SWEET 16

16 Grandkids!  All together at Grammy's house!
.I couldn't get a good picture to save me and the kids would not do another set without protest. I found out--and I did get protest from the biggest kids.

Highway 89

Saturday we loaded up the 4 wheeler in the pickup and headed up the Hurricane Hill.  The ride was so pretty.  We stopped in Kanab for lunch then rode to edge of town to see the colored sand caves.

The varied colors of sandstone were so exciting. 

We didn't carve our names--we just saved the memory digitally.

Continuing North we turned off the highway at Alton.
Snow has melted and the fields are green.
We unloaded the ATV's and headed up the mountain.

Dutch oven supper---it was so good!!

Traveling on the road the guys made last summer. 
These boys do play with big sized Tonka Toys.

 

ALTON

Our fun buddies this trip:
Laron & Linda
Clair & Betty
DeMar & Helen
Bill & Merry Dawn

Mother's Day Breakfast

Beautiful day.  Beautiful Kids!  I can say that---it's my  prerogative.

Sunday morning we enjoyed the backyard for  a wonderful brunch. Waffles with whipped cream and strawberries, sausage and eggs.

Little Finland for Geezers On Vacation

Chuck and I took a spur of the moment (well, we had an hours notice) trip through Utah, Arizona and into Nevada.  We traveled with Laron & Linda with 2 Rhinos on the trailer.  It doesn't take long to get to Whitney Pockets, where we met up with Lee & Klea and Karl & Terrie and Howard.
We went over a dirt road and through a wash to see a new site.  It is called Little Finland.
We hiked and climbed around natural formations of red sandstone.  We ate "bottle stopper" wild plants and dug a Sego Lily--saw a few cactus flowers--Desert Marigolds and other wild flowers.
Enjoyed fresh air and friendship.

 We've got to get the rest of the Geezers to join us and go somewhere again soon. 

It was back to work this morning.

Easter Week

The Larsen's and the Easter Bunny have come and gone again.

These are some of the pictures I took during a wild party.

 All of the Grandkids's except for Isaac (he's hiding behind the door) 

and Powell (he's the newest and inside with his Mom).

Larsen's Are Coming!!!

We are excited to have Emily and Nick 

and Isaac and Savannah and Sophia 

coming next week.  

It will be a party week for sure!

Pix taken in Dec when we had the last family week.

Sowing Oats

Friday Chuck talked me into going to the ranch at Lund to help him plant a few acres of seeds before the expected Saturday rain.  He thought that if he told me I could drive the little Ford tractor that I would jump at the chance.  I didn't jump, but I did go with him.  We stopped at Overson's Farm Store in Cedar to get 5 bags of mixed oats and barley seed.

I pulled the disk all day long.  It had been so long since I had driven a tractor that I honestly had forgotten how.
Chuck gave me a refresher course on the way to the field.  He loaded the seed bags on the back and he sat on the fender.  He was pretty brave because the tractor kept raring up off the front tires through the muddy road. It scared me but by the end of the day it didn't phase me when I was putting the disk up and down and going into reverse with the wiley little old tractor.

Charles spent most of the day walking and broadcasting the bags of seed.  He threw 8 big bags of seed.

It will be exciting to see if a crop comes up. 

It is a project to prove up on his water.

The cows on the range and the antelope will be so happy for anything more than sagebrush.

Charles clearing some of the ground.  He loves his Tonka Toys.

This is the main road back the 40 miles to Cedar City. 

Then it's onto the freeway & home.

When we got into bed that night I could still feel the tractor and every time I closed my eyes I could see the front of the tractor going down the rows. 

Chuck's arms and legs are still sore, but I am sure he will want to go to Lund again soon.

I really had a good time driving the tractor.
I keep looking at the nice tractor in our back yard and thinking that I should give it a try.
Anyone need a field worked on?