Kandy's blog

We stayed at a cute log cabin by the path that goes from Sun Valley to Hailey. There was a huge open field where we were able to throw the ball and play with the dogs in the snow. We ate lunches out and cooked the other meals in the cabin.  Connelly got  the French dip, Nate got the Pastrami, Kate got Macaroni salad and I got the Acai bowl! This was our fourth year going to SunValley.  We love to shop at the  thrift store, Gold Mine.  We found a lamp, board games, Sorrel snow boots for kate, beanies, and Corral plates for the kitchen!! GOLD MINE! Connelly went to Bald Mountain for the first time.  He was able to ski just as fast if not as fast as me.  The ski runs there are so long.  I never took the kids because they are  so long and I thought they wouldn't last two runs.  Connelly and I did 5 runs!!  It was so fun.  Then we got the souvenir pins for Dolla...

This year the kids did home school from March 2020 until the end of the school year. It was crazy. I would have never known the words Pandemic or Social distancing until 2020. We ended up playing games every night for about 4 hours at the beginning of the pandemic. We made it through the school year. Then we started school in the fall with in person class and we have been so lucky to get through to Christmas break with no breaks from school and we even went five days aweek. Connelly is in 7th grade this fall. He is doing good with all A's so far. He thought he had a B in one class the first term and miracle of all miracles somehow it turned to an A- last minute. He was promised a phone if he gets straight A's for the next two years, 7th and 8th grade. He has worked really had on keeping an eye on his grades. He really is a good kid. I love him so much. He loves to Ski, Ninja, and ride my new mountain bike. I will need to get him a mountain bike next year. ...

I started hiking in march after the ski resorts shut down.  Started out slow by heading in the snow to Frary peak and not making it all the way. I kept hiking and did a great family hike to Mt.  Timpanogous. Then tried to hit all the good ones around ogden. Thurston peak Mt. Ogden Ben Lomond Kings peak.  This was my ultimate goal for hiking 2020!!! Piefferhorn!! This was my favorite hike.  The horn had so many suprises.   I wasn't prepared for the beautiful lakes.  All the other hikes were more brush oak and no lakes.  This one had pines and lakes and The Horn!!! There were many more inbetween; Webb cabin, Adam's cabin, malans peak, bair canyon, beus canyon, great western, wellsville ridge.  Now its December and 2020 is almost over and  I have to say I LOVED 2020!!!!

I haven't blogged or done a cute updated pix of Connelly since his March birthday when he turned three. He is so fun. I have no energy because I'm pregnant but he has a ton of it. He loves to ride his bike and play with his friends from sun up to sun down. He believes he is pregnant too and he has a "baby Kate" in his belly like I do. We are looking forward to Oct. 13th as much as ever in this horrid heat. I hate being pregnant in the summer. I love summer, I love being in a bathing suit, and this summer isn't what I love because I don't look good in a bathing suit and I hate the heat.

Well, Three years later, here it is. Our front yard is all but complete. It looks great!!! Good job Nate

Here is Lover's Beach in Cabo San Lucus. It was fun to go and swim in the clear water. Nate went Parasailing. I got a hour massage on the beach. We stopped at Puerta Vallarta, Mazatlan, and Cabo. We went for a week. No kids!! It was fun, about the fourth day my pregnancy really hit me . Food just wasn't appetizing anymore and I just was so tired. It was actually kind of cold too. Only one day at sea was warm enough to enjoy the outside and sun tan and read a book. The rest of the time we were indoors. The drive down and back was fun. We went with two other couples that made us laugh a lot.

Connelly attended his first birthday party. It was a party for actually three boys. I'm sure it was crazy. The boys all turned 4 this week. Connelly is already hanging out with the older boys. I'm going to have my hands full. He came home looking like this. He had a bad full of party favors and a balloon. He had so much fun. They played games and they got their faces professionally painted. It was a great party. The kids were suppose to dress up and I of course knew exactly what Connelly could go as: A cowboy. He loved it.

Yes that is me and my sister, Holly. I am dressed for success!! I don't fool around. I am serious about staying warm. I don't have the fancy clothes like Holly that make you look good and still warm, I just look fat, but I was warm. Holly's hands got cold with her "Name Brand" , I don't know the name, gloves. My gloves and clothes worked great. I love to ski and I haven't done it in almost 4 years. Dad took us all the time when we were younger so we learned young. It was like riding a bicycle. We went down every black diamond at Beaver Mountain up Logan, UT canyon. We were way better than I thought I would be. It was such a thrill. I want to be rich and have a season pass. I love it. My bindings on my way old skies actually broke before I even put my foot into them so I ended up renting and I LOVE THE NEW SKIES. They are so short and easy to ski on. I need to go more. It was a blast.

You got it!! We went to a drag queen show. This is good old Dolly Parton in drag style. It was funny. I wouldn't pay money to see it again, but it made for something to do. Tomi, Kirstin, Aubrey, Kandy, Chari, and Sarah These are the drag queen back up dancers. They weren't that great but okay. I guess we would have had to pay better money to see the real deal like the Thunder Down Under! LOL

We spent Christmas with Nate's family this year. We decorated graham cracker cookie houses. Each kid had his own style. This is mine/Connelly's. I thought everyone did a great job and it ended up being a cute little graham cracker village My mom gave Connelly a tent for Christmas and he plays a ton in it and loves to "camp in it"

  I had some blueberries that I had in the freezer forever, since May, so decided to do this with them.   It turned out better than I could have imagined and tasted FABULOUS. The crust was even good. I surprise myself sometimes. I don't like fruit pies, except blueberry. So I'm glad I was finally able to make my favorite pie.