Wilderness Merit Badge

I’ll tell you what…

if you’re brave enough to leave the calm, comfortable, gorgeous place that we call home here in Utah…

and move to the outer regions of the universe with it’s own particular wild hearted appeal…

then I would suspect you’re probably also brave enough to…

sleep in a tent in the utter wilderness, despite the hordes of ferocious wild creatures lurking about…

and possibly you’re even brave enough to…

fish for your own breakfast in the biggest pond I’ve ever seen, that could, in fact be hiding the Loch Ness Monster’s American cousin…

then most likely you are also brave enough to…

take whatever creatures you foraged and hunted and scared up and slow roast them over an open fire out in the middle of nowhere.

So, I’m thinking…

if you’re going to do all that brave stuff with wreckless, crazy, wild abandon, then you may as well do it an a lovely place like this…

that is even lovelier with you all in it.

I sure adore you guys.

I sure miss you guys.

I’m glad you were a boy scout.

That’s My Baby!

See this cute guy? Well, he did something pretty dang marvelous this week.

In fact, he did the very thing that enticed him to move to Arkansas in the first place.

He did this thing.

Oh, my GOODNESS!! Not only is he cuter than heck, he is also one smart cookie!!

And see that teeny smidge of a teal tassel there on the right side? He is the only person in the whole class that even got one of those! I don’t actually get what it’s for, but if that were me, I’d be wearing that sucker on my forehead so no one could possibly miss it! Haha.

So not only is he cute AND smart but he’s also not even being a show off about it. I could probably learn a lot from this guy.  Ok, I guess I COULD learn a lot from this guy. Duh.

Congratulations my sweet son on earning your Master’s Degree. I love you and admire you and think you’re amazing and I am SO, SO proud of you and all your hard work!

But I’m still not calling you Master.

Miss you boy. Now come home.

Hey, a mom can try.

I Love You More

This girl and her daddy like to tease each other about who loves the other person…more.  They’d go around and around…”I love you more…no, I love you more!”

One day, little Skylie came up with a love that was hard to beat.

This is the song written about that adorable true-life experience.

So, so beautiful.

Calamity!!!

Saturday afternoon I got a cryptic text from my son in Arkansas.

“Just got hurt.

Went mountain biking and crashed.”

“Hurt my ribs…

and can’t move my arm.”

By the time this tough guy drove himself home–yeah, I knowww– he was dizzy and starting to feel everything that had actually happened to him. Kortney took him to the hospital.

Long story short…

He broke his elbow. Bruised his kidney and ribs and has three compression fractures in his back.

This poor guy has an incredibly high pain tollerance. The doctor said he was amazed that he didn’t have a compound fracture of his arm and two broken collarbones.

He will need to see a specialist about his elbow and back on Monday.

Don’t get hurt on a Saturday…sheesh.

My poor boy.

I wish I could be there to hug him and make him soup. That always helps everything.

In the meantime, we’re all praying for a good outcome and swift healing.

We love you my boy.