“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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| The kids and I went in and got Roger a new grill that he had been eyeing. He was sure happy. Notice his shirt ! The "cartoon" characters are spot on :) |
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| Grillin' up a storm |
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| The boys - Thatcher, Dax, Tagg, Treyson Devin, Dallin & Payson |
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| Mom and Dad, with their children |
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| Aunt Kuk with the kiddos |
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| Zac and CJ |
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| Landon and Kacey and kids |
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| Aaron and Erika |
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| Me and Rog It sure was a windy day Click on the short videos below - they are fun ! Bright - How to eat a hot dog Windy Windy Windy |
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| This little one had a total meltdown soon after her parents left. She was inconsolable for about 45 minutes......we were about at our wits end, but she finally settled down, thank goodness. |
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| They have such fun times together. |
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| Bright is so creative |
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| They jumped and jumped and jumped on the trampoline, and feet were so so dirty, I had each of them do a scrub down before bedtime..... Pays and Thatcher slept on the trampoline all night long, they were pretty proud of themselves. |
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| And this is what the parents were doing !! Click here for a video of our fun night. |
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| Brightyn played Machine Pitch, and of course Landon is the coach. We made it to TWO games, and one was freezing, and the other about baked our brains out. Here is a clip of both games - Wow, you can see the improvement ! |
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| This little miss played T-ball, and again, Dad was the coach. Oh boy ! We made it to ONE game, and it was totally worth it. Click here for a few laughs :) |
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| Towards the end of June, Landon and Kacey and kids took their trailer, and travelled to the mountains up Fairview Canyon, above Manti. They call it "going to Manti". This is a yearly tradition with the Marlin and Sue Brooks Family. They had a great time. Thanks to Grandma Carol for sending me the pics. |
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| So many fun cousins to hang with !! |
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| And fish with !! |
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| We traveled with Landon and Payson to Idaho Falls to watch Pays in a tournament. Landon is the coach. They were able to play 4 games over 2 days, and won 2 and lost 2. |
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| This kid sure loves baseball. |
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| Best part about it was seeing Aunt Lynette. She came and watched part of the game, and afterwards we had supper at Chick-filet. |
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| Re-hashing the games of the first day. |
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| Second day, Pays played catcher. It was fun to watch him, and reminisce about Landon's catching career. |
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| Good group of boys ! |
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| This was for Lynette's benefit :) |
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| Hope to see her again before summer's over. Click here to watch a 4 minute FAST video of Payson's pitching, catching, and working the bases. |
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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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| Jumping on the trampoline while it's sprinkling and the sun is shining |
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| Bright looks pretty serious in this photo, but she is seriously the sweetest, most loving child. Always (mostly) with a smile. Click here to see our reenactment of a funny time that will go done in the annals of Rich Family History |
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| Bright also brought up this fun activity - mini "snow" globes. We all made some, and put different stickers on top, so that we knew whose was whose. They even made some for Cash and Cam, and they are still sitting on my windowsill above my sink until they come in August. |
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| This sweetie is getting older, and is expecting to do all the BIG KID stuff. |
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| They sure like the sticker/color books, and even got Grandpa to get in on the action. |
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| Love this picture, and the lighting, AND mostly the fact that Payson isn't pulling a FACE (which he usually does) - just like his Grandma Gwen did at his age ! |
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| A little bit of UNO |
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| and swinging............ |
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| Then Dad came to pick them up, and wrestled with them on the trampoline. Click here for a video of some of the fun we had on the sleepover! |
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| It's been a great year. Kind of hard on Roger before the boys got out of school, and kind of hard working around their sporting schedules, but CJ and Zac are always great to jump in and help, and they have spread the work out over 5 days, so it doesn't kill them off ! They have picked up 6-7 new contracts this year, and it's keeping them BUSY BUSY BUSY |
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| Tagg wasn't too happy this day................. |
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| Thatcher sure was !! He's mowing up a storm, and handling the big mowers and riders just like his brothers. |
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Sure love this hardworking crew !! |
