A letter to my In-Laws about the family cabin

Hello Family, On the way home from Arizona we stopped off at Bryce Canyon and it was beautiful! Why didn't you guys tell me that it was near the family cabin? Duh is not an acceptable answer. The last time we went to the cabin I almost stepped on a rattle snake and we saw a bear. So naturally I associate the cabin with heat and death. Well OK, there are a few things I like about the cabin such as seeing how long certain family members can stay awake on ambien, card games, pineapple cookies, chocolate, hikes, the fish pond, chips, living off the grid and Nana's clever treasure hunts. Alright, to be fair, I guess, I associate the cabin with slight fondness and death. But now that can all change. I can now associate the cabin with slight fondness and Bryce Canyon (and death if my two year old is near the edge of a cliff). My six old, however, would never fall off a cliff at Bryce Canyon due to her extreme fear of heights. While we were coaxing her down a trail with a few drop offs she loudly proclaimed, "I wish I was never born to this family, I wish I still lived with Jesus". You guys have been holding out on me, Jill

Photos of Bryce Canyon, UT

My Commitment to Health

So about a year and a half ago I made a commitment to health. Daily use of essential oils (yes), green smoothies (yep), Bobs Red Mill everything (of course), juicing (you bet), do I have a specialty hand crank wheat grass juicer I borrowed from the neighbor and never gave back (check), sprouting (its on the to do list), Chia seeds and flax in everything (doesn't everyone do that?). So this morning I was supposed to go to a yoga class, but then I thought about the chair pose and decided against it. After all it is very rare that I only have one child with me (I am the mother of four girls) and I needed to go grocery shopping to get all my greens for the week. So off to the market I went. After loading up the car with groceries and heading home my car made a curious turn onto the freeway. I ended up in the In-N-Out burger parking lot at 10:35am. What the what?! I'd like the number 1 please. "Do you want cheese?" (yes) "Do you want onions?" (yes) "Do you want to switch out the soda for a shake?" (yes) So you know what would go really well with this meal? Sour gummies. Oh look, I see a Chevron station! Please tell me I'm not the only one who does this kind of stuff.