How do YOU say it ?

Peonies............. Do you say Pee OH nees or PEE ah nees? Just wondering :)

MY Pee OH nees are doing WONDERFULLY this year. I have five bushes in the flower garden just off my front porch. This picture below is the biggest one. I started counting the other night, and there are OVER 130 blossoms on JUST THIS ONE PLANT !! The other plants are loaded also. I took this BEFORE picture, and plan to post another, when they are in full bloom. Everything is SO late this year.....it's unbelievable.

We are finished with with Assessment Roll !! Yahoo !! Only 3 weeks late....... not too bad, considering. We are going to have a celebration this morning with "rolls" and a meat and cheese tray and veggie tray.
This is the cleanest my desk has been for 11 months :)

A Walk To Remember...........

Hey - wasn't that the name of a movie ? (haha)

Sunday afternoon, Roger and I took a walk on the "Mickelson Mile" aka the river walkway. Here are some pics.

It was a beautiful day - with a nice cool breeze. I can't believe we were the ONLY ones out for a walk. Didn't see anyone else at all.The Weber River is running a little high. It is a nice walk along side of it.
I brought along some stale buns, and sure enough, the ducks were there, and came a paddling.............
I appreciate the crop Roger (haha) That's my good husband :)
He'll even pose (reluctantly) for a photo with the beautiful "M" in the background.
Crossing over to the other side of the river, you can see Riverside Park. This is where Treyson and I played the other day, and watched the bikers.Can you believe they tore down the old Bicentennial Stage? I have heard they are putting in a new bowery to replace it. It was never used.
It was a great walk.

An afternoon with Treyson

Friday afternoon I took a long lunch and watched Treyson. We had a fun time. Here is what we did.
1. Watched a BIG pumper truck pump cement
2. Walked to Grandma "D"'s - they weren't home
3. Mailed a package to Amanda and Camryn at the Post Office
4. Saw a baby robin hiding in some bushes
5. Threw rocks in the Weber River
6. Found a nest full of potato bugs, and poked them with a stick
7. Played on the slide and swings at the park
8. Watched the boys on bicycles at the skatepark
9. Got rained on while we were walking
10. Got an ice cream at Steph's Drive Inn
11. Visited with everyone at my work
12. Went back home and played basketball
13. Went in the house and had a snack and juice
14. Went upstairs and played with toys, and put puzzles together

Camryn, Horse Woman Extraordinaire....

A week or two ago, we made arrangements for Camryn to ride a horse. It was all that we could have hoped for and more. Thanks Kristen !

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I am thankful for good friends. Last night, we went to dinner with Annette and Roger P. We haven't done that for a long time. Life gets in the way sometimes. We went to Taggarts, and afterwards went to Envision Morgan at the middle school. Even though we may not see each other very often, or talk on the phone for awhile, it seems when we get together, it's just clicks. We have had alot of fun over the years. Roger P. and Roger D. (that's what we call my Roger) are the same age........ Let's see it looks like it will be a MAJOR milestone this year. We won't go into details, but let's just say the 1/2 of a century is a BIG DEAL :) Annette and I are a year apart, we me being the "more mature" of the two. We all grew up in Morgan, and attended High School together, but we didn't become friends until we moved into our "house on the hill" in 1986. Since that time, we've experienced babies being born (Landon, Karly, Blake), sisters dying, kids graduating, moms dying, grandparents dying, kids getting married, having grandbabies, kids buying houses, kids moving away, US moving from next door neighbors, to 7 miles apart....... the list goes on and on. Boy, the last 22 years have brought on many changes when you think about it, but we can still pick up the phone and talk, and share, and laugh, and catch up. If you were to guess, what do you think the NUMBER ONE topic of conversation that Annette and I have had over the years would be................?? Call me later today, Annette - I bet you hit the nail on the head !! I can hear you laughing now !

Hotdogs at the Property

We went up to the property last night and had a weenie roast with Zac and CJ & boys, and my mom and dad.

I wanted to get some dead branches cut up with the chain saw on the other side of the river where you step off of the bridge, and we decided to make an evening of it.

It was a little cool, Tagg was dressed in his snowsuit 

Treyson LOVES hotdogs (he had 2 big ones from Chetters)

and also, helped to build the fire,

and he loves the glider on the swing set. Man, he can make that thing go. He was going so high his feet would slip of the pegs, and he would almost fall. He hates bugs, and always keeps his eyes open for them. I have a feeling he is going to hate bees as much as I do.

He wanted to walk across the bridge by himself......... So his dad helped him. I have a feeling we are going to turn around one of these days, and he's going to be out in the middle by himself :0

Zac and CJ have been married 5 years come this August



Zac and my Dad are SO MUCH alike ! Hard working, smart, detail oriented, worriers..... We love them !



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Cam on the Cam !! (Webcam that is :)

This small wonder, will make our lives MUCH happier. Roger gets the goofiest grin on his face. Technology is wonderful.

New Church

The Old Rock Church is getting a complete remodel, facelift and addition. They started on it last summer, tore it down to barebones, made it earthquake proof, and then started rebuilding and adding on. It should be ready for use in October. It was neat to see them put the steeple on a couple of weeks ago. This church is located right across the street from my work, so we have been able to watch the progress daily.

Tagg's Blessing Day

Tagg Zachary Rich was blessed and given a name today, by his great-grandfather, Wilden Lee Dickson. It was a beautiful blessing. Afterwards, we had a luncheon at the property.

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