Here's How We Spent Our Weekend

Here we are in a beautiful, shady meadow where we spent Saturday afternoon. We brought our lunch and just relaxed and went on a few rides.

Mike and Teresa Eastman are some new friends of ours. I've known Mike for 20 years or so because he used to deliver UPS to the hospital. He's the one that helped Jared get on with UPS. He invited Me and Rog to go with them to the Trace Atkins concert in Wendover last May and since then we've hung out with them several times. What a blessing they are in our lives because we really have only one married couple friends that we do something with maybe once or twice a year. So we look forward to hanging out with them and having our kids together also.

This picture is Jared, Mike and Rog talking about where to ride the horses. They look pretty serious huh? When they got back Jared had scrapes on his arms, Rog and Mike both had holes in their shirts getting caught on the brush on the mountains.

Rog and Teresa had a mean game of horseshoes. She's quite the horseshoe player too. She beat Rog and Mike. Way to go Teresa!! Oh and the hat that Rog has on was supposed to be the "lucky hat" but it wasn't so lucky. Better luck next time Rog!!

Ok..so here is our plate of food on Saturday night. Mike and Teresa went on an Alaskan fishing trip 2 weeks ago. They brought back a couple hundred pounds of halibut and so they cooked some of that up for us. What a nice treat. We had halibut, corn on the cob, shrimp, salad, cantelope and rolls. Now what more can you ask for up camping? Wow!!!

Here's Teresa and I heading off with the horses. I haven't been on a horse in 20 years or so. I was a little nervous but not like I thought I would have been. She's an experienced rider so she led the way.

You can't tell in the picture but the flowers surrounding Makinley were purple and she looked so pretty in her purple shirt. She was picking the wild flowers to give to her daddy and Papa for fathers day. She's grandmas little sweetheart.

The kids are so happy when Papa will load them on the 4wheeler and take them for a nice ride. All smiles!!!

This area we went to which is called Tucker has a lot of fun 4 wheeler trails to go on. We'll be going back here for sure!!!

I adore this picture of Jared snuggling with Makinley. On Saturday we took the horses and 4 wheeler up to a nice, shady meadow area to ride and have a picnic. It was so peaceful and cool. Jared laid down under the tree and Makinley wanted to lay with him. How sweet is that. She sure loves her daddy.

Kristi and the girls are enjoying a little rest. They brought up their tent trailer and spent the weekend with us too. There's nothing better than having all your kids with you and sharing these fun times.

Shana brought a friend of hers to come and spend some time camping and riding horses. Shana has always had a love for them so she had a great time. Mike spends his life around horses so they enjoyed a few rides up in the mountains.

Here are Brayden and Mike getting ready to take off on another ride. Brayden was a pro. Always riding by his self. He's on Moon and Mike is on Maverick. Mike was so patient and kind with all the grandkids. Always taking them on rides and teaching them how to be the boss on the horse.

Three of my little sweethearts were riding on Goldie. Daxton is a horse lover from day one. Gentry didn't want to get off and cried when she had to and Makinley just loved riding and riding too. I was so impressed that they were not one bit afraid of the horses.

Honoring our Loved Ones

Decorating graves has always been a tradition in my life for as long as I can remember. As a child we visited my grandparents graves in Morgan, Utah. We made a whole day of it by decorating the graves and taking a picnic to Como. Kind of a resort in Morgan. We swam with our cousins and just had a nice day. This is a picture of me at my parents grave in the East Lawn Memorial. I miss them so much and I'm glad I can carry on the tradition with my children and now my grandchildren. We pay our respects to those that we love and miss.

The Orem City Cemetery had a beautiful service in the morning of Memorial Day. The weather was rainy but it didn't stop people from coming. In the next picture they had a Black Hawk helicopter fly in that had an Orem City Paramedic that is in the Service. They were there to honor all the veterans. The kids got a big kick out of that watching the helicopter fly in and blow us away. What a hair raising experience and an honor it was to see all of this in honor of our service men and women who have sacraficed their lives for our country.

Here's a picture of Rog and Brayden and Daxton decorating their father and mother and great grandfather and great grandmas graves on Memorial Day 2008. The cemetery looked so beautiful. I'm so happy that the boys enjoyed going with us.

It was so crazy. One day when I was looking for my good friend, Margaret Clays headstone in the Provo Cemetery I came across my Grandpa and Grandma Lee's grave. They are my fathers parents. I maybe visited their grave a few times when I was a small child so I was so happy to have found these. My grandfather passed away when I was just a small child so I never really knew him. They are just a few steps away from my friends grave so now I can visit theirs at the same time.

Russell E. Lee was my fathers brother. He passed away in 1945. I wasn't born when he was alive but I remember my father talking about him. He is burried close to my friend Margaret Clay in the Provo Cemetery.

Dan Carly's headstone is right next to my parents at the East Lawn Memorial. Danny was my brotherinlaw. Married to my sister Geri. He died of cancer in 2000.

My Aunt Mildred passed away in 2004. She was my moms sister and she's burried just a few yards away from my parents. My Uncle Milt will be burried by her side when he passes away. I have such fond memories of the Johnson family. We were always together on holidays etc. Aunt Mildred was a very elegant and beautiful woman.

My very special friend Margaret(Peggy) Clay passed away in 2005. I worked with Peggy for about 17 years at the hospital. She was like a second mother to me and I loved her very much. She was such an icon at our hospital. Each year I take flowers to her grave which is at the Provo City Cemetery.