tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1082396467030488452024-03-13T09:21:58.741-07:00mikestribeEst. 8 September 1978
Sealed 20 May 1981
Mike, Ginger, Dawn, Rachael, Adam, Katherine,
Cristal, Paul, Emilee, Benjamin, and Juliamikestribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10506938858227208973noreply@blogger.comBlogger243125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108239646703048845.post-53669950346034416542017-08-27T17:26:00.001-07:002017-08-27T17:26:52.605-07:00August 1927 to Aug 2017<br />
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90 years ago on June 16 1927 a cute young couple entered into marriage and started on their honeymoon.<br />
James Gillespie and Henrietta Hartman traveled the country seeing all of the sights and visiting with ministry classmates.<br />
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But that is a whole other blog, <br />
<a href="http://justmarried1927.blogspot.com/">justmarried1927.blogspot.com</a><br />
Check it out when you have time.<br />
This is about today Aug 19 2017:<br />
Ginger and I took a trip to Colorado Springs to climb Pikes Peak, and while we were in Colorado Springs, met with Randy Rogers who manages the Pikes Peak website. He was very interested in Grandma, and Grandpa's trip and scrapbook, so we brought it along for him and his wife to see. <br />
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We were encouraged by Randy to follow grandma and grandpa's journey to Estes Park and over the rocky mountains, it was a longer trip than we had planned, but was well worth the time and distance.<br />
The Old Fall River road is still there, unpaved one lane and one way. The same road that they traveled in 1927.<br />
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Mikieghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11195189476757888920noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108239646703048845.post-89590838214766760422016-08-28T21:33:00.006-07:002016-08-28T21:50:55.304-07:00Bridge to nowhere<br />
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Friday night we took the scouts to the West Clear Creek wilderness. Our plan was to hike down into the canyon to the creek. Mother nature had other plans for us, at 5 a.m. it started to rain on us with flashes of lightning. Around 5:30 we had a bright flash and an immediate crash of thunder, very loud.<br />
7:30 we loaded up the boys, who were ready to go, and headed home.<br />
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After getting home, Ginger had a bridge that she has been wanting to check out that is off the hiway 60 in devils canyon on the way to Miami AZ. Julia was in Tucson and we had time, so we loaded the car and headed out. Great day for a drive and soon we were in the middle of the construction on hi way 60, we found a place to pull off and park, right near the devils canyon sign, and made the short hike to the bridge. There is a lightly travel trail on the old road to get to the bridge, an easy hike.<br />
lots of lizards and rustling in the bushes, fortunately no snakes were sighted.<br />
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The bridge is still intact and overgrown. The south end of the bridge ends at the base of the current hi way. There is a creek still under the bridge, it was dry when we were there. After hiking around for a bit, I was getting hungry, must be a Gillespie thing, went some where, now lets eat.<br />
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We left the canyon and continued to Miami for dinner at the Burger House, mainly Mexican food. We were recommended to have the green chili plate, and it was good.<br />
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We then headed back home and soon had a low tire warning on the dash. Changed the tire, and not sure about the pressure in the spare headed back to Miami to air it up. by 5:30 on a Saturday all tire shops are closed and air pumps are scarce. We wound up all the way back into Globe and got a tire plug kit and O'reillys and headed next door to the Chevron/ Wendys and plugged the original tire and aired up the spare, changed the tires back and came home. I just didn't trust the donut tire to go that far.Mikieghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11195189476757888920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108239646703048845.post-60260812316487924342016-07-24T10:54:00.000-07:002016-07-24T11:21:57.199-07:00Pioneer Day Celebration July 23 2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We had a weekend that wasn't filled with something that needed to be done. So we decided to head to Snowflake AZ for the Pioneer day celebration. <br />
Pioneer day celebrates the arrival of Mormon pioneers into the Salt Lake Valley on July 24 1847.<br />
It is a state holiday in Utah. Several of the small towns in Arizona were settled and established by Mormon pioneers, and those towns celebrate as well.<br />
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Suppose for a minute that you travel 150 miles to go see a parade in a small town and happen to take a picture of a float and on that float are 2 of your grand kids, who live only 2 miles from your house.<br />
Well that happened. Gunner and Mason, along with a couple of their cousins were on the trash can band float.<br />
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We had fun at the parade and then went to the car show. Lots of nice cars there on the golf course along with crafts and other vendors. Met one of our previous bishops there, Jim McCoid and his wife Diana. <br />
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After the car show we went to the Temple to walk around and look at it. Beautiful building and a great view of the surrounding area. <br />
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There were several other activities during the day. BBQ lunch, Navajo taco stands, lots of craft booths set up throughout the town, a quilt show, and used book sale, a quartet singing several broadway show tunes. A play, You're a Good Man Charlie Brown. So much to do and not enough time.<br />
The quilt display was amazing, the detail in some of the quilts would make you crazy trying to sew them.<br />
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At the end of the day there was a rodeo, all of the usual events were included, wild cow milking, ribbon catching, barrel racing, and they had a cash cow. All the kids 9-12 were invited into the arena and given some quick training, and then 3 calves with token attached to them were let out and the kids chased and the cows and collected the tokens that were on the cows, and turned in for cash.<br />
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<br />Mikieghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11195189476757888920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108239646703048845.post-63065578235526276432015-06-14T07:30:00.000-07:002015-06-14T07:30:45.203-07:00Gordons CreekMade a trip up the hill past Payson to spend the afternoon with Dusty and Rachael, and friends.<br />
They were camped near Gordons creek.<br />
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Not a lot of water, but still sounded nice running over the rocks.<br />
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Dusty set up a zip line over the creek, with some adjustment you could go a little faster, but made it harder to dodge the tree at the end.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dusty left with the dogs, and left me with the ladies! Don't forget Gracie in the back on the rock</td></tr>
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We had our children come to dessert for Mothers Day, and as an added bonus we also had Lori Brenda and Gary, along with Marlon, Cassie, Sarah, Addy and Heidi it was a fun time to get together and visit.<br />
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We have a large group of boy scouts and when we go somewhere it is a major project. Several cars and additional leaders make quick work of the trip though. In January we went to the lower Verde river. We camped overnight and the scouts play games and ran off most of their dinner. In the morning we hiked along the bank of the Verde played in the trees skipped rocks, and just had a good time.<br />
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April we had a Camporee and went out near Maricopa and camped at Christmas camp, this is where the Mormon Battalion camped in about 1846 on Christmas day. We hiked part of the trail that was made, and was used by the Butterfield stage for a while.Mikieghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11195189476757888920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108239646703048845.post-71501703708507265552014-11-09T21:30:00.001-07:002014-11-09T21:30:25.877-07:00SEMA 2014<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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We were excited to go to the SEMA show in Las Vegas, it is a show with lots of custom parts and accessories. as well as custom cars and celebrities. <br />
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Ran across this truck with all the desert trucks. For a few hundred bucks you can go to Colorado and get a ride in this truck on a 2 mile desert loop. Or you can spend a couple thousand for a half day training and drive it yourself. <br />
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We had a good trip, although there were several minor incidents, starting with the plane, it had plumbing problems before we took off, after an hour delay. Our hotel room had plumbing problems as well. Paul and Adam had some plumbing issues themselves during the week.<br />
But with the issues there we still had fun, Went to the 4 Queens on Fremont Street and saw Mike Hammer's comedy magic show with our friends Randy and Lori. the company was great and the show was really good too. The SEMA show is huge, and takes a couple days to see, and even with that we didn't see all of it. Thanks to my boss for taking the shop to the show it was a neat experience.<br />
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Our 500 foot or so drop into the canyon took about 30 minutes and about 3/4 of a mile. Your effort is rewarded with a beautiful canyon and creek. <br />
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Then the hike out was upon us, straight up, Buddy did much better than we expected, made it out with no problems, although some of us would go a little bit, rest and go some more. Still a good hike.<br />
After lunch we make ice cream, every one gets a turn to churn, if they want to eat some.<br />
Very tasty strawberry banana.<br />
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Sunday morning we did a geocache to pivot rock canyon cabin, a cross country hike about a mile and a half each way, nice hike, the cabin isn't much but it is pretty cool. We found the geocache as well, tortuga cabin. it is a plastic turtle neat the cabin.<br />
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Had a good 3 days camping and just relaxing. but as with everything, all good things must come to an end. Back home and into the heat.<br />
Happy 4th of July.<br />
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<br />Mikieghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11195189476757888920noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108239646703048845.post-82870426495022368752014-05-19T22:06:00.003-07:002014-05-19T22:06:50.303-07:00May in Utah<br />
We made a trip to Utah to visit Cristal and see her dance performance. We took 89 through Jacobs lake and then to Kanab. From there hi way 14 over the mountain to Cedar City. there was snow still on the ground and plenty of wild life to see.<br />
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We continued on to Provo with only a minor altercation with a dumb driver that wouldn't leave us alone. We passed him and then he passed us slowed down, did this a few times before he finally got off the road, without injury. ( I was already taking inventory of where the tools were in the trunk, just in case). We made it safely to Jordan and Cristal's house.<br />
We went to the Salt Lake Temple Friday morning, it is amazing inside of this temple. John waited for us outside and got a tour of the conference center, and even got escorted to the garden on the roof.<br />
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We spent Saturday with Elsie, visiting Promontory Point Utah and the Golden Spike National Park, teaching her about trains, then we went to Ogden to the Union Station Museum, for what? More trains, classic cars and Browning Rifles, Then back to Salt Lake so we could take some pictures around the temple grounds.<br />
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Then on to the museum. There were several locomotives on display out side, from steam to diesel and even the turbine locomotive. They are huge!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ginger next to a DD40X, probably the largest diesel Locomotive.</td></tr>
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While in Utah we had lunch at the Red Iguana in Salt Lake with Aubrey Winn, she was a missionary serving in Mesa AZ and has finished and gone back home. Lunch was good, if your in Salt Lake and want some Mexican food, check this place out.<br />
Our stop in Beaver was for Sister Amber Mitchell, who is currently serving her mission in Mesa AZ. so we had to stop and get her some Cache Valley Cheese Curds, or squeaky cheese, and it does squeak when you eat it.<br />
4 days and a lot of running around, we only saw Jordan a couple of times he was training for a Marine celebration for Memorial Day.<br />
No Pictures of Cristal's performance, but it was amazing, there were close to 40 dances and they went off one right after another, very well done and obviously Cristal was the star of the show.Mikieghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11195189476757888920noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108239646703048845.post-90800523367763007082014-04-26T09:02:00.002-07:002014-04-26T09:02:29.545-07:00EasterEaster dinner was at Mike and Gingers home, and we had quite the crowd here 36 total. We had the traditional ham and roast beef, deviled eggs, yummy cheesy potato's, colorful vegetables, strawberry pretzel salad, and of course the bunny rolls.<br />
Along with some very delicious desserts, strawberry cheesecake and a caramel pie, along with others that I cant remember.<br />
Ginger had an Easter egg hunt with the grand children and Julia.<br />
Lots of family and friends together laughing and having a good time.<br />
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Mikieghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11195189476757888920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108239646703048845.post-12528313729175700852014-04-14T06:51:00.000-07:002014-04-14T06:51:07.607-07:00Fremont SadleSaturday April 12 Ginger Jena Janea and Ken took the young women on a hike to Fremont Saddle in the Superstition mountains.<br />
This was a hike to get the young women ready for their camp coming up in July.<br />
Ken was very helpful in pointing out critters and water wells, along with some of the legends of the Superstitions.<br />
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<br />Mikieghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11195189476757888920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108239646703048845.post-88634505620425319022014-03-12T21:37:00.002-07:002014-03-12T21:38:15.843-07:00What Happened to the Trees?The pine trees in the back yard are getting bigger and getting into the power lines, Salt River Project came by to trim them up. When they trim they go straight up and they don't look very good. Ginger asked them if they could cut down the trees. They could and did.<br />
Ginger asked them to leave the branches and pine needles to use for mulch in the garden. <br />
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We rented a small chipper from Home Depot for the day, and after 5 hours had most all of the small branches chipped up and the bigger branches separated and ready to cut to length for the fireplace.<br />
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And after a long day of chipping and chopping, we went to Fuddruckers for some burgers.<br />
Thanks Sister Winn and Sister McFadden and John for the help.<br />
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Mikieghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11195189476757888920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108239646703048845.post-85024439389775610072014-02-23T18:35:00.001-07:002014-02-23T18:35:40.454-07:005 O'Clock SomewhereFeb 24 2009 Dad passed away, and along with all of his useful information. Knowing how to find water with divining rods, where to eat at the best small restaurants. If you needed a tape (VHS or Beta), converted to DVD. How to wire or fix nearly anything, he knew it. At one point we were told that early morning hours somewhere between 4 and 5 a.m. was the most common time for people to pass away. With this information at our disposal, it was easily figured out that it was 5 a.m. in Budapest, and sent right along with a question we had asked each other earlier that evening, what time is it in Budapest? Dad couldn't tell us but with his sense of humor we got answers.<br />
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Love you and Miss you Dad!Mikieghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11195189476757888920noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108239646703048845.post-61574021892920796352014-02-13T22:10:00.002-07:002014-02-13T22:10:44.979-07:00Valentines DayIts that time again, to make a candy gram. Julia is the only one left so only one to make? No, we have sister missionaries serving in our ward and they would feel left out, so I got to make one for them as well.<br />
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Used a limerick for inspiration this time, it is not exact but the pattern comes through.<br />
Happy Valentines DayMikieghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11195189476757888920noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108239646703048845.post-15068509303852513142014-02-09T21:19:00.001-07:002014-02-09T21:19:56.395-07:00LED lightsWe did sparklers in January, and this month we got some light up LED balloons for the grand kids to play with and after the balloons popped, we salvaged the lights and played with them like we did with the sparklers. Here are some pictures:<br />
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My friend John is joining the Sun-N-Sand model train club at the McCormick railroad park.</div>
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Just some of the lights around the park, we took a ride on the little train in the park, fun ride. <br />
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We also visited the Model train layouts in Scottsdale McCormick Railroad Park. The park has changed a lot since I was there 15 years ago or so. The model layout is really neat. and still under construction.<br />
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Lots of fun to see the trains, now just have to figure out what to move to where, and get mine out of storage.Mikieghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11195189476757888920noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108239646703048845.post-48229270244805238852013-09-08T17:34:00.000-07:002013-09-08T17:34:23.517-07:00Happy Anniversary<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Ginger and Mike<br />
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35 Years ago Mike and Ginger were married in Marshall Texas, in the home of Ginger's grandparents, Nonnie and Granddad. A small simple ceremony, with our Texas family.<br />
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Well 35 years have passed and we are still together, Mike still sneaks food off of Gingers plate when we go out to eat, Ginger still thinks Mike is silly. <br />
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Friday night we started toward Flagstaff with the Crew cab and the Hi-Lo, we were not the fastest going up the hills, but we were doing alright. Somewhere between Rye and Payson the alternator was starting to overcharge. The faster the engine went the higher the voltage was, so that meant even slower up the hills......no good. At the first place I could find to turn around we did, and abandoned the trip.<br />
Saturday morning we decided to try again with the Bonneville and make a day trip instead. We got to Flagstaff with no problems and were able to check out the Rt 66 car show.<br />
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We had a good time looking at all the cars and walking around the downtown area of Flagstaff, then we found the one car in the bunch that just did not belong, we laughed a long time, and spent a lot of time looking at this car. We just could not believe someone would bring one of these here.<br />
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Our first car that we bought together was almost identical to this one, it was a 1973 Capri.<br />
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After the car show we went to Lowell Observatory, and learned about the planets and the dwarf planet, Pluto. Took a tour and saw how far the planets are to each other, in a scale of 1 inch = 1 million miles, earth is 93 inches from the sun and Pluto is 3670 inches or nearly 4 billion miles.<br />
We also went back to the observatory Saturday night, but with the cloud cover, night viewing through the Clark telescope was unavailable, but we were able to get a quick peek at Saturn through a smaller telescope.<br />
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">May 10 the event that no one expected, but everyone was waiting for Paul and Chelsey are Married in the Mesa Arizona Temple. Hundreds gathered to witness the event, mostly family, and good friends.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Times; font-size: small;">Paul a casual, laid back, but suave young man, cleaned up nice for the event. When asked for a comment, he said "yeah, it was nice."</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Times; font-size: small;">Chelsey couldn't have been more excited, this was the day and the man she had been waiting for. Looking very beautiful in her wedding dress, and surrounded by her brides maids, the day was perfect.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #cccccc; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">For the event Paul had a new paint scheme done up for the Mini Cooper, it included new stripes as well as bows, ribbons, and some interesting graphics.</span></div>
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Mikieghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11195189476757888920noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108239646703048845.post-19373462024572420752013-07-21T20:40:00.000-07:002013-07-21T20:40:21.817-07:00Utah Trip July 2013July 11, we loaded the car and headed out of the heat to visit Cristal and Jordan in Utah, they were going to go through the temple and be sealed as a family Friday and Saturday. On Sunday Elsie was getting blessed by her dad Jordan.<br />
We had a little extra time on Thursday so we made a few stops along the way, first at the Navajo Bridge to take a few pictures and stretch our legs.<br />
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After a stretch and a drink we headed on toward Jacob Lake. Up into the pines and cool weather. A quick stop there for a sandwich and bathroom break, along with a visit with the ranger then back on the road.<br />
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From here we headed North to Provo to Cristal and Jordan's house, where dinner was ready and waiting.<br />
Friday morning Ginger gave Elsie a bath and snapped a few photos as well<br />
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Friday we had lunch at Tocanos Brazilian Grill, if you get to Provo around lunch time, you have to go! <br />
Saturday Morning Cristal and Jordan left early for Manti for pictures, and get ready for their sealing.<br />
Dawn talked us into heading over to Kneaders for some french toast. Oh yeah it was good. And there is one in Gilbert.<br />
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After breakfast we went to Manti and met up with everyone else and had a great time inside this amazing building<br />
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Sunday we attended church with Cristal and Jordan Smith, where Elsie was blessed, then had lunch with the Smiths, before heading home. We took a different route near Cedar City on hi way 14 through Cedar Canyon, didn't realize how pretty it was and how high the road would go, nearly 10,000 feet.<br />
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Mikieghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11195189476757888920noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108239646703048845.post-74306999426712852312013-06-10T08:59:00.002-07:002013-06-10T11:38:54.327-07:00Journey to Higher Ground<br />
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Just let me start out by saying that I attended girls camp in 1973 and 1974. The goal seemed to me to be to draw the young women together and form strong friendships. Then last year I had the opportunity to attend as one of the wives in the bishopric for a short 1/2 day.</div>
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This year I was asked to go as a cabin mom and it has sure changed. We did some of those same things that were done in earlier years, silly skits, camping skills, hiking, canoeing, camp songs and evening programs. What got me the most though was the Friday activity.</div>
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Friday morning one of the camp leaders brought the cabin mom's a small back of sparkly beads. I had seen the staff wearing bracelets made out of these same beads. We were instructed that we had enough beads to give each girl 4 and that we were to only give them out if they were doing things that went beyond what was required. My thoughts were 4 beads don't make a bracelet but I trusted and we began the day. During the day I saw other leaders and teachers handing out beads. That made more sense to me, more beads, maybe a bracelet. Then in our cabin mom meeting they said that the evening program would consist of a hike (journey) and that only one leader from each ward could go. We had 2 cabins and 4 cabin moms for our ward. Sarah was chosen to go with the girls. </div>
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The evening program began and they invited the Young Women Staff leaders to come to the front. They were dressed as the 10 virgins. Each ward was assigned to a girl and off they went on their journey. That left only the rest of the adults in the ramada. We were instructed that we were to prepare the ramada for the wedding feast. We started. Everything was draped in white fabric and white Christmas lights. The room was fabulous. It was amazing what we could accomplish in just over an hour. Then they told us that it would take 8 beads for our girls to enter into the feast and that the rest would be left outside with an alternate activity (they assured us that it would be ok). I cannot describe fully the feeling I had. I had come to love each of these girls and could not bear that they would not have enough beads. Then they taught us a dance performed at Jewish weddings so we could teach the girls when they arrived. The girls were getting close to arriving and we were told to be joyful and excited. Not a problem but I could not help the tears that just started and I could not stop as I waited ward after ward for our girls to get there. Finally as they started arriving we shouted and hugged them but girls were everywhere (about 200 of them). We still hadn't found 2 of our small ones. The dancing started and I just could not stop crying. Finally I saw them and the sense of relief and love I felt were overwhelming. We danced and shouted and had a good time for about the next hour. Then we all helped put up the tables and got our refreshments and the rest joined us.</div>
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We shared our feelings of the evening. Ours of preparing and waiting. The girls of the journey and how at each stop 2 beads were required. Each stop was a trial that we each pass through during our life, for instance, life isn't what we expected it would be, ect. They were given the chance to go and do a service and earn more beads on their journey. Only a handful of girls did not have enough beads. They related how they felt in the dark wanting to join in the light, the joy, and the fellowship of the others. Other girls said they were heartbroken that they could not share their beads with their friends and sisters. One young women had lost her beads during the day when her bag came open as she was walking around camp. She compared that to neglecting her beads and not giving them importance they deserved. The 10 virgins stated that only the five with the most beads could enter so even they did not know who would attend and who would not. </div>
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In my lifetime I have come to understand that the oil (beads) that we have are the product of the things we do to come to know and follow Jesus Christ. Those things being reading our scriptures, praying sincerely, doing things that we believe the Savior would do if he were walking in our shoes, obeying the two greatest commandments, to love God first and then the second to love each other. We can try to share these things with others with our hearts wide open, hoping that they are received. Those are the things that give us the inner strength to bear the hard things in this life and uplift others in their trials.</div>
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The feelings that I had at the feast were the same feelings I have had at the temple when we have joined together in the Celestial room rejoicing. </div>
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I must say camp has changed in 40 years. It is so much more than just camping. I love my Heavenly Father and can't imagine what he must feel as he waits for each of us to return home. My heart is so small but he expanded and then filled it to overflowing with love for him, our girls, my family and my friends. Just know I love you all. </div>
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March 18 2013 3 a.m. Dawn rolled up to my house, I got in. "what are you doing here so early?" I asked. "Well Father, it's Monday and Spring break, you're up and so am I, so lets go to Disneyland and see Brenda and Cassie." was Dawns reply.<br />
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We reached Disney land about 9:30 a.m. did a power walk from the parking lot to the ticket booth, and by 10 we were in the park. A quick text to Brenda to tease her that we were there, and her reply was, "we are just leaving the hotel." Great, we can have some fun with her and do a little hide and seek before she gets here. We got in line for Radiator Springs Racers, and had already been caught by Brenda and Cassie, They were leaving the Tower of Terror HOTEL. when they texted us.<br />
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The new racers are a blast, unfortunately the line is 2 hours, so only one ride today, Three on California screaming, Tower of Terror, Maters crazy ride, Ariel's underwater adventure, drew a couple of pictures, had a corn dog, (delicious). Had a great time, even said hi to Mickey!<br />
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Burger for Dawn, Chicken Sammich for Mike, Clucks and Riblets for Cassie and Chicken Salad for Brenda.<br />
8:30 p.m., tummies full, jump in the car head East, and Back home. Hit the bed at 3 a.m. Tuesday Morning. a few hours sleep and off to work.<br />
Really all that in just 24 hours? Yep! Oh, Brenda, Say hi to Arnold, sorry we missed him.<br />
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Later in the evening when people were heading home from work, about 6 o'clock it started to rain and snow, or grapple as the news people call it. Paul stopped at quick trip and said that when he left there were several cars that had spun out all over the place.<br />
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So if you can make a snow ball is it snow or grapple?Mikieghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11195189476757888920noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108239646703048845.post-29247799319341688662013-02-17T15:22:00.000-07:002013-02-17T15:22:25.791-07:00QuatrzsiteWell we were not able to make the Quartzsite ham fest last month, so we decided that a 4 wheeling trip to Quartzsite and some rock hounding was in order.<br />
Friday night we drove out and spent the night in the free short term camping area South of Quartzsite<br />
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Saturday morning, got the dutch oven out and made biscuits and scrambled eggs, then made our way to crystal hill to hunt for some quartz crystals.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julia found a nice crystal of quartz.</td></tr>
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We also found a geo cache and only signed the log book in it, we didn't bring anything to trade this time.<br />
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After we were done here we continued on down the pipeline road to look for some other types of rocks. We stopped about 12 miles down the road and looked around for a little while, didn't find what we were looking for so we headed back to the truck and Julia found a desert creature that scared her a little bit.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julia's surprise, western patch nose about 18 inches long.</td></tr>
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As we continue our journey back to Vicksburg, we made a detour to the Kofa Cabin, in the Kofa Refuge, pretty cool place. It was built by Native Americans, and half of it is available on a first come first serve basis to stay in over night. Now it is not a 5 star by any means, but it is pretty cool, wood burning stove, a couple of cots a broom and a mop, and a log book to sign. Bring your own water and bedding as well as a lantern.</div>
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