Mid November 2012

It goes without saying that there has been a walk every morning. In addition, 5 November was Guy Fawkes Day and Bonfire Night. We celebrated this strange remembrance of the Gunpowder Plot with the family. My aunt, Ruth Taylor Kartchner, Father's youngest and only surviving sibling, died in October before we left for Arizona. Her funeral was Friday 6 November. Cousin Hank Nelson and I were fortunate enough to meet her on our walk just a couple of days before she died. In the Taylor family, funerals are the closest thing to reunions we seem to have, and it was good to see lots of cousins. We hosted the family Sunday dinner on the second Sunday and the following day I went to tour Allen Hall with Rod, Allen and Nancy Ostergar, and Phil Freestone. It was there that I learned Portuguese prior to going to Brazil 50 years ago. We met those same folks for Group Dinner at Bam Bam's BBQ. Rod and Vickie hosted and we returned to their home for key lime pie and lots of good visiting. Last Saturday we met at cousin Kreg's place in SLC for an expanded Cousin's Breakfast with cousin HB who was in town. That evening we picked up Rod and Vic and took them to the Brazilian restaurant in Salt Lake. I loved Vic's key lime pie so much that I made us one for our solo Sunday Dinner.

 Rock Canyon never gets tiresome

 Crazy, but we love Guy Fawkes Day and Bonfire Night

 Conner, Max, Madeline, and Lizzie

 Kris, Ann, Hank, and Uncle

 Kathryn read, "Remember, remember, the fifth of November..." for us

 Evey didn't feel the cold

photo credit: Embly

 Grammy love

photo credit: Katy Kathryn

 The Nelson brothers with wives: Kristy, Hank, John, and Mary Ann

 Cousin John Arthur, cousin Hank, and SKT at the cemetery 

 Front L to R: Ellen Kartchner Farrer, Mary Ann Kartchner Alley, 

Ken Kartchner, Hank Taylor, Hank Nelson 

Rear L to R: George Taylor, John Taylor, Richard Kartchner, 

David Kartchner, Linda Kartchner Tyler, Rosena Kartchner Heal,

 John Nelson, SKT, DAT

 Doting on Evey after dinner

 Phil, Nancy, Allen, and Rod at Allen Hall

 Front stairs led up to my bedroom

 My bedroom

 James Phillip standing in the door to my room

 The main floor classroom where I learned Portuguese

The fellers in that room

 Another glorious walk

 Good friends at Bam Bam's

 Meeting for over 40 years and it all started in Allen Hall

 That mountain!

 Hansen Cousins Breakfast at Kreg's

 Such fun meeting with cousins every month 

photo credit: Millie Kay Calder Francis

 Unbelievably, all the sweets were sold out at the Sweet Spot...

 So after our Brazilian dinner we stopped at Harmon's for gelato

 Mmmmm...key lime pie

 The ice man commeth

Dang, it's that mountain again

Thanksgiving is coming, so there will certainly be more, but this is all for now.

OXO

D.