The Haggard Herald

Someday I will do a blog post (or a few) about all the work Matt and I and our good neighbors did this past summer.  But the bottom line is that we have a mostly fenced-in back yard that is very kid-friendly (no more pokey bushes and shaggy ground cover with all sorts of creatures that I, as a mom, would rather not have in my back yard).  We all LOVE having a back yard!  This morning the girls and I ate muffins outback.  And there have even been a few afternoons lately when the sun has warmed up the back patio enough that we can go barefoot out there for a while. So yes, we got to eat muffins outback this morning.  Then we came in and got warmer clothes on, because it still is pretty chilly... and back outside we went.  We walked over to our neighbor's house, the ones that own the big fields with the sheep in them, to see if the baby lambs had been born yet.  And it was just our luck that there were two baby lambs born this morning!  Kaye took u...

For Christmas Matt gave me a note pad (I love making lists, as he mentioned to me when I opened it) and a planner (which I had asked for).  I opened the planner up and he had filled in on the monthly views a date a week and a day each month for us, or at least me, to go to the temple.  This has been one of my favorite gifts I've ever been given.  We've gone rock climbing, snow shoeing, out for dessert, to a Utah Symphony concert at BYU, watched the sunset at the beach, and read children's books together.  We used to do that a lot when we were dating because I was in a children's literature class at BYU my last semester and I had to read a ton of books for it.  He's taken more pictures than me, but here are a few from snow shoeing last week for our date.  We went up to Big Springs, where we took the girls for President's Day. ************************************************** Now for an update on the girls: It's been very spring like around here l...

I was thinking over the weekend that blogging is a really good way for my family to know what we're up to and see us, even if it's only in pictures.  So I'm rededicating my efforts to blog regularly again.  Hopefully it helps at least somewhat in that regard. Matt had the day off of work yesterday and so we went snowshoeing up around Big Springs, in Provo Canyon.  It was a pretty warm day for February (upper 40's).  The weather has actually been warm for almost a week and I feel like spring is trying to say it's almost time.  The water is starting to run and the streams are getting full.  There was still plenty of snow to hike in though. Turned out that our trail was already really packed down.  Lucy only stepped into deep snow twice (seems like they don't make snowshoes for 18 month olds).  There were a lot of other people out along the trail in regular shoes.  Matt and I took turns carrying her or holding her hand.  She also love...