Visit to Utah!

We had the great opportunity a few weeks ago to make a quick weekend trip to Utah.  

We had a wonderful time at the BYU Museum of Art which was featuring the watercolors of French artist James Tissot.  On display was 124 depictions of the life of Christ.  It was a wonderful exhibit and we had a great time with my Mom there.  We were so impressed we bought a book that contains over 300 of Mr. Tissot's watercolors!  Here's Marcie T and Mom T at the entrance of the museum.

In the entrance of the museum was this very interesting art display hanging from the ceiling.  I gave it a quick glance and moved on - but Marcie T noticed what it was made of.  I couldn't believe it when she exclaimed - "this is made of hangers!" 

On our way from the museum we made a quick stop to see our niece Ashley's little girl, Jayne.  Ashley and Corey are wonderful parents and we were delighted to spend a few minutes with them and their little one!

That weekend was my 40th high school reunion.  Here we are with the mascot of  my alma mater, American Fork High School - the "Caveman".  The graduating class of 1970 had 215 students - 75 were in attendance that night.  We had a wonderful night - the evening started at 6:30 pm and we didn't get back to Mom's place until 10:30 - reminded her of the good old days waiting up for her kids.

We took a group photo before the evening began and here's just a small sample of the 75 attendees.

Here's a picture of some of the old American Fork 4th ward "youth"!

We enjoyed a wonderful Sabbath day together.  We were glad to attended the meetings - in Sunday school we talked about ideas to help us prepare for General Conference.  We had a wonderful time visiting with Mom and appreciate her love and hospitality.  

Medford and Ashland

                                                   On the way down from Crater Lake we
                                                  drove through the forest and saw tree after
                                                  tree down. This was a big one, root ball and
                                                  all.

                                                   There were hundreds of these poles all the
                                                   way down the mountain. We assumed they
                                                  helped the snow plows find the edge of the
                                                  road and measured how deep the snow is.
                                                  There is a peace of silver duct tape at nearly
                                                  top of the pole-it is at least twice Mom's size.

                                           Leaving the park.

                                         Tuesday night we drove to the Medford Temple to make
                                        sure we could find it and wouldn't be late for our 9:30 session
                                       the next morning. It's a good thing we did - it took us a while to
                                          find it.  But look at that sky.  If we'd had our old camera, we
                                        could have changed the F-stop and gotten a clear pic of the temple
                                        and the sky.  Mom thinks the cloud looks like an elephant!

                                          Wednesday morning.  It looks just like the temple in Palmyra,
                                          except the windows. The windows in Palmyra are unique.
                                         It sits on a piece of property adjacent to the meeting house
                                         and an outdoor pavilion.  No bigger than the lot the meetinghouse
                                         sits on.  It has every essential, no wasted space - beautiful!!

                                         Back corner of the temple in the shade. It was a fun morning.

                                         Thursday we took a tour of Harry and Davids - the factory,
                                         the orchard and the store.  It was very fun and very impressive.

                                         Notice the pear on top as the weather vane.

                                         Stirring the popcorn into the candy mixture for Moose Munch.
                                         We bought you all a bag and we're trying to figure out how
                                          to mail it to you! Yummy

                                        This was taken through a glass window so it's not very clear,
                                       but they are covering some of the Moose Munch clusters in
                                       chocolate.  It sure smelled good in this part of the factory!!

                                          We wandered around Ashland on Thursday before our
                                          play that evening.  We even found a pair of "Keens" for Dad!

                                       This was called a "green show" outside, before the plays began.
                                      It was an Irish group. Fun music, and they were VERY good.

                                          Friday on the way home we stopped at the KR drive-in
                                          in Rice Hill for some ice cream!!  Check out their website
                                          to remember their fun rules:  http://krdriveinn.com/Stupid_Rules.html

                                         There was plenty of space to throw the football around!

Yummmm!!

Crater Lake

                                         We had a wonderful vacation to Southern Oregon.  This is
                                         Umpqua River on the way to Crater Lake. It was beautiful
                                         and sooooo warm in So. Oregon.

                                       The sky was amazingly blue. The only clouds were thunder heads
                                       that could be seen through the trees. I took this out the window
                                       while Dad was driving.  You can see the car antennae right through
                                       the middle of the cloud.

                                         We got to the lake and it was raining huge drops of rain.
                                         The clouds just opened and dumped.  Thank goodness we
                                         had an umbrella and jackets in the car.

                                         It is so beautiful, even on a cloudy day.  The water is an
                                         indescribable blue.

                                          It was in the 90's that day and we could still see snow fields!

                                          There's no way to show how steep the sides of the crater
                                          are.  At the very bottom of the picture is the rock retaining
                                          wall we were leaning over.  It's a LONG way down.

                                         A nice lady took our picture in the very same spot we
                                         had our picture taken as a family in 1986.

Putt-Putt Date

   

                                     We went to Parkland Putters for a date last Thursday night.

                                      It's been a long time, probably last time was when one of

                                            you kids were at home.  We had so much fun.

                                         Dad sizing up the second hole. We didn't do too well

                                         on the first hole. We had to get our swings in check first!

                                        Pretty good shot, huh?? I think Dad parred this one.

                                                   You can tell by Mom's hair that it was pretty windy,

                                                   although that didn't have much to do with our 

                                                    terrible putting!! Mom did fairly well on this hole though.

                                        Do you guys remember the ant hill?!!  Neither one of us

                                        tried for it, we did the smaller one.  We watched a couple

                                       behind us, it took them forever (but I don't think they were 

                                        even keeping score)

                                         This is the hole between three trees. The hardest part is

                                         getting the ball UP the hill.  Dad did great though.

                                          Half way through!

                                          Hole #10, Mom with a hole in one!!

                                         Remember the monster hill on the last hole?!  Dad got a 

                                         HOLE IN ONE!  The guy in the "club house" announced

                                         over the loud speaker that he had done it and offered him

                                         a trophy. (We chose a free game instead).

                                         On the way home we stopped for an ice cream cone. 

                                           Fun mid-week date!!

Brigg's Seattle Conference

Brigg received a scholarship to attend the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy conference in Seattle July 9-14.  It was great having him here.  The top picture shows Marcie T getting the garden in great shape - it looks better than ever, with no weeds whatsoever!

We enjoyed a very nice dinner together at Bahama Breeze after spending several hours at REI!!

Scott and Brigg at Mt. Everest time.

Marcie T trying her new Keen's on the REI hiking trail.

Look Megan!  Just like yours!!

Thanks Brigg for a wonderful few days.

He enjoyed the conference and we loved having a few hours to spend with him in between meetings.

4th Walk

We went for a walk on Independence Day (the 5th, our day off)

           to Burfoot Park.  It has been COLD and cloudy all weekend, and finally about 5 pm  

it started to clear up and then it warmed up.

  So we took off to take a walk somewhere by the water.

A view from the trail of the Sound. It was beautiful.

Sweet Scott (wish I could find a heart icon)

"Down by the bay, where the watermelons grow"

We had fun finding flat rocks and trying to skip them

in the water.  Dad had the best with 5 skips, Mom

close behind with four!

On the way back up the hill

On the way home we saw this street sign and made a quick

detour to get a picture.  

Fun Day!