Saunders Family Reunion 09

We left for Colorado on Aug. 5 to spend a few days at my family’s cabin for our annual reunion. We even brought Kingston along, who may I add was a champ during the 8 hr car ride. Everyone was there, except for Chris, Tiffiney and baby, Lariah makes 3. It was good to see Kim’s family and meet their not-so-new daughter, Liz, who was born last year just before Mr. S and I got married. We spent time hiking, riding the 4-wheelers, eating dutch oven, playing baseball, and spending time with each other. It is always nice to get away to peace and quiet. Did I say ‘quiet?” Not in this family! And of course there were the nightly card games. All in all we had a great time. Though I think Mr. S wouldn’t mind if we stayed away from Logan for at least a month or two. Thirty Saunders’ are a lot to take. He’s adjusting well. I think.

Pomp and Circumstance

It’s official, Mr. S is a college graduate! Working hard and doing 4 years of school in only 3, Mr. S received his Bachelor of Science in Sport Management from the University of Utah. I am so proud of him and all he has accomplished. He now has his eyes on an even bigger goal of getting his Masters degree, but one step at a time.

Mr. S’ mom was able to come visit from California and spend the weekend with us. It was a busy few days but we enjoyed the visit and she had fun seeing the sights of Salt Lake City. As well as a few of our favorite restaurants. Luckily I had a chance to cook on Sunday so she knows we don’t eat out ALL the time. But special occasions call for a meal prepared by someone else. Also thanks to my mom and dad, and Jack and Patty for traveling to share in Mr. S’ great achievement.

A Bunny Found Our House

The Easter Bunny found our house…Yay! Mr. S is great to humor my love of holidays and there is no reason why we shouldn’t wake up to baskets filled with goodies too. Since I doubled as the Easter Bunny it wasn’t much of a surprise for me but it was fun to shop for baskets and put it all together. Those buckets cost me a whopping $.89 at Target.
Like most of you, Mr. S and I enjoyed spending some time with our family over the Easter weekend. Mr. S has been busy getting trained to become a motorcycle safety instructor. He had class most of the weekend so we went up to Logan after church to enjoy dinner and steal candy from my nieces and nephews. It is a great plan, they do all the work finding the eggs and we find ways to convince them to hand some of it over. I am so good with kids!

Holiday Hoopla!!

When I lived in Ogden it became a holiday tradition to do a performance, and by performance I mean lip sync, to a popular Michael McLean song. Even though that tradition ceased once my roommates and I moved from the house on 40th street, when the holidays come to an end I still “cry the day that I take the tree down.” I haven’t taken it down yet, but this weekend is the time the holiday cheer will be packed up and put away until another Christmas season is upon us. We had a memorable first Christmas as a married couple and look forward to many more.

Our festivities began with the annual Saunders’ Christmas party on the 23rd. Part of the night’s activities always includes listening to the story of the Polar Express. This year we took it one step further and trekked up to the Heber Valley Railroad and rode the Polar Express. I had high expectations since I love this story, but honestly for the money they could have done a better job. And as a co-worker of mine pointed out, “It wasn’t done by Disney, Robyn!” And she is right. It was a good time but not something I would do every year. Mr. S and I spent Christmas Eve and Christmas day just the two of us. We exchanged gifts from each other and Santa, and then Mr. S made a wonderful dinner. I love having a husband that loves to cook.

We decided to take advantage of all the snow and went up to Logan the weekend after Christmas for some snowmobiling and sledding with my sister and her family. This was Mr. S’ first time on a snowmobile and I think he enjoyed himself a lot.

For New Year’s Eve we had dinner at Log Haven with our friends, Charity and Sultan. We got home just in time to count down to 2009 with Ryan Seacrest and Dick Clark. All in all, a great holiday season.