Saturday, July 3, 2010

More Rock Garden

Amy and Jamison have been working steadily on the rock garden. I had no idea it would be so much work (or cost so much), but trust me, it will be beautiful. Here she works on the cedar posts that will make the pylons for the pebble "sea:"
Really, it's gonna be pretty. Believe me. [I know because we actually finished and cleaned up tonight--I can't wait to see it in the morning! And by "finish" I mean--all but the rest of the plantings and maybe a few more rocks].

Esplin Reunion

Above is a photo by Cindy (or maybe by Jody) of everybody but us, as we went home Saturday night and then out to Sam's farewell Sunday morning. But we had fun while we were there. It was great to meet Grant's wife Wendy and her three--Gage, Abbie, and Remy.

Friday night we all went to the Mormon Miracle Pageant in Manti. The Sanpete Turkey Dinner was great!

Quite a lot of the guys took a nap before the show began:

Amy's Birthday (but mostly about Ethan)

We had a picnic up the canyon for Amy's birthday. Ethan was the focus of attention, as usual.

He slides so fast he's almost invisible!

Brett shaved his mustache and gained some earrings:

Rebecca's Wedding: Romaaaaantic, OK?

John and John, waiting at the temple for the bride and groom (above).

Colin just home (from Italy Milano); Sam just leaving (for Taiwan):
Claire:
Logan, Lee, Colin, and Sam:
Rebecca and Maxwell emerge!
The Mitchells:
Liz, Becca, Max, Alan:
Liz and Rebecca:
Gene, Becca, and Liz:
Weird family traditions (I think it started with Barbara's wedding):
Grandma Gene at the reception center garden:
Frost and Charlotte:
Father of the Bride:
Rebecca and Max exchange vows:
The wedding party (not all of them):
John the EmCee:
Janet and John P.:
Amy and Ethan:
Becca A., John P., Susan J., and Julie W., keeping an eye on the BBQ at the Greenjacket dinner and reception.
The siblings sing to Becca and Max:
Dancing with Dad:

Birthdays and Fathers Day

Well, at least Karma Sue looks normal.

Betsy enjoys chocolate ice cream:

Brett enjoys Ethan:

Ethan and Alice






Alice is a very affectionate cat. When I first met her, I was sitting on Betsy's couch and she came leaping down the stairs, jumped up on my lap, to my shoulder, and gave me a hug around the neck.

Ethan's affectionate too.

A Brief Music Bonus

...from Chris' spring choir concert:


He has had a few more shows with his band, Red and the Rovers (here on facebook and myspace, and his individual myspace spot for acoustic and techno), but I haven't been able to make it to his shows to get pix.