Thanks to all of you who have come here for SO long. I’m done blogging for now. Maybe I’ll be back and if I am I’ll be sure to let you know where. Thanks for reading about our life and adventures for so many years!
I’ll start blogging again after the new year. For now, this blog has lived it’s life and I’m so happy all of you were here for SO long! I’ll update after January 1, 2022!
Remembering my Dad, Mike Van Dorn
Sam is off to Middle School
A trip to Oregon!
Happy 4th!
A happy Father’s Day!
Some hiking and biking
Beautiful hike up Bowman Fork this morning. And, all four of us hiked up AND downhill. This is huge for me and I’m SO thankful for this new knee. No pain and we even ran a bunch of the way down 😉
Trigger is becoming quite the trail dog and it’s the best! Millcreek Canyon is awesome for dogs on odd days so we bought a yearly pass up there since Dan has already taken him several times. We also go to show Sam where we got married…almost 16 years ago at the Millcreek Inn!
Typical summer scene. We have limits on how much he can play and it’s been a learning curve for all of us to follow and keep the rules but I think we’ve found a good balance. He has a checklist of things he HAS to get done before any Nintendo can be played and he hasn’t complained once about it thus far. But, there’s lots more summer left 😉
More hiking. Last week we took the neighbor boys Behr and Parks with us and they loved it! If it’s not too hot I’m going to try and get them out weekly. We’re going to be between 100-103 for the next seven days for sure. UGH.
Awesome crew at Sundance yesterday. Dan and Sam spent most the day there riding lifts with Rivers fam and another bike friend and had such a good day!
And Sam has been coming to our kids class that we offer once a day. I usually teach 1-2 of them a week so it works out perfectly to bring him. Ali here with him going so fast on the agility drills!
We had a an EPIC sunset one night last week. SO good.
Hope you have a wonderful week! Love, Trigger 🙂
It’s Summer!
Kicked off summer by swimming the very next day after the last day. Sam was stoked! And his foot is doing so much better. Just a little healing and he’ll be good to go. He can ride bikes, run and swim fine at this point.
Congrats to Sam! Last day of elementary school for this kid. He told me I cannot cry when he goes to middle school 😉
Thankful for all of these school friends. Water balloons, pizza, tramp sprinklers and more on the last day!
Getting Trigger out before it’s just too hot. Tried to go to a more shady spot on Memorial Day but the parking lot was beyond insane. They both lasted here almost an hour even though it was toasty. The views though! So pretty.
Dog Mom. Definitely never thought I’d be one of those but I’m telling you, I love this dog so much already!
Dan has been getting him out a bunch as well. We bought a pass to Millcreek Canyon so they were up there last weekend. Lots of trail running and biking for Dan, I’m so happy about that!
Ferguson Canyon is the place to be when it’s hot…not just for Trigger but us humans 😉 Shady, creek right on the trail. Sam had a blast.
Been riding with Matt and Emily most weekends I can. It’s been SO fun riding with Em. She’s getting so good after just one year of riding. Such a proud aunt 🙂
NOT wearing black or dark colors so I documented;) I’m still coaching 4-6 classes per week at F45 and LOVE my one spin class I teach every Wednesday. I was telling Ali last week that I finally, finally feel like I’m DOING my thing the way I want. My following at Vasa spin is bigger than I’ve ever had in the last seven years of teaching and it’s because I’m no longer nervous about if I’m teaching the way people like. Is my music ok? Am I good enough? I AM GOOD ENOUGH! And honestly, I’m SO GOOD at this job! I love teaching spin but never at this level of happiness. Only took this long to find my groove and not care what others think I look like or whatever it may be. The 20+ people showing up every week speaks volumes to the fact that I am doing exactly what I should be!
When it’s almost 100 degrees out and you’re watching Ali’s girls, you watch a movie in the cold basement!
Spent some of Memorial weekend Sunday up at Marks family’s little cabin in Big Cottonwood Canyon. Beautiful!
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The cuteness is too much! LOVE.
Just the two of us together during the day until mid August. Lots of fun adventures to come this summer and we’re excited!