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The Trial

     Loren had his first solo trial scheduled for the first week of November. The entire month of October was bananas. He put in an incredible amount of time preparing witnesses, cross examinations, opening statements, memorizing facts about the jury members, thinking about voir dire and all the unknowns that could potentially happen at trial. It's truly mind boggling the amount of work that goes into putting on a case in trial.    The trial was scheduled for two days down in Provo. I was so grateful that Shaun and Lindsay were able to be with him the first day. As I FaceTimed Loren that evening, I had a strong feeling that I needed to be at the trial the next day. I wasn't planning on going because of the kids but Kerry called me that evening and offered to take me down with her the next morning. My angel mom told me she could take the kids all day while I went down. So as soon as I got the girls off to school and the boys off to my mom's, we headed down. We go...

Dreams Do Come True

    We love our visits with Grandma so much! Grandpa Peck was so kind to plan a rock hounding trip for Loren, Lydia, Chris and Atticus during Fall Break. While they were gone the kids and I had our own fun. I tried face paint for the first time. I found that it's harder than it looks, haha.  Kristen and I took the kids to Whispering Canyon for a fun kids day. They rode horses and a fun train ride. The driver even made Kristen and I ride at the end. It was a great afternoon! We also went on a hike up at Third Dam. It was so nice to soak in all the fall goodness.      Lydia has been wanting to go rock hounding for months now. She's been dreaming about all the fun of finding her own Agate and Jasper. Grandpa Peck finally made it happen over fall break and Lydia could not have been more excited. Loren joked about the trip being a bit of a step up from when he went as a kid. The Sprinter van isn't exactly roughing it anymore and they were completely spoiled with...