Vernal with the Aunties

The week before the wedding, on Tuesday 16 July, we headed east to Vernal to visit Auntie Katy. After lunch at Freddie's, Katy took us to Dinosaur National Monument, which I hadn't visited for years. The dinosaur bits were fun and interesting, but the park, which extends into Colorado, is beautiful. That evening, Katy, served us a delicious butter-chicken dinner. It was a delightful day.

Off on an adventure in eastern Utah

 Auntie Katy's house

 Auntie Anna woking young Evelyn over

 The whole gang

 Lunchtime

 I caught Auntie Maren mid-bite -- sorry

 Up the mountain on a tram

 Yosemite Sam

 Three of the aunties -- the forth was a bit preoccupied with 

wedding prep

Quarry Exhibit Hall

 Old bones, young people

 Auntie Maren and Finn

Petroglyphs


Bright sun

 Interesting yellow-ochre stone

 The Green River flows through the park

Josie Morris Cabin: rugged 20th-century woman who chose
to live off the grid

 Split Mountain

 Dinah

 Ready for dinner

 Evelyn was saddened once again (actually exhausted)

We had a great visit

The rehearsal dinner and wedding are next, but this is all for now.

OXO

D.

Waiting for the Wedding: July 2019

With just over two weeks until the wedding, we filled our days with adventure: Albion Basin hike, La Casita (again), canal walks, Springville Art Museum, house hunting in Spanish Fork, SLC to Orson Gygi, porch sitting every morning and evening, new beech tree in the front yard, P712, Hale Center Theater, scouting Madi's wedding venue and Sundance, dancing, and MLM fun. The kids did several other things like Thanksgiving Point and Hangtime, but the things shown here are where I participated, too.

 Thistles spotted on a morning walk

 Pennies found in the road on another morning walk

Albion Basin hike with the girlies

 Albion Basin is at the top of Little Cottonwood

Canyon near Alta

 We were too early for most of the wildflowers,

but saw the beginnings of the wildflower season

 Aspens in Little Cottonwood Canyon

 Little Cottonwood Creek

 Happy hikers headed home

 Lunch was a daily affair

 Everyone loves La Casita's chips and salsa

 We just can't seem to get enough

 Baby ducks on a canal walk

 Walking in the canal is evidently the best thing ever

 The older folks stuck to the pathway

 Traditional human pyramid at the Maeser Building

 Springville Art Museum

 Kid stuff

 I love this Maynard Dixon painting

 Looking at new houses in Spanish Fork

 Bea and Evy on another canal walk

 Bea wants to do a canal walk for her birthday party

 Homeward bound on Birch Lane

 After buying cake pans at Orson Gygi, Annie took us to the Tea

Rose Diner in Murray for a delicious Thai lunch

 Sunset thrilled the porch sitters

 A new beech tree in the front yard

 P712 is back in Colton's care and is wonderful

 An assortment of pizza

 Meatballs and short ribs

 HCT does it again: delightful production

 What's a trip to Sundance without suckers?

 They are good! Just ask Beckham

 The aunties dancing to Abba's Super Trooper

Clara masterminded an MLM scheme to make and sell oils and 

perfumes made from lavender and other plants -- the creative fun

kept the kiddos entertained for several days: boredom is the mother

of creativity!

All that fun, plus a trip to Vernal, kept us busy right up to Madi's wedding week when preparations kicked into high gear. So there will be more but this is all for now.

OXO

D.