Friday Flashbacks - Wish I Was There Edition

We had a beautiful day in Park City - I think we might have even hit 60 degrees! I ran around all day in a skirt with bare legs and no coat. Why did that make me miss Disneyland so much today? There are some pretty fond memories from Disney from my childhood, but FOR SURE the tug on my heart is from all the fun times I had hanging out with my buddies - Sara, Nixon, and Easton. I could have months of Flashback Fridays and not post all of my favorite Disney pictures!

1987 with Kathy Hardin

2002 - That's right, a World Series celebration!

2004 - First Tower of Terror Ride

2000 ish? Geoffrey surprised us by coming home early from work, loading up the car and off we went for 3 glorious days of Disney hotels and parks. Best vacation ever!

Friday Flashbacks - Bad Hair Edition

We're having too much fun on Spring Break for blogging. So far we've experienced 3 feet of snow, serious powder skiing, snowman making, driveway shoveling, temple trips, air soft wars, the least amount of homework possible, and hanging with friends! Now for the bad hair ...

Jennifer 1980 - Easily the worst hair years of my life.

The Barber Family - 1986. I'm not trying to say any of these cute girls have bad hair, but check out the crooked, too tall flat top on Geoffrey!

Friday Flashbacks - Wedding Bells are Ringing Edition

Geoffrey and Jennifer (and Sara running in the background) - 1995:

?, Carol and Greg Barber, ?, Margery and Larry Cozzens, Phyliss and Lowell Barber - 1971:

(Love both of the Mom's big hair!)

Jerry and Karen Markin - 1970:

Random!

Saw this in a tiny town in Wyoming - who thought this was a good idea?

Nixon and Easton and I spent an hour stopped on the I-80 for an accident. I let Nixon get out and skateboard. I wish I had just gotten out myself to get a decent photo. Look at that smile!

I don't care how beautiful this is, I'm done with winter clothes and shut windows and shoveling and being cold. Summer can not come fast enough!

Friday Flashbacks

My friend Camille does this every Friday. I'm going to copy her!

Here is what my mother had written on the back of the photo:

Jenny taking care of "bigger" brother by pushing him in swing

March '76

Jenny - 30 lbs! - almost 5 years

Jeremy - 20 lbs! - 8 1/2 months

Geoffrey, Kara, Rachel, and Tami Barber - 1983ish?

Who Do You Think You Are?

Have you been watching this show?

We love it! Nixon and Easton joined me last week for a Friday night trip to the Family History Library and we had a blast. Not that we have plans to move (wishful thinking!), but I have been feeling like while we are in Utah, I need to take advantage of that place and the awesome resources there.

Mormon Boy

Our stake did a very fun activity where each ward was asked to make a video based on this year's mutual theme:

Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee withersoever thou goest. - Joshua 1:9

Maybe I am a teensy bit biased because the lead actor is soooo good looking, but I thought our ward's entry was awesome! This was all written, filmed, edited by the youth (OK, in our ward, mostly by one really talented boy).

They had a fun awards night complete with a red carpet entrance, popcorn and candy and watched all the videos from the stake together. There were no less than TWO Office knock offs, and no less than TWO videos that brought tears to my eyes - if anyone knows anything about being strong and courageous these days, it is the young men and women who live in the world today and try to make good choices.