Where Oh Where Have I Been Lateley

I can't believe summer is winding up, and I haven't spent 
any of my summer blogging.  I have lots of Instagram photos, 
but no blog posts.  I thought I would catch you up on what I 
have been up to all summer.  Despite Covid, this has been a busy 
and fun summer for us, as the State of Utah has had outdoor 
activities open, and despite that, we still have low deaths.  The outdoors 
and staying healthy has been good for us.
We started with getting ebikes before they were all gone, and 
we loved exploring sunny St. George.  

We had our newest little granddaughter, and she is just 
so yummy!  A lot of time has been spent helping 
mama as this is baby seven.  This little girl hardly gets 
put down.  She is so loved.

Two of our eight year olds got baptized this summer.

Baby was blessed on the same day as sister was baptized, 
so that was a wonderful family gathering.  At first we were 
afraid of family gatherings, but we have enjoyed being 
with one another again.

We traveled twice to Cabo to finish up our home construction 
there.  My next post will give you the full tour.

I did tons of baking and learned new things - like making these 
crusty rolls inside my Dutch oven like I do my no-knead bread.  
We love bread and baked goods, so it has been a great time for that. 

Yum, Chocolate Covered Cherry Bars that I hadn't made in years.

We visited the dormant volcanoes and had Volcano Pie in 
Southern Utah.

We had family and friend trips to beautiful Lake Powell.





I learned to make pizzas, baguettes, steaks and burgers on a 
baking steel, so we can have pizzas wherever we go.

My son taught me how to make Detroit Pizza.  I can't tell you 
how many times we have had that this summer.

I tried Mexican Street Corn Salad, and now that is a family favorite. 
The food is just a sampling of many, many fun things we made this 
summer.  I really should have blogged them all - maybe I will play 
catch-up in the fall. 

Speaking of catching ---
Football season started and this little guy rocked it.  The first play of 
the game he went down half the field and made a touch down.  He 
also made an interception and had another run down to the one yard line.

My middle son got married.



And I did the Charcuterie Board and the tables for the wedding.
I need to blog about this too.  It ended up being amazing.

We built a new pool here in Utah this summer at my daughter's 
house, so every night for the last month we have been gathering, eating and swimming until dark.

No wonder I haven't had time to blog.  
I know some states are not as open as ours.  We have had people 
flood here from neighboring states to use the pools and lakes 
and parks.  We are so grateful our numbers and deaths have 
remained low.  We have been blessed. We hope it stays this way.  Family and the out of doors has meant everything.