I think that June, July and August have just flown by...so much that I forgot to picture, but probably just as well. It was really a summer of family. While we didn't have a formal family reunion scheduled, all of the families who live in Arizona and Oregon, did come for a visit and sometimes we had a couple of families at the same time, so it was wall to wall bodies when it was sleep time. But, I loved the busyness of it all.
No summer is complete without at least one baseball game.
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| Davis had a great game |
I always love visiting with friends whether it's to celebrate a birthday or just to celebrate a long standing friendship.
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| Mona, Marian, Me and Maxine celebrating Joyce's birthday |
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| Joyce successfully blew out all candles! |
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| Judy Christensen and me, friends since college |
I took a quick trip to Portland to celebrate Anders' graduation from Lincoln High School. We enjoyed a final choir concert for him, too. We even found time to make some strawberry jam. Delicious!
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| Anders final concert, Me, David, Anders, Leif, JaneAnne, Berit, Jody and Bob |
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| Berit and her project |
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| Lunch with the grandparents and David and JaneAnne |
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| JaneAnne and I making strawberry jam |
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| Anders is right in the middle of his class for graduation |
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| Anders looking very serious, but probably relieved |
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| Anders getting the diploma |
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| Attendees at graduation: Leif, JaneAnne, Me, Anders, David, Jody, Bruce, Bob, John, Berit and Julie |
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| Anders with his siblings |
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| The David Olsen family group at graduation |
I got back from Portland just in time to attend the wedding of my nieces daughter, Liza Smith, to Salmon Gee. I thought it was interesting how Alisa and Jana were color coordinated for the event.
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| Mike and Jana Maughan, Brett and Alisa Larsen |
My good friend and neighbor went with me to the opening of at Art Show in Springville.
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| Maxine and me at the Springville Art Museum. |
One of the things on my bucket list was to go to the Manti Pageant and I finally made it, thanks to Brett and Alisa. I think she got tired of me saying, "I've always wanted to do that".
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| Can you tell it was sunny from the "squinty" eyes of Me, Brett and Alisa |
Ashley and Lindsay Brewer were in town for a track/cross country sports camp at BYU so we took a moment to go to the temple.
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| Me with Lindsay and Ashley |
A bunch of the family was able to help Jana celebrate her birthday with a picnic up at the South Fork.
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| Some Brewers, Andelins, Maughans and Petersons celebrate Jana's birthday |
I had a fun visit from the Clark Lake Ward Mission Leader whom I served with on my mission to Washington Federal Way. Alisa, Jana and I started playing more tennis so we took a selfie and I just loved the beautiful clouds observed when out walking in the early morning.
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| Me with Sue and Mike Smith |
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| Tennis players, Jana, Alisa and Me |
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| A beautiful morning view from Cherokee Lane and Bannock Drive |
It's always fun to run into friends and Alisa and I managed this while attending a Utah Symphony performance up in Deer Valley. The Simmons are friends from Salem, Oregon. Lahn was one of my Blazer Scouts
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| Kristi, Lahn, Laurel Simmons, Me and Alisa |
My walking friends and I decided it would be fun to do the 5K Temple to Temple run on July 24th. We decided we didn't want to wait for the official start as it was going to be a hot day, so we started about 6:30 a.m. and were the first finishers of the race. The longest part of the whole event was waiting for the shuttle to take us back to get our car.
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| The start: Me, Shirley, Maxine and Larue (Shirley's sister) |
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| The finish |
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| The Waiting in Line for the Shuttle |
Leif was driving to Provo from Oregon on his birthday, so I served him a piece of cake early the next morning complete with one candle? He was celebrating his 13th birthday.
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| Leif having his birthday cake for breakfast, somewhat belatedly |
Next up on my calendar was a trip to Park City with the Maughan family and later the Olsen Family. We always enjoy the water, playing games, hiking, tennis and just relaxing.
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| If you want to get schooled by grandchildren, play the game "Set", Stuart and Delaney and me |
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| Trying our hands at ping pong |
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| Enjoying the sunshine |
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| Having fun in the water with the Maughan family |
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| Hiking |
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| Delaney with "duck" lips |
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| The Olsens and Maughans in front of the hotel enjoying beautiful weather |
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| Trying our hand at tennis |
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| It's another "lap stack" in front of hotel |
I started playing tennis with a group of women and they invited me to their summer party.
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| The lovely ladies that I play tennis with on occasion, a fun new thing! |
What a great way to end the summer...with a 76 trombone celebration. Shirley played a recording from the Music Man of that song as we began a celebration with balloons, food, friends and fun. The day ended with a family dinner and I had to blow out the candles. I was down to puffs of air at the end and one grandson thought I had spit on the cake, and he declined to eat any.
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| Tried some avocado toast for a birthday breakfast |
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| Shirley, Maxine, Me, Mona and Susan celebrate with me |
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| The Cake and only 12 candles? 76 would have been a conflagration |
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| Getting ready to give it a go |
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| Sputtering at the end |
So many fun things, busyness galore, but what a wonderful summer! Hope you all enjoyed the wonderful days of summer. Love to all!
