Family Camping at Soapstone

On July 15-17 we had our 2nd annual family campout at Soapstone campground with Curtis and Matthew’s families. It’s along Utah’s Mirror Lake Highway in the tall pine trees and has the Provo River running through the campground. There were ten of us–Steve and I, Curtis and Kelly with their children Katelyn (4 yrs) and Cody (5 months), and Matthew and Natalie…

Christmas 2009

Another Christmas in the rear view mirror. It’s a long and careful preparation for the best celebration of the year, and it’s all worth it. We drove up to Layton early Christmas morning and visited Stephanie, Sydney, and Mary at their home in Layton for a while. They a Skype connection to Brian on the internet and we felt like…

Family in town–Dec 2009

We had family come to town the week of December 6th through 9th. What a great time we had. Mike and Phyllis drove up from Sonoma, California. Monty and Sammy drove up from Las Vegas. And Terry flew in from Southern California. Mike and his sons and Terry and his son Greg all went snow boarding Monday and we had…

Road Trip to Illinois

What a wonderful experience Steve and I had on our two-week road trip to visit Steve and Carolyn in Champaign, Illinois. We left very early the morning of Thursday, Oct 8th, and followed I-15 through Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa and Illinois. We were so lucky to have good weather all the way. It seems we were following a pretty bad…

Happy Birthday, Mom

Just thinking about my sweet Mom–Goldie Adelade Heath Newman. She would have been 92 years old on the 16th of this month (Nov 2009) if she were still living. Hope you had a Happy Birthday, Mom. (You do read my blogs, don’t you Mom???)

It’s a Boy!

Wow! Life is such a precious, fragile miracle. Kelly invited her mother and me to be at the doctor’s office today when she and Curtis had the ultrasound. We learned right away that it’s a boy. The outdoor plumbing was quite evident. I am overjoyed. Everyone was all smiles. Katelyn wanted a baby sister, but she’ll enjoy being the big…

Steve’s shoulder surgery :(

The score was tied and he knew he could win. A fast ball off the front wall was coming high and, without thinking, he swung high and hard. And that was the last swing he would do for a long time. Steve tore the tendon in his right shoulder and couldn’t raise his arm. And Jason had no mercy. Steve…

Steve and Carolyn Reunion

Steve and Carolyn’s family came to town for a reunion the end of July. They rented a LARGE monster home in Heber and enjoyed a few days together with nearly all of their children and grandchildren. They had twenty-five people there–13 adults and 12 children. Mike and Kristi and their new son Emmet weren’t able to come. And Nathan was…

A Day at Hogle Zoo

Boy was it HOT! I went to the zoo with Lisa, Vernon, Gayle and families. Most of the children hadn’t been to a zoo before (that they could remember) and were so excited to see the animals. And I was happy to be with my family that I don’t get to see nearly enough. The zoo was giving a price…

Rendezvous Beach Camping

We thought we were going camping on the south shore of Bear Lake where we could wake up in the morning and walk out to the water. But what really happened was that the lake decided to shrink. So we camped in a campground with very few trees and lots of weeds where we could see the lake about a…