tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39875077458315758772024-03-12T20:33:24.570-07:00Home on the MesaMeanderings and activities of Steve and Janet and their ever growing family: 16 adults and 26 childrenGanado Grannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01721857651164274421noreply@blogger.comBlogger143125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3987507745831575877.post-5909022166278233092012-12-31T10:22:00.000-08:002013-02-12T09:14:06.429-08:00New Year -- We made it through 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Despite all the forcasts of the end of the world related to the Mayan calander, we did in fact end the year in tact!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was sick with a cough before Christmas time but </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">steve avoided the crud until after Christmas, but it finally caught up with him. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we're feeling somewhat better and hope to be totally well, by the time we leave on our trip this coming Friday. We actually fly out a week from today at 6 AM to the Yucatan but we thought we would go up a couple of days early incase of bad weather. We are looking forward to the warm weather in Mexico.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We managed to stay up (watching movies) New Years Eve. We ate pop corn and at midnight when Steve started up to bed, he decided to throw the kernals out for the birds. He turned on the porch light and opened the door and there were three deer on our back lawn. They jumped the fence into the orchard and about that time neighbors started shooting fireworks. It really spooked the deer and they ran from one end of the orchard to the other. They eventually jumped the gate, by Stubbs. We noticed they haven't been back. I don't know if it's because of the fireworks or because there is slim pickings in our yard. We have never had deer get into our garden before so hopefully this isn't a sign of things to come.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">During the past year I finished scanning almost all of the slides we had taken over the years -- nearly 3000. Also scanned my dad's slides and I was able to complete the following family histories:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Birth through high school -- When Daddy was a Little Boy for five of the boys.</em> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (I had done a book for Autumn and Chris earlier.)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Quentin - for Feb. 2 birthday</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Robert - For Feb. 16 birthday</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Andrew- for April6 birthday.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anthony - for Law School graduation May</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nathan - for Christmas 2012</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Short slice of my Life: Experimenting upon the word. Christmas gift for each family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have several ideas of books I want to do in 2013, so hopefully I can make it happen.</span></div>
Ganado Grannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01721857651164274421noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3987507745831575877.post-65558855929827374552012-12-30T08:13:00.000-08:002013-02-12T09:22:34.730-08:00The Week After Christmas<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was a special joy to have all three of the Wilcox babies come visit us at Christmas so we could see how much they've grown and changed. Anthony and Ashley drove down Christmas night. We had a round of gift opening the next day with Rob and Kathryn's family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I think I want a taste.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sam was so excited to get the WII, which he had been wanting for a long time. That was our gift to Anthony's family, as we had their name this year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Steve holds a cute manger made by Chris's family who came down on Friday and stayed a few days too, going home on Sunday. The cousins had lots of fun together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Ethan turned 11 on Dec. 30 so we celebrated again... Grandma about forgot how many candles he needed!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Of course the best part of Christmas for babies are the boxes and wrapping paper!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />Ganado Grannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01721857651164274421noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3987507745831575877.post-24961039385965245852012-12-25T08:17:00.000-08:002013-02-10T08:24:30.265-08:00Forty-Fifth Wedding Anniversary & Christmas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Steve really spoiled me for our anniversary, and for Christmas. I didn't know it, but Sapphire is the gemstone for the 45th anniversary. Not only did he get a beatiful bright blue sapphire necklace and earrings, but also a 2nd set of more of a purple blue in an antique silver setting. I love them both.<br />
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As if that weren't enough, he also got most of the things from the suggestion list I gave him. I didn't intend for him to get them all. It was such a nice suprise.<br />
He got a large planter box...which we'll put up this spring on the north side of the house. It looks very beautiful and sturdy and will match the vynal perfectly. I also decided to follow my practical instincts and ask for a Biffy. It is an attachment to the toilet which serves as an instant bidet. I like it even better than I thought I would. It keeps me clean, refreshed, uses no paper products, and the water isn't even cold as I had expected. He also ordered me a jacket of many colors, which I love. <br />
My gifts to him weren't nearly as exotic or expensive, as I use my funds to buy for the family. I got him books, fleece pants, several nice shirts. <br />
We also took an anniversary trip to Grand Junction. It turned out really fun. Stayed in a nice hotel near the movie theater where we saw Lincoln, and both really liked it. Cafe Rio was adjacent, and most of the shopping we needed to do like Kohls, Sears, Joanns. We also ate at Red Lobster, and I got a pedicure Sat. morning. It was an all around great Day.<br />
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Epictetus once said, “He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things he
has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” Our family has had many
occasions to rejoice this past year and recognize the many blessings we’ve
received. For this we are truly grateful. As we celebrate this Christmas season
we are especially thankful for the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ and for His
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this past year was a special blessing. After Rob and Kathryn’s sad loss of
Travis last year, they continued their efforts to adopt. This spring a lady
from Idaho contacted them about adopting her baby. They went to Idaho on Jun. 7<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> and
were there for the delivery. Serious complications arose, and the baby was
life-flighted to McKay Dee Hospital in Ogden, Utah. The doctors figured the
baby would be in the hospital for three weeks. Family prayers were answered and
the baby was released after three days. He is healthy and strong and doing
fine. They named him Ryan Lemuel, after Kathryn’s father. The adoption was finalized
Dec. 11<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> and Ryan was sealed to them on the 15<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> in
the Monticello Temple. His older brother Ethan is ecstatic (as are his parents
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Nathan and Tammy had a
baby girl, Isabella Felice, on May 9<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Laurie and Brendan were especially happy to
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live in Provo and have seven children. He works for BYU keeping their heating
and air conditioning running. He was released as Scout Master this past summer
after serving many years in that position. Pam is a counselor in the Primary.
Their oldest child C.J. will graduate from high school this spring. He also
turns 18 in Jun. so he would be ready to serve a mission and is attending the
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Gilbert, Az. Quentin works at Avnet as an accountant. Bev was recently called
as primary president in their ward. Anthony and Ashley now live in Mountain
Home, Ut. Anthony graduated from Law school this spring, passed the Utah State
Bar and was hired as a prosecuting attorney for Duchesne County. He and Ashley
had a baby girl, Lawsyn Margaret, who was born on June 25<span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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in West Valley where he serves as bishop of their ward. He works for the State
of Utah Dept. of Health and still rides his bike to work each day. Autumn is
chairman of the cub scout committee and helps to plan lots of the ward
activities. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a great neighbor, and
is always looking for people to help. She competed in a couple of marathons and
several other races this past year and has run over 1000 miles this year. They
have three children. Andrew and Amy live in Kaysville. He is an investigator
for the Utah Workman’s Compensation in Sandy, Utah which takes him all over state
investigating accidents. Amy is a nurse and teaches CNA classes. They have
three children. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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attend family reunions. there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
Janet’s 70<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> birthday Bev and Amy initiated a 70 plus page
collection of letters from family, friends & former students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a very tender and special gift.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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for our help over the past dozen years with college kids. Janet organized a
two-day 4-H quilt camp in June with about 25 kids attending.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">In June</span>
we went to Payson Lakes campground for a reunion with Steve’s siblings. The
last part of June the Steve Wilcox clan (32 of us) met at Mountain River Ranch
near Ririe, Idaho for a family reunion..In addition to learning more about
Ririe, via a treasure hunt, we took a tour of the Keeler farm, which was only
15 miles from where we camped. Janet was able to show her children and
grandchildren where she grew up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
also created a couple of family jeopardy games for the reunion.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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improvement project which included cleaning out weeds, putting in a meandering
walkway at the top of the garden, as well as new flower beds and a fire pit.
Then in August we had a deck built providing much needed shade for our patio,
plus a fun place to sit in the evening, or have a sleep over for grandkids. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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tons of tomatoes and other produce to share. We initiated a big 4<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
ward reunion in Blanding Sept. 22, as our ward had been dissolved a year ago,
and divided into three others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Janet created
a 80 min video featuring ward events of the past 38 years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a big undertaking as she used nearly 800 photos set to music, but everyone seemed to enjoy it. We keep busy teaching Addiction Recovery
class every Tues night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Steve works in
the Monticello Temple Tuesdays in the morning, and we also shepherd the Young
Singles in our Ward and hosted many dinners and parties for them during the past year. We also go visiting teaching and home teaching…so we
manage to stay out of trouble.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We love
Blanding, the slower pace of life, little traffic, the good people we constantly rub
shoulders with and the good clean air we enjoy when walking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Janet walks every week day and has gone over
750 miles so far this year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our family
blog is </span><a href="http://wmmeanderings.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: blue;">http://wmmeanderings.blogspot.com/</span></span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
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Not only was Ryan a blessing, but we had a great snow storm the week of his adoption and sealing.</div>
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This shows the wonderful storm with which we were blessed.</div>
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A happy day on Dec. 15 (which was also Lem and Lila's wedding anniversary) when Ryan Lemuel was sealed to his family. He was so bright-eyed and attentive in the temple, and never fussed at all. I've never seen a child who notices things so well at this age. We think he is exceptional in so many ways. It was wonderful having Ethan at there in the temple with us. What a great way to begin the holiday season. We are so grateful to God for this blessing of knowing families can be together forever.<br />
It should make all of us try harder to be kind and generous and patient with those we love most. <br />
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While we were in the temple the kids did crafts and played in the gym at the chapel next door. Amy was the designated chaperone with Brendan and Laurie running shotgun on the activities along with Kathryn's nieces. Kevin and his famly weren't able to come, and Chris's family only got to Soldier Summit, before having to turn around and return to Provo. The engine kept overheating. Even though we missed having them there we can't help but appreciate the fact that our family has had 42 years of safe travel, to and from Blanding, with very few car problems for which we are very thankful. (Speeding tickets excepted!)<br />
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Afterward we went over to the chapel where Ryan was given a name and blessing by his dad. It was a special blessing and touched everyone's heart. Here are those who attended.<br />
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We all enjoyed a delicious family dinner: Soup bowls with 3 kinds of soup, salads, rolls, brownies.</div>
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Ashley pulled together a great Christmas nativity story with a full quota of costumed actors, including Samuel on the wall! Shazaam!<br />
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Afterwards each family shared their Christmas talents. Grandpa and Mattea lead out singing "Oh, Tannenbaum" in German. She did an excellent job in perfect German according to Grandpa.. <br />
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Everyone who had lost teeth during the year sang, "All I Want for Christmas, is my two Front Teeth."</div>
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Laurie played a Christmas medley on the flute. She is getting really good, and practices diligently! Hope the rest of the Grandkids learn some musical skills along the way! Rob sang a special song that had given Kathryn and him hope after they lost Travis last year. Anthony brought us to tears also as he read the Christmas tribute he wrote two years ago about our quirky family. Remembering Aaron is always a tender spot for us this time of the year. After the program we adjourned back to the gym for gifts and the great pinata break. </div>
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It was one of the best holiday celebrations we've had--mainly because of Ryan coming into our family and being sealed. We are so thankful so many of our family was able to be there to support Rob and Kathryn and share in their joy.</div>
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There have been lots of blessings in 2012, but having Ryan Lemuel officially adopted Dec. 11 and then sealed to Rob and Kathryn's family Dec. 15 has to be at the top of our gratitude list. Judge Manley conducted the proceedings. Their attorney asked both of them several questions concerning their care of Ryan and desire to have him in their family. It was a sweet tender judicial moment when he was declared part of their family.<br />
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Ryan looked especially handsome and happy today!<br />
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It was faster than a turkey trot for three days at the Wilcox home this past Thanksgiving. We were so happy to have Rob, Anthony, and Autumn's families come to visit, hike, play games, and keep us entertained and busy in the kitchen. <br />
As I often say, you'll learn something everyday, if you're not careful and we learned quite a few things about smoking turkeys this year -- what to do and not do. Hopefully, we will remember, or will have Andrew to mastermind the event next time!<br />
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The kids made some fun decorations for Thanksgiving, which sparkled up the table and the house. Of course the main activity for the kids was going on a couple of trailer rides with Grandpa, and also going fishing. Grandpa also took Hunter and Ethan out for target practice out at Westwater with the BB gun.<br />
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For Grandma the fun was playing games late into the night (and being beat!) by the grandkids. We played Spazz Uno, Snorta, Quiddler, Aggrevation, chess, and Blokus. I was really impressed at how well our little grandkids can spell! <br />
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Autumn and the girls made delicious croissant rolls from scratch, with messages rolled up in them. Each person told what they were thankful for. Ethan gathered the responses earlier, and I typed them up. It worked pretty well. As each slip was read, we guessed who had said it. It was a reminder of the many blessings our family has received-- and only Hinckley ate the slip of paper! <br />
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We had a delicious Thanksgiving dinner, with a new potato dish brought by Lila, who joined us. Kathryn brought her yummy rolls for sandwiches that evening, and Lila also made Rob's apple pies. He had bottled a couple of batches of Granny Smith apples earlier this fall.<br />
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Those are so handy to use. I did about 45 quarts this year as we had a bumper apple crop.<br />
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Part of the fun was playing with cousins, and joining in when Rob played the piano. Lawsyn and Ryan were wonderful little babies, and were so cute and fun to play with, though I didn't get to do much of that as there was always a mess in the kitchen and more food to fix. Next big family visit, I'm assigning out meals. It's getting too hard for me to keep up a 15 hr. pace for three days.<br />
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We were able to Skype Quent and Bev's family Thankgiving night. It was Quincy's 11th birthday on the 22nd, so we all sang to her. Leah (the Jeppson's dog) turned 8 that same day, so we remembered her too. Quent's family was in pretty good spirits considering the stress that they've been under this past week. Bev was sustained as Primary President last Sunday the 18th, and then two days later Brig ended up in the emergency room with breathing problems, but he is on the mend now. Quincy and Sage were attacked by head lice this week also, so they are being treated for that and had on new fashionable hats! They missed a couple of days of school in the process, but we're hopeful they'll be good as new next week. Marci came up for Thanksgiving and we were able to send most of their Christmas gifts back, as well as the gifts Andrew and Amy had for their family.<br />
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The weather was beautiful and we took a fun hike out to the natural arch out by the Westwater ruins. I had forgotten it was even there, until our home teacher mentioned this week, that Cleal Bradford's family had finished making a pretty good trail out to the little arch.<br />
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I can't believe we've never hiked this part of Westwater before. It was fun and exciting, yet doable!<br />
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I had just seen a picture of this arch in one of the old Pinion yearbooks this past week, and they had the whole SJHS drill team standing on this bridge for their group photo. Several of our group went out on the bridge with Leah, but I didn't suggest a group photo there! It was an awesome sight, however!<br />
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After we got back to the car we walked down to the turn around at the end of the road, so we could see the Anasazi ruins, but we didn't hike down that trail. We'll do that another time.<br />
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All in all it was a great weekend...and oh, yeah, I heard there were some football games going on too--but never saw any! Autumn, Ashley, and I were busy doing our Black Friday Internet shopping!! Ganado Grannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01721857651164274421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3987507745831575877.post-3374346379960581312012-11-25T20:36:00.003-08:002013-02-04T15:15:02.574-08:00Many Miracles as Zion Grows<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sometimes the miracles God provides are so close to us, we hardly recognize them, but last week an answer to thousands of prayers was realized as the new Monument Valley Chapel was dedicated Nov. 18. We drove down on Saturday for the Open House, taking Neldon Holt with us. It was a beautiful day, and the monuments never looked better.<br />
Jim Dandy Jr. is the Branch president, and he and his wife along with the Stake Presidency, and missionaries were there to welcome everyone and show them the new building. The chapel is huge, and was filled to capacity and even more came Sunday for the dedication. While we were there, many community members who were not members came over to see the building and to visit. <br />
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Lynette and Jerry Adams have been serving in the Mexican Hat branch for 6 years, and they were there to help as well. We visited with several missionaries who had served there earlier, as well as Jim Dandy Sr. whose foster father, and brother drove clear down from up north for the big weekend. Raquel Dandy really seemed to appreciate the effort we made to be there. Brother Holt also visited with the Parrish family whom he had helped to teach many years ago while serving as a stake missionary. We also visited with Toni Dee, whose son Jonathan lived with us one summer. This was the last activity we did with Neldon as<br />
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I took down a southwest flower arrangement for the chapel, and photo holder with Navajo weaving objects on it for Pres. Dandy's desk. I'm glad I was inspired to do so, for there was no other decorations in the chapel or office. They have a good sized Primary and Relief Society room, as well as a baptism font. There is a kitchen, and probably 8 classrooms as well. I am sure this building and its members will be a beacon to the whole valley. The branch was also moved into the Kayenta Stake this summer, which is closer for them, and will have more ties clanwise, than being with the Blanding stake.<br />
Now for the miracle. Craig Zwick's construction company built the chapel this past year, and it had been ready for utility hookups for nearly four months. But the wheels granting permission move mightly slow on the reservation. In fact, the large conference center build across the highway was finished and stood locked up three years waiting for permission from the tribe. Our stake presidency asked us all to fast and pray, two different fast Sundays, and within three months the utilities were hooked up an ready to go. What a blessings this will be for our Navajo brothers and sisters! Ganado Grannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01721857651164274421noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3987507745831575877.post-68521835674463842642012-11-14T20:47:00.004-08:002013-02-04T15:18:33.293-08:00Other Visits and Vistors<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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We had a great time visiting, and enjoying walks on such a nice fall day. We attended Church with Autmn's family and also saw the work they are doing in their neighborhood, getting ready to bring a freeway down through their neighborhood!<br />
After Sunday naps we headed down to Provo to stay with Chris and Pam's family and enjoyed another delicious meal and more home made rolls!. We had a wonderful visit with them too, and got a few games in with the kids before heading to bed. CJ will turn 18 in June, so has some big decisions coming up. He's attending Missionary Prep and ran in cross country this fall, and went on several dates! Michael tried out for the BB team and made the first two cuts. As soon as he gets his height, we're sure he'll make the team. Everyone one was happy and well. We have such great kids and daughters and sons-in laws and wonderful grandchildren. We feel truly blessed.<br />
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There are lots of windows in this home, and we were able to get most of them washed on both sides. I love the light and openness of the floor plan and setting. The Master bedroom is full of windows as well -- no more running around in your skivies! It also has a door opening out onto the patio deck as you can see here.</div>
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For San and Logan the funnest thing was seeing their toys which been in storage since May. It was a happy reunion. By the end of the second day, we had most of the kitchen things in place, all three bedrooms painted and the beds moved in and made. They finished moving in the following Monday and are enjoying life as a nuclear family again.<br />
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The kitchen, dining room, and front room are all open and blend one into the other. There is also an office/den/game room on the backside of the fireplace. Again, there are lots of built in shelves and cupboards.<br />
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Sat. morning we drove to Autumn's, while Anthony and the Longhorn football team faced Rich, in an unhappy ending. Anthony had been helping as an assistant coach all fall, and has had a positive impact upon the young men in the football program. The coach has been real happy to have him, and even asked if he'd consider being the head coach next year. Who knows if that will come to pass, but it's always good to be appreciated.</div>
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After spending two months putting together the ward history and slide show, I am happy to be gardening again. Got my flowers deadheaded, and the roses fertilized this week, and am starting to bury banana peels and egg shells around each plant, to see if that perks them up. Sherry Redd recommended that. Hers always look do good. They are blooming wonderfully since it's cooled off. <br />
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On Sept. 29 bought a Mock Orange bush and mums and bulbs from S and K nursery and got them all planted that very day. Expanded the flower bed on the east end of the garage, as the new sprinklers keep overshooting and I don't want to waste that water. Can't wait until spring to see how it will look. Put in new bulbs and pansies.<br />
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The day we met the former reservation missionaries in Cortez, Oct. 4, I bought about a dozen mums, panseys, bulbs, and perennials in Cortez. This is how it's looking now. </div>
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Also put in ground covers in various places. Dug up and replanted the peony on the north, and put in a pink hydrangea there. All perennials at Four Seasons were on sale at 75% off. I spent about $100 altogether, so I'm expecting a great show come next spring. Planted Clemantis by the north front pillar, and another on the west fence. <br />
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I've dug up iris, asters, zebra grass as well as peony to give away. Kim Hurst came and got several things Friday.<br />
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Now my favorite! Steve put in a berry patch last fall, and the raspberries have been doing super well.<br />
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I have been luxuriating in them with all sorts of wonderful foods and canning.<br />
At their peak I was picking about a gallon every third day. Notice the Swiss chard growing as a companion plant. I also started drinking green drinks using chard, spinach and kale. Steve has been a pretty good sport about trying them too. Silvia even puts beets in hers, which I've tried too. After picking, I wash the leaves, pat dry and freeze them on cookie sheets. Then when frozen, I crumble them into plastic bags.<br />
I'm not sure why the apple trees were so wormy, as Steve was very diligent about keeping them sprayed every two weeks. We still had plenty to bottle and eat.<br />
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We've also had pretty good success with herbs and kale in the planter boxes at the top of the garden. I've got cilantro, basil, and thyme planted. It was too hot in the mid-summer, but they are all doing well now. The radishes, cilantro, and lettuce have reseeded and are coming up again. Have been making lots of green drinks lately with Kale.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Sept. 5 we hosted a social for the 5th ward and dorm kids that Jim and Sally Hughes work with now. We shot of water rockets first</span>. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Those who caught them won a prize.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jared and Andrew were the main competition for Paula and Dani,<br />
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After we ate, they played Kubb then came inside to play cards (Spoons and Nines) and watch the BYU game. <br />
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We've had the great pleasure of being able to visit with eight different missionaries whom we served with on the reservation. This past week has been awonderful and unexpected fun activity.<br />
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On Sat. Sept. 29, Paula and Sy Hope from Rexburg came down and stayed with us. They had served in Chinle, and Kayenta We had a great visit, did a walk about our garden and played Kings Crown. They left early the next morning to go to church in Denehotso, and then to visit friends all over the Rez. <br />
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The next day, Monday, who should show up in Blanding but our 3 favorite CNA nurses from the mission: Sisters Klepecz, Harris, and Hunsicker. They only stayed about an hour, as they had reservations on the Reservation (in Chinle.) When they headed back to SLC on Thursday, we met them again in Cortez for lunch, along with the Hattaways from Mancos and had another good visit. Afterwards we all drove out to Hattaway's place, and got to see their gigantic big barn/home and their 80 acres. We learned from them that Elder Eagan had died, but still don't have any details as to why and when. Later when writing to Sister Eagan I found out he had a heart attack, though he had no prior symptoms, and went very quickly.<br />
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The very next day we got a phone call from one of the sisters who served in the West Spanish American Mission with me in 1965-66. Sister Elizabeth Jones Palomino and her husband Walter were on their way through to visit their son in Grand Junction. It has truly been a fun week to reminise about the mission field and the great people we knew there. I didn't remember to take pictures of the first and last visit. Ganado Grannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01721857651164274421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3987507745831575877.post-45143857778893018892012-09-29T08:56:00.000-07:002013-02-04T15:50:11.514-08:00Fourth Ward 38 Year Reunion <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This picture doesn't quite show everyone who came, or the logistics of getting the picture taken -- which will be a great memory, in and of itself. At about 7 PM while we were still eating, the top row of sprinklers went on along the hill where we planned to take the picture. I wasn't worried, as I knew they'd be finished before the picture was taken. Then Brother Balch reminded me there would be a second row of lower sprinklers that would be going on soon! So we interrupted dinner and to take the picture before the lower sprinklers went on. We moved two rows of chairs along the parking lot front for the older folks to use. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">About the time we got everyone positioned on the hill behind them, sure enough the sprinklers went on! Brother Gardner quickly stepped on top of the sprinkler head by him, and other men followed suite, so we got the picture taken without too much dampness. However, the water spilled quickly into the parking lot where the littler kids were posed, so they got wet in the process. Kara and Jamie Laws orchestrated the photo shoot, plus took candids throughout the evening.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was a beautiful summer evening and lots of time for visiting.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The first out-of-towner to show up that night was Russ Stevenson. It was so good to see him, as he had helped our boys in scouts, and also with a musical I helped orchestrate. Unfortunately, he and Connie are divorced.. He came clear from Ogden. He was in quite a few of the slides: plays and scout activities. Lurlene and Dennis Gutke were there and visited up a storm. Lurlene had a really fun game recognizing people and gave out five prizes for each category--which made it really fun. Ethan won one of the prizes for having traveled the furtherest -- Monticello!! Lurlene</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> is such a good friend and has been for dozens of years. She also got a gift for me, which was unexpected and a nice surprise. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Reed and Becky Gardner and Lily also came down. She came over the night before and we had a good visit. Diane McNeave traveled over from Canon City and stayed with us for 4 nights, and we had lots of wonderful visits</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was a wonderful surprise having Rob, Ethan, and Ryan <br />
come over even though Kathryn was still recooperating.</td></tr>
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She also had plenty of time to visit others and also the college folks. Some of the Webb and Carroll children came and many who had been scattered into other wards in Blanding also joined us for the evening. It was wonderful visiting with so many people and Brother Ogle kept things moving. Once everyone had been served (which was tricky -- since we ran out of the main dishes) he invited people to come up<br />
and share memories of the 4th ward. That went especially well, and was our main entertainment besides the tour de force -- the slide show.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Larena Nakai Eldridge and family. LaPriel and her<br />
family lived for a short while in our ward.</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">How it all began</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had wanted to do a slide show for several years and show it at a New Years Eve party for our ward. We had been in 4th ward since its inception and I had literally hundreds and hundreds of pictures of ward events. However, last year on Aug. 14 when the Blanding 4th ward was dissolved, I determined that we'd need to orchestrate a reunion instead. My walking partners helped me brainstorm ways to do it. Our preferred date conflicted with Women's Gen. Conference, so we moved it up a week to Sept. 22. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All eight bishops of the ward, along with their wives are still living in Blanding which was significant in and of itself. They were always ones to know a good thing when they saw it so none had moved away!! I enlisted their help from the first, and asked each bishop to write a brief history of their tenure, for a history I wanted to include in a written history. About a month later, President Mike Bradford found some quarterly reports and 4th ward conference information which he gave to me. This was a wonderful addition to the history. Sister Pincock also had a copy of a script Helen Shumway wrote for the 20th anniversary. I was able to use some of that information also, but ended up not publishing it in the book. It is, however, included in the files on the DVD. The published history ended up being 28 pages long. The school district media did a wonderful job of printing it thanks to Karen Bronson's help.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The slide show consisted of nearly 800 slides. I probably had that many in my own collection to start with, but not all were high quality. There were over 20 people who brought pictures for me to scan. Glenna Webb and Jon Hunt brought over a large amount which especially was helpful. As more pictures came in, I was more selective and started removing some of the earlier pictures. Thus the editing went on and on! Even after the final showing, I discovered 10 wonderful pictures in an album I had overlooked, and I added those. So the last ones to get the DVD copy, also got a few more pictures.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Because of the expansive time frame-- 38 years of history, activity and hundreds of people-- the show grew exponentially, finally ending up 1 hr. and 20 min. long, which averaged 10 min. per bishopric. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As a result the show wouldn't fit on a regular single layer DVD, and Matt Rogers gave me a quick lesson on using double layers and best choices and how they worked. Verbatim brand worked lots better than the Ridata which I also tried. Everytime I made a copy I got the message that the show hadn't been </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">mastered correctly for burning onto a
double layer, but the Verbatim discs still played great on a DVD, (unlike the Ridatas) which was a huge blessing. I really felt I was guided and watched over through this whole process by angels who made it happen. I was so thankful by the end of the program, that everything ran well, and that the audience seemed to enjoy it. I spent a lot of time the next week pressing more DVDs and getting them distributed.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Steve helped with set up and clean up, and also gave editing suggestions on the slide show. Others who helped with special assignments included:</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"></span><br />
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Robert Ogle; </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Food, set up</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">:
Eileen Fahey & family; </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Decorations:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">
Hurst family; </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Prizes:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">
Lurlene Gutke; </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Games</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Silvia Stubbs; </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Flyer Delivery:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cec Tibbitts, Kelly<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pugh Family, Joel Tate, Brian Kirby, Steve
Wilcox; </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Name tags</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">:
Diane Balch; </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Table Toppers</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">:
Cherie Shumway; </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Orders:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">
Calvin Balch; </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Production:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">
San Juan School District Media Center: Rebecca Stoneman and Karen Bronson.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</span><br />Ganado Grannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01721857651164274421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3987507745831575877.post-60446334239717615522012-08-27T20:36:00.000-07:002013-02-04T15:52:50.428-08:00Nashville Tribute to the Missionaries<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jason Deere challenged the youth to commit to a date to turn in<br />
their mission papers. Anthony just happened to be a part<br />
of this young man's photo commitment which he had posted<br />
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We gathered up as many as the adult members of the family who could come and we all went to a red-neck missionary concert with the Nashville Tribute Band Aug. 25. <br />
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Those coming were Tammy and Nathan, Chris and Pam, Ashley and Anthony, Andrew and Amy, and Heston and his wife. It was very enjoyable and a testimony builder. I think everyone enjoyed it, though Steve wasn't over excited -- despite the fact it was his birthday present. The long drive may have had something to do with that. <br />
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As you can see the change also opens the window up more, as the stairs are now 3 feet further west. With the addition of the platform to access them at the top, it also provides more shade along the sidewalk and planter, and he only had to add one more support, as he could attach to the house. I like the deck a lot and I think Dad does too.<br />
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A huge gathering of the Wilcox, Farnsworth, and Burdick Clans converged on Mountain Home, Utah to celebrate Lawsyn's official name and blessing ordinance on August 5. Anthony gave her a wonderful blessing and she looked adorable, as did our other two new grandchildren, who also lent their voices to the occasion.<br />
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We came up the day before and stayed at the Farnsworths. Grandpa Sam had been in the hospital in SLC, so Ashley's parents had been with him and didn't get back until later. He was able to be there for the blessing on Sunday, however. Rob and Kathryn, Nathan and Tammy, Andrew and Amy and Chris and Pam and their families were able to be there. Theron was gone, so Autumn didn't try to drive over on her own.<br />
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They even went crawdad fishing with hot dogs. They came back with a lot, so Steve taught them how to cook the crawdads, and then we ate them...or at least some of us did! They had a lot of fun catching them, however.<br />
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It was a busy and fun week, and I think it was great for all of us to break away and have fun.<br />
Nathan and Tammy drove over to Mt. Home Sat. night and stayed at the lodge at the foot of the hill where the Farnsworths live. Rob and Kathryn also stayed there.Ganado Grannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01721857651164274421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3987507745831575877.post-7077339416814708962012-07-22T16:08:00.004-07:002013-02-05T11:00:00.711-08:00Twenty years later....finally an escape route<strong>Deck project Day 1 </strong>Friday July 20.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The deck is high enough and wide enough that he had to trim some of the maple tree in order to put up the 2nd beam. The stairs will come down right next to the house, so the cement area will remain still pretty open to traffic, including kids riding toys!</span></div>
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Isabella was given a wonderful blessing by Nathan at their ward in Tooele. She is such a cute little girl, and reminds us so much of Laurie when she was little. She was given both physical, mental, and spiritual blessings.</div>
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Laurie was also recognized at sacrament meeting as she had just turned 12, earned her Faith in God Award, and was moving on to Young Womens. The Bishop said some really sweet things about her, and that she was truly a "Delight." She has her first temple recommend now, and is ready to go to girls camp soon. Both she and Brendan are such a good help with the new baby, and really love their little sister.<br />
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Both sides of the family were there to support the family. Chris, Anthony, Andrew, Autumn and their families were there along with Grandma and Grandpa! On Tammy's side her mom, and sisters Annette, and Barbara were there with their families as well.<br />
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We stayed with Autumn and her family on Friday night, with Nathan on Saturday, and drove to Chris's on Sunday to stay with them. We enjoyed playing games with the kids and visiting with everyone. We also had a lot of birthday presents to deliver for Peyton, Laurie, Tammy, Michael, and Hailey. Gannon and Sage we'd remembered to give earlier. I'm going to have to get a secretary soon, to keep me organized!<br />
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Autumn taught us a new Spazz Uno game which we passed along to both of the other families. It involved doing hand signals for specific colors whenever an exact match was played. It was a lot of fun.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There were some who weren't able to visit the farm on Sunday, but we actually had quite a good group with three generations represented -- 33 all together. Neil Brown hadn't told the overseer at the house that we were coming, so it was quite a surprise to Mr. Eckhart when this many people showed up unannounced at the farm. Mr. Brown came shortly afterwards and cleared up the surprise. He also shared with us the history of the farm after Dad sold it in 1961 to Jim Hayes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We invited the grandkids and others who wanted to get out of cars at the top of the granary hill and walk down the hill with us, so we could share some stories with them. When we sold the farm to Jim Hayes, there were six granaries on this hill, all of which were torn down when Mr. Brown was hired by the Hayes brothers. The two large wooden ones were there when our father initially bought the farm; the other four round metal ones he built. I can remember handing him screws and washers as he assembled the metal pieces.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nancy told of a time when she ran away, which meant walking up this big hill. "But where do you run away to, when you're far away from everything, she wondered."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The barn, corrals chicken coop, hired man's house, shed, feed house, and shop were all torn down when the conservancy group took over. They put this big quonset hut up. The house and the pump house are the only structures still remaining from our days on the farm.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em> Each fall my dad would have us help burn off tumble weeds along the road, so they wouldn't hold the snow, causing it to fill the barrow pit. Then we would insert study willow poles along one side of the road about every 20 feet. The poles were put there in case a blizzard or heavy snowfall came and we couldn't see the road to drive safely home. We would know where the edge of the road was by these "guide" poles. I remember driving home many times as a family, hoping Daddy could see the next pole. It was scary because the snow and fog were so thick and we couldn't see very far ahead.. Were it not for those guidelines, and poles of protection, we would have been in serious trouble, blinded by storms, or hidden dangers when we couldn't see where the road was. </em></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em> After I graduated from high school, we sold our farm on Antelope Bench to Jim Hayes. He was a good farmer, and knew how to dry farm, but he didn't anticipate the dangers of winter storms. He didn't mark the road back to the house with safety willows, and the second winter they lived there his wife drove off the road one night coming back from town, and she ended up freezing to death, while trying to walk home, all because she had no guide to help her return safely.</em></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em> When Daddy told me that story, he emphasized how you needed to prepare well before the storm came. The reality of the poles' importance really struck home to me at that time and I've never forgotten what happened to Mrs. Hayes.<o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <em> When I gave that talk I emphasized the importance of staying on the path that leads back to Heavenly Father. We need to watch for the markers, or protection poles God has established to help families return home. These include things as simple as willow poles: praying daily, reading scriptures daily, holding Family Home Evening, church attendance, reading your patriarchal blessing, being honest, providing service, charity, and love. They are markers to help us return, and when used in a family setting can help us and our children stay on the road to eternal life."</em> Once we finished with the stories, we went on a walk about around the pasture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the area where our chicken coop and barn were located. Dad built both of them. We had a milk cow, a couple of horses, and sometimes we raised cattle for meat. However, our main meat was venison, hunted right on our farm. My dad figured since they were grain fed from his fields, he ought to be able to recoop some of the damage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Where the quonset is now located is where we had a big wooden shed where we kept the combine, and army truck used for hauling grain. That is where they also butchered deer and skinned it. We also had a big pigpen west of the barn and raised pigs quite a few years. We liked to chase the little weiner pigs around the pen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> At the top of the pasture is the building that protected the cistern and pump and the well that our dad put in. It took a couple of tries to find water on the farm. We lived on the farm for at least six years before we had running water on the property. Prior to that we had to either haul water from Ririe, or from Antelope creek further up the highway. They had to drill about 1000 feet to find water, but that made a huge difference in our life style on the farm. No more sharing bath water, recycling water while washing clothes, and we could even have a lawn and flowers with water hoses to water the lawn, and my mom could finally use her built in dishwasher!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> This was the big pump used to pull the water up out of the 1000 ft. well. They now use an electric pump, and a sensor which turns the well on when the water goes down to a certain level -- and no kids have to run up the hill to turn on the pump!</span><br />
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Prior to driving up to the farm we stopped at the Snake River outlook between Poplar and Antelope.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Dusty sage and rocky outcroppings outlined our dryland fields.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Before we headed to the farm the Arnolds and Hills fed us a delicious "heritage" lunch of Tacos, fruit, and Grandma Keeler's oatmeal cookies. These were recipes our mother often fixed for us and Nancy and Lexie had made copies for us. We also attended church at the new LDS chapel in Ririe. It happened to be testimony meeting, so I had a chance one last time to share my testimony and appreciation about growing up in Ririe. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Afterwards several people came up to visit briefly: Norlan Durrant, who farmed with his dad, Jim Durrant, next to us and also taught Doug and I how to ski; Onda Summers Smith whom I picked potatoes with one fall; June Park, Dalene's older sister, and Brother McMurtrey who had just retuned from Tuba City serving in the Farmington NM mission. It was wonderful to visit briefly with each of them. I also shared Boyd Silversmith's story and how Bishop Hunter had helped him go on a mission, and all the good he had done since then. Andrew and Amy headed home at that time as Mattea seemed sick, and Chris and Pam left for home on Saturday, so they didn't get to go up to the farm. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Sunday night we watched the family slides which Nancy showed, played games and visited. (I brought the slides home and hope to get them scanned soon, and will share when I do.) ((I was able to get these copied by the end of 2012.)) The reunion faithful ones who endured to the end were Nancy and Bruce, Nathan and Tammy's family, Anthony and his kids, and Jessica and Paul's family who stayed late and visited with us. Overall we were very happy with how everything went, though we wished our whole family could have been there. We so appreciate all who made the effort to attend and hope you learned some new things about your roots and family history. It was great getting to share some family nostalgia with so many of the family.</span>Ganado Grannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01721857651164274421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3987507745831575877.post-26632694614136571472012-07-12T16:23:00.007-07:002013-02-06T10:29:56.811-08:00Reunion Recreation and Relaxing on Saturday<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> It was wonderful having two-thirds of Doug and Nancy's children and grandchildren join us at the reunion. It really meant a lot to me having them there and to participate with us, and to talk and have fun with. It was time to have the 2nd cousins get acquainted. Thanks also to Nancy and Lexie for the delicious "Grandma Keeler" supper of tacos and cut out oatmeal cookies that mom used to make. Cutting out all those red, white, and blue stars took a whole day I'm sure. Yummy! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Doug and Della's family was well represented at the reunion. We wish Aaron and his family could have come as well. Everyone was gone swimming at the reservoir when Doug and Della came, and I didn't think to get a photo of them...but you'll have to imagine a bushy bearded man and his hard working wife in this picture. It was great having them come. Della brought up yummy cinnamon rolls and cookies to help with the evening meal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nathan and his mother-in-law, Larita Bowen, prepared a delicious gourmet pancake and bacon breakfast for everyone Saturday morning. (Tammy and 7 wk. old baby Isabella were getting some much needed sleep.) We had chocolate chips, blue berries, pecans, and lots of delicious fruit and cocoa to choose from. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Andrew and Anthony's families fixed a great pulled pork lunch for us Saturday, with melon and chips. Yummy! For most of the meals there were over 30-40 people who ate. Thanks again to everyone who helped prepare a meal. It made it so much easier on everyone to only have to worry once, instead of nine times.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Boy, these kids can jump.</span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We finally figured out how Michael <br />was able to go so fast!</span></td></tr>
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Brendan, Michael, Kylee, and Laurie are the pros; Hunter and Logan cheer them on</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ryan, Steve, Anthony, Andrew, Nathan and their daughters' (granddaughters's) flower bands</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Run, Sophi, run!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is where the Wilcox-Keeler parnership officially began in 1967. Angel Moroni wasn't even on the temple in those days! It will be 45 years in December since we married and began our journey together. We have travelled this road from Blanding to Idaho many, many times over those 45 years, making sure our children would know their grandparents, and cousins, aunts and uncles. We still love Idaho for its green verdant fields, life- giving rivers, and happy memories, but Blanding is equally loved for its unique landscapes and good people.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our family met at Civitan park along the banks of the Snake River to have lunch, and to run some wiggles out. Jessica and her kids also joined us at that time, and participated in the Ririe Treasure hunt. I was so pleased that everyone made it for lunch on time, as well as for helping so willingly with the meals for the rest of the reunion. Being on time established the schedule for the rest of the day, making it so we weren't late for anything.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next we headed to the Ririe Post Office where the treasure hunt began. Steve and I left first to go hide the clues in Ririe, telling them to wait about a half hour before leaving. We gave them a map of Ririe, with instructions about getting to the post office. Everyone showed up at the first stie within 15 min. of each other and as each family arrived they were able to start the treasure hunt.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the location of the Church Grandma Janet went to when she was a girl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The original church burned in 1975, and this is the new one.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxHEBHbM1MPueatZyb7OU07Yf2I6zKl47xN-07Zf_CFrFiZHsFNbFmlNWqYWlaDlHC3N65KpwgkTCrRmn1vC7xrhrLfxSMQbg3Wy09cHfhsjLhzD2_2WBWrNUKeNq2zo1KSlgykJXnN_zr/s1600/kidsin+snow.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxHEBHbM1MPueatZyb7OU07Yf2I6zKl47xN-07Zf_CFrFiZHsFNbFmlNWqYWlaDlHC3N65KpwgkTCrRmn1vC7xrhrLfxSMQbg3Wy09cHfhsjLhzD2_2WBWrNUKeNq2zo1KSlgykJXnN_zr/s1600/kidsin+snow.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Keep going on 2<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">nd</span></sup> West and drive north up the street until you find this house on the right (east side). This is where we lived in the winter, because we couldn’t get out to the highway from our farm in the winter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who do you think is in this picture?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">This building used to be the Sappington Drug store where we could buy Ice cream floats, sodas, sundaes and other delicious things when I was in high school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their son Eddy was in my class. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now it is a café and bakery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Use your treasure money to buy a delicious snack.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><br />Ganado Grannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01721857651164274421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3987507745831575877.post-78022824480647104502012-07-08T13:44:00.000-07:002013-02-06T12:05:38.679-08:00You Can Go Home Again --Ririe Revisited 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Though Thomas Wolfe said "You can't go home again," I really tried hard to do so by giving our family a taste of what my hometown meant to me, growing up in Idaho. Though its influence was only for 15 years of my life, I feel like the values I hold dear were planted and nurtured there. My life was greatly impacted by this little town, and the people who taught me in Primary, Sunday School, Mutual, and school. Our parents were good hard working people who did their very best to raise and love us, and teach us the principles of hard work, honesty, commitment to the gospel, and the value of setting goals. So this reunion was designed to capture some of those feelings, and hopefully pass it on to the next generation. We invited Doug, Lynn, and Nancy and their families to participate with us in this Keeler Kin Reunion.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We started planning this 70th year Sentimental Journey/ Ririe Reunion in June of 2011. Our children were asked early on to vote on the best time to hold the reunion in 2012 and we were able to lock in those dates for the Mountain River Ranch while in Idaho last summer. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We followed the general outline of plans on the invitation below, which was mailed out in May 2012. We had never really pulled together the Keeler siblings and their posterity together for a reunion before, though Nancy often hosted multiple families at their home during the summer. I especially wanted us to be together when we went to the farm so that someone besides me, could share stories. Unfortunately Lynn had a health issue arise and they couldn't come, but Nancy and Bruce and two of their children and eight of their grandchildren were able to come and participate. Jessica and Tom's families were able to come as well with their spouses and 5 grandchildren. Doug and Della came to the Mt. River Ranch for a few hours, but not to the farm. It was wonderful to share these experiences and memories together and to have the second cousins get acquainted</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While in Idaho last year I took pictures of landmarks we might have the families spot while traveling north. Samaria and Malad were the first two mile markers along the way.</span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYqFQoLxN6di5qEksGej1TQKeR4gz1GcGmRB66qD0DF-2QLiReTiY-oOVgjkYRyrqfyAy2vSVei7cSOhws7V7C9EPNvDPThy77phfnk4z8VbaEZrQ4mlxBURk4BmtCNpPGSRwN-cZBQoWo/s1600/Aug%2527ll-045_edited.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYqFQoLxN6di5qEksGej1TQKeR4gz1GcGmRB66qD0DF-2QLiReTiY-oOVgjkYRyrqfyAy2vSVei7cSOhws7V7C9EPNvDPThy77phfnk4z8VbaEZrQ4mlxBURk4BmtCNpPGSRwN-cZBQoWo/s320/Aug%2527ll-045_edited.JPG" width="320" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Samaria is where our GG Grandfather Jonah Evans was asked to settle by the LDS church. He was also called to be the first bishop of Samaria. He was born in Wales. The Osmond family has built a memorial cabin in Samaria recognizing their Welsh ancestors, and their mother. We also visited this while in Samarian. Jonah is buried on the south side of the cemetary.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oneida County Hospital in Malad where I was born, April 20, 1924 -- 70 years ago.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNx9FWvrGfBTMYw85P_Fsq50blZ41EQ2ZdGzCl7uoG00hl8loY5yKmlWb3m6ZWF3R5W2S1ioegaSFEQxbHkAwNYGKXYvXSzFTvhgluBoE6ND1kibBuxtMKsCvmTwcx7Umfz4qQJai-eB4O/s1600/July+trips+%2526+babies+043.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNx9FWvrGfBTMYw85P_Fsq50blZ41EQ2ZdGzCl7uoG00hl8loY5yKmlWb3m6ZWF3R5W2S1ioegaSFEQxbHkAwNYGKXYvXSzFTvhgluBoE6ND1kibBuxtMKsCvmTwcx7Umfz4qQJai-eB4O/s200/July+trips+%2526+babies+043.jpg" width="150" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The building is now used as a county health clinic. It is the hospital where I was born. Mr. Dr. was names Mayby. My Henderson relatives lived in Malad in this little white house, as well as on their dairy farm up Deep Creek. The house is across the street south of the old elementary school. We visited Grandma Henderson there. She used to make toast in the oven with melted butter and sugar sprinkled on it for a treat. I was the first grandchild in both the Keeler and Henderson families, so mom took a lot of pictures of those early days.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The back side of this reunion invitation had a couple of traveling games and information about ancestors on the Keeler side of our family. We hope it kept the kids occupied in their trip through Idaho.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Grandpa Murphy was a great one to tell stories of his Iowa growing up years, and Grandma always made "high" biscuits for us.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Vdxt1Z-YOF9LJsq0kOSPnAPoOHFWb4X7PoJVPAeUCZUZ2wEPpN9BsCnDvHbCt9GTWDBGW0Zewl0NZdW4hzMwnIjCUlI-L_lOYAbGllF40alvlqPPY6-i6vNKOZLLtoo1_WrY51yCoX8D/s1600/P1070862.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Vdxt1Z-YOF9LJsq0kOSPnAPoOHFWb4X7PoJVPAeUCZUZ2wEPpN9BsCnDvHbCt9GTWDBGW0Zewl0NZdW4hzMwnIjCUlI-L_lOYAbGllF40alvlqPPY6-i6vNKOZLLtoo1_WrY51yCoX8D/s320/P1070862.JPG" width="320" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The house looks just as it did 50 years ago, though I didn't ask to go inside. This is the lawn where Grandpa Murphy would play croquet with us, until his rheumatism got so bad he couldn't walk well. We often stayed with them, when we had something going on at night in Ririe, instead of catching the bus home. Our grandparents loved having us come and they would pick us up from Ririe after school, which was about 4 -5 miles away. Sometimes we'd catch the Milo bus which would drop us off at their place. </span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6f6-ZX0n2Pt4m80yOF4QNQ_zgfXaR2XRWc3CF5BwT8bHyd7SGStZ8yCSmlTFvdRrNldZ1VIOgoUkpReMGW8YN8iJMjL6L1xemxtcpnN2M0PmBLAGkWRjcxbUZB9ZbnFI0ii5omKKVrq9z/s1600/P1070864.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6f6-ZX0n2Pt4m80yOF4QNQ_zgfXaR2XRWc3CF5BwT8bHyd7SGStZ8yCSmlTFvdRrNldZ1VIOgoUkpReMGW8YN8iJMjL6L1xemxtcpnN2M0PmBLAGkWRjcxbUZB9ZbnFI0ii5omKKVrq9z/s320/P1070864.JPG" width="320" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Doug and I stayed here with Grandma and Grandpa the first year we picked potatoes. Grandpa found us a job in a field near by. We only earned 7 cents per sack, and by the time we split that small amount, we didn't make much money. I remember Doug liked to throw dirt clods a lot, and play with the other kids. I think we picked only picked 50-70 sacks each day. We only did it for three days as I recall. It was hard work for 9-11 year olds. My grandpa couldn't believe they paid us such a little amount.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By the time I was a senior in high school I was still picking potatoes and we'd get 400+ sacks per day at 10 cents a sack, which was $20 a day for 10-12 days. In the 1960's that was good money for a high school kid to earn. My two fastest partners were Sue Streeper and Barbara Anthony. We would work for two weeks in the potato fields during Harvest Vacation -- which really wasn't a vacation, but the money was wonderful to have. On Sunday of our reunion, I went to the Ririe ward where Onda Summers Smith is a member. She reminded me that we had been partners when we were younger, and we felt really proud of ourselves when we picked 200 sacks in a day. </span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRgn2UOzx5Yq7s2HPfn0O0pNH5ISUAxVZedCrKM7wfqLjDIymxZDGQynekuVwozxYs8C2iaSyGYi4QcWiQLOXhLnAR8O5T3AyM5TWddpTc7jpZ_f-h-AL-L2GaNIZ1wEoKZuYqZj7FHxRU/s1600/P1070868.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRgn2UOzx5Yq7s2HPfn0O0pNH5ISUAxVZedCrKM7wfqLjDIymxZDGQynekuVwozxYs8C2iaSyGYi4QcWiQLOXhLnAR8O5T3AyM5TWddpTc7jpZ_f-h-AL-L2GaNIZ1wEoKZuYqZj7FHxRU/s320/P1070868.JPG" width="320" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Besides Grandma and Grandpa's friendly and fun hospitality and delicious "high biscuits", the barn was the greatest attraction for us. We loved to explore and play there. We never watched TV , or sat around bored at Grandma's. We'd play marbles with Grandpa, or say, "Let's go play in the barn!" When we got older Doug and I learned to play canasta and pinochele with them. We also roamed around along in the adjacent fields. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another little detour in our pre-reunion ramblings was visiting the original David Ririe home, built in the early 1900's. This was the first house built in Ririe. Mr. Tyler, a grandson, was out in the yard moving the lawn with his little grandson, so I walked across the street to take a photo and ask a few questions. The Tyler family, from Jackson, Wyo., is in the process of restoring this beloved family home. His grandmother was Marilyn Ririe.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">David Ririe, and other farmers in the area convinced the railroad to build a loop into this little farming community so they could ship their grain more economically. In 1914 Mr. Ririe housed a crew of 17 men for nine months while the railroad line was built. His wife and family would bake 22 loaves of bread every day to feed the hungry men. When the crew finally finished the line they also built a little depot, they named it Ririe, in honor of the family who took such good care of them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of particular interest to me was the fancy wood stove and cream separator in the kitchen. These appliances were part of our life on Antelope for many years. Even after we got electricity on the farm, we always had our wood stove in the basement for backup. As long as we had a milk cow we had a separator on the back porch, and mom churched butter from the cream. As we got older we all took our turns churning the cream. Nancy now has that churn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once we finished our tour, we got back to the main purpose of our Ririe visit, which was to make sure the treasure hunt clues were clear and could be followed easily. I had Steve be the guinea pig, and we ran into a few problems, which we were able to fix before the real hunt. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once we finished, we headed to Rigby, where we stayed with the Grooms. We had a great visit with Barbara and Harry, and later that evening met up with Tom and Myrna Summers, Tamara Boyle, and JR and Karen Hayes. It is always fun to get together with friends from high school. That evening we learned from Tom that a bad fire had started in Pocatello shortly after we passed through. One of their friends lost their home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For Anthony and Ashley, 2012 was the culminating and successful ending year of Law school, and also the welcomed blessing of a new child in their family. Lawsyn Margaret Wilcox was born June 25 in Duschene, Utah about 9 PM. She weighed 8 lb. 14 oz. We were happy to meet her for the first time on the 27th, and Ashley had just gotten home from the hospital. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The week had been somewhat of an anxious one, as her Grandpa Sam Burdick had been in the Duschene hospital being treated for pneumonia. He has since returned home and seems to be doing well. He is Sam's namesake, and is a pretty special guy in their family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We got to meet Buck while we were there. He is Logan's favorite horse and was hiding out in one of the old sheds. We also discovered that Sam knows how to drive the Gator.</span><br />
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