“If we keep no diary [journal], the path crumbles away behind us as our feet leave it; and days gone by are but little more than a blank, broken by a few distorted shadows. Life is all confined within the limits of to-day….”
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| Our Queen and King and Prince |
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| At the visitor's center the kids could make different animal tracks in the sandbox. |
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| There were stuffed animals, and furs to touch, including a badger, beaver, skunk, bear, etc. |
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| The kids were very good waiting in line for the wagon ride out to see the elk herd. |
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| It was pretty warm, and that's a good thing because we had a hard time keeping Tagg's belly covered :) |
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| We didn't see many "daddy" elk. No big horns at all. Mostly cows. |
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| It was a great day ! |
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| Another egg ! |
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| We went to visit Dee Dee, but she wasn't home. We had a great visit with Steve, and Cam loved their cute kittens. |
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| We sewed some burp clothes for the new babies. |
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| In the evening we headed down to Zoo Lights at the Hogle Zoo. |
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| We met Erika and her family there. We had a wonderful warm time. |
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| Two little hatchlings |
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| Playing with the wild things |
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| Caught in a web |
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| They love the swing - but Cam is such a "nervous nellie" :) |
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| Not too much snow, and it wasn't good for packing. It was SUGAR snow. |
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| Of course they remembered Summer, and wanted to play in the barn ! It wasn't too cold. |
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| Three Yay hoos - Treyson is almost passing her in height. |
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| I fixed spaghetti for supper - Blakley came up too. |
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| Guess what is in the box ?!?! She kept a tight lid on it :) |
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| Click on the image to enlarge, and read the words carefully - Beautiful ! |
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| After the boys left my house they went over to the shop with their dad. While racing around on scooters, Tagg had an accident. Out popped two front teeth ! He was such a trooper. You never would have known anything was wrong as he had fun at the Dickson Family Christmas party 2 hours later ! |
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| What good helpers ! |
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| They had such fun, and were so proud of their creations |
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| First batch in the oven |
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| Look at that CLEAN shirt :) |
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| What I needed x 3 to get me through the morning |
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| Now comes the FUN part :) |
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| I'm watching these two yahoos this morning while Christel goes to the doctor. We may attempt sugar cookies, per Grandpa's request. We have our 2nd batch of caramels, white choc covered pretzels, carmeled popcorn, tons of cookies, divinity, fudge......... and he's still feeling deprived :) BTW - have you googled "Let it Snow"? - You ought to try it. May be the only snow we get for Christmas :) |
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| When I was about a year old, I lived with my parents in Salt Lake City. Dad was going to school at the University of Utah. We lived in a place called "Cleggs". I think this was the name of the people who owned the house, and we lived in the basement. It was on about 9th East and 2700 South. I think they must have been rich? and I'm not sure how mom and dad scored a place to live there, but I remember driving by in later years, and if I remember correctly there was a big wall all around the place. It must have been a huge yard/acreage, right there in the middle of the city. There was a pond, with swans and ducks............. |
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| There was also an in-ground swimming pool. Here I am with mom, and my Aunt Dawna (mom's sister), and my cousin Dianne Whittier. I think Dawna and Diane were in their early teens, and mom was about 25 years old. Mom's pregnant (big) with my brother Lance, but you can't tell it. |
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| Mom and Me :) - I feel like this is a brand new picture, I've never seen before ! In the one hard copy I have, we are only about 1/2 inch square. When I scanned it I used high resolution and cropped it in close, so I could blow it up big. We look so happy, I bet that was a GREAT day. I love this picture ! |
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| This picture was taken on my dad's 25th birthday - July 29, 1962. These are my cousins, Dick Whittier, Joan Whitaker (Adams) and Bret Whittier (back), and Pauline Dickson (Preece) and Jack Whittier, and Kent Dickson (front). Man alive, we are all about 50 years older now...........The years passed by so quickly. |
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| I was getting ready to boil eggs for a macaroni salad. It was going to be a BIG salad, so LOTS of eggs :) I always put my eggs in the pan and THEN fill with water before putting on the stove. I filled the pan (with eggs), set it on the counter with the handle positioned NOT so well, turned around a few seconds later, and WHAM BAM THANK YOU MA'AM - it's on the floor. All I could do was stand there and stare.......and then call the little boys who we were tending, to come and see the mess that Grandma made !! Goodness Gracious and Darn It All to Heck :) |
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| We had lunch at Taggart's yesterday - just the girls and one little boy ! |
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| Happy 27th Christel ! We love you |
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| Cam Schutt decorated the entire tree. She did an excellent job. They called last night, and she is sounding so grownup. Roger and I both commented on it. Only 2 days after Christmas and she'll be here for a visit !! I think I'll have her help me take my tree down :) |
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| Spooky - named as such because we got her on Halloween in 1988. She was part cocker-spaniel, and part Australian Shepherd. We had her for many years, and she was a lovable dog. She had one surprise batch of puppies before we had her fixed, and she lived to a good old age of 14. |
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| Manda's first dog was Zipper (part Australian Shepherd). As I remember, Manda brought him home from Tenielle Peterson's when she was about 15 or 16 (1996). He was to be her dog, but soon wound up being Zac's dog. Zip was a great dog. We could throw things, and he'd fetch them right back. We had him about 10 years, before he was hit by a car in front of our house :( |
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| After Manda moved to Arizona in 1998, she and Therese acquired this tiny little thing (haha) - he started out that way, but Rawl-dog (part pit bull) soon grew and grew and grew. He was such a good dog, and he came home to Utah with Manda and Cam in 2004. Unfortunately, one day while out playing with Zipper, he was hit and killed by a car in front of our house also :*( It was a sad sad time. |
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| Soon after Manda and Cam moved back to Arizona in 2008, this cute little lovable dog (part poodle) was acquired. Barclay is a sweetheart. He is getting a little older now, and slowing down, but what a lovable little doggie. This is Cam's puppy. He is always really hard to get a picture of because he is so black and fluffy, and his face just disappears. |
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| And this is Nick with Grandpa Roger :) Nick is an Italian Greyhound, and is just as lovable as Barclay. This is Cam Claussen's dog, and he is as smart as can be. He likes to hide under blankets. |
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| And now they have Zoey. He is a SHE, and her BIG head kind of looks like Rawley, so Manda thinks she is part pitbull also. Zoey is an early Christmas present for Manda from Bren. She is about a year old. We can hardly wait to meet her ! She weighs about 35 pounds now, and dwarfs the other dogs in the house. |
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| And we can't forget Rusty ! He is part Dachshund and part Yorkie, so I think that's a Dorky. Rusty is Treyson and Tagg's puppy. He's a little "wired", but a fun little dog none the less. Steph is probably laughing right now, because of this "dog" post. I'm not really a dog person......... but I'm glad my kids are, and I like THEIR dogs at THEIR homes :) Arf! Arf! |
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| In a little over 2 months (maybe almost 3months) these two will be here !! |
