duerk and Sue Brewer came up for a short weekend visit and Lukas Larsen, who had turned eight, was baptized on that same weekend. We also found time to watch Davis Maughan play a basketball game and we all played some of our "older" games, "catch phrase" and "Balderdash". Lots of laughs!
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| Anna, helper, John, Julie, Joseph and Emily in front on sled at Park City |
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| Sue and me being entertained by Catch Phrase |
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| Brett, Alisa and Lukas Larsen |
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| Lukas Larsen on baptismal day, January 5, 1029 |
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| A 3 year old wanted to take our picture, Kate, me and Jana at the ball game |
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Duerk, Anna, Sue, Mike, Kate, Me
Merit, Jana, Emily, John with the star, Davis |
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| Duerk, John and Anna skiing at Brighton |
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| Joseph and Me trying our hand at some dancing |
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| Alisa, Anna, Joseph, Sam, Duerk, Me, Kate, Sue and Jana-the game players |
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| Listening to Alisa w Joan Stephens at BYU Women in January |
If you know me, you know that snow and cold are not my favorite, so it wasn't long before I headed to Arizona to enjoy the blue skies and warmer weather.
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| A little tennis with Hewitt and Tamsen |
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| Julie at me following her volleyball game |
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| Ashley, Julie, Ivy, Colten Brewer and me at the "movies" |
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| Colten Brewer's flag football game |
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| Phoenix Zoo with Truman and Tamsen |
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| Just monkeying around with Truman and Tamsen |
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| Truman driving me through the jungle |
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| Me with Rob and Tamsen at the Gilbert Temple |
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| Making Valentine's cookies with Liv |
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| Happy Valentines with handmade cookies by Liv and G-Ma |
My time in Arizona was coming to a close. We scheduled a visit to Organ Stop Pizza. It was a first time experience for the Brewer family and we all enjoyed listening to the huge Wurlitzer and the nimble feet and hands of its player. And the pizza wasn't bad either. When Julie Peterson came to town to visit her folks, we had a fun girls only lunch date.
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| Ivy and Julie Brewer and Liv Peterson at Organ Stop Pizza |
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| A bunch of Petersons, Brewers, and Andelins at Organ Stop Pizza |
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| Sue, Julie, Tamsen and me at brunch |
I arrived home just in time for an 8th birthday celebration for Merit Maughan. Merit had made macaroni and cheese at an earlier time and liked it so much that she wanted to have that for her birthday dinner. Delicious! Such a fun way to end the month!
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| Merit cooking up some homemade "mac and cheese" |
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| Happy Birthday, Merit, a sweet 8 year old! |
Well, that's a wrap for the last couple of months. No adventures planned for awhile, so just regular living and loving it! Hope everyone else is doing the same!!!
