For our 35th wedding anniversary, Scott and I decided to visit Scandinavia, the land of a few of our ancestors as well as near the country our son is currently living in. It took about 17 hours of travel to get there with our first stop being in Copenhagen. Denmark is a beautiful country with friendly people. Here are a few impressions: 1. Bicycles--so many bicycles! The weather was lovely for us but apparently they bike year round despite the cold rainy weather they frequently have which we heard about from a few people. The man who was hosting our Airbnb told us the first four months of the year featured more rain for that period than the previous 150 years. Another woman told us she moved to Spain and only came back to Denmark now and then because she hated the weather. We got a sampling of the rain one of the days we were there. But they still bike no matter what. A lot of the bikes have large buckets on them so they can transport their children everywhere and everything else...

 Happy birthday to Lincoln! Here are some pictures of Lincoln in junior high. Lincoln started bassoon in junior high and did well. He also continued his piano studies and played the piano for the jazz band.  He enjoyed his friend group that began in the ALL program at Foothill. I think the ALL history teacher at Canyon View did not enjoy the friend group quite as much since they had a lot of fun in class together and she wasn't quite sure how to harness that energy. 😀 He worked hard in Scouts and did summer swim team. He played basketball one season in 8th grade, but didn't enjoy that, not realizing he would later marry someone who loves basketball! He also enjoyed hanging out with his brothers and made some entertaining videos with Jan. I need to post a few of those. He also got his patriarchal blessing from his grandfather. Near Bear Lake: With one of his piano teachers, Mrs. Ellison: Lincoln also enjoyed doing some beat boxing and the microphone helped out: Climbing down t...