The Bunk House Bunkies!!

Rog and I on the front porch of the Bunk House.
Side yard view; patio and grill area leading off of the kitchen.
That's me! Climbing the steps leading up to the front porch of the bunk house.
Early morning, in their sacred grove.
Back view of Mt. Timpanogus, taken from the private cul-de-sac where the Ashton's have built their two cabins.

My Jackman Sisters; Darlene & Mary. And my Step Mom Cherrell, and I, in the Bunk House Kitchen. What a place!
I'd like to have this 12 foot bar in my kitchen. The attached dining area opens up onto a beautiful patio area, with a grill, picnic tables, swing sets, etc.
View of the family gathering room, looking up to the kitchen.
View of the family room looking toward the front deck and porch area.







My Dad's
favorite thing to do
on vacation.

Weekend in Sundance ~

The best shots were outdoors! What a beautiful world, and especially at this time of year. The colors up Provo Canyon were amazing!! You can't even really see the true colors in these photos. It was such a great time we had! My cousin Karen Ashton and her family own a couple of homes in Sundance, and they let us use their bunkhouse (the smaller of the two) for the weekend. My Family; Dad & Cherrell, Dave & Mary, Dan & Darlene, and Roger & I, stayed and played for a few days. It was very peaceful and cozy!!

Vicki turns another year beautiful!!

Happy Birthday Vicki!!

The Elephant parade

Yesterday was the annual event at The Gateway. The kids all love to come in and see the elephants and clowns. We had a fun lunch afterwards to celebrate Vicki's Birthday. Kim & Shaleena even met us there. Good Times!
Click on this link to see part of the parade!! (oh- and Happy Birthday Doug!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB9dxfD0aQg

Nuttin' but Stringz ! !

These guys do amazing things with their strings! They can really put on a show! Sarah - stick with those lessons, and you'll be dancin' around on stage and fiddlin' like these guys some day!! FUN !

Book reviews

"My Sister's Keeper" was our book club selection last month. I really enjoyed it. I really like this author's style. "Nineteen Minutes" was even better. I couldn't put it down. I have also read "Harvesting the Heart" by this same author. Great!

I finally finished this one! Just in time too, cause Jaxson has become interested in the series, and is now reading my books. This fourth book was so-so. Interesting though.

This month's book club assignment. I'm about half way through it. Light reading, and funny! Good Times!

I picked this one up, because it is by the guy that wrote "Wicked". So far so good, but I'm just getting started.

I'm excited to learn the real story behind the Tooth Fairy!

Just saw this one in my mailer.

Can't wait to get it.

I really like Glenn Beck, and his conversion story should be very interesting.

These are my two newest CD's, and I can't stop listening!!

LOVE THEM !!!!

Dedicated to the Greatest Ute Fan of All

Taken a Year ago on His Birthday! He even wore his Utah Sweater!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD ~ GRANDPA

We Miss You

I Love Football Season

The Utes are doing great so far! Hope they will keep it up this week while playing Air Force! UTAH, UTAH, A UTAH MAN AM I!!
I like watching High School, College, Pro or whatever. I just enjoy Football.....................and all the things that go along with it.

Cool nights, lots of Spirit, Exciting Plays, Sibling Rivalry

(hey guys! who's ahead with their Fantasy Team?? Joey, Em, Sonia, Jaxson? ) Hot Dogs, Cheerleaders (Tessa!) Faith Hill, Sweatshirts, Marching bands and Drum Cores, Autumn Leaves, Office Pools, Beating BYU (got my fingers X'd), and Kettle Corn!!

GO UTES ! !

I was taking a picture of the gift Roger gave me for our Anniversary, and these two little cuties jumped in and stole the show!! Aren't they adorable!
Who would have guessed that we would end up with 8 new wheels for our 36th? My new 4 wheeler, a huge trailer to pull them on, and 2 new tires for the old wheeler! I'm so excited to go out and try them all out! Come on y'all..................let's go do some climbing this weekend!!! Who's in?

~ adversity ~

Our St.George Family ~

While we were off on our little trip last week, we got to spend time with Joe, Em & Tess!! We always love seeing them, cause it's just not darn often enough! They always make us feel so welcome in their home, and we had a terrific time! Friday night we enjoyed a fun time at the Enterprise High vs Virgin Valley High football game! Go Coach Bott !! Go Wolves !!

We drove around alot, house hunting, and enjoying the beautiful scenery down there, and of course had to hit our favorite eateries while in town.One of My new favs is MARV'S -- best darn burgers and fries in town!!

Thanks for the good time guys, and hope to see you all soon..LOVES XOXO

Budding Photographer

Ryker and Ethney spent the night awhile ago, and I got a little camera happy. Ryker decided he wanted to take pictures of the important stuff, and so I gave him the camera for awhile.

Here are a few of his masterpieces.

His foot
The wasps trapped in the tree (kinda cool picture)
His feet (good subjects)
The moose wave

His Bike
His Bike seat
Sister sleeping
Grandma (his fingers kinda got in the way)
Grandpa sleeping

Ethney being awakened by the photographer !

36 Years, and then some............

How does the time slip by so quickly? The first time I met this skinny young boy, I thought there was more excitement wrapped up in him then I had seen in awhile! He was kind of a rebel, speeding around town in his little jeep, music blaring, and full of the dickens. He was also going out with one of my friends, so that's all he was to me. I remember like it was yesterday, hanging out in the halls of BHS, cruising around town in Lynette's car, mostly just to spy on Roger to see if he was stepping out on her!?!

That was before he came over to the dark side!
Once he was mine, he had to put up with my crazy family! I don't know why he stuck around after I got grounded just for going with him to the "Three Dog Night" concert!! It was worth it though. After that it was a battle, just to see each other. But we figured it out and now here we are, many years later.......still holding each other up. Hasn't always been easy, but it's been wonderful!! Thanks Rog, for not giving up on me, when most other guys would have wanted to get far away from that craziness. Our kids have alot to do with us making it this far too.............Thanks, all of you !!! We love you and are so grateful for you!! XOXOXOXOXOXOX



To celebrate our anniversary this year, we had dinner at our favorite Steak House. The filets melt in your mouth!


And then our friend, Dave Faragher took us to the Danny Gans show in Vegas. Front row seats! The show was so much fun! We had a great time!!

Here we go for 36 more, and then some!!