Grandson's Mission Call

August has been such a busy month filled with many activities therefore I have not taken the time to post.

Faith George Grandma Passey

George has been called to the South Carolina Mission.  He is so excited about his mission and I know he will serve the people well in So. Carolina

This was my first visit to the Logan Temple and it was very special to share this evening with my grandson George, his mom Faith and his brother and his wife's family. 

Celebrating the 24th of July in Lund Nevada

The evening sky in Lund, Nevada

Laura Hendrix is 107 years old and she led the parade.  She is quite a gal.  She participated in all of the activities of the day and attended her church meetings the following day.  She was born in 1905. 

The Carter Float.  Phil Carter is on the old tractor.  I love floats depicting the era that I grew up in.

I am so sorry.  I thought I had taken more pictures of the home but I got busy visiting and I neglected to take more.  They removed the wall between the kitchen and dining room and put two matching windows in replacing the door and the old window.  A beautiful view looking out the window at the apricot tree covered with apricots.  If you look really close you can see Grandma's favorite apricot tree.

The refrigerator and stove are on the west wall with  beautiful cupboards and the sink is located on the South wall.  Yes, the bathroom door is still there leading into the bathroom. They are making a large bathroom which includes the closet in Grandma's room and also the bathroom.  They have built a clothes closet where the sewing machine was and where the door from the bathroom was located. The screen on the side porch has been replaced with windows and they will be putting windows in the ceiling on the porch because a plant nursery will be located there.

The yellow bedroom in the back has been completely gutted and they have put in a new ceiling and insulation in the walls.  They are putting in a door that will go directly into the new bathroom from the back bedroom. 

Connie,  Brittany's mom is the lady in the picture.  She is the daughter of J.L. and Dawn Whipple.  If you ever go to Lund, I am sure they would let you visit your Great Grandma and Grandpa's home.  Aren't we pleased that the home is being updated and improved?  We have fond memories of this home and now another family is making their own memories.  Isn't that what life all about!!!

The yard is also beautiful with a large garden and not a weed in sight. That is,  in Brittany's section.  Wade and Brittany each have their own section that they keep weeded.  They have 3 children.  Two little boys and a 7 month old.

This is the home that your Grandma Helen grew up in.  Clint, Anita's son has  recently purchased it and he is continually improving it. They had renters in it for many years and it was very neglected.  What a blessing that Clint is putting in the time to make it nice.

Ava  Kelly  Anita  Isa  Sherril

I sure enjoyed getting to know Clint's wife Kelly and their two girls.  Kelly is from Korea and she met Clint at the Univ. of Utah.   

Guess What!!!!!!  After 6 years I finally finished my basket quilt.  No I haven't been working on it that long.  It has been just waiting for me to bind it and get it hung on my bedroom wall.  This is one of the first quilts that I started when I came up to Salt Lake.

FINISHED AND HUNG IN PLACE!!!!!

Reunion ----Addition

Oh the beauty of God's Creations

Faith, Dezi and George

The Beautiful Lodge that we all enjoyed.  Eight master bedrooms, computer room, pool table, large family room on the bottom floor and plenty of rooms to have a good game of Scum.  In fact we were having so much fun, the family members who tried to get some rest finally just gave up.



Cousins having fun together

Trayton   Hannah  Taylor  Brittany  Abby  Leeah  Carter

Hannah Leeah  Brooke

Rachel  Eli  Jessica  Leanna  Sherilyn  Helen

Brittany  Trayton  Seth



Our Lovely Cinderella and Prince Jacob

Family Reunion at Castle Valley Outdoors in Emery County



I will give you a glimpse of the fun that we had at our Reunion July 5,6, and 7 2012

We all participated in swimming, floating, golfing, shooting the guns, hiking, 4-wheeling, talent shows, eating and just hanging out.



Brittany, Brooke, Jenny, Toby, Helen and Sherilyn enjoying a lazy afternoon.

Rachel, Jenny, Sherilyn, Jeana, Zazz, and Lowell looking at the Indian Pictographs.



Lowell is our teacher

Murry



Jacob is our little rock climber

Toby, Trayton and Abby  ( Great Pals )



Jenny, Helen, Rachel, and Faith are out for their early morning hike.

Charlotte, Jenny, Jeana and Sherilyn are ready to go for a ride.

Helen, Jenny, Lowell and Sherilyn sharing their wonderful singing talents.

Rachel, Leanna and Seth sharing their talents

We had a great time being all together and reconnectioin with cousins, aunts and uncles and with Grandma Passey.   I hope you got a glimpse of the fun we had.

Progress on the Robert Gardner Home

It has been a while since I have posted and I would like to share the progress we are making on the Robert Gardner home located on Murphy's Lane in Salt Lake City

                                                                               

                                                                          

Our first project was to remove the Pyracantha bushes which were 90 feet long, 16 feet high and 16 feet wide.  What a difference it made!!!!  We can finally see the home from the street.

These are some of the roots.  This gives a picture of how old these bushes were.

This is  a 30 foot dumpster and it was able to hold only half of the shrubs that wee removed.

Our next project was to get our chimney cleaned.  This chimney had not been cleaned in years so I will let you guess the amount of soot that was removed.  Maybe it was 100 years of soot.

The Chimney Sweeper was a very friendly man and he seemed to enjoy his work.  In fact he said, "that he was the best in the valley."

These men are awesome.  Philip Roberts, on the left is my Daughter in Law's younger brother.  He is majoring in Architectural Landscaping at BYU.  He is such a hard worker and so willing to help me in the many decisions that have to be made.  Reed Gardner is on the right.  He has helped to get our antique watering system to function so we could start watering.  Each time I return to water he has added a lever or handle so it is much easier to turn the water on and off.

Philip is planting a Lilac bush and 4 Barberry bushes.  We started planting Friday at noon on the 15th and finished Sat. evening at 9:00 P.M  Of course that included a couple of trips to the nursery and other errands. We also planted a white Hydrangea, a Mock Orange Bush, more Lilac bushes and other plants that I have forgotten the names right now.  We transplanted Peonies, 5 small Spruce and 2 Heavenly Bamboo that were already on the property.  It was a big day.

Removing the Ivy from off the front porch and also clearing our the Pyracantha  in the front opens up the property,  We also planted two rose bushes in front of the rock porch and a Topiary Lilac bush where the jungle of Ivy used to be.

Our next project is removing trees and also trimming trees.  The guys started Thurs. morning and are removing a tree called The Tree of Heaven which is located on the West side of the home.  It is really a trash tree so we are looking forward to seeing this tree gone.   They have a big job of trimming 2 Sycamore Trees on the South and a Sycamore tree on the East adjacent to the house.  Also they will be trimming a Catalpa Tree, Mulberry and a Crab Apple tree..  They are removing a Box Elder, Russian Olive, and an Elm Tree.

I am on my way to the Robert Gardner home to water.  We have had over 100 degree temperatures the last few days and some wind so the new plants need water everyday.  Its quite a mess in some areas because there are lots of tree branches scattered around.  The tree removal guys equipment broke down on Fri. so they had to leave early.  They will be back in the morning.  I also have to protect the plants from the branches that fall.

Visitors at the Robert Gardner Home

Last Friday, May 25 Colleen's family,  Beverly and Darwin met me at the Gardner home where they toured the home and the grounds.

Beverly, Darwin, Lisa, Colleen, Tammy, Gene, Colleen and Jay

Tammy had broken her arm only a month ago but she was doing much better.

They enjoyed their visit and after Colleen Scow treated us all to a Mexican Dinner.

This building is made out of Adobe brick and there is moss growing on the roof.  I assume the conditions are just right with the humidity from Mill Creek and lots of shade from all the trees close by and maybe the shingles are contributing to it.  The moss is brown but when you put water on it the moss turns green.  I am not sure what this building was used for originally. When Al purchased the home it was filled with STUFF and an old red truck.

A Visit from my Colorado Family

Mark, Sherilyn and Laura visited me a couple of weeks ago and we all went to dinner at a Mexican Restaurant called Morelia.  It was good but I can't seem to find a restaurant that serves real Mexican food like they do in Arizona.  I AM NOT GIVING UP.   I know there has to be one somewhere.

It's sure fun to be around Laura and her Dad.  They love to be together and they enjoy every moment.

We all attended church together and after the Mortensens drove back to their home in Paonia Colorado. They dropped of their daughter Laura at BYU before returning home.  It is so different to have them only 5 hours away rather than 2000 miles away.