I’m writing this post much much later than I anticipated. Why? Well summer was fun and then went out on a CRAZY note…more on that later. So what’s been keeping me so occupied? These kids for one! School ended, summer break started off with a family reunion in St. George and then it never for one minute slowed down. Summer… Read more →
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California Dreamin’
Woo buddy. The Baxters and Koenigs did something I thought may never happen. We vacationed as a family all together! This was a huge endeavor when you consider that my parents had not been to the ocean since their honeymoon in Florida (1976) and my brother and his wife had not yet flown or vacationed with their 3 kids (ages… Read more →
Goodbye Epic Winter
Oh. My. Gosh. What a winter Utah had. I would like to think I could have written sooner if I wasn’t so busy sending skiers out to ski and shoveling snow. Utah set an all time snowfall record this season with 30 inches of snow water equivalent. I imagine that doesn’t mean much to most people so here is a… Read more →
Chris is 9!
Christopher–or Chris as his friends now call him–is quite the 9 year old. He’s grown leaps and bounds this year…several inches according to the board we’ve tracked their heights on each year. He’s tracking a full year head of William which honestly makes Christopher pretty proud and William more than a bit nervous. Christopher would like you to know he’s… Read more →
Oh Andrew (is 7)
Oh my Andrew. What a year we’re having. You are such a cute little pal at home and then some kind of teacher tormenter at school. Let’s talk about Andrew at home first. Andrew at home is a pretty smart little guy who deals in a currency known as hugs, ie “if you make me do that, no hugs for… Read more →
William is 11!
Oh my William, Another milestone year of sorts for the big guy. This year William turned 11 and for his 11th birthday received his first “phone”. It’s actually a Gabb Watch so it’s very locked down, but it allows him to call us, and for me to contact him when he’s not with us. This gives him a newfound freedom… Read more →
Welcome to 2023!
Like many folks in this strange pandemic (dare I say post pandemic?) world, I feel like I’ve blinked and 3 years just evaporated. One minute it was 2019 and now it’s 2023? Bizarre. In my last post I was talking about the “hottest day of summer” and there were pictures of setting up a swimming pool! How quickly things can change!… Read more →
There are 79 Days of Summer Vacation
As hardcore Phineas and Ferb fans know, the song states “There’s 104 Days of Summer Vacation and school comes along just to end it.” Firstly, I want to know where this mythical school is that actually has 104 days of summer break. We top out at 79. Additionally, I would like to point out that “school comes along just to… Read more →
F*ck You Omicron
This first paragraph is a rant about Covid. If you are triggered by such things, just skip ahead. 🙂 Just as we were getting settled into another pandemic school year, the kids were masked and fully vaccinated, and life seemed like it might return to some kind of normalcy, we started hearing rumors about a little thing called Omicron. It… Read more →
Chris-tos-to-pher is 8!
The tall and skinny Christopher is 8! Gosh we love this kid. He’s got freckles on his nose and braces on his teeth and still makes the BEST faces! He’s grown several inches this past year and William is a bit concerned about the competition he’s throwing down in the height department. Christopher and William are still best buds, but… Read more →