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In January

  We (Phil and I) celebrated our 19th Anniversary with a little stay-cation.  We rode the front runner train to Odgen where we spent 2 days discovering this historic Utah city.

We explored by walking everywhere that we wanted to go.  We watched "Saving Mr. Banks" on the big screen (great movie) and spent a few hours at the Train Museum learning how important Odgen was for transportation via trains and to the transcontinental train development.

We also went to the Peery's Egyptian Theater and saw a broadcast of the Broadway Musical, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, starring David Hasselhoff, Mr. Knight Rider himself, who knew he could sing?  Not me.  It was really an enjoyable weekend, just the two of us exploring the city together.

 

 The following weekend we spent a few days in sunny and oh so warm Mesquite, NV and St. George, UT.  Mr. P had a soccer tournament to attend and we were happy to follow him along his journey.  The weather was beautiful and the President's Cup Tournament a smashing success as his team finished 1st place.

Also while in the southern part of the state we visited with my side of the family and celebrated a new cousin, Ms. Emme.

The next weekend we upheld the Dean tradition of going tubing at Soldier Hollow.  Luckily the weather was decent and it wasn't too crowded.  This is always a favorite activity for our kids and their cousins.

For my Birthday we celebrated by going out to dinner at the Brick Oven, where we found one of our own working hard.  Yep, he now has a job.  So proud of him!  And don't worry we saved him plenty of food for when he got home.

And finally, having had enough of all the teasing about his incoming mustache, this boy got a lesson on how to shave. 

Once again I am reminded that my kids are growing up too fast.  It is cool, and exciting to experience their increase in independence and to see their growth in so many different areas of their lives, but at the same time it is sooo hard to comprehend them leaving the nest.

THANKS.

I just wanted to take a moment and say

Thank You ...

to the Cabin.

It is always there for us whenever we need a little get-a-way.

And this year it was our Thanksgiving destination.

It is small and quiet

with no phones or computers or internet-

thus, the niceness of it!

We enjoyed making and eating our Thanksgiving meal together,

then assembling a puzzle and watching a kid favorite- Home Alone.

(Where we discovered a striking resemblance between Kevin

and one of our own in both appearance and behaviour.)

But back to the Cabin.  It is so nice to just to step away from it all

for just a few days or a weekend and escape to you.

You are typically cold in the beginning (especially during winter)

but you warm up quite nicely.

So Thank you Cabin.

Thanks for the care-free, relaxing times.

Thanks for the fun memories.

Thanks for your simplicity.

And also thanks for the break post-Christmas

where I left my messy, messy home in the suburbs

to be with you and my family, and the cousins with no worries.