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The 2025 Lewis Christmas Gathering

Our Christmas gathering was held at the Dave and Celeste Lewis home in Alpine this evening.  We all came with food.  This year we had more than 50 in town for our family party. The John and Peggy Lewis family … Continue reading

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Christmas Food Prep in 2025

The menu for this year’s Lewis Family Gathering was APPETIZERS!  What a fun idea!  We decided to make our favorite shrimp cocktail drink, pork sliders and a big bowl of Christmas Crunch.  These are all things you will want to … Continue reading

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Adam and Heidi Visit for a Job Interview

We had a day, a night, and a day this week with Adam and Heidi, who flew in from St. Louis for a job interview here.  Adam is an eye surgeon and he’ll finish his residency program at the end … Continue reading

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Unpacking Old Friends– Our Christmas Nativities Come Out!

We haven’t been home for Christmas in 4 years!  And before that Christmas of 2021, we were in Africa for 2 years.  Before that, we were in Yakima for 3 years.  It was a joy this week to unpack our … Continue reading

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Biting the Bullet with Permanent Christmas Lighting

I’ve been telling John that once you’re over 70 years old, you SHOUD NOT be up on a tall ladder hanging Christmas lights (or trimming ivy).  He did not want to listen to me.  Ladder injuries cause over 500,000 emergency … Continue reading

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Lewis Thanksgiving 2025

I love Thanksgiving.  I love that Jeffrey and Kathleen host us all each year.  They have the perfect place to hold as many of the Lewis family as can come.  Jeffrey brines the turkeys ahead of time and by the … Continue reading

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Farewell to the Exercise Equipment

This post is for my boys, who used our basement as their gym.  Many years ago for Christmas, Santa brought this exercise equipment into our home.  It’s been well-used by many and today it went away. You can see the … Continue reading

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Remembering Michael Camp (1988-2025)

Michael L. Camp Obituary Michael Lewis Camp, 36, of Alpine, Utah, unexpectedly passed away from medical complications on November 1, 2025, in Provo, Utah. Mike was born November 24, 1988, Thanksgiving Day, in Phoenix, Arizona. His family moved to Utah … Continue reading

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A Week in Hilton Head, South Carolina

We spent a fabulous week in Hilton Head with Adam and Claire’s families.  This is Adam’s family’s last year in St. Louis, and Hilton Head is a place they can drive to for a beach vacation.  Claire, Graham and Caleb … Continue reading

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Farewell to our Shake Shingle Roofs

It’s a sad day in our neighborhood.  Our natural wood shingles are being ripped off and replaced this week with asphalt shingles that will last more than 50 years.  Farewell to the old, hello to the manmade fake shingles that … Continue reading

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