Just a Little Quote

"A mother has far greater influence on her children than anyone else, and she must realize that every word she speaks, every act, every response, her attitude, even her appearance and manner of dress affect the lives of her children and the whole family. It is while the child is in the home that he gains from his mother the contribution he will make to society." ~ N. Eldon Tanner

Flying by the Seat of Our Pants

Scotts new job is, well, FABULOUS! The company is well run, they really care about their employees, the pay is awesome, he is on call which means pretty much everyday he's home, sleeping in with me until he gets a call to go fly. It's awesome! But I think best of all is the "fly perks" our family is enjoying!

We can fly with him when ever there is room in the plane, which is fairly often. Last week we flew to Phoenix AZ, Keyenta AZ and Provo UT. It's super fun to at a moments notice load up in the plane and get to spend the day shopping in Provo or out to eat in Phoenix. Plus, lets be honest, our town isnt really the ideal location for people, like us, who are accustom to shopping, restaurants, movie theaters and modern civilization in general.

Im so grateful for Scott. He works so hard for us. Im grateful he has a carrer he loves, has fun doing and is frankly incredibly skilled at. Last week we went out to lunch with Scotts new boss who is an old school pilot with so many flight hours he doesn't even keep track anymore, and when Scott was away in the restroom he told me Scott is one of the best pilots he's seen. Naturally skilled with an innate ability to fly. It's true, flying is second nature to Scott. He was born to fly.

Some recent pictures of our flying excursions...

The Simpsons are Back!

You know you missed our blog. I know I missed our blog. So why not redefy this whole situation and get back to that blog!

Holler.

Over the past 9 months or so we've had quite the adventure! We've moved twice. Yes, twice. Have I mentioned how much I HATE moving? Because really, it's quite the pain! We are now living in a itsy-bitsy little town in southern Utah. The population is about 2000 and there are 2 LDS stakes.... yes, STAKES, not wards, two stakes. That's a lot of members in a very small area people! The best thing about it is so many great, friendly people here all looking to make friends! In the short time (two weeks) we've been here we've met some great ones! In addition to an abundance of great members is the abundance of great outdoors stuff to do. Those who know us know we love to camp. Well, there is no shortage of camping, 4-wheeling, hiking, ect. here. As you can imagine, being close to Moab, the Grand Canyon and Lake Powell we have some fun adventures in store.

Previous to our move down to middle-of-nowhere-land we did quite a bit of camping up in northern Utah and southern Idaho. We really loved our trip up to Southern Idaho. It was green and lush and well, just incredible! Our camp site was right up on the river bed. We fell asleep each night to the sound of the flowing water and woke up every morning to the fresh mountain air.

The one camp site we would not recommend is Antelope Island in Utah. Its on the Salt Lake and the bugs were out of control. The whole island is covered in these tiny black flies that bite! Yes, it was beautiful. Sure, it was cool to see the herds of buffalo. But those relentless, biting bugs... ugg, no thanks. Poor Lukes face was covered in red poka-dots the next morning. Needless to say, we wont be going back there anytime soon.

Some pictures from our camping adventures over the summer....