“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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| Tagg hanging out with mom in the craft room. |
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| Thatcher trying out The Yard Master's new backpack blower |
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| Peek-a-boo |
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| Cleaning out the dam (as usual) |
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| New stand up mower !! Yeah !! |
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| Trip to Lava with Grandma Shirlee and Grandpa Jim |
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| It's a beautiful world we live in :) |
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| And a beautiful family to belong to. Kelly came in for work (from Michigan), and we enjoyed a meal at Taggarts. Roger, Joni, LuAnn, Kelly, Layne |
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| Grandpa Gary and Grandma Carol have a timeshare at East Canyon Resort. The kids have a great time with them up there. |
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| On May 8th - Bright headed to Las Vegas with Kacey and other teammates to participate in Regional Tumbling. Looks like they had a great time :) |
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| Don't know why this pic is at the first, but Manda swims every morning at a gym, just 2 minutes from her home, so I went as her guest. It was great ! |
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| Now back to the beginning ! Waiting to get on the plane in Ogden. Everyone who Roger used to work with, was so happy to see him, and talked with him at length. |
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| Our view from the plane. We are headed to AZ to celebrate Manda's April Birthday (late), and Cam's upcoming 17th birthday (May 12th) - early. |
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| These two.............. LOVE THEM !! |
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| You can see Bren in the background - working from home. House remodel is still in progress. |
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| LOVE LOVE LOVE her new lights above the kitchen bar |
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| Manda loved the belated birthday gift (quilt) that was hand made for her by my friend Anita. This was a blessing in disguise - another story for another day. |
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| Like Mother Like Daughter Like Grand daughter |
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| Cam is quite the capable driver :) - a little fast............ haha, but good. |
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| This is where she works - the Sicilian Butcher. High end Italian food. We ate here the first night, and it was fun to see the employees interact with her. She is very much liked !! See down there in the background? That's the bakery portion, which she runs like a pro. |
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| Part of the bakery - We ate dinner, then bought stuff "to go" from the bakery. |
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| YUM !!!! |
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| Cam got a letter in the mail from her 5th grade teacher. It was a letter she (Cam) had written to herself at the end of 5th grade.........and now she's finished up her Junior year !! It's hard to believe the time has passed by so quickly. She will be off to university before we know it. |
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| A little Roger do's.................. haha |
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| Shopping for her birthday !! |
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| #mall sitting - Grandpa Roger is a trooper :) |
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| Pedicures for me.............. |
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| and gel nails for our girl |
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| Dinner with the gang. Bren, Roger, Cam, Jessica, Manda, Marvin, Tracy, Mitch, and Therese (Elle must be in the bedroom). I fixed my famous homemade pizza, and everyone loved it (thank goodness - I was nervous). |
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| Our favorite Arizona Granddaughter !! Roger - what's with the face !??!?!?! |
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| That's better !!! |
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| Oreo Ice Cream Cake - just what she wanted. |
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| Pretty nails :) |
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| With friend, Josiah He came over after a long day at work - he looks tired zzzzzzz |
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| Talk to the hand - HA !!!! |
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| What a face !! (me) - Relaxing and enjoying Mitch and Therese's pool. |
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| There's ELLE !! |
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| Our AZ girls |
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| Manda's kitchen - she's becoming a PLANT LADY |
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| Relaxing in the backyard with the morning sun (before it got too hot) |
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| Online School - she hasn't been to regular school since March 2020.......Hopefully she'll be able to go back for her Senior year in August. |
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| Bren loves my biscuits and gravy, and he's the only one I fix them for. |
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| In the airport - headed home. It was a great trip. |
