Right now when you open a kids account with Mountain America Credit Union you can get a kids and adults annual pass to the Living Planet Aquarium. Here is more information.

In a past post talked about my interest in non-fiction adventure mysteries. Well, there was a story on the  Backpacker magazine blog that caught my attention. There is controversy over who summited  Mt.Everest first. Mallory or Hilary?  Hilary gets the credit because he made it home to tell the story. However, Mallory died somewhere near [...]

Hogle Zoo is doing free admission days again this year. It is the last Wednesday of each month during the months of November to February. We went last year on the last Weds. in November it was perfect weather and not a huge crowd. I hope for the same this year.

I recently finished reading an interesting book that I discovered via the Travel Channel. Sunk Without a Sound, by Brad Dimmock, is a true story about a newlywed couple that decides to float the Colorado River for their honeymoon in 1928. The wife, Bessie Hyde would have been the first woman to float the whole [...]

Barbies were one of my favorite things to play with when I was a little girl. Some of the Barbies I owned were: Astronaut Barbie, The Heart Family, Peaches and Cream, Diva from Barbie and the Rockers, and Great Shape Barbie. What Barbies did you have?
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Today I feel it is very appropriate to reveal my favorite college football team because of the big in-state rivalry game tomorrow. Those whom are close to me know that I bleed blue when it comes to college football. I grew up going to BYU football games with my family. Some of you may [...]

My husband and I like to watch documentaries. There was a time we would go to that section of the library and just rent them. I really enjoy seeing the IMAX movies that are documentaries. They have great cinematography. Here is a list of some of the documentaries I like:
-Amazing Caves IMAX
-Kilimanjaroo IMAX
-Coral Reef IMAX
-Space [...]

You probably thought I was going to say, “don’t forget to vote”. You may need a good laugh after standing in long lines to vote today or don’t want to watch the hours of post election coverage. So I suggest renting the movie Get Smart.  It came out today on DVD. We saw it about [...]

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In the the past 2 months I have read 4 books. This is the most I have read in the past 3 years combined. I read a 3 book series. The books that I read are : These is my Words, Sarah’s Quilt, and The Star Garden. These books are by Nancy Turner. I could [...]