November 2019

Bryan earned the Vaerg dit Land badge.

Kate played at her first piano competition. She did great! 

We traveled to Oklahoma over Veterans weekend to hang out with Adam and Michael's family.  We went to an awesome playground and swam in Adam's new pool.

 We got to see Frozen II in Texas and in Arizona!

 Kate and Jane got one on one time with Aunt Joan. 

 My whole family traveled to Phoenix for Thanksgiving.  We all had a wonderful time.

 Brandon took my girls fishing. 

 Kristi took a few of the girls out for a Target and Starbucks run. 

 Kate lost a tooth.

 And we took family pictures. 

They turned out so well!

June 2019

My friend Jennifer came to visit.  We took her to a BBQ joint and watched the Spazmatics perform.  

We took off a week of work in June to spend some time with my immediate family at Lake Powell.  Our family took a 4 day stop in Santa Fe, New Mexico camping in the mountains.  It was a little chillier than I expected, but we had a great time.

We hiked Bandelier National Monument.

Went to Meow Wolff Museum.

Watched movies and ate s'mores.

Hiked Tent Rocks National Monument.

And then made our way to Lake Powell.

This family reunion was long over due.  I am not quite sure when the last time we were all together (although two grandchildren are missing).  

We hike the Lower Antelope Canyon one day.

My kids just wanted to play in the sand.

We played at the lake. 

We water skied.

We sun bathed.

We hiked to Horseshoe Bend.

I love these people. 

It was a great time.

Utah for 10 weeks

My time in Utah is shortly coming to a close.  I am dreading flying with my children to Paris and then on to Munich.  They were so well behaved coming to Utah, it's bound to be awful.  It's a good thing Bryan will be there to pick us up and help us adapt to the change.  I really enjoyed my time away from Germany.  I don't know if I will ever get an opportunity to be so close to family for a long period of time and I really enjoyed it.  Here is a list of all the things we were able to accomplish and do while we were in Utah.

 1) Visit the aquarium

2) Play with cousins
3) SLC children's museum

 4) Watch Kristi bobsled
5) Watch Brandon push for Kristi



 6) Visit with old friends

7) Lehi children's museum
8) Dinosaur museum

 9) Tour the Provo City Temple
10) See the Norman Rockwell Exhibit at BYU
11) Scoring 180 bowling at BYU

 12) Visits with grandma

13) Flying to Phoenix, AZ to visit brother and family
14) Seeing our BFF's (Kuderka clan) at the Phoenix children's museum and sharing Sonic drinks/milkshakes

15) Hiking with cousins
16) Snowshoeing with my dad

 17) Water tubing with family

 18) Multiple visits to large stores

19) Playing dress-up with cousins

20) Running a half marathon indoor (47.7 laps around the Utah Oval)

21) Skiing