July Letter

 Dear Family & Friends, 

We did new family pictures this month (finally)! It was fun! It actually was. I just sat there "Cheese" and my hair wasn't in my eyes. 

We had a lot of fun family time this summer!

And had fun checking out Blair's new house that is being built up the road.

And having light saber battles in their basement. 

And having LOTS of fun cousin time!

The best thing that happened this month was that Brandon came home from his mission to Arkansas. We picked him up from the airport SUPER late! And have done a lot of fun things as a family.

We went to the Spanish Fork Rodeo. My favorite part was the bulls trying to whip off the guys.

After Brandon got home we took a family vacation to Bear Lake!! We got to go out on wave runners which I LOVED!

We played at the beach.

And I was even brave enough to go out on the tube behind the boat. I was scared at first but it was really fun!

And the day after we got home from Bear Lake, Eric opened his mission call. Jakarta, Indonesia. Indonesian speaking! 

Wow what a month!!

Love, Sam Wade Barnhisel

June Letter

 Dear Family & Friends, 

Hello. June has been great. I got to go to the Saratoga Temple. It was my first time going to a temple and it was pretty. I felt great when I was in the temple.

I have been playing with my cousins a lot this summer. We invite them over to play a lot. 

June is also Father's day. I love my dad! I love that he takes me on 4-wheeler rides a lot. 

We had a big project this month. We redid our driveway. We had a lot of cement trucks and work going on in our front yard. It was cool!

One more great thing about June is Eric's birthday. He turned 18! On his birthday we went to Tepanyaki and then we went to a race car place. It was very cool and Eric was super fast. 

Hope you are doing great. 

Love, Sam Wade Barnhisel

May Letter

 Dear Family & Friends,

Hello! My summer is off to a super fun start!! Dad took me to the zoo. There were elephants and tigers there. We saw a polar bear diving under water. 

I finished up soccer. It was really fun!

We celebrated Mother's Day for mom. I love my mom on Mother's day. 

I got my diploma when I graduated from Kindergarten. My teachers' name was Mrs. Barber. I really liked her. She teached good things. 

It was really fun to start baseball for my first time. I was on the Angel's team. My favorite part was batting. 

Over Memorial Weekend we went up to Wyoming and Montana and got to spend time at Grandpa Pat's and at Aunt Kathleen's. I got to play with my Montana cousins. One of my Montana cousins was named Clark. Clark was way fun. We did legos.

Then on the way home we went through Yellowstone and Island Park. The hot springs were very cool. They are really hot. So hot, like 100 degrees. 

I hope you all have a great summer. Love you!

Love, Sam Wade Barnhisel

April Letter

Dear Family & Friends, 

Hello everyone. We've been doing a lot of home improvement projects lately. This month we tore up the old tile in the kitchen and entryway (and the carpet from mom's office) and replaced it with LVP. I loved working on the floor. And it looks really great now. 

Easter was cold and wet but I still got to hunt for easter eggs which is always fun for me. 

Then we took a drive up to West Jordan and drove by the old house and went to some old places we used to go to a lot. The park near our house and Gardner Village. 

We celebrated Kyle's 15th birthday this month. I got him a Pokemon book from the school book fair with my own money. I love Kyle!

Dad took Eric & I on a quick weekend trip down to Moab with my uncle Darren and cousin Kohen. That was really fun!

I miss you all and hope to see you soon.

Love, Sam Wade Barnhisel

March Letter

 Dear Family & Friends, 

Happy March. We had a Dr Seuss day and I got to go to school early with mom and ready Dr Suess books and eat a doughnut. 

We tore out our rock wall (well our friend Don did) and rebuilt it. Once things dry out we'll replace the driveway as well.

I had a great birthday. We celebrated my 6th birthday with my family and with my friends.

And we also celebrated Dad's retirement from Pacificorp. I LOVE having dad home more to play with me and do fun things.

Dad got to do something this month that he has never been able to do before. He went with me on a school fieldtrip to the Butterfly Museum up at Thanksgiving Point. It was so fun to have my dad there with me and my school friends.

We are still waiting for spring. One fine day it will arrive. 

Love, Sam Wade Barnhisel

February Letter

 Dear Family & Friends, 

Happy February. I hope you had a great month. We celebrated valentines day with heart shaped pancakes with sprinkles. Yum!

We remodeled our kitchen (which mom really loves!).

We went down to St George for Kyle's soccer tournament over mom's birthday.  We hung out with our friends the Brown's down there one night and they threw mom a little birthday surprise. That was really fun. We also played games that night and went golfing.

Back at home the snow continues...

We got to go to a Utah vs USC basketball game up at the U. I got popcorn and dots. Clearly the food was the best part for me!

We're looking forward to spring up here on the mountain. Hope you are doing well.

Love, Sam Wade Barnhisel

January Letter

 Dear Family & Friends, 

We rang in the new year on our cruise. It was really fun and I got to eat Peanut Butter toasted sandwiches every night which was great. And ice cream too!! I loved the cruise and ask often when we can go again.

Winter continues. This has been a really snowy winter but we try to make the best of it.

Dad took me and Eric to a car show. That was fun. I had a great time.

I am learning a lot in kindergarten and mom is working with me to learn to read even better. I hope you are all doing well.

Love, Sam Wade Barnhisel