We have done some traveling.

We started out living in our Hobbit hole on "I" Street in Salt Lake City, then we moved to a 1920's home on Harrison Ave. in the Salt Lake. After our 1st year and half we bought an old farm home in South Jordan at the end of Mabey Lane. Heidi arrived when we lived on Harrison Ave and then Eric joined our family about 2 years later at Mabey Lane. We had a "wee hobby farm" with all kinds of animals. We had cows, sheep, rabbits, dogs, cats, guinea pigs, pigs, pheasant, chickens, ducks, hamsters by the dozens, goats, and even a protected couple of snakes to keep the rats out of the barn. Kristi joined our family and then we were a family of five.

In 1981 we had the opportunity to move to Frankfurt Germany because of Shirl's job . We then made our home in a German village in the Taunus Mountains. It was called Wierheim . We traveled and did a lot of sight seeing all over Europe. We saw so many cathedrals and castles that finally the children ask that we not see anymore for a while. After two years in Wierheim we decided it would be better to move closer to Frankfurt and not spend another winter in the Taunus . We moved to Ober-Erlenbach just outside of Bad Homburg. We saw and did a lot while there and we meet so many wonderful people that we loved . The time finally came when we needed to return to the United States and we were very happy about that. We arrived back in Salt Lake City , Utah on July 3, 1987. Culture shock in reverse. Shirl had promised that our life together would be full of surprises and it has been. Some so wonderful and then some not as wonderful. (Next chapter: Life in Colorado Springs)