Category Archives: Holiday
My Foray into Snow Canyon Utah State Park
This is a red rock area of Utah that I have always wanted to visit. Well, it was just a simple jaunt up from where I was teaching today, so I decided to drive up the canyon from the little community where I taught. I was delighted with what I saw. Snow Canyon boasts Red [...]
The time of year for thank you notes
My family My family has done a great deal for me this year. They have stepped up and have done some amazing things to help me get through the completion of my masters degree and the beginning of my doctoral degree. I would especially like to thank sweetheart for all that he has done for [...]
July 4th Festivities
Happy Independence Day! My house on Independence Day My July 4th Adventures I started out the day by sleeping in, but we had wanted to leave early because it is so hot. Oh well. Weather forecast from ksl.com So we started off at 11 AM. We went on a little different route by going mainly [...]
New Year’s Celebrations
Norwegian Fireworks 01 Originally uploaded by julipan. Here is a really neat photo of a Norwegian new year’s fireworks celebration. I found this on Flickr.com. Happy New Year :~)) Originally uploaded by freebird4. I also found this really neat floral celebration of the new year on Flickr. Most shared pictures are of drunken parties. Those [...]
Christmas Dinner
We all went to Rich & April’s in Lehi for the Dahl family Christmas dinner. April always does such a good job of entertaining. The food was delicious. We had ham and baked potatoes. I took lots of pictures (81) because family is so important to me. I tried to take as many pictures as [...]
Christmas Morning
We had a fun morning together. We all had fun ripping open gifts. We really are having the best time being together. Ray received a fun t-shirt and a block heater for his 1983 Land Cruiser. He also received a router table not pictured here. Kayleigh received a running suit and a monthly iTunes allowance. [...]
Christmas Eve Eve
Today the kids started the morning going with Ray to a climbing gym. They had a fun time and got home just in time to change and have all us load up with instruments. Kayleigh, Ben, and Ray having fun at the climbing gym Kayleigh and Ben played in a rather large concert at the [...]
My Mother over for early Christmas dinner
My mother came over for dinner tonight. Ray fixed a grilled chicken dinner with homemade rolls, rice, and corn. It was a mellow meal for my stomach, but my mother has been unable to eat meat or something for a long time. She could not keep anything down, as has been usual for several years. [...]
Dahl Santa Christmas Party 2006
Last night was the annual Christmas party at Grandma and Grandpa Dahl’s house where Santa shows up and give presents and talks to all the kids (including parents and grandparents). Santa is actually Ray’s cousin Jim who is a sweet man with a very nice family. He works for the LDS church and really makes [...]
Kids’ 2006 Christmas Concert
Kayleigh and Ben played in the Granite Youth Symphony Christmas concert last night. Kayleigh plays the upright bass and sits as first chair. Notice that she always like to wear and Christmas bow in her hair for all these occasions. I think it is pretty cute. I hope she keeps doing such fun, silly things. [...]
