“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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| I went to Assessor's School for the last time. I took Annette Prescott with me. We hiked with Amy Jo and Steph and had a wonderful time. |
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| Bryce Canyon in beautiful |
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| We also rented e-bikes and biked from Ruby's Inn down to Red Canyon - I think it was about 15 miles round trip. |
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| Also did another small hike to a waterfall. We had a great time ! |
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| We finally got a new TV that doesn't have a BLACK LINE down the entire right side (12 inches). Rog and I got it HUNG on the wall without filing for divorce ! That's a big accomplishment. Our "go to" guy was snowmobiling, so we had to handle it on our own. We were pretty proud of ourselves. |
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| Me and Stace at work - holding down the fort on a Friday while Mitch was off birthing lambs, and Janell and family were in Disneyland. The days are winding down, as of this posting, I have only 210 more days till retirement - YAHOO!! |
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| Winter still has it's grip on Morgan, that's for sure. This was after 3 inches (Roger had plowed already) on February 18th. We were scheduled to get another big storm on the 21st/22nd (when I was preparing this post on the 20th). I wonder if it happened? This won't post until March 4th. Hmmmm....... Check this video out - we have a strip of grass right next to our front porch, and the deer like to MUNCH on it. |
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| The Yardmaster is done mowing for the season. I went and helped him out on Columbus Day. This is at the Family Tree in North Morgan. |
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| We harvested all of the Sunflower heads.....hopefully can get some seeds for eating and planting. |
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| Tilled the garden......... |
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| Finally got this guy to let me give him a haircut. |
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| Made a fun treat for work on Halloween, and also gave a few "mini" ones away. |
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| Here's our crazy crew !! |
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| We had a great time in Capital Reef National Park on Tuesday - June 21st Me, Amy Jo, and Tami (look at all that gorgeous gray hair !) |
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| We hiked along a small creek/river bed, in about 3-4 inches of water, to the end where we found this waterfall. |
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| I would guess it was about 1- 1 1/2 miles (one way) |
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| Two days later on the 23rd, there was torrential rain, and flash flooding in the same area we had hiked !! Wow, so glad we went on the day we did. Click here for video of our hike. |
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| On Wednesday the 22nd, we were at Fish Lake |
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| It was overcast, and a little chilly. |
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| We had a cadaver dog demonstration by Commissioner Valentine and his wife. Lady (the dog) is quite the "sniffer". She "found" the young man in black, who was the son of one of the attendees. |
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| We were also given a "round pen" demonstration by Denny, who is the Property Tax Division Director. It was very interesting. These are the "fun" things we did, besides our meetings. It was a great time. I'd love to take Roger D. back there, and of course my kids and grandkids, but it never seems to happen. |
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| Tagg and Treyson and Zac are doing chores for the Nolds. Whoever can do it, goes, and sometimes Roger D. helps out. Here they go, up the hill to get the horses hay. |
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| Roger is find this Winter pretty boring. No snow, no pushing....... It would be nice if he could find something to occupy his time. The days are long. He doesn't sit down like this until evening. He must have had a hard day the day I took this picture, he's sound asleep. |
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| Bright sent me this SELFIE from her IPOD. It's fun to text back and forth with the "littles" |
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| Tiana had a birthday. Here she is with Lizzy and Ashley. She's still in Utah, not sure when she'll be headed back to New York. She's still teaching virtually. |
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| This is so me ! Roger's cousin Val always posts such funny things on FB. I always get a chuckle :) |
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| Landon is stepping it up at Crossfit. I think he told me he's lost 30 pounds in the last 6 months. |
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| Here is my new office. It's in the back room, that we haven't used before. Janell helped me get it all fixed up. She's a decorator - I'm not. We were able to hire a new employee, so we made room out in the main office, and I moved to the back room. It's been nicer than I thought it would. I'm enjoying the ability to get things without interruptions. |
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| Bright dressed up for 100 days of school...........and a 100 year old woman (haha). This is something all first graders do. I should see if I can find pictures of all my grandkids over the years. :) |
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| Can't remember if I showed this before, but Treyson has a new look in his room. Zac and Roger put up the slat boards, and also crown molding. Then light (that turn colors) behind the crown molding. He's got all of his guitars hung up (you can't see most of them in this picture). Also, to the left is the MURPHY bed that Zac built from a kit. He's getting pretty handy at that. This is his second one. It's nice to be able to close it up during the day for more room. |
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| Here's a left over picture from Christmas. Grandma Shirlee got "jammies" for Santa and all his reindeer. |
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| Also, she made these awesome levi quilts for the boys. |
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| Landon also participated in a fundraiser for a fellow crossfitter with cancer. Everyone put dollars in each of the coaches bottles, and at the end of the fundraiser, they met on a Saturday and each coach had to do as many burpees, and there were dollars in their jar.............Landon must have been pretty popular, because he had over 1000 dollars in his jar - the most of any coach. YIKES !!! |
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| Also, another surprise as the Rich Ranch in West Haven. Apparently the two bunnies were NOT the same sex..........and so it was a surprise when they discovered baby bunnies !!! |
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| These are some of Tagg's creations in ART - he is quite the artist. Now I think I'm all caught up.......at least for now. By the time you see this, I'll probably have MORE to report. |
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| Matt Wilson, Blaine Fackrell, Robert McConnell, Mike Newton, Jared Andersen, Zach White, Brenda Nelson, and ME Started in 1986 in the Assessor's Office Ran for Assessor in 1994 Sworn into office: 1995 - 1st time 1999 - 2nd time 2003 - 3rd time 2007 - 4th time 2011 - 5th time 2015 - 6th time (6 year term) 2021 - 7th time I like my job - I've worked hard at it, and am proud of the work we have accomplished. I couldn't do it without my co-workers, who ARE THE BEST. |
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| Sometimes when I walk into work at 7am in the mornings, it is absolutely beautiful light ! |
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| I caught the YARDMASTERS hard at work at Sarah Swans one morning. It's one of their harder ones. |
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| Mom's iris patch was overrun with grass. We dug it all out with the help of Treyson and Tagg. |
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| Then we went down to the PIT and cleaned it out too. |
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| Getting warm by the fire. |
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| It was time to plant the first rows of corn. Thatcher was a great helper. |
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| Tagg had a mishap, and broke one of his fake teeth off. I can't remember when or what he did, but here's proof of the unfortunate incident. |
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| Mom and Dad - Grandpa and Grandma "D" |
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| Thatcher and Grandpa Jim |
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| One day we decided to clean up a little bit at the far North end of the Property. We put Tagg in Grandpa D's waders (he's the only one whose feet will still fit in them), and he was our CREEK helper. |
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| Rake, Rake, Rake - Burn, Burn, Burn |
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| Treyson trying out the old motorcycle. This used to be Dad's, then Zac and Landon rode it everyday to the mink farm when they were teenagers, working for Marv Dawson. It's been parked for many years. |
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| Here's a still picture of Tagg BEFORE he took chainsaw in hand, and proceeded to cut away (see video) It's worth the watch - A little scary, a little bit of yelling, a little bit of reassuring......... |
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| CJ brought down Breakfast Burritos for the hard workers. |
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| I finally got my favorite picture BLOWN up, and put in the frame that I painted.......... It will probably take me another year to get it hung :( |
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| Landon received this notice from Weber State University. |
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| No walking and receiving a diploma from the podium with COVID 19 (not that he would have walked anyway) |
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| We are getting TIRED of this COVID 19 quarantine ............. It will be interesting to look back IN HINDSIGHT - and see just who was right. |
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| I know though, that Heavenly Father is watching over us. Good times are ahead. |
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| Thatcher is still practicing gymnastics - WOW how limber is that?!?! |
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| We all gathered on the Courthouse lawn to see the fighter jets from HAFB flyover. They went from HAFB, south to St. George, and back up to Logan before returning to base, to THANK the hard-working healthcare workers who are battling COVID 19 on the front lines. |
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| What a sight !!! |
