February and March 2018

Katy and Daniel sold their Provo home, and Daniel, after 10 days of quarantine with C-Diff, left for Roosevelt and his new job at the Uintah Basin Medical Center. He stayed in a hotel there and Katy and the kids lived with us until all the thorny details of the purchase and refurbishment of their new place in Vernal were complete. Life was filled with the normal routine made interesting and exciting by the Colver's stay. There were walks, Cousins' Breakfasts, theater, and a wonderful, but short, visit from Meagan, who is a consultant for the Provo School District. Stephen and Annie rode to Vernal with us to see Katy and refamiliarize ourselves with Vernal.

 Weekly dinner with Opa and Annie at Strap Tank Brewery

 This little girl loves to help cook

 I taught her how to peel ginger with a spoon

 Young Arthur is becoming grabby

 Magic Mountain on a morning walk

 Her own cart at Trader Joes

 Angel baby

 We made pink cookie bars for Valentines

 Some real foods go down well, others like poison

 The Colver Provo house was empty and clean

 Good Japanese dinner at a new Provo restaurant

 Ready for the snow

 EAC loves puzzles

 With the cousins in downtown SLC

 Two babbies, two dogs, and a momma heading to Vernal

 She moved on the right day, because the next, the

weather turned nasty

 The theater is always a treat

 Last load from the last storage unit finally headed to Vernal

 A quick week with Meags 

 Lunch at Freddie's in Vernal

 The Calder farmhouse is still there

 The church did a nice job of saving this Tabernacle

 The Uintah Community Center is nicer than Provo's

 Katy at home in her new house in Vernal

 Creating order one bite at a time

 A very nice home for their family

 Daniel's new office at the hospital is almost ready

 A stop in Midway for supper...

 ...at the Mercantile Restaurant

The food was delicious!

In just a couple of days we are off to Paris and London for three weeks, so there will be more, but this is all for now.

OXO

D. 

January 2019

January started, as usual, with the traditional Greek Dinner. The kiddos all headed for home, the NY Gibbs came to SLC, and the Colvers started the search for a house in Vernal in response to Daniels new job at the Uintah Basin Medical Center in Roosevelt, Utah. The super blood wolf moon was spectacular. Young Arthur joined his cousins on the wall, icy roads drove me indoors for morning walks, and I made my first limoncello cake.

 Spanakopita, dolmades, and souvlakia are so delicious

 Dishing it up

 If looks could kill

 Drool!

 Maren and the Colvers tucking in

 The whole group

 An unusual cameo appearance by Dickie

 Goodbye to the Arizona cousins

 The Soelbergs keep the tradition alive: running with the cousins

 I love fog

 A delicious dinner at Per Noi in SLC with SKT, Annie, 

and the NY Gibbs

 A trip to Vernal to look at houses with the famous Caro, 

the Colver's agent

 A spectacular sunset most of the way home from Vernal

 A cold evening sitting in Opa and Annie's driveway watching

this incredible view of the moon

 Young Arthur joined the rogue's gallery

 BYU Fieldhouse was warm, dry, and not slippery

This delicious limoncello cake was inspired by some we had at Per Noi

A fun month. That's all for now.

OXO

D.

Christmas 2018

It was wonderful to have some of the family gathered for Christmas. It is pretty much the same drill every year, but great nonetheless.

 Cousins met at Kreg and Dorothy's for a Christmas fête

 I guess Kris didn't get the memo about plaid

 I had two servings of Dorothy's delicious raspberry Charlotte

 Group Christmas dinner and party at Ostergars

 Dinner out at Straptank Brewery

 Maren and Holden going for it!

 Colver's Christmas picture

 Off to do some shopping with the the girlies

 Ready for Christmas Eve dinner

 Food, glorious food

 Never disappoints 

 Post dinner

 Christmas morning

 Dickie got a beautiful new Pendleton blanket

 Christmas brunch at the Ringers

 Millie gave us this puzzle and we were hooked for 

the rest of the holiday

 Finished

 Family dinners just about every night

 Followed by puzzles, of course

 Family dinner out at La Casita

 We just about filled the side room

 Even Keto eaters ate

 Starting Arthur early with underwear-like headgear

 Family visit to the MOA: wattle on steroids!

 Her close-up

And more puzzles

Everyone stayed through New Years, but because of heavy snow in NM, we missed the Hastings usual visit.

That's all for now.

OXO

D.