A 55-Hour "Sunday Afternoon Drive"

Craig and I decided to take a get-away. We left on Wednesday, and headed for the High Unitas. We drove leisurely, enjoying having them mostly to oursleves. We stopped near a place we had taken the kids years age, where they had played in the Provo River, near its headwaters. We stayed in Evanston, Wyo. that night, walking into downtown for dinner. Evanston is much prettier if you get off the freeway. On thursday a.m. we headed up the back roads, into Idaho on the west side of Bear Lake stopping to visit the graves of Craig's G'parents. We went to the California/Oregon Trail Museum in Montpelier. What a great, fun place! We went through Soda Springs, stopping to see the only controlled gyser in the U.S. Then on down into Thatcher to see Mike and Pris. It was a good, if short, visit. We took the long was home, doing some backtracking into Lava Hot Springs, and ended up eating at Maddox's for dinner. A great time with my Sweetie!

Family Reunion, August 7-17, 2009

We had such a great time together over the course of the week. Caleen and her 4 kids flew in from Dallas on Friday, August 7. We had a steak fry that night at Molly and Paul's, with G'ma and G'pa joining us. Monday, Maren and her two girls arrived and we had a big girls' night at Adrianna's, not getting to bed til 3 a.m. We had another BBQ at our house on Wednesday, again with G. & G. and Uncle Dean joining us. It was a pleasant evening so we spent it in the backyard taking turns swinging the little ones. Craig and I took Claudia and Markelle up Payson Canyon for a hike and drove on over the Nebo Loop for lunch in Nephi. Some of us were able to hike to Timp Cave (I hadn't been in years!) The youngest hiker was Molly's 5 year old, Hayden. He did a great job! It was a wonderful, memorable week and I can't wait to do it again, even though it took me a week to recover!