Summer Fun in Mytah

When Beck hears "Utah," he wonders, "Mytah?" So it seems that Beck and his family are spending some quality time in Mytah. There has been gobs of time with cousins playing, riding bikes, doing crafts, selling treats, and swimming at the "Provo Rec...reational Center," where Holden tells us, "there is a variety of things to do." The adults had the opportunity to hear Terryl and Fiona Givens speak and answer questions on Tuesday evening. They are bright, articulate, and faithful, and have a wonderful perspective on the church and where many of us hope it is headed. Today we bought Sensuous Sandwiches and headed to Sundance for a spectacular ride up the chair lift. We picnicked at Nunns Park on the way back to the valley.

Beck is having more fun than he handle 

 Time with cousins

 Katy Kathleen with Katy Kathryn at compound dinner/FHE

 The mess spreads ever northward on 9th East

 Lemonade and more!

 Indeed

 This satisfied customer bought a second glass of lemonade

 A most effective sales crew

 Terryl and Fiona Givens

 Lunch on the porch

 Crafts with Auntie Millie

Breakfast time

The dipper cleans up his brother's plate

The best mountain anywhere on Earth

The Youngs making the ascent 

High on a mountain top with Uncle Pippy

Provo Peak

An old lumberman's trail

The creek at Sundance

A lovely spot

A picnic at Nunn's Park

Beckham tucks in

The weather has been spectacular with cool nights and days in low 70s. There is more fun afoot, but this is all for now.

OXO

D.

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.