loving summer

1. warm nights...the ones that make me feel guilty for not going to a drive-in movie

2. canyon extravaganzas

3. family vacations and bbqs

4. Bear Lake season

5. evening walks with C1

6. frozen treats, thank you Vita Mix

connecting with the past

1. grandma mabey's orange rolls and hot cocoa
2. grandpa pouring grandma's hot cocoa on her plate while describing how large the cobb of the corn used to be (as big around as the rim of the cup...)
3. grandma's dream that she and grandpa were moving to a condo...but she was still weeding the garden in front of the house as they were saying goodbye to neighbors.
4. my great grandpa mabey loves tulips...so does grandpa mabey, and so do i
5. great grandma mabey was a "large-set" woman and a great teacher. she chopped wood and told great stories.
6. grandpa wouldn't give his farm days for anything. he's really good at thinning and topping sugar beats.
7. great grandpa mabey was slow to adjust to mechanical farming...the machines couldn't bail the hay as nice.
8. picturing grandma getting caught playing tic-tac-toe on the side of the red brick school building with white chalk by her uncle's girlfriend/school teacher.

Anticipating Fall

1. starting school is always exciting (i miss that part)

2. baking becomes easier in a cool apt

3. foods like pumpkin and apples find their way into everything

4. the leaves, of course

5. it's sweater weather

favorite things about chocolate chip cookies

1. They remind me of my mom

2. They remind me of my dearest friends in the world...and in heaven

3. I have made them so many times it's really hard to mess them up

4. They please almost anyone--Who in their right mind doesn't love a chocolate chip cookie?

5. They're perfect even when they're not--sort of like the way a flower grows...

Favorite things about snow

1) each snowflake is different

2) anyone can leave a mark of an angel in it

3) it is white and pure and reminds me to be that way

4) it makes the Wasatch Mountains breath-taking

5) it eventually melts