Recently.

I don't know who reads our blog, but with the idea of not being totally duplicative, visit us here if you haven't caught up recently.

In the meantime, here's a miniature update.

We went to Utah for a quick jaunt over New Year's.

There was a lot of snow (which was good for Bryan, Dave, Mike & friends).

Mike went snowboarding Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Monday. He was pretty tired by Monday night, but had a great time.

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We stayed in Mapleton with Grandma Whiting. She's wonderful. Each day of snowboarding the boys enjoyed peanut butter & jelly sandwiches, cookies, carrots & apples prepared by Grandma every morning, right after she made them a nice - often warm - breakfast (lucky them!). I, personally, really appreciate her a) spunk and b) friendship. She's a good person & I really love her.

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One of my favorite mornings with her was when we decided to pull out old family albums, looking at the early days of her family in Mapleton, & also the early days of yours. I think that Cara was especially cute as a little girl (the smile! the bangs! darling!), that Dave looks exactly like his Dad did around high school (blonde hair, same smile, same jawline & chin), & that Mike & Steve looked like each other as younger little boys.

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Bryan, Mike, & I also had dinner on Sunday evening with the Whiting clan. They're so good to us & we wish we could see them more often, but really, can someone please make me an org chart?

& I got a trim.