Saturday, April 30, 2022

 

Success!

Friday, April 29, 2022

 Before...

 

...a bunch of hair later...

...and after! Now he's ready to surprise Raegan at Morp tomorrow.

Thursday, April 28, 2022

 Crazy hair day. 

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

 Jess came over tonight with pizza to play video games with Bubs. A lovely treat.

Tuesday, April 26, 2022

 

From February 2018. I came to UT from TX to plan Jess and McKay's wedding, and the two lovebirds took me out to a movie (The Post) one night. Such a good memory.

Monday, April 25, 2022

 

Baseball field. Check.

Mountains. Check.

Church spire. Check.

Jill is home.

Sunday, April 24, 2022

 Cute Dylan

Saturday, April 23, 2022

 

Bubbala's home! He's finished his freshman year at BYU, and now we get him for a while!

Friday, April 22, 2022

I subbed at the high school today, and I couldn't help but appreciate this teacher's sense of humor.

Thursday, April 21, 2022

 Today Becky's new adopted daughter May Rebecca Nalder was born. Sooooo sweet!

Wednesday, April 20, 2022

 Blast from the past. This is Pepper in 2019. Eyebrowless.

Tuesday, April 19, 2022

Life is good.

Monday, April 18, 2022

 

Joey likes to follow me around all day, but Olive tends to do her own thing. This is where I found Her Majesty this morning.

Sunday, April 17, 2022

 

Easter fun with the Bitners at Haley's house.

Have I mentioned how glad I am to live here??

Saturday, April 16, 2022

Easter Eggstravaganza, Gma Larson style.

 

Friday, April 15, 2022

 

I came home from a crazy day of subbing, baseball, then the high school ballroom concert, and found these two faces waiting for me. Jess and McKay are in New Orleans, so we get the doggies for a sleep over until next Wednesday.

It was the best welcome ever.

Thursday, April 14, 2022

 It's supposed to be spring!

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Luke's answer to Morp with Raegan. He left this poster on her porch, which said his answer was in the "flours." After ten-ish minutes, during which she opened the "flours" and dug around for an answer in vain, he rang her doorbell again and said, "Sorry. I meant THESE flowers." 

Her response? "I hate you."

A raging success.

Tuesday, April 12, 2022

 

I subbed today at Luke's high school, and after I checked out at the office, I found myself following these two love birds in the hall. I think if he'd known I was there, Luke would've dropped Raegan's hand like a hot potato. Or maybe not. Sheesh.

Monday, April 11, 2022

 It's tumbleweed season in Eagle Mountain!

Sunday, April 10, 2022

Back L-R: Tim Huston, Marci, Robert McNinch, Marie Cummings, Chris Williams, Tracy Kirkham

Front L-R: Elizabeth, Stacy, Marla Bradley, Ann McNinch, me, Tami Irick Call, Paula Kirkham, and Suraj Syal

Phase 3 of the Ballroom Dance reunion: thinking back on all the fantastic conversations and laughs and riding the high of being with old friends. My friend Suraj said it best:

"This past week the BYU Ballroom Dance Company had an Alumni Reunion. It was wonderful to see friends, past room mates and dance partners from 30 years ago. In catching up with them the words of Alma the younger came to mind when he was reunited with the Sons of Mosiah: Alma said what I felt “What added more to [my] joy, they were still [my brothers and sisters] in the Lord.” What I saw reflected in the stories, and the memories we shared was a profound gratitude for the Son of God and His tender mercies to allow all of us to experience being on the BYU Ballroom Dance Touring Company together. #BecauseOfHim, I can have joy."

Saturday, April 9, 2022

L-R: Me, Stacy Huston, and Marci

L-R: Kristen, Elizabeth Rasmussen Nielson, me, Stephanie Walker McCallister, and Marci

Phase 2 of the BYU Ballroom reunion: brunch with lots of old friends.

Friday, April 8, 2022

Phase 1 of the BYU Ballroom Dance reunion: watching the concert with my old teammates and roommates. L-R: Kristen Hansen Hawkins, Marci Modersitzki, me, and Jennifer (Heff) Greenwood.

It was awesome!!

Thursday, April 7, 2022

 I'm not sure this captures how DIRTY he was after work today. I saw him and burst out laughing! He's the cutest.

Wednesday, April 6, 2022

 

Yes, I am that obsessed. I do the old-school book for Luke's baseball games at the request of his coach. Today, the coach wasn't there, but I still did it. He's in Africa on a bucket-list safari hunt, and he had me text him updates inning by inning. At the end, I sent him photos of both teams' pages so he could see how the game went.

As you can see, Luke had a triple in the sixth inning. That was really fun to record.

Tuesday, April 5, 2022

 

The Cedar Valley Frosh team had practice this morning IN THE SNOW, and their coach was late. So we crammed as many players as we could into my Durango to keep warm until practice started.

Monday, April 4, 2022

This picture is a week old, but I think it's worth posting.  

Bitner nose x 3. Pepper on the end is the only one without it.

Sunday, April 3, 2022

General Conference. Bitner Weird Food Buffet. It feels like a holiday to me.

Saturday, April 2, 2022

 I'm not sure I'll ever get used to seeing my cousin Jared on the General Conference screen.

Friday, April 1, 2022

 The life of the teenager continues...