Grandpa Neal and Grandma Jill

2011-07-19T18:24:00.000-07:00

2011 - This year has been a busy one. Justin came for memorial day and spent a week. It was nice to have him home. He has got a new job in Salt Lake and will be so much closer. His girls moved to Preston so we see them more than we use to. It's great to have them just drop by and say hi!

2010-07-24T19:01:00.000-07:00

2010-07-24T18:01:00.000-07:00

We've had a busy summer. On the 4th of July we went camping. We have started going up to Emigration camp ground every 4th of July with my sisters and brothers famlies. Kyles family came for the first time in a while. Melissa is not a camper but she was a good sport. The rest of my kids couldn't come this year, but we had a great time.
The weather was still a little bit colder than usual at night. We went to Bear Lake on saturday and it was a cool 68 degrees. The kids still got in the water and played, but 3 hours was long enough. That night Craig and Nancy came up, and Donald Lee and Mother came from Layton for supper. Candice made barbaque spare ribs and we had dutch oven potatoes with salads and goodies. It was really delicious. It's so fun to get as many of us together as we can.

2010-06-13T15:27:00.000-07:00

Over Memorial day week end We had Justin and his girls, and Marys family. The weather was a little cold but we still had a hot dog roast in the back yard and did smores.
Mary's family and Justin and the girls went to Lava on wednesday and they were the only ones in the pool for most of the day. When it rained they would go to the indoor pool and when the sun came out they would go to the outdoor pool. They had a great time on the new slides.
We went to the zoo in Salt Lake on Thursday which turned out to be a great day. Not to hot and not to cold. Mary's family went home thursday night and then Justin and I took the girls to lagoon on saterday. I can now say I have rode on the ride wicked. It was great. Everyone should try it.

2010-05-08T14:38:00.000-07:00

Hunter was baptized on April 10th by his dad and confirmed by his grandpa Fortie.

2010-03-20T08:35:00.000-07:00

We went to the Utah State Tournament in Reno Nevada in March with our good friends Scott and Ruth. We love the Aggies and was disappointed when they lost the championship game to the New Mexico Aggies.
While in Reno we went to the Rocky Mountain Oyster festival in Virginia City. It was a fun day. They had a contest on different ways to serve rocky mountain oysters. They had them in won tons, nachos, smoked, breaded and deep fried on a stick. Ruth and I can not say we tried them but Neal and Scott did. (Strike that off the bucket list.) They also had a parade down main street. Virginia City is a fun little place to visit, it is an old western city. I don't mean new old, I mean old old. There are also a few places in town that are suppose to have ghosts. We passed on them.

2010-01-08T11:23:00.001-08:00

We had a great Christmas this year. Justin came from Billings and had his 2 girls Saydie and Jaycee. It's always fun to have kids for christmas.

DisneyLand in August

2009-08-30T13:22:00.000-07:00

The first part of August we went on a family vacation to DisneyLand. Every one of our children and grandchildren were able to go. We had 8 grandchildren ranging from 2 to 8 years old. I think that everyone had a great time. Sweden was the youngest and her heart was broken when she wasn't tall enough to go on the big rides.
Bryon and Justin had the quick pass all figured out so there were many rides that we only had to wait 2 or 3 minutes to get on.
By vote the 2 best rides were Toy Story and California Screaming.

2009-07-26T14:18:00.000-07:00

We waited all spring for Hull's tree service to come and cut down the big pine tree in the front yard. When the day finaly came it was harder than I ever imagined. Who would ever think that you could get attached to a big tree. Anyway, we've lived in this house for 35 years and it looks different without it. Neal counted 86 rings so it was getting pretty old.

Camping on the 4th of July

2009-07-12T15:47:00.001-07:00

The Sacred Grove

2009-06-25T16:24:00.000-07:00

2009-06-25T15:04:00.000-07:00

We just retruned from tour that took in the Palmyra and Kirtland area. It was a great trip. We went with our good friends Scott and Ruth Rawlings.
It's suprising how much you don't know about early church history.
We started at Niagra Falls and made out way down to the Mendon Cemetery, Palmyra, Hill Cumorah, Fayette, Harmony, and then over to Kirtland. We met so many missionarys that tolds us so many great stories.

2008-10-10T17:20:00.000-07:00

2008-09-16T17:18:00.000-07:00

All the kids are busy with with their famlies so Neal and I try to visit each one.
Justin lives in Billings and has 2 girls that live in Franklin with thier mom. Saydie is 8 and JayCee is 4.
Bryon and Lisa moved into their new home in Layton in 2007. Kambel is thier only child and she is 8 years old.
Kyle and Melissa are in Missoula, Montana and have just moved into a new home. They have 3 children, Hunter 7 years old, Lili 5 years old, and Ruby will be 3 in July.
Tyson and Mary are in Mesquite and have 2 children, Dodger 3 years old and Sweden 2 year old.