Ryan and Megan

Saturday 8 June, Ryan Boynton married Megan Anderson. The family gathered in the morning at the Provo Temple and afterwards moved to our chapel for a nice luncheon. Everyone pitched in to help and it was a nice event. That evening we drove south to Salem for the reception. 

 Ryan and Megan

 Adam, Sandy, and Rod Jr.

 Uncle Rod and some of his posterity

 Aunt Vic snaps her kids

 The Boynton family

 The Chip Boynton siblings 

 Chip and Sandy with the bride and groom

 Preparing Caesar salad

 Carrie and Vic

 Kris, Sandy, and Carol

 Emily with the Aunties and Grandmother

 Krisy and Pippy

 Colvers, Young, and Gebhards

 Payson Canyon and Nebo foothills

 Santiquin Peak on Loafer Mountain

 The receiving line

 The Anderson's yard

 Cousins

 Timp from south county

 Fountain fun

 A lovely Utah summer evening

 Chip and Brianna

Some of the Rodney Boyntons

It was a great day with family. With the kiddos here, there will be more, but this is all for now.

OXO

D.

Provo to Mesa . . . on a Plane!

On Thursday 6 June I flew to Arizona to drive Maren and the boys to Utah. That's grand and all, but the exciting part was that Alegiant flies from PROVO!!! to MESA!!! Grandmother and the aunties flew up on the reverse flight. The skies were clear and the view all the way down I-15 and Highway 89 was spectacular.

Maren picked me up in Mesa and we drove to Tia Rosa's, of course. The trip preparations all went smoothly and Friday we headed north. Highway 89 between Bitter Springs and Page is closed because a land slide collapsed 500 yards of the road. Things are so unstable it will take years to make repairs. Consequently we drove up 89A which turned out to be a beautiful drive.

 Grandmother and the aunties arrived in Provo 

while I awaited departure

 So nice just to drive down to the Provo Airport

 The Grand Canyon from 35,000 feet

 Lunch at Tia Rosa's

 We swung by the Phoenix Temple which is nearing completion

A detail of the spire

 Gavin the Engineer, secured the bikes

 On the road

 Finn is smile-challenged

 The visitors center at Navajo Bridge

 A warm alfresco lunch

 Beckham and his mommy

 Lunch in the real Carsland

 Old and only somewhat newer Navajo Bridges

Marble Canyon

 Smile boys

That'll do 'er

Home to the beautiful land of mountains and orange barrels

The trip was pleasant and we are ready for a fun month with kids while Gavin is in France and India. He will join us by the 4th of July. There are more adventures in the offing, but this is all for now.

OXO

D.

P.S. Thanks to Maren for a few of her photos.

End of May, Beginning of June 2013

On the last day of May (our anniversary) we went to La Casita with Emily and Family to celebrate the end of the school year. We hired Max to do a bit of yard work for us and he appeared later that afternoon. June 1 was Uncles Dinner at a crepe cafe in Orem. June 2, Jenny Peterson Haraguchi hosted a mini study-abroad reunion. We and some of our family, Jenny and her family, Symonie Udall Harris and her family, Kurt Graham and his family, DeLamar and Mary Jensen, and Julee Braithwaite gathered for food and a little catching up. June 3, Millie and Colton hosted a lovely alfresco compound dinner in their yard. And yesterday, June 4, Phillip and Meagan hosted a "block party." They do it every year, but this year, since rescrambling the ward, they extended the invitation around the corner. It was a pleasant evening.

 La Capizza

 Maxwell at work

 Katy Greendoor and the Ringers

 Julee, Symonie, and Jenny

 Symonie, Jenny, and the Jensen Delamas

 The whole crew (less the Colvers who left a little earlier)

 Julee, Symonie, Kurt, and Jenny: 88 was a great group

 A tavola, no s'invecchia

 The neighbors gathered

 Fossums and Renchers: life-long friends

 Opa et al.

Nice job guys!

Tomorrow the Hastings and Taylors (less Phil) fly to Hawaii and I fly to AZ to help Maren bring her guys to Utah for a slice of cooler summer. So there will be more to report, but this is all for now.

OXO  

D.