Life in SLC: 2018

As I'm finally getting around to updating this blog, I realized that the name no longer applies! "Life in SLC" for us has come to a close. We have been in Michigan for a little over a month now and are adjusting to life here. We are missing Utah in a lot of ways, but also enjoying what Michigan has to offer.

Going back to mid-May when I last posted, I'll give a brief update of what we've been up to.

We wrapped up our final season with Olympus High School at the Track State Championships. The girls' team finished 10th and the boys' team finished 9th. They are several weeks into their cross country season now. It feels so strange to not be coaching them!

At the end of May, we flew to Michigan for Todd to interview with Spring Lake High School. He was offered the job and he accepted! We flew from Grand Rapids to Maui to celebrate. Our week in Maui was so much fun! We loved exploring our favorite state (to visit) with Sam.

Enjoying warm sunny weather in Michigan

Millennium Park Beach

Iao Valley State Park in Hawaii

Napili Beach

Slaughterhouse Beach

Pirate Ship at Hotel

Road to Hana

Sea Cave at black sand beach

Sunset on our last evening on Maui

Shortly after arriving home from Maui, we again left for Michigan. This time to drop of Sam with my parents before leaving for Spain with Todd's family. We had a wonderful time exploring Southern Spain together, and Sam loved having a week with Grandpa & Gramma.

Mijas

Taking the ferry across the Mediterranean to Morocco

Tangiers, Morocco

Morcocco

Street Markets

Churros in Marbella

Marbella

Alcazar in Sevilla

Plaza de Espana in Sevilla

Ronda

Frigiliana

Alhambra in Granada

Alhambra

Caminito del Rey

Meanwhile, Sam had a fun time in Michigan

June was full of travel. We went to Iowa next for the Langguth Family reunion (Grandma Irma's family). Sam loved staying on Great Irma's farm & we enjoyed spending time with Todd's extended family.

5 of 7 of the Mitchell great grandkids

Great Irma with (almost) all of her great grandkids

Todd and all his cousins/second cousins

After Iowa, we were eager to be back in Salt Lake City for a month to pack and enjoy the people & places we love there. We managed to squeeze in a lot of time with friends & a lot of outdoor fun despite being busy with packing.

4th of July parade

Family hike around Silver Lake

Happy 2nd Birthday Sam!

Sam & Lucy's birthday party

2 fingers for 2 years old

Tibble Fork Reservoir

Olympus High Alumni Run

Sam "helped" with packing

Hike to Twin Lakes

Sunset over the valley for our 7th anniversary

Camping in the Uintahs

Olympus Farewell Party

Cecret Lake

Fire Station with the Allens

Mom & Dad flew out to Utah to help us pack up the truck and drive back to Michigan. We had so much help (more than we knew what to do with!) loading the truck. We survived 3 days of travel with a moving truck & a toddler, so that's a win! We hit some bad weather along the way, but made pretty good time anyways. We enjoyed our stops in Nebraska (Sam loved the hotel pool) and at Grandma Irma's farm in Iowa!

Loading the truck

Unloading in Michigan

We've been pretty busy since arriving in Michigan. We put an offer on a house the night we arrived, and it was accepted! We closed last Friday and will move in at the end of the month. Todd started teaching math & coaching boys XC at Spring Lake. Teaching new classes has been challenging, and his days are long since he has a 45 minute commute until we get into our new house. We've had 2 cross country invitationals so far and Spring Lake has won them both. We are enjoying staying with my parents until we get into our house, and have gotten to do lots of fun stuff with family and friends. Sam is loving it!