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March 2022

 On March 4, Kory and I drove to Utah for a little weekend getaway. We stayed with Wendy and Bob. We had fun visiting with them on Friday and Saturday morning. On Saturday morning we also used their hottub with a great view of Utah Lake. Then Kory chilled downstairs while we had a little roommate reunion/ward reunion with friends from The Ranches. It ended up being such a fun visit and learning all that each person has been through in the past twenty years!

On March 11, during the day I went on a department retreat up to Island Park at Sawtelle Resort. It was freezing!! That night, Kory and I went to the Marriott here in town and had a little pool party for Andy’s birthday. 

On March 12, I went to lunch with my mom, Amy, and Kristi at Fresco’s in Rexburg. It’s always fun to visit with them. 


On the 13th, we invited whichever of the kids could make it to have cake—but we opted for pie and ice cream instead. We had a nice visit and the kids played games for a few hours. I have definitely noticed some changes in my body in the year since turning 50, so it’s for real, this over the hill stuff. On the 16th I went to the Thai restaurant in Rexburg with a bunch of my work friends. I’m so lucky to work with so many amazing women.

On March 18th, I went to Madison’s Distinguished Young Woman program to see my niece, Isabelle. I sat with Mom, Dad, Linda, Kristi, Abby, and Ellie. Isabelle did fantastic on her piano number and looked so poised and beautiful on stage. It was fun to watch her shine. On March 19, Kory and I went to this authentic Italian restaurant down by the river called Mama Fla’s. I had cheese lasagna and Kory had a mushroom something or other. It’s run by this Italian family and is quite small and intimate, so you kind of get to know each other. It’s fun.



The kids were spread out for Spring Break. They weren’t with us, so Kory and I just continued to go to work. McKenzie’s family and Phoebe when down to St. George and Austin and Leah also went down to St. George with Leah’s family. Chloe and Caleb hung out with their mom. Chloe had her 16th birthday! She’s growing up. Kory and took advantage of the Spring Break and more availability in the temple to go to a session. It felt so amazing to be in the temple and I felt like I definitely want/need to spend more time there. I went by myself to an initiatory session on Saturday, the 26th, just because I wanted to spend more time there. We started another round of the Emotional Resilience course that I have been a facilitator for on March 23rd. It’s such a powerful class and I learn so much when I attend.

On Monday the 28th, Caleb was telling us how much he liked the movie Shawshank Redemption, so we dug out my edited DVD of the movie and a bunch of us watched it for FHE, then Kory took the kids to Broulim’s to pick out a treat. On Thursday the 31st, we babysat Austin and Leah’s kids and Austin had his 30th birthday.




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