Labor Day at the Platt Farm in Rocksville.

This is the last picture of the summer as we get

ready to leave Rockville and the Platt Farm. We

had a great time and appreciate Joe and Sue

sharing their wonderful, peaceful country

retreat. The only thing that could have made

this time better for me would have been to

have ALL of the family there with us!

This is where we hung out at for Labor

Day weekend. It is owned by Meggan's

parents.........we called it camping, but

it was so much more comfy than sleeping

on the ground in a tent and cooking over

a fire pit!

On Saturday we went to Zion's Park....we

even went on a hike! What were we thinking?
Dad and I roughed it in a trailer we rented
from a rental place in St. George.
Paul slept in it also. We had room for more,
but they would have to be people 4 feet or
shorter.

Parting is such sweet sorrow. This is Sienna
and Krew saying good-bye on Monday. So cute.

Labor Day -----------bye, bye summer.

The hike begins------

This is the gang preparing for the after the hike

activity........eating ice cream.

Sunday dinner........yummy.
The three princesses!

Some how dad managed to talk me into more

fishing.........not as productive this time, but

it was a beautiful, peaceful setting.

Our last fling of summer 2009.....

The gang worked hard and fast to put up 2

tents.........kind of funny that no one slept in

either one of them.

Our first night with everyone there the rain,

thunder and lightning scared them all into

the trailer.......we did plan on "camping"!

We had such a great time just spending time

together.
Thanks to "grandpa Joe" the kids all enjoyed
a bit of adventure on a homemade swing.

This is a cute picture of Meggan and her

sister Kallie on the more comfortable swing.

Who turned 60?

Wow! Are we getting old! To celebrate dad's

60th we went fishing.......it was scarry for

me riding in a 14 foot boat. But dad was

so excited about catching 3 good sized

trout. They were sure delicious.

I brought a book to read and some handwork

to do.......and I did okay until the wind

started to blow and the sky got dark

with clouds. I was very happy to get back

on dry ground.

Doesn't this birthday boy look happy?!
That smile made the day perfect for both of us.
Great to be at a point in life when his happiness
makes my day.

Those lazy days of summer........

As another summer comes to a close I feel some saddness....I thought that those days were a thing of the past, now that our children are all

grown. But now I see that as each summer passes it means our grand-chilren are growing up even faster! This is a cute picture of papa playing

crochet with the kids the first evening of nana and papa camp. We had so

much fun.

No doubt about it they are the best part of our summers. We have a

bizillion pictures of all of them from this summer and here are a few

our favorites. This first picture is of Stryker hanging out with papa after

dinner on a Sunday afternoon.

This picture of McKyna, Krew and Ty helping to harvest the cheeries

cracks me up........so funny, I would send them all out back and

they would come back in an hour later with one small bowl of

cherries..........hmm?

Our three oldest grand-daughters looking so beautiful just

before their musical performance. Just looking at this

picture makes me melancholy. They look so grown up!

This is another picture from Nana/Papa camp............the kids

are working on a quiz about the family and they are all trying to

squeeze the answers out of papa.

Ah, more sweet memories of summer........

Reagan napping on the couch.........so peacful.
Sienna snuggling by the pool with Nana.
Nick and MaClane getting ready to hit the velcro wall at
"Jump On It". I sure laughed hard watching them stick

to the velcro wall.
Ty sleeping on his dad's shoulder after a busy day at the "Platt Farm"
with his cousins.

Meika helping water the day lilies in Nana and Papa's backyard. As you

can see this was before the infamous "haircut"!

Tony and Christy's New Truck!

Tony is on a new adventure with trucking...........he is now an independent

truck driver with his own truck. We wish him much success and safety.