Cornelius Chronicles

Is it mountain bike season yet?  Are the trails dry??  Everyone has a bike this year and we're all excited to get out into nature and explore.  Here's to a fun bike season for 2025!

A few fun moments of Owen's boundless creativity!  He's the best blanket fort builder ever and I'm always amazed with what he can make out of the quiet bag toys during Sacrament meetings.  This creation reminds me of a Kachina Doll.

That's right, folks!  We went and saw our favorite band, Guster, live in concert at the Eccles theater in downtown Salt Lake City!!!!!  We sang along to all of our favorite songs, watch the audience do crazy things, learned all about Guster history, and had the best time ever!  Guster's "We Have Eras Too" concert was the best ever!  It was also lots of fun to take these two crazy teens to their first ever concert experience with us!  Super fun night for all of us!  A big shout-out to Maeve for staying home to babysit the little siblings.  She's amazing and did an awesome job!  Thanks Guster!  Thanks Maeve!  It's them!!  It's really them!!!! LOOK!!!!

Ahhh, look at how adorable these two little guys are! Grand and Jayberino must be the best gerbil buddies ever.  They are so much fun to watch and play with.  Very gently and sweet and adorable.  Gerbils are lots of fun!  

Dustin found a fun hat in the dress up box and modeled for us just how good he can make it look.  I'm super lucky to be married to such a handsome man with a fun personality to go with all those rugged good looks! We also had fun listening to Maeve, Xavier, and Loyd at the winter Morgan Band Concert.  They all did a great job and Loyd even rocked a solo!  Yea for musical talents and experiences!!  

Happiest of Birthdays to my favorite Loyd!  Loyd brings us joy and pride everyday.  He is kind and loving.  He looks for ways to bring joy into the lives of others every day, including his siblings.  He works hard to better himself and achieve big goals and dreams at school and at work.  He's the best curtesy clerk the grocery store Ridley's has ever had!  He has a personal and powerful testimony of Jesus Christ and the Atonement.  Loyd is fun and intelligent.  He's funny and tender.  He has the biggest heart and loves the tiniest of God's creatures immensely.  I love that he is developing his love of nature, had great kindness towards little helpless creatures, and isn't afraid to try a new adventure.  The past 17 years have flown by in a whirlwind and I am a better person for being given the privilege of being Loyd's mother!  Happy Birthday, Loyd!  I love you more than you can know! Loyd had a couple of friends over for ...