Rewind: Grand (adjective): having more importance than others

Rewind: Grand (adjective): having more importance than others

As this post publishes, I am on my way home from four glorious (I’m sure) days spent with my children and grandchildren at beautiful Bear Lake. So it seems appropriate that I should select a rewind post that’s all about the joys of grandparenting. So, without further ado, here it is. This post was originally…

Friday favorites: a week of celebrating

Friday favorites: a week of celebrating

Happy Friday! I hope your week has been full of moments to celebrate. I know mine was. It started out of the gate, with a belated birthday celebration for these two cousins, Tessa and Kanyen. After dinner and shopping, we came back to the house for a sleepover at Grandma and Papa’s. Even when they…

Friday favorites: celebrate good times!

Friday favorites: celebrate good times!

Happy Friday! I hope your week was a good one. Mine brought several opportunities for celebration, so this week’s Friday Favorites is all about celebrating good times–large and small. Larry and I had planned on going to the Ice Castles in Midway last weekend. (Some of you may recall that was one of my Winter…

Friday favorites: holiday shenanigans

Friday favorites: holiday shenanigans

We’re down to the final days of the official “holiday season.” I hope yours has been full of joy, love, and laughter…lot’s of laughter. This week’s Friday favorites is a sampling of the Hawkes Family holiday shenanigans. Dogzilla decimated the Christmas village, leaving one lone snowman survivor to tell the tale. Destroying and plundering is…

Friday favorites: fancy fun

Friday favorites: fancy fun

Doesn’t having afternoon tea sound so sophisticated? Add “at the Grand America Hotel” and it’s downright fancy. We may not normally be a fancy bunch, but that’s exactly what the daughters, granddaughters, and I did this past Sunday–afternoon tea at the Grand America Hotel and it was just as lovely as it sounds. There were…

Friday favorites: fall preview

Friday favorites: fall preview

With temperatures hovering near the century mark, summer is still going strong in Utah, but there are some definite signs that fall is not too far away. This week’s Friday Favorites is a preview of my favorite season. The leaves they are a changing! If it’s still too warm for a pumpkin spice latte, the…

Bear Lake family vacation 2017

Bear Lake family vacation 2017

I am officially on vacation with the family at Bear Lake. I hope you will forgive me not writing a Tuesday post. I do have some photos you might enjoy! They say a picture is worth a thousand words. And then it was time to say good-bye to Bear Lake for another year! ***Your turn***…

Friday favorites: random thoughts and images

Friday favorites: random thoughts and images

Hello Friday! This week’s Friday Favorites is a collection of random images from my camera matched up with some of my favorite quotes. I hope you enjoy. Apparently we love our own cell phones but we hate everyone else’s. – Joe Bob Briggs   I was taken by the power that savoring a simple cup…

Friday favorites potpourri

Friday favorites potpourri

This week brought a wonderful mix of things to smile about–a Friday favorites potpourri, if you will. Let’s start with a visit from these beautiful grandchildren. We have an agreement: one “nice” pic and then they get to make silly faces. (Anyone else notice Wells’ face didn’t change at all?) More grandchildren — this time…

Friday favorites: sweet, sweet summertime

Friday favorites: sweet, sweet summertime

Here it is, the first Friday favorites of sweet, sweet summertime. Few things say summer like watermelon. I got a jump on the season with watermelon themed fingernails. As always, this design was hand painted by Meghan at Color My Nails. And, of course, summer means weekends at Hawkes Landing, complete with little furry visitors….