Driving across the Great Plains towards Scottsbluff in western Nebraska, my wife and I couldn’t help but stare at the awe-inspiring sight of two massive rock pillars reaching to the sky. We eventually saw a sign pointing toward that direction and learned they were famous landmarks, ‘Courthouse and Jail Rocks,’ used by those traveling the Oregon-California Trail, Mormon Trail, and the Pony Express Trail. We spontaneously decided to venture off our predetermined course to tak

Ask anyone in my family a fun fact about me and they would say, “Kristen thinks sporting events are really social events that just involve a ball.” It’s true. I’d rather converse than compete and since athletics involves people, I like to socialize. I drive my competitive counterpart crazy and he’s always elbowing me to watch an exciting play or if one of our kids has the ball! We took advantage of a beautiful Saturday afternoon recently to attend a championship game for our