On Monday Eliana began her year in first grade. She’s turning six next weekend and growing up right under our noses. I’ll include some photos with this post taken before and after school. She seems to really enjoy going to school. The Sequoia died yesterday so I took her to school this morning and did [...]
We were staying at a hotel in Price and visiting with Charley in Helper last weekend. On Saturday we ate a great home cooked meal followed by a birthday cake surprise for Charley. Today’s his actual birthday. Happy birthday, Charley! The real surprise came last Saturday night when Charley’s artwork entered in the Helper Art [...]
There’s a small artsy, fartsy town in central Utah called Helper. That’s where Vickey’s becoming famous artist brother, Charley, lives. It’s chic and hip if you’re into the whole art thing. Charley bought a home in downtown Helper (I don’t even think there are two stoplights there) a few years ago and has been making [...]
I’ve seen my share of scenery: most U.S. states, four other continents and probably hundreds of tourist’s stops along the way. But I’ve never been as impressed with the sheer size and beauty of a mountain range as I was on our trip. We drove through the mountains from Strawberry Reservoir south to American Fork [...]
On Thursday, Aug. 16 we made the 150 minute (thank you Utah-construction-everywhere) drive from the cabin to Brian and Melissa’s in South Jordan to let the cousins play for a day. They had a great time. Carter had recently managed to catch this wild and not-so-ferocious lizard and create a home for him. Lizardee, as [...]
We also paid a visit to Strawberry Reservoir. It was one of those summer afternoons when thunderclouds were overhead but no rain was falling. It was actually quite beautiful. The kids took a few minutes to throw rocks into the lake. Some of the folks at the lake were collecting crawdads, and they were big [...]
Here are some photos from the day we decided at noon to go out to the place where the loggers left their remains and gather a few logs to line Gordon’s driveway. It was a hot afternoon but we managed without too much trouble to round up three two-foot logs and one long 25 foot [...]
One afternoon at the cabin Eliana and Dominic borrowed spoons from the kitchen to round up a few unsuspecting subjects for their ant collection. Here they are collecting. Little did Ellie know that her collection, housed in a used water bottle, would later be filled by Grandpa with drinking water (he didn’t see the ants [...]
Other activities at the cabin included playing with Dominic’s train he received for his second birthday. And shucking corn. And dancing. This is Dominic’s famous ‘the point’ move. Grandpa made a new screen door handle for the kiddies, just their size. The kids did some finger painting as well.
While we were at the cabin we opened a package Aunt Rachel sent with presents from her trip to South Africa. There were the coolest tin models included. I guess these things are hand crafted from tin cans. Very cool. And Eliana received a handmade bracelet as well. Thanks, Aunt Rachel!
