Grow Old Along With Me...

On Thursday we celebrated our five year anniversary! It doesn't seem possible that we have been married for that long. On our anniversary we reminisced about some of the adventures we have had together: we've toured the United States, completed Austin's graduate degree, purchased a home, and gone through two In Vitro Fertilization attempts. We will find out in 12 days if the In Vitro worked this second time around. You can read more about that here. It's been a wonderful journey and we look forward to the future adventures we will enjoy together.

So Much to Do, So Little Time

One of the exciting things about October and November is the need to get ready for the winter season, especially in the snowy northern Utah area. In order to do so, Amanda and I cut down a tree encroaching on our house; cut back several tree branches; raked leaves; caulked windows; waterproofed our chimney; and turned off our half-working sprinkling system. In addition, Amanda's family came up to help us with other items on our to-do list and helped us turn it into a done list: fixed the dryer; installed vent covers; patched and painted a coat closet; insulated around a door-frame; fixed an electrical outlet, and repaired trim around our kitchen floor. Just as we were finishing these projects, guess what happened? It began to snow.

So, Amanda and I understand the many projects that need to be completed before the snow flies. What projects have you and your families been working on to finish before the winter snow comes? If you are in warmer states, are there any things you try to get done despite there being no snow?

Birthday Party at 90

Many people have birthdays, but few of these birthdays are for people who turn 90. We dedicate this blog post to all those people out there who have celebrated this remarkable age.

Last week we enjoyed a Saturday evening celebrating a birthday for Amanda's Grandma Pace who celebrated her 90 birthday. Grandma Pace jokingly called her birthday get-together her "not-dead-yet" party. However, it was so much more than that, and Grandma Pace was of course the life of the party. She was surrounded by roughly 50 family members at a local park close to her home. We enjoyed food and watched Grandma Pace blow out 90 candles--joking about the 90 candles. Nevertheless, she has a good set of lungs that swept the fire right off the wicks.

So, Happy Birthday to Grandma Pace and all those other people celebrating their "not-dead-yet" parties. You are the example we need, so we can not only know the secret to blowing out all those candles on our cakes when we get that age, but also you are there to teach us how to laugh and enjoy the time we have been given in this life.

Peach Days

Last weekend was Peach Days in Brigham City. We enjoyed watching the parade and then going to the car show. I have never seen so many classic cars in one place before. Austin's family met us there and it was cool to see an exact replica of the vehicle Austin's dad had purchased for his very first car. After we learned about some of the history behind the vehicles we headed to Maddox for their peach cream pie. You can only get it once a year, and boy is it worth every calorie!