“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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| No seriously....... Do we look like Great Grandparents ? Because as of today - WE ARE !! officially !!! We are so happy and thrilled :) |
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| Our first Grandbaby (Camryn) had a baby tonight. |
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| Our Daughter (Manda) became a Grandmother |
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| Welcome to little Ezekiel Rich Cox aka Zeke aka Baby ZZ |
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| Treyson turned 20 today !! And it's been a LOOOOOOOOOOONG 5 months (May - September), but his new "studio apartment" is complete. He's one happy boy/MAN :) We love you Treyson !! |
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| Pays' Venom Competition Team is playing baseball at the 4th street park in Ogden on Wednesdays. Double headers, starting at 5:30pm. We've been happy to get down to see some of his games. |
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| This little cutie is usually there, and has so much fun with her friends. |
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| Treats from Grandma Ben |
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| Good job Pays !! |
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| Words of encouragement from Grandpa Roger |
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| We love our Grandson |
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| Onions all out, drying and given away. Next year we won't have as many. |
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| Garden is pretty empty, with alot of grass that needs to be plowed in. |
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| We ended up with quite a few peppers, enough for me to do two batches of Salsa. |
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| Our two rows of corn were just about right, with enough to eat for about a month, and some to freeze. |
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| Our one pumpkin plant (actually 4 seeds in a hill) did well, and no Squash bugs were found. Enough pumpkins for the grandkids. Yeah ! |
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| Salsa turned out great. VeAnn Day (Day Farms) lives part time in our ward, and I team "play" with her in Primary. She let me pick about 1 1/2 bushels for free from her plot in West Layton. I was sure appreciative, an gave her a bottle of salsa, which she loved, and wanted the recipe for. |
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| My own tomato plant, planted in my front flower bed, FINALLY produced some ORANGE tomatoes. They were sure yummy ! |
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| Not going to let a knee injury keep me down !! |
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| Two days after the injury, Tagg and friends met at the property for the DAY DATE, shooting skeet, and having dinner. |
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| It's a pain to be on crutches, but he made out okay. |
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| Also, the next Monday, he was on the Homecoming Parade float with his buddies. |
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| And the Dance with Bo. |
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| Pictures before the dance - brace and all. His crutches must be out of the picture. |
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| Things were going great.......................... |
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| ,,,,,till they weren't :( |
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| Not good - everyone thought this was season ending ACL for sure. |
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| Landon and Kacey and kids had a great time with friends at Island Park for a few days. Here is Bexlee in a kayak. |
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| Didn't get much sleep I bet ! |
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| She loves here daddy :) |
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| Looks a little bit cold to me |
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| Bright and friend . |
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| Zac and CJ and......... |
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| Thatcher too - made a quick trip to Disneyworld in Orlando, Florida. They had a great time dressing up for Halloween (a little early) as characters from UP. |
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| It was a little (LOT) rainy, but it didn't spoil their fun. |
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| Tagg usually goes in the early morning before school, on game days with his football friends. |
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| Yup ! That's our Tagg ! Love it when he gets the Quarterback :) Such an exciting game last Friday Night at Bountiful High School. Morgan, the defending 3A champions, and Bountiful, the defending 5 A champions met up. It was a great exciting game, that came down to the last seconds. Morgan won 21 to 13 Tagg had an EXCELLENT game, and came away with the Trench Warrior Award from Morgan Sports Network. He has the respect of his team mates and the coaches, that's for sure. Click here for an exciting recap ! |
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| Beautiful evening for some baseball at the 4th Street Complex on Wall Avenue in Ogden. Payson's Venom competition team played Dominicana. They lost, but it baseball, so it was fun ! Click here for some action. |
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| We bought a new 2025 Toyota Camry XSE It's pretty complicated for a couple of old fogies. |
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| Mark and Dax hiked the "M" |
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| We've had a "few" massive sunflowers |
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| I haven't done dill pickles since 2021, but here we are ! Cucumbers are producing. I'm up to 11 quarts so far, and hope to do more. |
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| Seems like there is always a sprinkler to fix :( |
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| I bought 3 bushels of tomatoes from Guy Rose, and got 48 quarts of tomato juice. So appreciative that mom came to help me cut them up. |
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| We still have a mouse.............. Called the Pest Control guy AGAIN ! |
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| Guess who won the $500 Browning gift bag at the football game on the 29th? Yup - that would be ME :) |
