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Gratitude Post #3: Opportunity to Choose

Today I'm grateful for the opportunity to choose. I get to choose so many things in my life:  how to spend my money, my time, my opinions, my thoughts, my attitudes, my beliefs, my work, my friends, and so much more. Sure, I have responsibilities and things I really should and need to do, but ultimately I get to choose. Here are a few choices I'm happy to have. To serve a mission To have children To grow peach trees To exercise and get stronger To try new things like raise chickens, even if it ends badly  To grow vegetables in my garden To go to the temple To get married To spend time with grandchildren And attend important events in my grandchildren's and my children's lives To play the violin and help my children learn to play musical instruments To learn to play the organ To visit with friends To learn about and do family history I'm grateful for so many choices!
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Canyoneering: Blarney Canyon and Angel Slot

Post by Scott: I went canyoneering with several of my adult children in early November. (Paula was the hero and babysat the grandchildren.) We camped at Sandthrax, a primitive camp near the junction of UT-95 and UT-276, outside of Hanksville.  While I made our steak fajitas, everyone else warmed up on the nearby practice wall. Except for the 5 guys who showed in a nearby site at 10 pm and started making dinner somewhat noisily when we were trying to sleep, it was a pretty good camp. It was a little chilly, but the fire helped with that. After Everett's luxury breakfast Saturday morning, we checked out Blarney Canyon. The approach wasn't very long... ... and soon we were at the first rappel. Right near the beginning of the canyon, you have to downclimb underneath a chockstone... ... and then you are in the narrow canyon slot.  David and Stephanie made a great lunch of smoked pulled pork, chips, and salad. We broke camp  and drove to Angel Slot. Most of our group had been through

Gratitude Post #2: The Beautiful Earth

 This post will focus on how grateful I am for the beautiful world God has created for us to live in. These are all pictures from the past year in my Google Photos of places we've enjoyed visiting. I had forgotten how many places we got to visit this year! We were really blessed. North Wash area for canyoneering The bowl behind Mt. Timpanogas Bryce Canyon Nobletts Spring near Wolf Pass in the Uintahs A view of Utah Valley from Buffalo Peak A turkey hawk? on Kyiv Peak Palisade Lake in Idaho Palisade Creek in Idaho Falls Creek Falls near Snake River, Idaho View from Edvard Grieg's home in Bergen, Norway Giant waterfall in Norway Norway Norway Riga, Latvia Lund, Sweden Copenhagen, Denmark Tacoma, Washington Gunlock Reservoir, Utah Orem, Utah Mt. Timpanogas Lava Tubes near Meadow, Utah The view from our backyard