Saturday, November 29, 2008

"Wonder" ful tour director :)


A certain "bakery" man that I know will probably want to "murder" me for posting this.........but oh well :) You've got to do, what you've got to do !
Erika and two of her boys traveled to Ogden, via Front Runner a couple of months ago, and Rog took them on a tour of the bakery. What a great guy !!

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Happy Thanksgiving





Mom and Dad sent me this cute cartoon EARLY this morning. I guess they are up getting things ready for Thanksgiving Dinner at their new home. I can hardly wait !

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Are you ready for the Big Day?


Click here for a fun Thanksgiving Quiz.

Friday, November 21, 2008

My Memories of Flaming Gorge


My dad liked to fish, and I guess mom did too. Probably she mostly just herded kids. My siblings and I were always up for an adventure in camping. We drove to Flaming Gorge at least once every summer. The ride was sooooooooooo long and terrible, and from Lone Tree on, it was just a terribly bumpy gravel road for about 30 miles, which seemed to last forever. I just hated that part. I don’t really remember the fishing all that much, but I do recall a few things.
Many times we went with Grandpa and Grandma Tonks. Once, I vaguely remember a small hotel room, but we usually stayed in our canvas tent. Our sleeping bags were these huge affairs (with ducks and geese on the flannel interior) that kept us so warm. Mom and Dad zipped them together, and we all climbed inside. The lantern would hang from the top of the tent, and the mantels would glow dimmer and dimmer after the gas was turned off. I loved to look at them as I fell asleep, and Dad would always tell us stories, and scratch our backs.

There was a place called Echo Canyon, or something like that, where if you hollered, your echo would come back at you. There was an area downstream from the dam, where a big flash flood occurred in the 60’s. A few people were killed there in a campground. I believe the flood happened at night while they were sleeping. We took pictures, with us kids standing down in the big gullies and washes that were made when it flooded. You could only see our heads poking up, level with the asphalt in the road. I felt scared, and I worried that another flood would come and get us.

Another memory which stands out, is after we had been playing in the water, Grandma Tonks took our picture and I was posing (as usual). She made a comment about how I NEVER took a serious picture, and I always had to pose and ruin the picture, and she was so disgusted. I don’t know why I remember that, but I do. (See picture below)



We didn’t have a boat; we just fished from the shore, but one time in the summer between my 7th & 8th grade year, we went with one of Dad’s friends, Newell Cutler, on his boat. That was a fun day. I caught the first fish of the day, then absolutely NOTHING the rest of the day while others were catching them right and left. Mr. Cutler let me steer the boat for a little bit in some of the side canyons. This was a BIG thing for me and Mark and Erika, because we had NEVER been on a boat before.



After the trip with Newell Cutler and his boat in 1973, I didn’t see the Flaming Gorge area again, until 2008. Wow……..35 years !! Roger and I swung by there this past summer, on our way back from Rock Springs. As we drove through the little town of Manila, we only saw the reservoir from a distance, and didn’t even get a glimpse of the dam. During the drive from Manila (on a fully paved asphalt road) to Lone Tree and Fort Bridger, I kept trying to "catch a glimpse" of my childhood, but the scenery and green tinged mountains barely stirred a distant memory.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Cam's fun day at the Arizona State Fair




We are getting so anxious to see Cam and Manda for Christmas.
I think we will be amazed at how much she has grown up since Labor Day, both physically and mentally. Last night she called Roger, just a bawling........ Roger re-counted the whole conversation for me. Apparently she and her mom were driving somewhere, and something must have triggered a memory, and she asked Manda, "When are we going to drive "Up the Canyon" again?" Manda told her "the canyon" was "back in Utah". That was all it took - and the waterworks started !! By the time they got Grandpa Roger on the phone, Cam could hardly talk for the hiccuping sobs :( It's a good think Grandpa Roger is such a comforting influence on the phone. He had her settled down in no time, and before the conversation was over, she was telling Grandpa that "Anytime he needed to talk to "Barkley" (her dog), that Barkley was RIGHT HERE, and he should just call......." Too cute ! !.........or maybe you just have to be a Grandparent.

Monday, November 17, 2008

Can I recommend.............??

www.robertmunsch.com
Click here to see -The BEST Website EVER for Kids !!

I was out perusing blogs the other night, and found this GEM of an idea.

Do you use an IPOD?? Do your kids ?? Do you love to read?? Do your kids like stories?? (You don't need to have an IPOD to download the audio files and listen to them on your computer)

You need to go to this website - FAST !!

Wondering who Robert Munsch is??
Remember this book?? - Yes........the one that made you CRY !!
Well, he's the author of this book, and many other great and funny books for kids.

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Try again - take a look at mom and dad's home

Mom and Dad's new home

Some of you might not have been able to view the previous pics - if not, please click on the picture above.

Is it too early for this ?? - If so........


Christmas Questionnaire

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Hot Chocolate
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? Both

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? White

4. Do you hang mistletoe? No

5. When do you put up your decorations? Not soon enough

6. What is your favorite holiday dish? Mom's Dressing

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child? Grandma Dickson's with all of the cousins, every Christmas eve. Everyone got a present under the tree, all were homemade - she was a wonderful seamstress.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? 5th grade I think, maybe 6th.

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? nope

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree? Tons of different ornaments, most of which mean something

12. Can you ice skate? yes !

13. Do you remember your favorite gift? not really

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? FAMILY!!!

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? Luann's carmels

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? For awhile, it was snowmobiling with the boys on Christmas day....... now......... we are just excited for the PHONE CALL from Landon, and glad to have Cam and Manda home.

17. What tops your tree? Angel

18. Which do you prefer giving or receiving? Giving

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song? O Holy Night

20. Candy Canes? eh - I can take 'em or leave 'em

21. Do you feel Christmas is too commercialized? Of course


I Tag, Teresa, Stacy, Shirlee, Trin, CJ, Sommer, & Terri

Friday, November 14, 2008

On Today's Agenda

Weights at the Gym - done
Sunday School Lesson - Finalize
Clean house
Wash
Mom and Dad's new house - visit
Ogden
Bonnie's - Drop off dinner
Missionary Mall - Pick up replacement shoes
Fabric Store - Christmas
Walmart - Christmas
Old Navy - Christmas
Ross's (Where is the Layton store again, Annette?)
IFA - Roger new clothes
Temple session - Meet Penny there
Jenni Lake's mission call opening !! 6pm
(Love these new FREEDOM Friday's !!)

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Never too late


Emmett, Rosalie, Esme, Edward, Carlisle, April, Jasper

Okay - so I'm a little bit late jumping on the band wagon..........
4 books in 4 days........ Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn
Yes, I'm going to the movies next week - YAH!!!!!

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Four in Four


I've been tagged !!
Due to the AWESOME way I organize my pics...........this was actually "harder" than it seemed
Starting at MY PICS
4th Folder (Digital Camera 2007)
4th Folder (April)
4th Folder (Luann's 70th birthday party)
4th picture (Ben, Chans, Rog, Cam)

Saturday, November 8, 2008

A NEW Knee



Roger is getting a TOTAL KNEE Replacement in February. I was thinking he would basically be like the "Terminator", with hydraulics, and everything - WRONG....... It's actually very "simple". I was surprised - we both were. Click here to learn more, and watch a very short video of the process.

Friday, November 7, 2008

Twilight anyone?

So how many of you are into the TWILIGHT series? I haven't read a one.........but I've thought about it. The movie of the first? book is coming out soon. I thought I might go see it, but after watching this "trailer", I've had second thoughts........what do you think??

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Sunday, November 2, 2008

What do a Hex Girl, Spiderman, and a Spider have in Common?





They all have Grandpa Roger and Grandma Gwen to love them !!

Thanks Shirlee - for the pics (I stole from from her blog)

Saturday, November 1, 2008

Halloween, but no pics yet.....

Roger worked on Halloween, I went to the temple, and then shopping. We met for dinner at Chili's. When we got home, we put out the pumpkins we had carved the night before. CJ did a BAT, Zac did a HAUNTED HOUSE, and Treyson and I had done a silly face on two pumkins. Roger had tended Tagg, who had a SUPER BLOWOUT........ funny funny.

Anyway, here's what the grandkids did. Zac and CJ took the two little boys, Treyson as Spider Man, and Tagg as a little spider, around the town. They got lots of treats and had a really good time.

Camryn, who was dressed as Hex Girl, got sick........... Yup, the fumes from the blue and black hairspray made her sick in the morning, so she stayed home from school. But it got better ! She recovered, and was able to go trick or treating last night with her cousins.

We didn't have ONE trick or treater. I guess that's what you get when Wonder Bread gets stingy, and quits making those cute little loaves of Bread. When we were passing that out, we had TONS !! We were the place to go ! That about wraps it up. Hope you had a good one!
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