Following in his Daddy's footsteps

Just a couple of pics of my favorite little guy again.  Here is Johnny driving with his daddy on the backroads to home.  He loves helping his daddy..it doesn't matter what it is, he wants to be right there with JD.

Another thing JD has taught Johnny is to put his hands in his pockets... he is so cute when he follows his dad around walkin' with his hands in his pockets!  I gave him a dollar and told him to put it in his pocket, he did, and kept finding it and showing it to me, then put it back into his little pocket... he is such a doll !!

Hey,  the shades can only increase my coolness!

Planting season is here again... It was a beautiful March day, temps were warm, and Dad was home (for a change)!  Allison and Kaylee were both here for the weekend, so we all went out and began working the soil getting it ready for all the "root" veggies.... peas, onions, turnips, rutabagas, potatoes, turnips and the like...

Here is Dad getting the rows ready to plant....

... and here are some of the peas we are going to plant!

Allison is getting a row ready for the onions... yellow, white and purple (or red) .

Even Kaylee got into the gardening spirit by helping place the onions in the rows!

The garden will look great this summer against the backdrop of Mount Nebo!

Isn't it cute???

Happy Gardening Y'all !!!

Springtime

My photo of the day..... this cute little fella was getting a drink of water when we drove by.  I wanted to get a pic of him getting a drink, but he decided to lick his nose instead!

Rompin' in the snow

It's snowing!  We have had a dry month or so with none of the white stuff on the ground... which isn't  a bad thing, just unexpected.  Roger took the boys out for a potty break, and the neighborhood kids came over to visit and play for a bit.

Dogs are funny.  I often wonder what they are thinking. I am sure the one thing they are thinking this morning is 'Oh Boy!  It's snowing!  Let's have some fun!!'

This is Gunner.  He lives three doors down. I sometimes call him Marley... he has the longest legs I have seen on a labrador. He is a sweet dog.  He loves to come and play with the boys whenever he can get out of his yard... this morning, he and Tink were racing around the yard dodging each other and pouncing.  It is really fun to watch... Bandit, being blind, can only use his remaining senses to try and keep up ( poor thing), but I am sure he is saying 'Hey... hold still!  I want to come over and play too ! '

Griz, our next-door neighbor dog, is in the blue t-shirt.  We have an extra visitor this morning, too.  Not sure where he lives, but he wanted to join in the fun as well.

Tink and Bandit haven't met this fellow before, so they thought they would check out the little guy.He jumped right into the action and proved himself a worthy playmate! Conga line!    ....of course, Bandit isn't too sure he wants to be a part of it....  I imagine he is thinking ' I am not one to be doing the conga with!'Oh what a fun morning!  Good friends, snowfall, and a human to watch over us!  After this, a good long winter nap !!! 

.......It's great being a dog!

A different view of winter

I have always enjoyed looking at photos that show the snow on the red sandstone in the Bryce Canyon and Zions National Park areas... of course, the professionals that take those pictures are able to be in the right place at the right time it seems.  I have wanted to take pictures like that for as long as I can remember.

One weekend, I got an urge to do just that.  So, I asked Mom if she would like to join me, and off we went.  We drove down to Bryce Canyon and got there just about sunset... of course, it being as late as it was, the light just wasn't what I wanted, so we stayed the night at Ruby's Inn.  It has been around since the early 1900's... very nice hotel.  Mom and I were able to spend some quality time together and admire some of God's greatest work yet !

I thought this looked alot like a temple... spires and all !

This was taken near sunrise the next morning... I would've liked to have had a little more sunlight, but you get what you can get, right?

On the way back home coming through Red Canyon, I spied these interesting tracks.... I am not sure, but they look to be bunny tracks.... what do you think?

On another note, as I was browsing thru the images on my CF card, I came across this one of my little nephew munching on popcorn and watching a movie as Katie and I were packing up her house for the big move to Roosevelt... and, as I have said many many times before, isn't he just the cutest li'l guy you've ever seen??  :O)

Jack Frost nipping at our nose....

Woke up this morning with a fog covering Mona.  After it cleared a bit, we were left with a heavy frost, so Mom, Allison and I headed out to go on a photo mission to capture the beauty of the frost left behind.  Here are just a few of the pretty scenes we were able to capture!

Do you feel warm and toasty now?.............or perhaps maybe you feel you need to curl up with a nice warm fleece blanket and a hot cup of cocoa !  I know I did after we came back home!

Please come home for Christmas

Christmas, 2009... the end of another decade.  Seems like we just turned the century and here we are so close to 2010.  Lots of changes this year.  Roger and I made a big move coming to Utah after so many years in Georgia.  Mom having two surgeries within 3 months. I learned to can and preserve some fruit and vegies from the garden... ( I also learned that using insecticide doesn't just affect the grasshoppers...it can also make humans VERY sick ...ie.... nausea and vomiting for nearly 24 hours straight!!!)   The changes in the seasons here in Utah can be swift and sometimes uninvited, too!  Me getting a job... Roger still not getting a job :O(   Anyhow, for all the ups and downs, we ended the year on a good note.  Natalie and Amanda came up from Arizona to spend Christmas with the family.... together again after some 20 odd years... maybe longer if my calculations are correct.   So I thought I would post some of our Christmas to share with you... enjoy!

Natalie is attached to Pistol... as if you couldn't tellJohnny with his Grandma and Grandpa PackOne of Johnny's presents was this monkey... he was trying to feed it swedish fish.  He later saw the fish in the monkey's mouth and took it out and ate it himself!"Okay, Son, you need to be real careful when pulling that trigger there!"

JD is the baby, yet he seems to tower over all three of his big sisters! 

It isn't the biggest family gathering for sure, but at least most all of the family is here for a Christmas together ( that hasn't happened in over 20 years!)

Here is li'l John with some of his Christmas Loot.... a sled just his size, a cookie monster puppet, a sit-n-spin, and a monkey in the background.... who says when your little, you don't need much from Santa????Don't know how this photo got on my camera, but I had to post it !!!  Hi Natalie!  :O)

Hello Amanda.... earth to Amanda... are you in there? Uh oh... looks like we've lost her to the "Seventeen" magazine!   It was either that or the constant text messaging that kept her attention all weekend!  Of course, when you allow non-living things to keep your focus, you get pictures taken of you and they end up on your Auntie's blog!  Hahaha!

Katie, Jd, and the cutest little guy I know!

Here's to a hopeful New Year full of fun times, family and hopefully job prospects!  Yay new decade!