Friday, August 28, 2026

60 New Things

 For my 60th birthday, I was inspired by my friend Chris who also turned 60 this year. She was doing 60 new things that she'd never done before. So I joined her and did my own list of new things. None of them were very big things, just a lot of little things. But it was fun to think about what things I had never done before. Some of these were planned ahead, some were spontaneous. All were fun. I didn't get photos of everything, but I did get a few pictures I'll add below.

1. Started Duolingo in Spanish

2. Tried a plant identifying and care app

3. Bought the new garments

4. Tried a tablet toothpaste

5. Go on a 60th birthday trip to St. George with Chris

6. Place some painted rocks at Aspiration Point

7. Bought some earrings at a pawn shop

8. Go to the Red Cliffs Temple

9. Make a macrame feather

10. Get a famous piece of pie at Croshaw's

11. Place a lock at Lover's Gate

12. Eat peruvian food at Viva Chicken and at Andrea's baby shower

13. Wear matching birthday t-shirts with Chris and with Jamie

14. Get a Boba Smoothie

15. Eat at Bear Paw in St George

16. Get ice cream at the red barn in Santaquin

17. Drive by the new Lindon temple

18. Take the Clifton strengths test

19. Attend the Health Days music competition

20. Go to the Saturday morning movie 2 Saturdays in a row

21. Record information from headstones for the cemetery board

22. Make homemade pop tarts

23. Do the Value Bridge quiz

24. Listen to the Morbid podcast

25. Scout out the new Baby Rattlesnake trail

26. Watch a Korean drama

27. Learn and teach a new card game, Chase the Ace

28. Get the shingles vaccine

29. Make a hot vanilla drink

30. Go see the other falls in Twin Falls

31. Get 37 seconds on the hang test at the Weston park

32. Buy a lotto ticket in Idaho, win $1

33. Visit Breonna's grandpa's grave in the Whitney cemetery

34. Read a Choose Your Own Adventure book

35. Drive on a new road to Weston

36. Hike Blind Hollow... and face plant on the trail

37. Do the McCance Brain Care Score

38. Sit around the Wheatley's Solo Stove campfire

39. Teach a special 5th Sunday lesson about the constitution

40. Wear a hand brace for a sprain

41. Buy ribeye steaks from Q Bar S

42. Go see the wetland mitigation project at Rendezvous Beach

43. Go to Come Follow Me at the Blair's house

44. Ride the new zipline at the new park in Garden City

45. Eat some treats from Iceland

46. Try the new Blue Horizon Grill Restaurant

47. Camp at Montpelier Reservoir

48. Climb up on a scaffold and get a kiss from Wes at the top

49. Go see Frozen the musical at the middle school

50. Make guiro instruments for Primary

51. Learn how to play Mahjong

52. Find the "hobbit caves" in Logan Canyon

53. Order my own birthday cake

54. Try Tajin on watermelon

55. Ride horses with the grandkids

56. Sit at the pickle ball booth at Raspberry Days

57. Go to Zumba at Raspberry Days

58. Watch the lighted boat parade from our boat out on the lake

59. Make a quilted pot holder

60. Drive the side by side on a mountain trail















 

Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Pat Hollow Ride

 We had a lovely evening picnic and side by side ride to the Pat Hollow crash site with some of our favorite friends. We lucked out on the weather. It was a beautiful night!








































Thursday, August 13, 2026

Lighted Boat Parade

 We watched the lighted boat parade from our boat in the water this year. We took Trevor and Jodi with us, and it was really fun to see the boats up close and personal.






Thompson Reunion

 Kori was too booked to join us, but the rest of us had fun riding horses, hunting for fossils, celebrating birthdays and playing on the beach!