“The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” -Eleanor Roosevelt
A few of the places the travel bug has taken us… Read all the rest here.















2023
- January- Kauai (M&B)
- March- Bear Lake
- April- Bear Lake Girls Trip with Calders
- June- Bear Lake with Murrays
- July- Costa Rica (M&B)
- September- Greece (Melissa)
- October- Pineview with Sundays, Cancun
2022
- January- Bear Lake
- June- Oregon (Ashland and Oregon Coast)
- July- Marsh Lake
- October- Brandon (Oregon) and Bear Lake (Melissa & Kids)
- November- Georgia (Thanksgiving)
- December- San Diego/Legoland for Christmas
2021
- January – Provo B&B (M&B)
- February 16-March 19- Kauai
- August- Eden with Sundays
2020
- January- West Valley Staycation
- March- Alt Summit Palm Springs (Melissa)
- July- Logan (Melissa and Brandon getaway)
- August- Eden with Sundays, Marsh Lake with Kings
- October- St. George and Zion NP
- November- Texas (San Antonio, Waco, Austin, Lake Jackson) Melissa and sisters
- December- Midway Christmas Outing
2019
- January 23-March 3- Santiago, Chile!
- June-Arches National Park
- July-Heber Valley Camp with Sundays
- August- Charleston, UT with Kings, Carmel-by-the-Sea (Mom & Evelyn), SLC Anniversary
- December- Family trip to Georgia to visit Murrays, Hilton Head Island and Savannah, GA
2018
- February- Maui
- May- Argentina (Brandon work trip)
- July- Ashland, Oregon with Sundays and Redwoods
- August- Marsh Lake/Uintahs with Kings, Kings Peak (Melissa with Dad, Sarah and Justin)
- October- Park City
- December-Midway
2017
- February- Australia / March- New Zealand
- July- Steamboat Springs with Nelsons
- December- NYC (Mom & Evelyn)
2016
- January- St. George (girls trip with Sunday girls and kids)
- April- Midway, Utah
- July- Steamboat Springs, Colorado
- September- Back backing trip to Ruth Lake with Grandpa Dave
- November- NYC (Melissa and sisters)
2015
- March- Puerto Rico (M&B free trip with Compax)
- May- Pittsburgh, PA (Melissa)
- May- Oregon Coast
- July- Heber & Midway, UT with Sundays
- August- Bear Lake, UT/Idaho with Kings
2014
- May- Balboa Island & Newport Beach, CA
- October- New York City, NY
- November- St. George, UT
2013
- February- St. George, UT, Grand Canyon & Tuscon, AZ
- May- Idaho Falls & Rexburg, Newport Beach, CA
- June- St. George, UT with Sundays
- July- Seattle & San Juan Islands
- August- Marsh Lake, Uintahs with Kings
2012
- June- Rexburg, ID
- July- Shakespeare Festival, Cedar City, UT with Justin King’s family, Aberdeen, Idaho (Grandpa Max’s funeral), Star Valley, WY
- August- Island Park & Yellowstone, ID, Midway, Ut
2011
- February- Idaho Falls
- April- Pittsburgh, PA, Gettysburg, Washington DC
- June- Sun River, Oregon with Sundays and Wilson family
- August- Bear Lake with Kings
- September- Star Valley, WY
- October- Park City
2010
- May- NYC (Mel)
- July- Manti, UT , Marsh Lake, Aberdeen, ID
- September – France, Germany, Switzerland, Prague, Russia
- October- NYC (Mel)
- November- Idaho Falls
2009
- March- Manti
- May- San Francisco
- August- NYC 1 year anniversary trip
2008 | February- San Francisco / March- Moab / May- New York City / June- Colorado, Oregon / August- Cancun Honeymoon
2007 | February- Amsterdam / March- St. Antonien & Davos, Switzerland / March- Brussels, Belgium / April- Vienna / May- Holland / June- Southern Germany, Zurich, Italy / July-Bear Lake / October- Las Vegas
2006 | March- San Francisco / August- Salzburg, Austria, Davos, Switzerland / October- London, Brugge, Belgium, Prato/Florence, Italy / November- Tenerife (Canary Islands) / December- Zurich & Interlaken, Switzerland