Leading into the holidays, we had a few small adventures of note. (Read more at the link.)
2025, December 15-21
Leading into the holidays, we had a few small adventures of note. We took some time to organize and pack things up on Monday and Tuesday fo...
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December 22, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Leading into the holidays, we had a few small adventures of note. (Read more at the link.)
With the end of the semester, Mike got to travel back down to Springville for the holidays. Landon still has another week of school, but we'll still have plenty to do. Eliza only has Christmas Day and New Years Day off. (Read more at the link.)
2025, December 8-14
With the end of the semester, Mike got to travel back down to Springville for the holidays. Landon still has another week of school, but we'...
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December 15, 2025 at 2:34 AM
With the end of the semester, Mike got to travel back down to Springville for the holidays. Landon still has another week of school, but we'll still have plenty to do. Eliza only has Christmas Day and New Years Day off. (Read more at the link.)
Back to the new normal. (Read more at the link.)
2025, December 1-7
Back at the new normal. Monday morning after dropping off his rental car and getting a ride back to his apartment, Mike caught the fawns and...
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December 8, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Back to the new normal. (Read more at the link.)
We had a happy Thanksgiving week with all of us together for a few days. (Read more at the link.)
2025, November 24-30
We had a happy Thanksgiving week with all of us together for a few days. Hallie's Starbucks customer Kenyon gave our family some frozen fis...
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December 1, 2025 at 3:23 AM
We had a happy Thanksgiving week with all of us together for a few days. (Read more at the link.)
Mid-November features photos of felines, flakes, and frolicking fauna. (Read more at the link.)
2025, November 17-23
Mid-November features photos of felines, flakes, and frolicking fauna. Halloween sort of passed Mike by this year. Hallie thought he might ...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Mid-November features photos of felines, flakes, and frolicking fauna. (Read more at the link.)
As fall continues moving along, we continue riding the wave. (Read more at the link.)
2025, November 10-16
As fall continues moving along, we continue riding the wave. Kai Puppy is always such a love. Hallie took him back to Brittany's late in the...
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November 17, 2025 at 1:53 AM
As fall continues moving along, we continue riding the wave. (Read more at the link.)
We are facing new challenges as the month moves along. But we get by with a little help from our friends.
2025, November 3-9
We are facing new challenges as the month moves along. But we get by with a little help from our friends. Monday dawned relatively warm and...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:11 AM
We are facing new challenges as the month moves along. But we get by with a little help from our friends.
In brief, the week involved sleeping domesticated animals, surprising semi-wild animals, Halloween, and paper cutting. (Read more at the link.)
2025, October 27-November 2
In brief, the week involved sleeping domesticated animals, surprising semi-wild animals, Halloween, and paper cutting. Here are three sleep...
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November 2, 2025 at 10:57 PM
In brief, the week involved sleeping domesticated animals, surprising semi-wild animals, Halloween, and paper cutting. (Read more at the link.)
We have a new adult in the family. (Read more at the link.)
2025, October 20-26
We have a new adult in the family. Hallie went to Rockwell Ice Cream and found this new restaurant nearby. Mike would have devoured some Ne...
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October 27, 2025 at 2:28 AM
We have a new adult in the family. (Read more at the link.)
This week Mike had the chance to go back to Springville for a few days to celebrate Landon's birthday. (Read more at the link.)
2025, October 13-19
This week Mike had the chance to go back to Springville for a few days to celebrate Landon's birthday. Mike woke up to snow on Monday morni...
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October 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This week Mike had the chance to go back to Springville for a few days to celebrate Landon's birthday. (Read more at the link.)
Back to a relative return to routine. (Read more at the link.)
2025, October 6-12
Back to a relative return to routine. Hallie had the opportunity to work at a different Starbucks this week. Fun change of scenery. On Frid...
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October 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Back to a relative return to routine. (Read more at the link.)
We were grateful to come together as a family this week to celebrate Grandma Owens' life. (Read more at the link.)
2025, September 29-October 5
We were grateful to come together as a family this week to celebrate Grandma Owens' life. Emily framed this photo of Granny and Papa that, ...
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October 20, 2025 at 2:48 PM
We were grateful to come together as a family this week to celebrate Grandma Owens' life. (Read more at the link.)
Mike spent time in California making funeral preparations with family, and Hallie held things together in Springville. (Read more at the link.)
2025, September 22-28
Mike spent time in California making funeral preparations with family, and Hallie held things together in Springville. Mom Owens was always...
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October 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Mike spent time in California making funeral preparations with family, and Hallie held things together in Springville. (Read more at the link.)
This last week didn't go exactly as planned. (Read more at the link.)
2025 September 15 - 21
This last week didn't go exactly as planned. On Monday, Hallie was able to work a shift at Starbucks when a fellow barista called in sick....
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October 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This last week didn't go exactly as planned. (Read more at the link.)
We had an eventful week between Eliza getting into a new program, Landon attending HoCo, and the parents (Hallie especially) just trying to keep up. (Read more at the link.)
2025, September 8-14
We had an eventful week between Eliza getting into a new program, Landon attending HoCo, and the parents (Hallie especially) just trying to ...
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September 15, 2025 at 3:26 AM
We had an eventful week between Eliza getting into a new program, Landon attending HoCo, and the parents (Hallie especially) just trying to keep up. (Read more at the link.)
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September 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Mike got to stay with us a couple more days before heading back north, Landon got his drivers license (you've been warned), and the kids witnessed inspiration in the midst of tragedy. (Read more at the link.)
2025, September 1-7
Mike got to stay with us a couple more days before heading back north, Landon got his drivers license (you've been warned), and the kids wit...
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September 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Mike got to stay with us a couple more days before heading back north, Landon got his drivers license (you've been warned), and the kids witnessed inspiration in the midst of tragedy. (Read more at the link.)
Mike came down for the weekend to visit everyone and get some more items to make his time in Missoula feel just a bit less Spartan (not that he's complaining). Would that everything went smoothly, but that has not been our experience of late. (Read more at the link.)
2025, August 25-31
Mike came down for the weekend to visit everyone and get some more items to make his time in Missoula feel just a bit less Spartan (not that...
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September 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Mike came down for the weekend to visit everyone and get some more items to make his time in Missoula feel just a bit less Spartan (not that he's complaining). Would that everything went smoothly, but that has not been our experience of late. (Read more at the link.)
It can cool down any time now. Seriously. Another week has gone by. Mike had new employee orientation, and the College of Education and University Kickoffs in anticipation of Autumn Semester (UM has Autumn, Spring, and Summer Semesters. Winter is a forbidden word here 🤣). (Read more at the link.)
2025, August 18-24
It can cool down any time now. Seriously. Another week has gone by. Mike had new employee orientation, and the College of Education and Univ...
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August 25, 2025 at 3:48 AM
It can cool down any time now. Seriously. Another week has gone by. Mike had new employee orientation, and the College of Education and University Kickoffs in anticipation of Autumn Semester (UM has Autumn, Spring, and Summer Semesters. Winter is a forbidden word here 🤣). (Read more at the link.)
Our first full week apart has passed, and we have managed. (Read more at the link.)
2025, August 11-17
Our first full week apart has passed, and we have managed. Eliza ended up missing her first day of school in order to spend it at HMHI . Ha...
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August 17, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Our first full week apart has passed, and we have managed. (Read more at the link.)
So begins the next chapter where Mike lives up north and the rest of us live down south (relatively). (Read more at the link.)
2025, August 4-10
So begins the next chapter where Mike lives up north and the rest of us live down south (relatively). On Monday morning, the parents awoke ...
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August 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
So begins the next chapter where Mike lives up north and the rest of us live down south (relatively). (Read more at the link.)
This was Mike's last full week in Utah before his move to Missoula. (Read more at the link.)
2025, July 28-August 3
This was Mike's last full week in Utah before his move to Missoula. Hallie's friend Laurie Ann runs the Open Class of the Utah County Fair. ...
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August 4, 2025 at 4:52 AM
This was Mike's last full week in Utah before his move to Missoula. (Read more at the link.)
Hallie and Eliza went to the rodeo, Mike took a flight to his hometown, Hallie got a tattoo, and Landon got out of doing something. (Read more at the link.)
2025, July 21-27
Hallie and Eliza went to the rodeo, Mike took a flight to his hometown, Hallie got a tattoo, and Landon got out of doing something. In honor...
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July 29, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Hallie and Eliza went to the rodeo, Mike took a flight to his hometown, Hallie got a tattoo, and Landon got out of doing something. (Read more at the link.)
Summertime, and we're living easy. (Read more at the link.)
2025, July 14-20
Summertime, and we're living easy. We had a fair amount of Hallie hanging out with work friends even when she wasn't working, herself. Eli...
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July 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Summertime, and we're living easy. (Read more at the link.)
Summer has brought with it unexpected changes. Some are welcome; some are not. (Read more at the link.)
2025, July 7-13
Summer has brought with it unexpected changes. Some are welcome; some are not. Through it all, "Happiness is a warm puppy," as the saying g...
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July 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Summer has brought with it unexpected changes. Some are welcome; some are not. (Read more at the link.)