Moose

Here's some pictures of the moose I saw at the State Park this morning. Hope he stays around until the 4th. As you can see, the river is high and running very fast as well as cold. Summer has arrived and I love it.

Time for photos

I wanted to share some photos from the past few days. I must apologize for no pics from Sat. trip to Ut. I would loved to have shared pictures of Bear Lake and I would loved to have had pictures of my cousins. One Day I will learn to have my camera with me at all times.

Anyway, the pictures are of the snow in the Uintas, more specific, the trail head for Ruth Lake, Christmas Meadows, some wild flowers at the state park, (These are Dad's favorites) and one of our apple trees which are in full bloom. It feels so good to have warm temps and a bright blue sky.

Ramblings

Yesterday I took the time to drive to Clarkston, Utah for an aunts 90th birthday celebration. She was the wife of my mother's brother and has been a widow for 50 years, but my mom's family loved her so much and she in turn loved them that everyone has stayed close. When my uncle died, he would have been in his early 40's when he died, they had 5 children, the oldest being maybe 10. The youngest was probably 2 or so. There was a book with stories about my mom's family and pictures I had never seen before. Carma is going to talk to the cousin who did this book and get me a copy. What a treasure.
I decided that since Nate was at work, I would take the scenic drive. I went around Bear Lake and through Logan Canyon. The lake was sooo beautiful and the drive though the canyon was so peaceful and beautiful. I saw a couple of nice trailheads. Someday I will have to try them.
Logan is a beautiful town--and the temple, which is my favorite for obvious reasons, is so stately sitting up on the hill.
I saw and talked with cousins I had not seen since I was a little girl. My favorite moment was when my mom's half sister's husband came over to me and asked me if I had found me a man yet? (Boy, was he surprised when I told him, "yes, and I have five kids". Obviously he had me confused with Carma.
The drive home took me through Sardine Canyon (the route from Logan to Brigham City) and then a stop in Ogden so I could go to Lowe's for Dad (Roy) and then through Weber Canyon and back to Evanston. I just barely got home before Nate got off work. It was a wonderful day and well worth the time.
It feels like summer here, finally. When I post comments about it being hot this summer I am not complaining, I am just commenting. I will not complain about the heat, I am looking forward to it being hot.

As promised

As I promised in a previous blog, here is a of picture of the moose we saw while out at the state park recently. The park trails are flooded again so it is hard to get over to the side where the wildlife are. Here is also a picture of a goose family out for a swim.

Busy Week

The week that Dad was home was sure a busy and fun week. Let me recap some of the highlights.

I picked him up at the airport Friday (23). When we got home, it was almost time for Nate to get home from school. The boys went driving and we started preparing the shed slab.

Sat. (24) traveled to Orem to have lunch with Michelle, Jon, Dave, Allyson, Ryan, Isaac, and Evan. Nate had to work, so he missed out on a fun afternoon.

Sun. (25) traveled to Rigby to visit Cheryl and Jason. Took a walk around Rigby Lake and then cooked s'mores in their backyard. Played with Ben, alot.

Mon. (26) traveled home and Nate went to work. Worked on filling the slab foundation with more rock.

Tues. (27) filled the foundation forms with more rock. I mowed Grandma Turner's grass. Dad also spent a lot of time working on the base in living room. He wanted to hide the heat pipes so he had to build a cover that would match the base. It looks great. I also planted some flowers in Grandma Turner's front planter box.

Wed. (28) final prepartation for shed foundation/slab. Concrete came and Dad spent the remainder of the day finishing concrete. Nate was at work.

Thurs (29) took the day off from hard labor and traveled Northwest of Kemmerer to do some fossil hunting. Now if you have ever been to Kemmerer, you know you are on the outskirts of civilization, but if you go north and west of Kemmerer you really are on the edge of the earth.

It really was a lot of fun. You can keep all the fossils you find, unless you find a rare one, like a sting ray or a crocodile. I found a sting ray. (Or part of one.) The guide was really dissapointed that I could not show him exactly where I was working when I found it. How did I know it was a sting ray. We found lots of fish fossils and really had a great time. We will do it again.

Friday (30) The lumber for the shed was delivered and the work began. Dad started the framing and I tried to help. He should have married someone stronger and taller. By the time the boys got home from school, the walls were almost up. Nate and Jeff then took over helping Dad and got the roof trusses up. It looked like a shed when we called it quits.

Sat. (31) The goal was to get it all done before we headed to SLC to spend the night. Nate had to work, so Dad got Jeff to help with the shed. Jeff learned a lot and had a great time helping. It was probably the most meaningful experience he had ever had. By the days end, the roof was completed, the walls were finished, and a door was put in. The big double doors will have to wait until the next trip home. It looks great and will be filled up quickly. Dad wants to put in a work bench for working on all the projects he wants to do.

Saturday evening we went to SLC to spend the night. Dad's flight leaves at 6:20 am Sunday morning and nobody wanted to get up at 3 to go to the airport.

All in all, it was a most fun week. Dad was proud of the work he got done. We really do have a lot of fun working together. We like to play together, too.