Conlin Reunion

Random pics from the Conlin Reunion held 7/18/09 at Downata:

Items for the silent auction

Reed talking to his cousin, Lois

3 cousins: Duane, Reed and Lois


Reed's cousin, Lila, and brother, Ross


Reed's cousin, Bart, and his wife, Ruby

Nephew Shawn and his wife Celeste

Grandkids Natalie and Mason

Two of the youngest attendees-

Brooklyn is in the stroller

Son-in-law, daughter and granddaughter:

Jory, Candace and Brooklyn

These reunions are exhausting!

It was decided that the extended Conlin reunions will be held on the 3rd Saturday of July each year. Next year it will be held in the Salt Lake area. Heather Bee (Bill's granddaughter) agreed to be the reunion organizer/chairwoman. Yeah! Good for her!

Aubrey

I am wearing a new fragrance today compliments of Aubrey. It is the same 'fragrance' Robin wears everyday. It is called 'Baby Barf.' Poor little girl, she went through at least 3 receiving blankets, 3 bibs, and 3 heavy-duty diaper/spit-up rags. We were both saturated and puddles were everywhere. In between the puking and lengthy ear-splitting screaming, this is what the cute little girl looks like:

Aubrey will be 2 months old on July 16th. I was watching the girls while Robin and Andrew were in Salt Lake. Andrew was having more tests and a consultation with a doctor. Andrew is facing chemo, radiation and a couple of major surgeries in the months to come. We hope and pray that he will respond well to the treatments, that the cancer will be eradicated, and that he will be restored to good health. Please fast and pray with us.

As postscript, I am thankful I was protected from harm and accident in my travels to American Fork and back home. On the way down I passed four accidents on the freeway. On the way home there were a few slow-downs. A guy in a large pick-up in front of me suddenly slammed on his brakes. I could tell when he hit the car in front of him because he came to an abrupt halt. I stood on my brakes hard, my purse went flying, and a book on the backseat as well as my overnight bag took a tumble. But I was able to stop just short of hitting the truck in front of me. Then I heard skidding and squealing tires. I looked in my rear-view mirror. Yikes, I didn't think he would stop in time. I braced myself for a crash which would have surely propelled me into the guy in front. What a miracle that I came away unscathed! I eventually made an extremely tight turn and changed lanes. No one behind me followed me out. I am wondering if there were a few chain reaction collisions behind me as well as the three vehicles in front of me which had sustained damage. Phew!

Schvaneveldt's Rock Wall

The corn is as high as an elephant's eye...

...well, not quite yet. Our garden is growing by leaps and bounds. Our radishes are long gone. The peas are winding down. Jill and her girls came picked a whole bunch of peas for their family. I finally had to blanch and make little bags and freeze them for later. We have started eating the yellow zucchini. Don't laugh, but we have thirteen (13) zucchini plants! We bought the smallest amount of seeds possible. Usually some of them don't germinate. We figured some would die when they were transplanted. Oftentimes a squash bug kills of a plant or two. Anyway, they all lived. I am going to have to give a lot of them away. Any takers? Reed has had beet greens. We made pickled beets today from our first picking. The beans are blossoming. We had some fresh picked peas and tiny little carrots from our garden in a cream sauce. Very tasty!

Out Ridin'

On July 2nd we took an ATV ride from Hardware Ranch to the trailhead of Monte Cristo. The roundtrip was 63.5 miles long. Everything was green and beautiful. Mother Nature really put on a show! As I was riding along I was composing a poem in my head about what I saw. I never completed my rhyme, so I won't post it here. The temperature was a little cool in places. There were a few snowbanks in the high country. On one ridge we could see over to the turquoise blue waters of Bear Lake. With the 4th of July coming up, people were streaming in to stake out their holiday camping spot to 'get away from it all.' The road wasn't dusty as there had been a thundershower. We had to dodge puddles.




As we were arriving back at Hardware Ranch I saw a sort of a rainbow in the clouds. I am not sure, is this called a sundog?

On the 4th of July we went for a ride in the pickup--up Logan Canyon--turned off on the road to Franklin Basin--past Hull Valley Boy Scout Camp--down Birch Creek--to Mink Creek--into Preston (where we had a taco salad and lime squeeze)--stopped at Richmond Cemetery (to verify that Aunt Fern Plant is 'planted' there)--and back home. Again, everything was gorgeous. There were recreational vehicles everywhere. Mosquitos were out in force. It was cloudy and cool and everything was wet. We had a mishap...a blowout of the front driver's side tire. It wasn't a convenient place to change a tire but it ended up we didn't have to. A group of guys came along on 4-wheelers and volunteered their services. They changed our tire in nothing flat! Thank goodness for good samaritans. They said they had already had an adventure at the German Dugway when one of them hit a rock that flipped the ATV over a steep embankment. They had to use a winch and muscle power to retrieve the machine. The mow strips and parking lots along Logan's Main Street were full of roped off areas, lawn chairs, flatbed trailers and quilts as people have laid claim to a spot along the cruise-in parade route to be held this evening.

Below are some pictures Reed took on our ride today. Most were taken from the same place, just different angles.

Happy 4th of July!!

No matter how you celebrated,

I hope it was safe and fun!

Flowers around our yard