24th of July

Pam and I have had a wonderful couple of weeks before and after the 24th of July. Since returning from Denver we have spent much time in our yard trying to get it back into shape and harvesting some of the garden as it matures. Thus far the beans are coming on as have the beets. We are looking forward to the corn and hope we have a good crop.

The honor guard of the American Legion began the 24th of July festivities and we enjoyed the parade with Erin and Kate. Jennifer and her children Drew, Kali and Megan were also with us but on this day were enjoying a family reunion with Jennifer's family here in the Monroe area.


We had a few wonderful entries, besides sport teams and cars, that reminded us of the meaning of the 24th of July. Our great heritage of pioneers who came to this country to enjoy religious freedom and at the request of their leaders. They sacrificed and endured beyond anything we could imagine and we are grateful to them for their example.

Pam worked a booth for the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers and Erin and Kate aided her in selling tickets to a beautiful quilt raffle. Kate was so cute and I got to walk around the grounds showing her off to all of my friends.

Following the 24th of July Jennifer and her family left us for home and Tom and Johanna and their family arrived. We spent a lot of time on the golf course, both here at home at the Richfield course and on Tuesday the 29th of July we went up to the Palisades Golf Course in Sterling and enjoyed this beautiful course. Words can't describe how well we played !!!

Kate is sitting in an antique high chair used by many generations. I added a new tray and was able to re-glue and paint this wonderful piece of furniture and hope it provides many more years of use.
Tom and Johanna and their family left for the Wood family campout on Wednesday and Pam and I went north to Springville and brought Aunt Win home. She has been staying with her son Jeff and also niece Jacki for the past couple of weeks.