Granite Flats CampgroundWe gathered at Granite Flats up American Fork Canyon for our annual family Reunion. Many thanks to Dianne, Wayne and their family for setting us up in a great spot. Above is the dining spot, we had a ball field where a couple of tenacious Kickball games were played and many sore muscles were earned. In between was a nice creek that was home to a grand water fight. Fish stories were shared, not many caught. A broken camper window on Stan's truck, a great FHE on our pioneer ancestors was shared, about 30 Harry Potter books scattered and devoured by many was seen, and a nice rainstorm that failed to wake me from my nap as it flew by all happened in a wonderful 48 hours. The food was great and the company was better.
Timpanogos Cave HikeOn Tuesday morning, many of us got tickets to hike and tour Timpanogos Cave. Maureen and I huffed and puffed up the mountain trail to the cave entrance. It took us about 40 minutes to hike the mile and a half. Jen Christensen, my niece told us when she was a ranger taking tours there 10 years ago, she could hike it in 20 minutes. Maureen and I were pretty tired when we got up there.
Cooling off in Middle CaveWe seemed to get more out of the cave tour this time. Maybe it is because I didn't have a bunch of kids to herd around inside or my memories of the tour have been stored in dead brain cells. Anyway,it was nice and cool inside the caves. We got the full Martin Hansen treatment, legends and recognition as some of his ancestors. I still can't get over the bravery of Grandpa and the others to explore those caves with the primitive tools, candles and having to drop over 100 feet by rope and for Grandpa Martin to drop that 100 feet at 73 years old. This was really a fun activity and I got my cardio in for the next month!
Grandma EJ's Birthday 7/25/07Wednesday morning we got up and said goodbye to the Crumps at our reunion and drove to Ogden to celebrate Maureen's mother's (Grandma EJ is what we call her) 77th birthday. After visiting JB and EJ at their home in Ogden, we drove up Ogden Canyon to a park in Huntsville to celebrate with the family. We had a great dinner at the park and many toured the David O McKay home there in town. Happy Birthday Mama, we love you!
The newest in the Dickson Clan!Zion is growing! And never is it said more true than in JB and Elaine's family! Here are the two newest in the family. The baby on the left is Jada Herring, Camille's fifth child and the one on the right is Caleb Rasmussen (Sarah's first). These two kids are number 43 and 44 great grandchildren of JB and EJ. Oops, I forgot, number 45 was born last Sunday. Makel Gardner who is the daughter of Melinda (Witt, Karen's daughter) and Chad Gardner, see how fast they come....if you blink, you might miss one.
5 comments:
It was great to see you at Gma's bday. You two sure are keeping plenty active with all your fun summer adventures. Thanks for sharing :)
Looks like a lot of Family Fun! We're sorry we missed the reunion and bday party, but glad we got to read about it on your blog. We're so lucky to have such great family! And what fun to see those new babies!!
-Em
The family reunion looked like lots of fun! We will be home soon to go on some more vacations :)
-Ava and Val
You must have blinked! Rachel had her baby too on the 19th. :)
We had a lot of fun at the reunion this year. You'll have to send me a copy of the picture of all of us out front. With the speed that Brin hiked at, I think it might have been one of the only times we were all together!
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